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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1300 I Street, NW |
Address2 | Suite 520 West |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 286017-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2022 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Kip Eideberg |
Date | 7/18/2022 12:46:35 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Discussions regarding modern agriculture equipment adoption and loan programs (dairy, precision agriculture)
Issues pertaining to climate and its impact in the agriculture sector
UN Food Systems Summit engagement
Modern Specialty Crop & Milking Systems Adoption Act development
Agriculture Climate Solutions bill development
S.2750 - Precision Agriculture Loan Program Act of 2021
S.1251 - Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021
Celebration of Modern Ag on the National Mall
Crop Insurance
Climate-Smart Ag & Forestry Partnership Program
Docket #USAD-2021-0010
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Tindall |
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Kip |
Eideberg |
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Christopher |
Hansell |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Benefits of precision agriculture
Spray drift regulations including outreach for demo day in St. Joseph, MI
Manure management system
TSCA PIP (3:1)
Docket #EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0202
As part of the Pesticide Policy Discussion Committee's Emerging Technology Working Group we are collecting information on the costs to retrofit sprayers with modern technology.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), Small Business Administration (SBA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Tindall |
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Kathleen |
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Alexander |
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Christopher |
Hansell |
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Kip |
Eideberg |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
OSHA AEM Alliance Program.
Construction equipment demonstrations.
OSHA RFI Lockout/Tagout of Computer Controlled Equipment.
Docket #OSHA-2016-0013.
OSHA COVID ETS.
Docket #OSHA-2021-0001.
Agricultural Equipment Rollover Protection Systems.
H.R.447, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 and efforts to make the Registered Apprenticeship system more flexible for employers.
S.864/H.R.2037 - Jumpstart Our Businesses By Supporting Students (JOBS) Act, Workforce Pell Grant expansion.
Discussions regarding the reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
Efforts to increase funding for workforce and career and technical education programs generally.
S.1078/H.R.2459 - Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills (BUILDS) Act, Section pertaining to providing grants to
infrastructure industry related training programs and wrap around services.
S.269 - Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
H.R.2037 - Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students Act of 2021.
Held Below Ground Worker Safety Demo Day for OSHA staff on June 2. Over 40 OSHA officials attended.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Eideberg |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code MAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Bipartisan Innovation Act.
H.R.2279 - Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy Act of 2021
S.997/H.R.2279 - A bill to establish the Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy and strategic national manufacturing policy for the
United States.
Legislation to provide for the establishment of a section of the website of the Department of Commerce that shall serve as the primary hub for
information relating to Federal manufacturing programs, and for other purposes.
Legislation to establish the National Manufacturing Advisory Council within the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.
Legislation to establish the National Institute of Manufacturing, and for other purposes.
H.R.2900 (116th) - Chief Manufacturing Officer Act.
H.R.4521 - America COMPETES Act of 2022.
H.R.5371, S. 1077 - Permanently Preserving Americas Investment in Manufacturing Act.
H.R.5505 - Supply Chain Security and Resilience Act.
H.R.6290 - Manufacturing.gov Act.
S.1037 - Manufacturing.gov Act.
S.1044 - National Manufacturing Advisory Council for the 21st Century Act.
S.1069 - National Institute of Manufacturing Act.
S.1260 - United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Kathleen |
Fox |
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Kip |
Eideberg |
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Alexander |
Russ |
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Christopher |
Hansell |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Buy America provisions.
S.1078/H.R. 2459 - Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills (BUILDS Act), section pertaining to providing grants to
infrastructure industry related training programs and wrap around services.
Potential increase in the federal gas tax.
Water Resources Development Act of 2022.
Discussions pertaining to engine emission standards for off-highway equipment.
Revenue sources for the federal Highway Trust Fund.
Efforts to leverage alternative fuel sources in the transportation construction sector.
Buy America provisions.
H.R.3684 - Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
S. 3609/H.R.6787 - Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Kathleen |
Fox |
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Kip |
Eideberg |
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Alexander |
Russ |
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Christopher |
Hansell |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.746, A bill to amend section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require the Secretary of Defense to initiate investigations and to provide for
congressional disapproval of certain actions, and for other purposes. (The Trade Security Act) and other efforts to amend section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962 to revise the definition of national security and require congressional approval on tariffs levied under this section of law.
Tariffs levied on goods from China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
S.1260 - United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021.
S.1260 - Endless Frontiers Act: S. Amdt. 1562 to S. Amdt. 1502 related to Section 301 tariff exclusion process and renewal of Generalized System of
Preferences and the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill; Division D Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Provisions, Title I Ensuring
Domestic Manufacturing Capabilities, Subtitle A Build America, Buy America.
H.R.3975 - Generalized System of Preferences and Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Modernization Act of 2021, Section 30002, Limitation on Duty
Suspensions of Reductions for Finished Goods.
H.R.4037 - Trade Preferences and American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2021.
Foreign market access issues impacting U.S. manufacturing.
Executive Order on Critical Supply Chains.
H.R.940/S.287 - Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2021.
H.R.1008/S.365 - Trade Security Act of 2019.
Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794).
Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618).
H.R.4521 - America COMPETES Act of 2022.
Reintroduction of legislation from the 116th Congress entitled the Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act to restore.
Congressional authority over tariffs enacted under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
H.R. 4996 - Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021.
S.2934 - Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2021.
S.3208 - Supply Chain Resiliency Act.
S.3580 - Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Alexander |
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Kip |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Discussions regarding rural broadband expansion and funding allocation.
S.2166: RETAIN GPS and Satellite Communications Act of 2021.
Unlicensed Spectrum Fees Docket #21-190 (FCC).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code SMB
16. Specific lobbying issues
PIP (3:1), urged to weigh in on behalf of small businesses.
Sustainability claims accountability.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Business interest deduction.
Employee Retention Tax Credit .
Foreign Tax Credits .
Foreign-Derived Intangible Income (FDII).
Full Expensing.
GILTI.
Interest Deductibility (163(j) EBITDA Limitation) .
Interest Deductibility (163(n) Leverage Test).
Interest Deductibility (163(o) Carryforward Limits) .
H.R.1304 - American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act.
H.R.1712 - Death Tax Repeal Act.
R&D Amortization.
R&D Tax Credit.
S.617 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2021.
S.749 - American Innovation and Jobs Act.
S.2387 - Small Business Tax Fairness Act.
Sec.473 LIFO relief.
Workforce development tax incentives.
S.1260 - United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021.
H.R.4521 - America COMPETES Act of 2022.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Eideberg |
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Hansell |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CSP
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.4006 - Fair Repair Act: To require original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available certain documentation, diagnostic, and repair information to independent repair providers, and for other purposes.
S.3830 - Fair Repair Act.
H.R.6566 - Freedom to Repair Act of 2022.
S.3549 - Agricultural Right to Repair Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.1260 - United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021.
H.R.4521 - America COMPETES Act of 2022.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FOO
16. Specific lobbying issues
Engaging with FDA on the creation of a "clean ability" standard for fresh produce equipment.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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