Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
135 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
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Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
1/1/2016
2. House Identification
 43265
 Senate Identification
 401104016

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Organization
Steven L. Kopperud LLC dba SLK Strategies
Address
1100 Vermont Ave. NW
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​Suite 1100
City
Washington
 State
DC
 Zip
20005
 Country
USA

4. Principal place of business (if different than line 3)

City
​Washington
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​DC
 Zip
​20005
 Country
​USA
5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
Contact
​Mr. Steve Kopperud
 Telephone
​2025686991
 E-mail
​steve@slkstrategies.com
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
​Government affairs/communications company

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name
​American Feed Industry Association
Address
​2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 916
City
​Arlington
 State
​VA
 Zip
​22201
 Country
​USA
8. Principal place of business (if different than line 7)
City
​Arlington
 State
​VA
 Zip
​22201
 Country
​USA
9. General description of client’s business or activities
​National trade association for the commercial animal food industry

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

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LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

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​FOO
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12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Food safety Food Safety Modernization Act Animal health/welfare Biofuels and energy Environmental protection Implementation 2014 Farm Bill; prep 2018 Farm Bill -- research, conservation, market development, biofuels/energy, plant/animal disease, biotech FDA issues - livestock/poultry, pet foods - ingredient approvals, FSMA implementation, antibiotic rules, registrations, user fees, import cert, recalls Biotech animal approval, labels, Animal rights EPA issues - farming and ranching, waters of the U.S. rule (WOTUS), ozone rulres, C02/carbon capture rules, dioxin risk assessment, tax treatment/RFS/RVO for biofuels HOS - ag truckers and related federal highway regs TPP, T-TIP, Cuba trad

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.
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FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.
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Signature
Digitally Signed By: Steven L. Kopperud
 Date
5/17/2016 9:57:23 AM