|
LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW |
Address2 | Suite 900 South Building |
| City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20004 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
| City | Gaithersburg |
State | MD |
Zip Code | 20878 |
Country | USA |
|
5. Senate ID# 40002018-87
|
||||||||
|
6. House ID# 397200002
|
||||||||
| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2017 |
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 |
|
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
| INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. Lobbying | 13. Organizations | ||||||||
| INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
|
Method A.
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: TIMOTHY CANSLER |
Date | 4/20/2017 4:32:47 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
Issues relating to pest and disease management programs in the reauthorization of the 2018 Farm Bill.
Issues relating to Section 10007 of P.l. 113-79, The Agriculture Act of 2014.
Issues relating to HR 975, the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017 and conflict between federal and state laws.
Issues regarding Sanitary and Phytosanitary trade disputes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
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 |
Timothy |
Cansler |
|
Assistant to Undersecretary, USDA |
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
Support adoption of H.R. 1029, Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act of 2017.
Support adoption of H.R. 953, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017.
Issues relating to HR 481, Reducing Environmental Barriers to Unified Infrastructure and Land Development Act of 2017 that would amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to authorize assignment to States of Federal agency environmental review responsibilities.
Issues relating to Waters of the U.S.
Issues relating to use of pesticides near schools.
Issues relating to Chlorpyrifos.
Issues relating to regulation of crop inputs for cannabis.
Issues relating to pyrethroids.
Issues relating to fumigants.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 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 |
Timothy |
Cansler |
|
Assistant to Undersecretary, USDA |
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to 37 programs in Title X of P.l. 113-79, The Agriculture Act of 2014, without future budget authority.
Issues relating to U.S. Department of Agriculture in the FY 2018 Administration proposed skinny budget.
Issues relating to the Administration proposal for FY 2017 continuing appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies.
Issues relating to the USDA-Animal Plant Health Inspection Service Specialty Crop Line Item.
Issues relating to needed modernization at three fruit fly release and rearing facilities in the U.S. including Sarasota, FL; Edinburg and Harlingen, TX; and Los Alamitos, CA.
Issues relating to USDA Wildlife Services Program.
Issues relating to USDA-Animal Plant Health Inspection Service building and facilities budget.
Issues relating to the collection and distribution of agriculture quarantine inspection (AQI) user fees.
Issues relating to specific agricultural pests including Asian Citrus Psyllid, Light Brown Apple Moth, European Grapevine Moth, noxious weeds and wood boring pests.
Issues relating to H.R. 850, the Agency Accountability Act of 2017 requiring any agency receiving a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement to deposit the amount in the general fund of the Treasury.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection
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 |
Timothy |
Cansler |
|
Assistant to Undersecretary, USDA |
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 HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to agriculture inspections at all U.S. points of entry and training and supervision of CBP Agricultural Specialists.
Issues relating to the number of canine teams in operation nationally, number of plant and animal quarantine material interceptions and penalties issued for FY 2016 and number of Agricultural Specialists deployed nationwide.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection
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 |
Timothy |
Cansler |
|
Assistant to the Undersecretary, USDA |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
20. Client new address
| Address |
|
||||||
| City |
|
State |
|
Zip Code |
|
Country |
|
21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)
| City |
|
State |
|
Zip Code |
|
Country |
|
22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
|
|
||||||||
| 1 |
|
3 |
|
||||||
| 2 |
|
4 |
|
ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address:
| Name | Address |
Principal Place of Business (city and state or country) |
||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
| Name | Address |
Principal place of business (city and state or country) |
Amount of contribution for lobbying activities | Ownership percentage in client | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
% | |||||||||||||
28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
| 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | 6 |