Lobbying Relationship

Client

CHS INC.

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CHS INC.

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  • Issues related to Trade Promotion authority. Agriculture market access legislation. International trade.
  • S1251 Growing Climate Solutions Act 2023 Farm Bill
  • Issues related to the Renewable Fuels Standard - Renewable Volume Obligations and year-round E15 sales. S.2707 - Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2023. Renewable Fuel Standard - issues related to RFS implementation post 2022
  • Renewable Fuel Standard - Issues related to RFS implementation post 2022
  • Implementation of stock buy back tax and renewable/clean energy tax credits. 199A extension and reform.

Duration: to

General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Agriculture, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Environmental/Superfund, Commodities (Big Ticket), Homeland Security, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Government Issues, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Trucking/Shipping, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Veterans, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Railroads, Insurance, Economics/Economic Development, Accounting, Banking, Small Business

Spending: about $9,612,426 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), White House Office, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Treasury - Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Surface Transportation Board (STB), State - Dept of (DOS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. Senate,

Bills mentioned

H.R.3264: Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel, and Alternative Fuels Extension Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.525: Cuba Agricultural Exports Act

Sponsor: Rick Crawford (R-Ark.)

S.275: Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2017

Sponsor: Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)

H.R.664: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mark Sanford (R-S.C.)

H.R.3687: Cuba Agricultural Exports Act

Sponsor: Rick Crawford (R-Ark.)

H.R.3238: Cuba Trade Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Emmer (R-Minn.)

H.R.5303: Water Resources Development Act of 2016

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

H.R.1599: Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.)

H.R.22: FAST Act

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

H.R.1388: Clean Air, Strong Economies Act

Sponsor: Pete Olson (R-Texas)

H.R.2289: Commodity End-User Relief Act

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

H.R.5213: FARM Act

Sponsor: Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)

S.3040: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

S.3253: FARM Act

Sponsor: Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)

S.764: A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program...

Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

S.808: Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.2146: Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act

Sponsor: Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)

S.1417: United States Grain Standards Act Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.2088: United States Grain Standards Act Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

H.R.2517: Powering American Jobs Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

S.2917: Commodity End-User Relief Act

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act

Sponsor: Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

S.2707: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act

Sponsor: Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

H.R.5054: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

H.R.5485: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017

Sponsor: Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.)

H.R.5240: Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act of 2016

Sponsor: Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

H.R.4626: BRACE Act

Sponsor: Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

S.2595: Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

S.2844: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.5050: Pipeline Safety Act of 2016

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.3080: Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act

Sponsor: Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

H.R.2: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

H.R.8: Water Resources Development Act of 2018

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

H.R.5988: Common Sense Certification Reform Act

Sponsor: A. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.)

H.R.5358: DRIVE-Safe Act

Sponsor: Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.)

H.R.4570: Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act

Sponsor: Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.)

S.671: Miners Pension Protection Act

Sponsor: Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

S.617: Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.3300: Economic Mobility Act of 2019

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

H.R.1: For the People Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Sarbanes (D-Md.)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.5430: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act

Sponsor: Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.)

H.R.6102: VALID Act of 2020

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2: Moving Forward Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.3591: America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.1: For the People Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Sarbanes (D-Md.)

H.R.748: Ethan's Law

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.1251: Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.1931: Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.1251: First Step Implementation Act of 2023

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

S.2707: Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2023

Sponsor: Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
William Stafford Legis. Asst., Sen. Pat Roberts
Daniel Mauer Legislative Aide, Sen. Norm Coleman Legislative Aide, Sen. Norm Colemen
John Engelen Mr. n/a
Karla Farnsworth Mrs. n/a
ROBERT J. LOONEY n/a
Sarah Gallo n/a
John Engelen n/a
David Cobb n/a
Cobb David n/a
David Cobb Mr. n/a
Sarah Gallo Ms. n/a
Sarah Gallo Ms n/a
Cobb David Mr. n/a
KARLA FARNSWORTH n/a
Robert Looney n/a
Jim Bareksten n/a
Gallo Sarah n/a
James Zappa n/a
Zappa James n/a
Sarah Bovim n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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