Appropriations for Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
S.362/H.R.1175 Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act
Sec. 301 investigation related to Chinese goods
Retaliatory tariffs on American Whiskey
Duration: July 1, 2018
to
present
May Have Ended?
General Issues: Budget/Appropriations , Taxation/Internal Revenue Code , Trade (Domestic & Foreign) , Alcohol & Drug Abuse , Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.)
Spending: about $110,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)
It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.
Agencies lobbied since 2018: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Treasury - Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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.
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.
This representation may have ended. No reports have been filed in the past 160 days, though termination paperwork has not been released.
4th Quarter, 2019
In Q4, Federal Advocates, Inc. lobbied for The President's Forum of the Distilled Spirits Industry , earning $20,000. The report was filed on Jan. 19, 2020.
Original Filing: 301121824.xml
Lobbying Issues
Appropriations for Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Treasury - Dept of
Lobbying Issues
S.362/H.R.1175 Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Treasury - Dept of
Type of Issue
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Lobbying Issues
Sec. 301 investigation related to Chinese goods
Retaliatory tariffs on American Whiskey
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Treasury - Dept of
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
3rd Quarter, 2019
In Q3, Federal Advocates, Inc. lobbied for The President's Forum of the Distilled Spirits Industry , earning $20,000. The report was filed on Oct. 16, 2019.
Original Filing: 301066928.xml
Lobbying Issues
Appropriations for Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Treasury - Dept of
Lobbying Issues
S.362/H.R.1175 Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Treasury - Dept of
Type of Issue
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Lobbying Issues
Sec. 301 investigation related to Chinese goods
Retaliatory tariffs on American Whiskey
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Treasury - Dept of
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
2nd Quarter, 2019
In Q2, Federal Advocates, Inc. lobbied for The President's Forum of the Distilled Spirits Industry , earning $20,000. The report was filed on July 19, 2019.
Original Filing: 301052673.xml
Lobbying Issues
Appropriations for Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Treasury - Dept of
Lobbying Issues
S.362/H.R.1175 Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Treasury - Dept of
Type of Issue
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Lobbying Issues
Sec. 301 investigation related to Chinese goods
Retaliatory tariffs on American Whiskey
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Treasury - Dept of
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
1st Quarter, 2019
In Q1, Federal Advocates, Inc. lobbied for The President's Forum of the Distilled Spirits Industry , earning $20,000. The report was filed on April 20, 2019.
Original Filing: 301032567.xml
Lobbying Issues
Appropriations for Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Treasury - Dept of
Lobbying Issues
S.362/H.R.1175 Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Treasury - Dept of
Type of Issue
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Lobbying Issues
Sec. 301 investigation related to Chinese goods
Retaliatory tariffs on American Whiskey
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Treasury - Dept of
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
4th Quarter, 2018
In Q4, Federal Advocates, Inc. lobbied for The President's Forum of the Distilled Spirits Industry , earning $15,000. The report was filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Original Filing: 301002226.xml
Lobbying Issues
H.R. 6258 FY2019 appropriations for Financial Services and General Government
H.R.6147 FY2019 appropriations for Agriculture, Financial Services and General Government (FGG), Interior, and Transportation/HUD
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
Lobbying Issues
H.R.747 Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017
S.236 Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017
H.R.6760 Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Lobbying Issues
Sec. 301 Tariffs
Retaliatory Tariffs on American Whisky
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
3rd Quarter, 2018
In Q3, Federal Advocates, Inc. lobbied for The President's Forum of the Distilled Spirits Industry , earning $15,000. The report was filed on Oct. 18, 2018.
Original Filing: 300988581.xml
Lobbying Issues
H.R. 6258 FY2019 appropriations for Financial Services and General Government
H.R.6147 FY2019 appropriations for Agriculture, Financial Services and General Government (FGG), Interior, and Transportation/HUD
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
Lobbying Issues
H.R.747 Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017
S.236 Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017
H.R.6760 Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Lobbying Issues
Sec. 301 Tariffs
Retaliatory Tariffs on American Whisky
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
3rd Quarter, 2018
Federal Advocates, Inc. filed a lobbying registration on Aug. 1, 2018 to represent The President's Forum of the Distilled Spirits Industry, effective July 1, 2018.
Original Filing: 300980197.xml
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Monitoring federal legislation and/or regulatory action regarding the manufacturing, importing, and marketing of distilled spirits. .
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate