• Monitoring legislative and regulatory action impacting companion animals; monitoring and advocating applicable tariff issues for consumer goods; and advocating for improving and increasing companion animal breeding standards. Advising on USTR Tariff Exclusion Process for Section 301 China Investigation. Monitoring and advocating for increased breeding standards in the Farm Bill.
• Seeking modification of Section 301 tariff rates on certain products manufactured in China. Advising on USTR Tariff Exclusion Process for Section 301 China Investigation.

Duration: January 1, 2020 to September 29, 2023

General Issues: Animals, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $140,000 (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 2020: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Small Business Administration (SBA)