2023 Farm Bill (No bill number).
Specialty Crops and related programs (No bill number).
Monitor international trade issues pertaining to agriculture; Encourage work at USDA and USTR (No bills).
Support for ocean shipping reform action (No bills).
Duration: January 25, 2023
to
present
General Issues: Agriculture , Trade (Domestic & Foreign) , Transportation , Budget/Appropriations , Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.) , Natural Resources
Spending: about $170,000 (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 2023: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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?
Todd Willens
Chief of Staff, US Department of the Interior, Chief of Staff; US House of Representative; Professional Staff, US House Committee on Natural Resources
Cole Rojewski
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.
1st Quarter, 2024
In Q1, RBW GROUP, LLC lobbied for Almond Alliance of California , earning $40,000. The report was filed on April 12.
Original Filing: 301548649.xml
Lobbying Issues
2023 Farm Bill (No bill number).
Specialty Crops and related programs (No bill number).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
Lobbying Issues
Monitor international trade issues pertaining to agriculture; Encourage work at USDA and USTR (No bills).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
Lobbying Issues
Support for ocean shipping reform action (No bills).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
4th Quarter, 2023
In Q4, RBW GROUP, LLC lobbied for Almond Alliance of California , earning $40,000. The report was filed on Jan. 18.
Original Filing: 301527406.xml
Lobbying Issues
2023 Farm Bill (No bill number).
Specialty Crops and related programs (No bill number).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
Lobbying Issues
Monitor international trade issues pertaining to agriculture; Encourage work at USDA and USTR (No bills).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
Lobbying Issues
Support for ocean shipping reform action (No bills).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
3rd Quarter, 2023
In Q3, RBW GROUP, LLC lobbied for Almond Alliance of California , earning $30,000. The report was filed on Oct. 4, 2023.
Original Filing: 301497516.xml
Lobbying Issues
2023 Farm Bill (No bill number).
Specialty Crops and related programs (No bill number).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
Lobbying Issues
H.R.4368 - FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
Monitor international trade issues pertaining to agriculture; Encourage work at USDA and USTR (No bills).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
Lobbying Issues
Support for ocean shipping reform action (No bills).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
2nd Quarter, 2023
In Q2, RBW GROUP, LLC lobbied for Almond Alliance of California , earning $40,000. The report was filed on July 17, 2023.
Original Filing: 301478253.xml
Lobbying Issues
2023 Farm Bill (No bill number).
Specialty Crops and related programs (No bill number).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
H.R.4368 - FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
Monitor international trade issues pertaining to agriculture; Encourage work at USDA and USTR (No bills).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
Lobbying Issues
Support for ocean shipping reform action (No bills).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
1st Quarter, 2023
In Q1, RBW GROUP, LLC lobbied for Almond Alliance of California , earning $20,000. The report was filed on April 17, 2023.
Original Filing: 301453509.xml
Lobbying Issues
2023 Farm Bill (No bill number)
Specialty Crops and related programs (No bill number)
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations (No bill number)
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
Monitor international trade issues pertaining to agriculture; Encourage work at USDA and USTR.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
Lobbying Issues
Support for ocean shipping reform action
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
1st Quarter, 2023
RBW GROUP, LLC filed a lobbying registration on Jan. 27, 2023 to represent Almond Alliance of California, effective Jan. 25, 2023.
Original Filing: 301445121.xml
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Farm Bill, FY24 Agriculture Appropriations .
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate