To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.

Trans-Pacific Partnership; S. 496 and H.R. 4296, bills that would amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish; H.R. 4171, a bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to repeal certain provisions relating to criminal penalties and violations of foreign law; S. 50, a bill that directs the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission regarding seafood marketing; and shrimp bonding requirements.

Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Supporting the elimination of the USDA Office of Catfish Inspection; in support of S. 496 and H.R. 4296; U.S. beef trade

Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

Issues related to S.496/H.R. 4296, A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish, H.R.5973/S.2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 and S.3240, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012/H.R.6083, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 (Farm bills).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 496 and H.R. 4296, bills that would amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish; shrimp bonding requirements; S. 50, the Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act.

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of