VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP lobbying for INTERNATIONAL BOTTLED WATER ASSOCIATION

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 16, 2025

Income

$50,000.00

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

Virginia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

CARLOS FLORES

Previously held: Legal Intern, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry (2022); Legislative Intern, Representative Roger Marshall (2018); Legislative Intern, Senator Pat Roberts (2018)

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 5

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 2

S 351
STEWARD Act of 2025
HR 2145
Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025

Lobbying activity 4

Beverage Industry

Recycling issues in the Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act of 2025 (S. 351) and the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (H.R. 2145); bottled water issues related to Department of the Interior Order No. 3407 on Department-Wide Approach to Reducing Plastic Pollution; bottled water issues related to FDAs healthy labeling final rule.

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

Support for healthy hydration messaging in U.S. dietary policy; support for adding water to the MyPlate nutrition graphic; Recycling issues in the Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act of 2025 (S. 351) and the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (H.R. 2145); bottled water issues related to Department of the Interior Order No. 3407 on Department-Wide Approach to Reducing Plastic Pollution; bottled water issues related to FDAs healthy labeling final rule.

Natural Resources

General education regarding bottled water industry; Recycling issues in the Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act of 2025 (S. 351) and the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (H.R. 2145); bottled water issues related to Department of the Interior Order No. 3407 on Department-Wide Approach to Reducing Plastic Pollution.

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

General education regarding bottled water industry; Recycling issues in the Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act of 2025 (S. 351) and the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (H.R. 2145); bottled water issues related to Department of the Interior Order No. 3407 on Department-Wide Approach to Reducing Plastic Pollution; bottled water issues related to FDAs healthy labeling final rule.