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MARS, INCORPORATED

Lobbying for MARS, INCORPORATED

 Filing 3rd Quarter - Report
Reporting period
3rd Quarter 2025
July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2025
Expenses
$300,000.00
What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.
Client based in
Virginia

Official filing document

 Government bodies contacted 8
  • Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
  • Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • SENATE
  • U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

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

 Bills named in this filing 4
  • HR 7380
    IRAN Act
  • S 1888
    United States Foundation for International Food Security Act of 2025
  • S 912
    Securing American Agriculture Act
  • S 351
    STEWARD Act of 2025
 Lobbying activity 4
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

Support for Pet Food Uniform Regulatory Reform Act (HR 7380), which strengthens federal regulatory authority over pet food; support increased funding for FDA food ingredient safety programs and enhanced reassessment activities; support for FDA's process to consider front of package in nutrition labeling; support for federal role in risk-based regulation of food.

Agriculture

Support for climate and conservation issues; support for regenerative farming system. Support for maintaining FDA resources for animal health and pet food safety. Support for cocoa research initiatives within the Agriculture research Service (ARS). Support for S.1888 - United States Foundation for International Food Security Act of 2025 to increase private sector investments to improve global food security.

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Support for exclusion of agriculture commodities that cannot be sourced domestically from tariff programs; support for trade preferences under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA); support for duty-free market access under the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA); support for domestic sourcing of food ingredients under the Securing American Agriculture Act (S.912).

Environment/Superfund

Support for policies that improve U.S. recycling infrastructure, including S. 351, The Steward Act, which improves recycling accessibility and collection of data on recycling; engaged on food ingredients for transportation fuels.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.

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