KENNETH BARBIC

INVARIANT LLC · Washington, DC · registered since 2024

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At a glance

Registered since

2024

Senate LDA system

Clients

last 3 years

Filings

7 agencies contacted

Activity

filings by quarter

Works on

Agriculture 26 Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 6 Manufacturing 4 Immigration 3 Environment/Superfund 3 Health Issues 2 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 2 Trade (domestic/foreign) 1 Budget/Appropriations 1

Background

Government experience

Asst Secretary for Congressional Relations

USDA

18-21); Dep Asst U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs, USTR (07-09); House Ways and Means Comm., Subcommittee on Trade: Leg. Asst (06-07); Sr Staff Asst (05-06); Staff Asst (05-06

Disclosed on LD-2 filings

Asst Secretary for Congressional Relations

USDA

18-21); Dep Asst U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs, USTR (07-09); House Ways and Means Comm., Subcommittee on Trade: Leg. Asst (06-07); SrStaff Asst (05-06); Staff Asst (05-06

Disclosed on LD-2 filings

Asst Secretary for Congressional Relations

USDA

18-21); Dep Asst U.S.Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs, USTR (07-09); HouseWays and Means Comm., Subcommittee on Trade: Leg. Asst (06-07); SrStaff Asst (05-06); Staff Asst (05-06

Disclosed on LD-2 filings

Career

INVARIANT LLC

Washington, DC

2024 - present

Specific issues

Monitor issues impacting the grocery industry, including supply chain concerns and other potential market disruptions. Advocate for a strengthened nutrition safety net, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC). Monitor regulations related to nutrition, including those contained in the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) · 2024 Q3

Monitor crop protection tool issues, including on the determinations of safety and efficacy of certain chemicals within U.S. agriculture.

Agriculture · 2024 Q3

Educate Members of Congress, staff, and the Administration on issues impacting the corn refining industry. Educate Members of Congress and staff on Primient partnership and expansion plans via the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) Tech Hubs award and on Primient-Sustainea Bio-MEG facility merger. Monitor and summarize U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) health risk value reviews of ethylene oxide. Monitor and advise on engagement strategy around S. 4753, the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, and the Rep. Westerman NEPA review discussion draft.

Manufacturing · 2024 Q3

Monitor the Farm Bill reauthorization process, including the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (H.R. 8467) and the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act (Senate draft), including educating Members on PepsiCo's priorities. Monitor the implementation of funding contained in P.L.117-169, the Inflation Reduction Act for climate-smart agriculture, conservation, and rural development.

Agriculture · 2024 Q3

Educate Members of Congress and the Administration about the importance of the domestic oilseed processing industry to the U.S. economy and American agriculture.

Agriculture · 2024 Q3

Monitor the implementation and policy guidance related to biofuels provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, including the Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit (45Z). Advocate on issues related to the Renewable Fuel Standards. Advocate for tax policies that support the domestic oilseed processing industry.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · 2024 Q3