3rd Quarter - Report — SMITH&BOYETTE for FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION (2018)

Firm

SMITH&BOYETTE

Client

FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION

Income

$30,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

FTA's, including Panama, Columbia, Thailand, TPP, NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, and all WTO negotiations, including Doha, that deal with the increase in quota and/or elimination of the tariffs on sugar. Refined Sugar Tariff Rate Quotas.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Public Law 111-353: Food and Safety Modernization Act. Follow FDA implementation of FSMA; proposed rules and Congressional Oversight thereof.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S. 1733: The Clean Energy, Jobs, and American Power Act; Greenhouse gas allowances, biomass power provisions, etc. H.R. 2250: EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011: Legislation to extend time for compliance with EPA boiler rules.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: S. 1733 (115th), H.R. 2250 (115th)

Agriculture AGR

Public Law 113-79: The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, H.R.2 and S.3042, sugar and energy provisions. The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2 (115th), S. 3042 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Public Law 109-58: The Energy Policy Act of 2005; all sections dealing with renewable fuels. Farm bill issues related to incentives for cellulosic biofuels and the Feedstock Flexibility Program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 and the Senate counterpart; sections pertaining to the definition of renewable biomass, provisions related to renewable electricity standard as pertaining to biomass; agriculture provisions. Legislation pertaining to cellulose ethanol, sucrose ethanol, or other biofuel incentives.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (115th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.