4th Quarter - Report

TERRELL PUBLIC AFFAIRS for SELECT MILK PRODUCERS, INC.

Firm
Client
Income
$30,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

Generally communicated the importance of repealing and replacing the Waters of the U.S. Rule implemented by EPA.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES CLARK TERRELL —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Agriculture AGR

No specific legislation yet filed, but communicated the need to reform the Margin Protection Program in the 2018 Farm Bill, and the importance of agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES CLARK TERRELL —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Immigration IMM

Supported passage of H.R. 4092, the Agricultural Guestworker Act. To date, dairy farms have not qualified to apply for H2A guest workers, as the program requires that jobs be "temporary" or "seasonal".

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES CLARK TERRELL —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4092 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Communicated the need to expand existing investment tax credits for equipment used to collect biogas used to generate electricity to equipment used to in biogas projects that use the gas for other purposes, such as powering milk hauling trucks. In the same effort, promoted investment tax credits for agricultural nutrient resource recovery projects. Supported cosponsorship of HR 2853, the Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, companion bill is S. 988.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES CLARK TERRELL —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2853 (115th), S. 988 (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.