1st Quarter - Report

SMITH&BOYETTE for FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
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

FTAs, 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Environment/Superfund ENV

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 1733 (113th), H.R. 2250 (113th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: 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 definitions 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (113th)

Agriculture AGR

Public Law 110-246: The Farm Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007; Sugar title pertinent sections on biofuel from sugar and the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). Authorization of the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013, S.954, sugar and energy provisions. The Sugar Reform Act of 2013; H.R. 693 and S. 345.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 954 (113th), S. 345 (113th), H.R. 693 (113th)

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.