What was lobbied
13 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
2018 Farm Bill programs; Biotechnology, including animal biotechnology regulation; Crop protection; Sustainability; Climate change; Cover crops; Aquaculture; Innovation; Competitiveness; Precision agriculture; Agricultural disaster assistance; Checkoff program; Reconciliation package; Supply chain.
Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Risk Management Agency; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Maritime Commission; Surface Transportation Board (STB)
Market access issues, including maximum residue levels; World Trade Organization; Free trade and regional trade agreements, including USMCA and China phase I; International food assistance; Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development funding in appropriations; FY2021 funding for USDA Food for Progress program; ITC investigation into phosphate imports from Russia and Morocco; Trade relations with Cuba, including private financing to Cuba; United Nations Food Systems Summit.
Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Risk Management Agency; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Maritime Commission; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2022 Water Resources Development Act; Infrastructure, including waterways navigation and construction projects, surface and freight rail transportation; Bipartisan infrastructure bill, including hours of service rules, federal truck weight limits, commercial driver license flexibility, and financial liability for trucks; Ocean shipping vessel efficiency and detention and demurrage at ports; Appropriations, including locks and dams projects, Army Corps operations, and allocation of Inland Waterway Trust Fund dollars; Soy-based asphalt and infrastructure materials; Infrastructure bill implementation; Surface Transportation Board action - specifically Kansas City Southern and Canadian Pacific Railroad merger.
Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Risk Management Agency; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Federal Maritime Commission; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Surface Transportation Board (STB)
Protections for stepped-up basis; 1031 like-kind exchanges; 199A business income deductions; Reconciliation package.
Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Risk Management Agency; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
Crop insurance program, including the Pandemic Cover Crop Program.
Contacted: Risk Management Agency; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Maritime Commission; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Agricultural assistance, broadband, mental health,infrastructure resources, and enacted aid programs including USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Maritime Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Risk Management Agency; Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Biodiesel tax credit renewal and extension; Renewable Fuel Standard, including Small Refinery Exemptions, updated renewable volume obligations, and soy supply and demand; Biodiesel Fuel Education Program in appropriations; Biodiesel in clean energy; Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program; Labeling requirements for alternative fuels; Sustainable aviation fuel feedstock eligibility for tax credit; Reconciliation package.
Contacted: White House Office; Risk Management Agency; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Maritime Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Clean Water Act, including proposed changes to Waters of the U.S.
Contacted: White House Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Federal Maritime Commission; Risk Management Agency; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
Pollinators; Endangered Species Act; America the Beautiful, also referred to as "30x30".
Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Risk Management Agency; Surface Transportation Board (STB); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Maritime Commission; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
Sustainable aviation fuel feedstock eligibility in NDAA.
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Risk Management Agency; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Maritime Commission; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Workforce concerns.
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Surface Transportation Board (STB); White House Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Risk Management Agency; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Maritime Commission; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Broadband, including funding; Global Positioning System; Ligado order; Expanded rural broadband and 5G services; Cybersecurity.
Contacted: SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Maritime Commission; White House Office; Risk Management Agency
Biobased and soy-based products.
Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Maritime Commission; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Risk Management Agency; White House Office
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