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Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Dietary guidelines and other nutrition related issues.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues concerning the regulation of combustible dust.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of

Environment/Superfund ENV

Public Law 108-108: Appropriation of the Interior; all sections dealing with the Everglades Restoration Act. HR 1310: Clean Water Protection Act; all sections dealing with wetlands, prior converted crop land, etc.

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 1310 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

All FTAs including Panama, Columbia, Thailand, NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, TPP, and all WTO negotiations that deal with an increase in the tariff rates or quota and/or elimination of tariffs on sugar. Any other trade issues affecting sugar or biofuels.

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Agriculture AGR

Public Law 110-246: The Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007; sugar title and pertinent sections on biofuel from sugar or sugar cane, and the Biomass Crop Assistance Program. Issues concerning the organic standards and practices. Any general commodity program issues. Clean Water Act: all issues dealing with prior converted cropland.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

HR 2749: The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009; any section pertaining to sugar.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2749 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislation dealing with tax provisions for the electricity produced from biomass. All legislation dealing with biofuels or biomass tax provisions.

Contacted: SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Public Law 109-58: All sections dealing with providing tax credits and other incentives for electricity produced from biomass. FSC Bill: Energy tax provisions attached hereto intended. HR 2454 American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; all sections pertaining to definitions of renewable biomass, provisions related to renewable electricity standard as pertaining to biomass agriculture provisions. All legislation pertaining to cellulosic ethanol, sucrose ethanol, or other biofuel incentives.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (112th)