2nd Quarter - Report — TUTTLE TAYLOR AND HERON for BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS (2013)

Firm

TUTTLE TAYLOR AND HERON

Client

BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS

Income

$30,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Obtaining a duty-reduction on shelled and in-shelled almonds to China; Country priority list for almonds duty-reductions was submitted; comments were prepared and submitted to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in the Department of Transportation in response to the Federal Register request for comments on the "Pilot Program on NAFTA Long-Haul Trucking Provisions" in support to resolve the retaliation by Mexico against US products; support all Free Trade Agreements

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATE GALLAGHER	—
JULIAN B HERON	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Support of the Value Added Grant Application; Support for funding of the Market Access Program in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, H.R. 2112; Continuing Appropriations Act 2011

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATE GALLAGHER	—
JULIAN B HERON	—

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, H.R. 1837

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATE GALLAGHER	—
JULIAN B HERON	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1837 (113th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Support the inclusion of almonds in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program; Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance Committee; Support of the Food Safety Modernization Act, 2011

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATE GALLAGHER	—
JULIAN B HERON	—

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

The Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 2164; Support the passage of comprehensive immigration reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATE GALLAGHER	—
JULIAN B HERON	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2164 (113th)

Agriculture AGR

Support of the 2013 Farm Bill; Support funding of the Market Access Program; Support of the National School Breakfast and Lunch Program; support of the Charitable Agricultural Research Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATE GALLAGHER	—
JULIAN B HERON	—

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Immigration IMM

The Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 2164; Support the passage of comprehensive immigration reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATE GALLAGHER	—
JULIAN B HERON	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2164 (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.