2nd Quarter - Report — FARM CREDIT EAST, ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN A… for FARM CREDIT EAST ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS… (2011)

Firm

FARM CREDIT EAST, ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT, ACA)

Client

FARM CREDIT EAST ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT ACA)

Income

—

Expenses

$20,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Immigration IMM

Farm Labor issues - Immigration Enforcement; H2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program; E-Verify Legislation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH	—

Contacted: SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Farm Credit Administration; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Farm Labor availability; Immigration enforcement; H-2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Farm Credit Administration; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Banking BAN

Farm Credit System lending authorities; Financial services regulatory legislation; USDA Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantee Program - H.R. 874; USDA Business and Industry Loan Program

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Farm Credit Administration; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 874 (112th)

Agriculture AGR

Agricultural credit; Farm Credit System lending & authorities; Farm labor; H.R. 874 - Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantees; Crop Insurance; Estate Taxes on Farms, Regulatory Relief for Farms.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH	—

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Farm Credit Administration; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 874 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Form 1099 Reporting Repeal; Estate Tax Reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Farm Credit Administration; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Agricultural Appropriations; Funding for USDA Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantee Program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Farm Credit Administration; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of

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.