4th Quarter - Report — USA RICE FEDERATION for USA RICE FEDERATION (2011)

Firm

USA RICE FEDERATION

Client

USA RICE FEDERATION

Income

—

Expenses

$110,000

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Ag appropriations funding requests- Market Access Program, Foreign Market Development program, conservation, food aid programs, and ag research programs. Ag program budget levels in the FY 2012 Budget Resolution H.R. 2112 Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill and amendments PUBLIC LAW 112 25 BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 2011 Cuba trade issues including the Senate's FY 2012 Financial Services Apps. bill- cash in advance by Cuba for the purpose of U.S. farm goods- S. 1573, Sec. 620 and House Financial Services Appropriations cash in advance payment policyHR 2434, Sec. 618

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E BROUSSARD	—
THOMAS R LANGLEY	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (112th), S. 1573 (112th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R.872 : Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011 Sulfuryl Fluoride and Methyl Bromide fumigants Clean Water Act vs FIFRA court case (NPDES issues) HR 1633 Farm Dust Regluation Prevention Act of 2011 HR 3158 Farmers Undertake Enverionmental Land Stewardship Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E BROUSSARD	—
THOMAS R LANGLEY	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 872 (112th), H.R. 3158 (112th), H.R. 1633 (112th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Arsenic/ Food Sampling and Testing Legislative change in the Bumpers Amendment, assistance to nations needing food-aid PL 112-74 (HR 2055, Sec. 7025 (b))

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E BROUSSARD	—
THOMAS R LANGLEY	—

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2055 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HR 833 Ag Export Enhancement act of 2011 Trans Pacific Partnership

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E BROUSSARD	—
THOMAS R LANGLEY	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 833 (112th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Lightsquared broadband proposal

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS R LANGLEY	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Agriculture AGR

2012 Farm Bill preparations Crop insurance program/policy changes for rice

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN E BROUSSARD	—
THOMAS R LANGLEY	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.