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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); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

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

Agriculture AGR

Public Law 110-246: The Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007; sugar title and pertinent sections on biofuelfrom 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: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

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

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

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

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

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Dietary guidelines an other nutrition related issues

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues concerning the regulation of combustible dust.

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