4th Quarter - Report

SMITH&BOYETTE for FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION

Firm
Client
Income
$40,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

FTAs, including Panama, Columbia, Thailand, TPP, NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, and all WTO negotiations, including Doha, that deal with the increase in quota and/or elimination of the tariffs on sugar. Refined Sugar Tariff Rate Quotas.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S. 1733: The Clean Energy, Jobs, and American Power Act; Greenhouse gas allowances; biomass power provisions, etc. H.R. 2250: EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011: Legislation to extend time for compliance with EPA boiler rules.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 1733 (113th), H.R. 2250 (113th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 and the Senate counterpart; sections pertaining to the definitions of renewable biomass, provisions related to renewable electricity standard as pertaining to biomass; agriculture provisions. Legislation pertaining to cellulose ethanol, sucrose ethanol or other biofuel incentives.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (113th)

Agriculture AGR

Public Law 113-79: The Agriculture Act of 2014, sugar and energy provisions. The Sugar Reform Act of 2013: H.R. 693 and S. 345. The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2015, H.R. 4800 and S. 2389.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2389 (113th), S. 345 (113th), H.R. 4800 (113th), H.R. 693 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Public Law 109-58: The Energy Policy Act of 2005; all sections dealing with ethanol credits. Farm bill issues related to incentives for celluslosic biofuels and the Feedstock Flexibility Program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Public Law 111-353: Food Safety Modernization Act. Follow FDA implementation of FSMA; proposed rules, and Congressional Oversight thereof.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

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.