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Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Issues involving LightSquared LLC--see attached page for details Congressional issues: Discussed request to the FCC that LightSquared LLC's request for modification of its authority for ancillary terrestrial component be subjected to additional testing, to ensure proposed solutions will adequately protect new and existing precision agriculture equipment from spectrum interference. Executive issues: Request to the FCC that LightSquared LLC's request for modification of its authority for ancillary terrestrial component be subjected to additional testing, to ensure proposed solutions will adequately protect new and existing precision agriculture equipment from spectrum interference.

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Roads/Highway ROD

All programs dealing with highway infrastructure, including S. 1813, MAP-21

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: S. 1813 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

See attached page: Congressional issues: Distillers dried grains Biotechnology regulatory issues Coexistence Market Access Program Foreign Market Development Program Trans-Pacific Partnership Low Level Presence Policy Sanitary and Phytosanitary Barriers to trade International biotechnology approvals Free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea Executive Branch issues: Distillers dried grains Biotechnology regulatory issues Coexistence Market Access Program Foreign Market Development Program Trans-Pacific Partnership Low Level Presence Policy Sanitary and Phytosanitary Barriers to trade International biotechnology approvals Free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea U.S.-E.U. High Level Working Group

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Railroads RRR

Congressional issues: railroad access, capcacity, infrastructure and competition Executive Branch: Surface Transportation Board Railway Carrier Obligations for Transport of Hazardous Materials. Filed comments with STB re Weston Coal Traffic League-petition for declaratory offer.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Agriculture AGR

2012 Farm Bill, House and Senate Versions Food, Conservation & Energy Act of 2008: Implementation Title I, Commodity Programs; Implementation of the Average Crop Revenue Election Program See additional pages. Congressional issues: Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010: 1) support end user exemptions from mandatory clearing provisions for Over-the-Counter Derivatives, 2) Recommendations of revisions to CFTC's definition of swap dealer and 3) Capital requirements of swap dealers and major swap participants. Biofuels infrastructure; Biofuels Research and Development; Coexistence Issues; Farm Bill Conservation Programs; FY 2011 USDA RE&E Budget, Food and Ag Budget, Support AFRI Funding. CFTCs implementation of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; end user exemptions from mandatory clearing of OTC derivatives, definitions of swap dealer/participant changes to position limits. Funding of agricultural programs in the FY 2012 budget, including Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program. Support of current baseline spending for crop insurance. FY 2013 Agriculture Appropriations Bill- support funding for mandatory programs in the current Farm Bill. Support completion of new Farm Bill authorization by end of FY 2012. USDA regulation of biotechnology. Aggregate Risk and Revenue Management Program legislation introduced for the 2012 Farm Bill commodity title by Senators Thune and Durbin. Advocate equitable, proportionate reductions in USDA commodity program funding for the purpose of federal budget deficit reduction. Support for timely implementation of RMA staffs preliminary recommendations for changes to the federal crop insurance programs rating methodology. Advocate reauthorization of a new Farm Bill in 2012. S. 3240-Agriculture Reform Food and Jobs Act of 2012, amendments to S. 3240 including conservation compliance for federal crop insurance, premium subsidy reductions for entities with average adjusted gross income (AGI) greater than $750,000, and new AGI limits for conservation programs. Support of agriculture risk coverage program and supplemental coverage option. Commodity Title Proposals in the House and Senate that would recouple production/planted acres to fixed target prices. Executive Branch: Biobased Procurement Program. Coexistence issues; FIFRA/Pesticide Registration. Federal Crop Insurance: New product development and utilization of GPS yield monitor data production evidence. Implementation of Section 9002, Farm Bill of 2002 Federal Biobased Products Preferred. Procurement & USDA Certified Biobased Produce Voluntary Label Program; Plant Incorporated Protectants Updates. Update on research isues from USDA REE. To address concerns regarding proposed rules and advance notices of rulemaking issued by the CFTC regarding implementation of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: end user exemptions from mandatory clearing of OTC derivatives, definition of swap dealer/participant and changes to position limits. USDA regulation of biotechnology. Support for timely implementation of the independent review team and RMA staffs preliminary recommendations for changes to the federal crop insurance programs rating methodology.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: S. 3240 (112th)

Transportation TRA

Activities related to locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, including supporting H.R. 4342, WAVE 4 Activities related to inland waterway trust funds Inland Waterway Capital Development Plan-Support H.R. 12-American Jobs Act-Support provisions related to inland waterways infrastructure funding.

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Surface Transportation Board (STB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 12 (112th), H.R. 4342 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

See attached page for details. Energy and Water Appropriatons for Mississippi River, Inland Waterways Trust Fund. MAP and FMD Funding. Appropriations for the Navigation and Ecosystems Sustainability Program for locks on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. USDA Research Funding. Biotechnology Regulatory Efficiency and Predictability.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Renewable Fuels Standard Biofuels Infrastructure -S. 187 Biofuel Market Expansion Act of 2011 H.R. 1687-Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 Congressional issues: Renewable fuels standard Open fuel standard Ethanol import tariff Renewable fuels infrastructure H.R. 1687-Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 Ethanol-related legislation, including H.R. 3199, H.R. 3552 and H.R. 3441 Executive Branch: All aspects detailing the implementation of the renewable fuels standard

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 1687 (112th), H.R. 3441 (112th), H.R. 3199 (112th), H.R. 3552 (112th), S. 187 (112th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

See attached page for additional information: Congressional issues: H.R. 872 - support passage of legislation to eliminate NPDES permit requirements for pesticide applications Clean Air Act Fine/Coarse Particulate Matter-Support amendment to block EPA from promulgating new regulations Low Carbon Fuel Standards Ethanol Emissions Standards H.R. 2018 - Support a Clean Water Act amendment to preserve the authority of states to set their own water quality standards H.R. 4153-Support legislation to reform and reauthorize the Cheasapeake Bay Project Executive Branch: Climate change Clean Air Act Fine/Coarse Particulate Matter-oppose EPA proposed standard Wetlands Hypoxia Clean Water Act, NPEDS, CAFOs, TMDLs Farm Bill Conservation Program Atrazine Spill prevention control and countermeasures Chesapeake Bay Executive Order (EO 13508) Chesapeake Bay TMDL for nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment NPDES permits for pesticide applications Pesticide Spray Drift guidance and label languages Oppose mandatory numeric nutrient criteria development Proposed Clean Water Act Certainty or Assurance program for farmers Proposed "Waters of the US" guidance-oppose new EPA standard Review of monicotinoid pesticides and effects on pollinators

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 4153 (112th), H.R. 872 (112th), H.R. 2018 (112th)