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Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues regarding international taxation reform, cap-and-trade legislation, corporate taxation, and personal taxation.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

General issues relating to federal ethanol mandates, the ethanol import tariff, and ethanol tax credits. Also, issues relating to the biodiesel industry and cap-and-trade legislation.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Among other things, issues regarding the free trade agreements for Colombia, Korea and Panama. AGOA extension discussions.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS)

Foreign Relations FOR

Issues relating to foreign assistance, food aid, agricultural, economic, and political issues in the following countries: Angola, Argentina, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia. Feed the Future Program. 2010 AGOA forum.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

General issues relating to food safety, particularly as it applies to the meat industry. Including, the issues of pork safety and the H1N1 Influenza outbreak and Chinese poultry safety in the House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations committees. S. 510 Proposed legislation. Proposed FSIS rule.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 510 (111th)

Transportation TRA

Issues regarding food aid warehousing and logistics. USAID prepositioning tender for Gulf Coast Region

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC)

Agriculture AGR

General issues relating to the animal agriculture industry, both production and processing, with an emphasis on the pork industry. Proposed GIPSA regulation. Food for Progress, Food for Education, WINNER Program/Public Private Partnerships

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); SENATE; Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)