1st Quarter - Report

FARM CREDIT EAST, ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT, ACA) for FARM CREDIT EAST ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT ACA)

Period 1st Quarter 2010 Filed Apr 14, 2010 Signed by Robert A. Smith, Sr. Vice President/Knowledge Exchange & Public Affairs

Official filing
Firm
FARM CREDIT EAST, ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT, ACA)
Client
FARM CREDIT EAST ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT ACA)
Income
—
Expenses
$14,319
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

Farm Credit System lending authorities; Financial services regulatory legislation; Financial Services H.R. 4173; USDA Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantee Program; USDA Business and Industry Loan Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Farm Credit Administration

Bills named: H.R. 4173 (111th)

Agriculture AGR

Agricultural credit; Farm Credit System lending & authorities; Farm labor; Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantee Program; Crop Insurance; Environmental Quality Incentives Program; Rural Development Estate Taxes impact on agriculture

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: Farm Credit Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Agricultural Appropriations; Funding for USDA Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantee Program; Estate Taxes

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: Farm Credit Administration; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Immigration IMM

Farm Labor issues - Immigration Enforcement; H.R. 1660 - H-2A for dairy farms; AgJOBS bill - H.R.2414, S.1038; H2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Farm Credit Administration

Bills named: S. 1038 (111th), H.R. 1660 (111th), H.R. 2414 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 1660 - H-2A for dairy farmers; Farm Labor availability; Immigration enforcement; AgJOBS bill - H.R.2414, S1038; H-2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Farm Credit Administration; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2414 (111th), H.R. 1660 (111th)

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.