3rd 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 3rd Quarter 2008 Filed Oct 15, 2008 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
$10,935
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.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Funding for agricultural programs; Emergency Agricultural Relief Act Amendment

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Banking BAN

Farm Credit System related issues, Farm Credit Administration regulations on Investments in Rural Communities and Processing and Marketing

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 6124 - Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, Farm Credit System related issues, Farm Credit Administration regulations on Investments in Rural Communities and Processing and Marketing

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Bills named: H.R. 6124 (110th)

Immigration IMM

H.R. 371, S. 340 - AgJOBS; H.R. 4088 - Immigration Enforcement; H.R. 6885 - H-2A for dairy farms; Social Security No-Match regulations; Emergency Agricultural Relief Act Amendment

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Bills named: H.R. 4088 (110th), H.R. 371 (110th), S. 340 (110th), H.R. 6885 (110th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 371, S. 340 - AgJOBS; Emergency Agricultural Relief Act Amendment; H.R. 6885 - H-2A for dairy farmers

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Bills named: S. 340 (110th), H.R. 6885 (110th), H.R. 371 (110th)

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.