1st Quarter - Report

USA RICE FEDERATION for USA RICE FEDERATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$80,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Ag appropriations funding requests- Market Access Program, Foreign Market Development program, conservation, food aid programs, and Ag research programs. MAP/FMD funding maintained in extension of PL 110-246, the 2008 Farm Bill within PL 110-240, American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN E BROUSSARD —
THOMAS R LANGLEY —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Sulfuryl Fluoride and Methyl Bromide fumigants NPDES issues HR 311 and S 496, the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act Clean Water Act, Nonpoint Source Mgmt Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN E BROUSSARD —
THOMAS R LANGLEY —

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 311 (113th)

Agriculture AGR

Extension issues within PL 110-246 Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, extended in PL 112-240, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 Crop insurance program/policy changes for rice

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN E BROUSSARD —
THOMAS R LANGLEY —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Food policy issues Food Aid-PL 480 maintaining current law provisions Food for Peace provisions in Farm Bill extension

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN E BROUSSARD —
THOMAS R LANGLEY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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.