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Roads/Highway ROD

All programs dealing with highway infrastructure, MAP-21

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

Transportation TRA

Activities related to locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Activities related to Inland Waterway Trust Fund Inland Waterway Capital Development Plan-SupportCongressional issues: S. 565-Missisippi River Navigation Sustainment Act-support S. 566- WIN P3 Act-support S. 407- Reinvesting in Vital Economic Rivers and Waterways Act-support S. 601- Water Resources Development Act-provisions related to inland waterways projects

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

Bills named: S. 565 (113th), S. 407 (113th), S. 601 (113th), S. 566 (113th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Renewable Fuels Standard HR 875Congressional issues: Renewable fuels standard Open fuel standard Ethanol import tariff Renewable fuels infrastructure Executive Branch: All aspects detailing the implementation of the renewable fuels standard

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

Bills named: H.R. 875 (113th)

Railroads RRR

Congressional issues: railroad access, capcacity, infrastructure and competition Executive Branch: Surface Transportation Board review of competitive rail switching

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

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 U.S.-EU High Level Working Group 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 U.S.-China Biotechnology Working Group Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

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

Agriculture AGR

2013 Farm Bill, House and Senate Food, Conservation & Energy Act of 2008: Implementation Title I, Commodity Programs See additional pages.Congressional issues: 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. Funding of agricultural programs in the FY 2013 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 farmer assurance provision. Support completion of new Farm Bill authorization by end of FY 2012. USDA regulation of biotechnology. Advocate reauthorization of a new Farm Bill in 2013. Oppose Commodity Title Proposals in the House and Senate that would recouple production/planted acres to fixed target prices. Support of legislation to extend of Transaction Account Guarantee program for community banks through the FDIC insurance program. Implementation of 2008 Farm Bill extension and enrollment procedures for Direct and Counter Cyclical, ACRE programs. Restoration of higher cap for FSA Farm Storage Loan program adopted in 2008 Farm Bill. Oppose Amendment 254 (Begich-Flake) amendment to S.Con.Res. 8 regarding disclosure of personal information related to participation in the federal crop insurance program. Comments regarding potential impact of the American Family Economic Protection act as a replacement for the budget sequestration and proposed funding cuts to current commodity programs. Oppose changes to the federal crop insurance program that would adversely impact grower participation and delivery of services and products.Executive Branch: Biobased Procurement Program. Coexistence issues; FIFRA/Pesticide Registration. 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. USDA regulation of biotechnology. Communication of proper protocol for aflatoxin testing procedures and insurance adjustment claim processes. Implementation of 2008 Farm Bill extension and enrollment procedures for Direct and Counter Cyclical, ACRE programs. Restoration of higher cap for FSA Farm Storage Loan program adopted in 2008 Farm Bill. Inquiry regarding crop insurance premium increases resulting from changes to preventing planting loads in rating system. Support of Acreage and Crop Reporting System Streamlining Initiative for FSA and RMA administered programs. Discussion of various Commodity Title reforms proposed by the House and Senate Agriculture Committees for a new farm bill in 2012.

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

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 8 (113th)

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

See attached page for additional information:Congressional issues: H.R. 935 - support passage of legislation to eliminate NPDES permit requirements for pesticide applications Low Carbon Fuel Standards Ethanol Emissions Standards Executive Branch: Climate change Wetlands Hypoxia Clean Water Act, NPDES, CAFOs, TMDLs Farm Bill Conservation Program Atrazine Spill prevention control and countermeasures (SPCC) 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 under the Clean Water Act Proposed Clean Water Act Certainty or Assurance program for farmers Proposed "Waters of the US" guidance-oppose new EPA standard Review of neonicotinoid pesticides and effects on pollinators Environmental markets: Development of carbon and water quality trading programs at USDA

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

Bills named: H.R. 935 (113th)