4th Quarter - Report

FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION for FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$290,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Public Law 111-353: Food Safety Modernization Act. Follow FCA implementation of FSMA: proposed rules, Congressional Oversight thereof.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

FTA's including Panama, Columbia, Thailand, NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, TPP and WTO negotiations that deal with an increase in the Tariff Rate Quotas and/or elimination of tariffs on sugar as well as Mexican Anti-dumping and Countervailing duty trade cases. Other trade issues affecting sugar or biofuels.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Agriculture AGR

Public Law 113-79: The Agriculture Act of 2014. The sugar title and pertinent sections on biofuel from sugar or sugar can, the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, and general commodity programs issues. H.R. 4800 and S. 2389 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2015. The EPA's proposed Waters of the United States Rule. The Clean Water Act and issues dealing with prior converted cropland. The Sugar Reform act of 2013: H.R. 693 and S. 345.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 4800 (113th), S. 2389 (113th), H.R. 693 (113th), S. 345 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Public Law 108-108: Appropriation of the Department of the Interior; sections dealing with the Everglades Restoration Act. Legislation to extend time for compliance with EPA boiler rules. Areas dealing with the Clean Water Act definition and regulation of wetlands, prior converted crop land, etc.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

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.