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 2013 Filed Apr 10, 2013 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
$10,000
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; Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantee

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Agriculture AGR

Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantees

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Immigration IMM

Farm Labor issues - Immigration Enforcement; H2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Farm Labor availability; Immigration enforcement; H-2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program, E-Verify legislation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Estate Tax for Farms

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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