4th 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 4th Quarter 2013 Filed Jan 15, 2014 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

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

Agriculture AGR

Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantees; Farm Labor; Farm Credit System Issues; 2013 Farm Bill S.954, H.R. 1947; Crop Insurance H.R. 1773, H.R. 1297

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Bills named: H.R. 1947 (113th), H.R. 1773 (113th), S. 954 (113th), H.R. 1297 (113th)

Immigration IMM

Farm Labor issues - Immigration Enforcement; H2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program; Immigration Reform S.744, H.R. 1773

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Bills named: S. 744 (113th), H.R. 1773 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Farm Labor availability; Immigration enforcement; H-2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program, E-Verify legislation; Immigration Reform S.744

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

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

Bills named: S. 744 (113th)

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.