3rd Quarter - Report

BAKER COMMODITIES for BAKER COMMODITIES

Firm
Client
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.

Agriculture AGR

Farm Bill: Relating to provisions supporting the rendering industry; American Rescue Plan: Relating to the implementation of provisions applicable to the rendering industry; H.R. 559/S. 2951: The Butcher Block Act - Relating to the continuation of support programs for small and medium meat and poultry production facilities; Issues relating to disaster relief programs supporting producers affected by the H5N1 outbreak and coverage for safe, secure carcass disposal via rendering.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TRISTAN DAEDALUS Deputy Communications Director/Legislative Aide - Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (1/11-11/11) Communications Director - Rep. Matt Salmon (6/14-1/17), Rep. Raul Labrador (3/17) Communications Director and Policy Advisor - Rep. Pat Fallon (1/21-4/21)

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 559 (118th), S. 2951 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1440/S. 694: The Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2023 - Relating to the removal of federal excise tax on new trucks purchased by businesses; Issues related to the promulgation of the IRC Sec. 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit, including the timely issuance of the required regulations and supporting guidance; Issues related to federal support programs for commercial medium and heavy-duty fleets transitioning to low-emission or zero-emission vehicles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TRISTAN DAEDALUS Deputy Communications Director/Legislative Aide - Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (1/11-11/11) Communications Director - Rep. Matt Salmon (6/14-1/17), Rep. Raul Labrador (3/17) Communications Director and Policy Advisor - Rep. Pat Fallon (1/21-4/21)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 694 (118th), H.R. 1440 (118th)

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

Revisions to EPA's existing organic waste recycling policies, including efforts to increase landfill diversion of organics and reduce both food loss and food waste; Issues related to the lack of data and scientific analysis underlying the arbitrary and capricious removal of rendering from the EPA-endorsed resource recovery pathways in the EPAs recent report Field to Bin: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste Management Pathways (EPA/600/R-23/065) and its associated collateral and initiatives.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TRISTAN DAEDALUS Deputy Communications Director/Legislative Aide - Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (1/11-11/11) Communications Director - Rep. Matt Salmon (6/14-1/17), Rep. Raul Labrador (3/17) Communications Director and Policy Advisor - Rep. Pat Fallon (1/21-4/21)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Issues relating to proposed revisions of Clean Water Act effluent limitation guidelines and standards for the Meat and Poultry Products point source category; H.R. 7079, the Banning EPAs Encroachment on Facilities Act - Banning the promulgation of the recently announced MPP ELGs; Issues related to the California Air Resources Boards Advanced Clean Fleets rulemaking.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TRISTAN DAEDALUS Deputy Communications Director/Legislative Aide - Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (1/11-11/11) Communications Director - Rep. Matt Salmon (6/14-1/17), Rep. Raul Labrador (3/17) Communications Director and Policy Advisor - Rep. Pat Fallon (1/21-4/21)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 7079 (118th)

Small Business SMB

Issues pertaining to the Small Business Administrations definition of a small business under the NAICS rendering classification code for rendering.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TRISTAN DAEDALUS Deputy Communications Director/Legislative Aide - Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (1/11-11/11) Communications Director - Rep. Matt Salmon (6/14-1/17), Rep. Raul Labrador (3/17) Communications Director and Policy Advisor - Rep. Pat Fallon (1/21-4/21)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.