4th Quarter - Report

INDIANA FARM BUREAU, INC for INDIANA FARM BUREAU, INC.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$60,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

United States Mexico Canada Agreement - passage of this trade agreement is important to agriculture.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WHITE 1997-2002, Senior Policy Analyst for Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

New Clean Water Rule - The former Waters of the United States rules was withdrawn from EPA and EPA is currently rewriting that rule. The new rule needs to be friendly to agriculture and not impose on the property rights of those engaged in agriculture.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WHITE 1997-2002, Senior Policy Analyst for Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

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

Immigration IMM

H.R 5038; The Farm Workforce Modernization Act - Act refines the use of the H2A farm worker program and will allow farmers greater access to foreign farm workers. The Act allows agricultural processors and dairies into the program along with expanding the number of workers allowed into the United States in a given year.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WHITE 1997-2002, Senior Policy Analyst for Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

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

Bills named: H.R. 5038 (116th)

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.