4th Quarter - Report — ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU FEDERATION for ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU FEDERATION (2011)

Firm

ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

Client

ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

Income

—

Expenses

$70,384

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

TRD: President submits Trade Agreements - Columbia, Korea and Panama for consideration. House contacted to support

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFFERY HALL	Associate Director, Governmental Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 3265 DOT - hours of service legislation. The legislation seeks to clarify DOT interpretation of the hours of service provision. A conference call was held.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFFERY HALL	Associate Director, Governmental Affairs

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3265 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 872 / S. 1619: The Currency Exchange Rate Oversite Reform Act, which is currently being considered by the Senate. H.R. 872 would eliminate the burdensome overlapping permit requirements resulting from the National Cotton Council v. EPA..

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFFERY HALL	Associate Director, Goverenmental Affairs

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 872 (112th), S. 1619 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 674: Senate to voite on three percent repeal- the new 3 percent withholding tax will apply to many departments of USDA payments including: direct payments; counter-cyclical support payments; Average Crop Revenue Election; dairy support programs; and conservation programs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFFERY HALL	Associate Director, Governmental Affairs

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: H.R. 674 (112th)

Animals ANI

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) request comments to upate its regulations governing the management of deouble-crested cormorants. Comments due Feb. 6, 2012. Double crested cormorants are birds that have a devastating impact on aquaculture in the Southeastern United States and on sport and recreational fisheries in the Great Lakes and Plains.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFFERY HALL	Associate Director, Govenmental Affairs

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Congressional letter calling for an extension of the comment period on the DOL Agricultural Child Labor Law. DOL extends comment period on proposed agricultural child labor rule. DOL has told Congress that it will extend the comment period to Dec 1

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFFERY HALL	Associate Director, Governmental Affairs

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; 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.