1st Quarter - Report — SMITH&BOYETTE for FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION (2018)

Firm

SMITH&BOYETTE

Client

FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION

Income

$30,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

FTA's, including Panama, Columbia, Thailand, TPP, NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, and all WTO negotiations, including Doha, that deal with the increase in quota and/or elimination of the tariffs on sugar. Refined Sugar Tariff Rate Quotas.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Public Law 111-353: Food and Safety Modernization Act. Follow FDA implementation of FSMA; proposed rules and Congressional Oversight thereof.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Public Law 109-58: The Energy Policy Act of 2005; all sections dealing with renewable fuels. Farm bill issues related to incentives for cellulosic biofuels and the Feedstock Flexibility Program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 and the Senate counterpart; sections pertaining to the definition of renewable biomass, provisions related to renewable electricity standard as pertaining to biomass; agriculture provisions. Legislation pertaining to cellulose ethanol, sucrose ethanol, or other biofuel incentives.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (115th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S. 1733: The Clean Energy, Jobs, and American Power Act; Greenhouse gas allowances, biomass power provisions, etc. H.R. 2250: EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011: Legislation to extend time for compliance with EPA boiler rules.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2250 (115th), S. 1733 (115th)

Agriculture AGR

Public Law 113-79: The Agriculture Act of 2014, sugar and energy provisions. The Sugar Reform Act of 2015: H.R. 1714 and S. 475. The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 475 (115th), H.R. 1714 (115th)

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.