TUTTLE TAYLOR AND HERON for BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Support Value Added Grant Application; Support funding for the Market Access Program; Support inclusion of language in appropriations bills for water and specialty crop insurance agents.

Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Support the passage of immigration reform; Support appropriation requests for temporary immigration relief regarding the H-2A program; monitoring legislation regarding sanctuary cities.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Support of Free Trade Agreements and export promotion programs; Obtaining a duty reduction on shelled and in-shell almonds to China and India; Sought information on almond products in Germany; Inquiries regarding importation of almond base to Japan; inquiries regarding the importation of almond base to Korea; inquiries about Russian sanctions; almond labeling and smuggling issues in India; issues regarding almond smuggling from Pakistan to India, use of boric acid on almonds in India; issues regarding the West Coast Port Shutdown; support for TPA, TPP and T-TIP; sought help to obtain extension of the temporary MRL for Fosetyl-Al in the EU for tree nuts; continued monitoring of Fosetyl-Al issues in EU; support of the repeal of COOL, research on the possibility of exporting goods to Russia; inquiries regarding the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA); continued efforts to reduce duties in Israel; issues regarding Aflatoxin in Japan and Korea, monitoring of China's policies regarding exports from countries with Zika; Monitoring NAFTA developments; Monitoring trade issues regarding disparaging advertisements against almond milk.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Agriculture AGR

Support funding for the Market Access Program; Support National School and Lunch Programs; Support measures regarding the health and welfare of honeybees and accompanying pollination issues for almonds; Support the inclusion of tree nuts in Child Nutrition legislation; Support extension of temporary MRL for Fosetyl-Al in the EU for tree nuts; Support measures to address California water, specifically H.R. 23; Monitor FISMA; Support immigration reform; Support programs for specialty crop insurance agents; Support checkoff transparency and not allowing checkoff funds to be used for disparaging advertisements against another commodity (S.741, H.R. 1753); Support tax reform; Against Diary Pride Act (S.130, H.R. 778); Monitor international trade issues pertaining to agriculture.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 1753 (115th), H.R. 778 (115th), H.R. 23 (115th), S. 130 (115th), S. 741 (115th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Support the inclusion of almonds in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program; Support Value Added Grant Programs; Implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act; Support extension of temporary MRL for Fosetyl-Al in the EU for tree nuts; Support the repeal of COOL; Support for the inclusion of tree nuts in the Child Nutrition legislation; Inquiries regarding the inclusion of almonds in WIC, FSMA exemption; Support and implementation of the Produce Safety Rule; Support of GMO labeling; Support for checkoff transparency and not allowing checkoff funds to be used for disparaging advertisements against another commodity (S.741, H.R. 1753); Against Diary Pride Act (S.130, H.R. 778); International trade issues pertaining to agriculture.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 778 (115th), H.R. 1753 (115th), S. 741 (115th), S. 130 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Support tax reform and simplification of the tax code.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)

Immigration IMM

Support immigration reform; Support appropriation requests for temporary immigration relief regarding the H-2A program; Support finding a solution for the agriculture workforce.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)