2nd Quarter - Report — SMITH&BOYETTE for FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION (2011)

Firm

SMITH&BOYETTE

Client

FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION

Income

$25,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1733 (112th), H.R. 2250 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

All FTAs, including Panama, Columbia, Thailand, TPP, NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, and all WTO negotiations, including Doha, that deal with the increase in quota and./or elimination on the tariffs of sugar.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Agriculture AGR

Public Law 110-246: The Farm Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007; sugar title and pertinent sections on biofuel from sugar and the Biomass Crop Assistance Program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

FY 2010 Budget of the US Government: all sections dealing with providing tax credits for electricity produced from biomass. The Energy Policy Act of 2005; all sections dealing with ethanol credits. Farm bill issues related to incentives for cellulosic biofuels. Public Law 111-5: all sections dealing with tax incentives for biofuels.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HR 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 and the Senate counterpart; all sections pertaining to the definitions of renewable biomass, provisions related to renewable electricity standard as pertaining to biomass; agriculture provisions. All legislation pertaining to cellulosic ethanol, sucrose ethanol, or other biofuel incentives.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VAN R BOYETTE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (112th)

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.