4th Quarter - Termination

FARM CREDIT EAST, ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT, ACA) for FARM CREDIT EAST ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT ACA)

Period 4th Quarter 2014 Filed Jan 15, 2015 Signed by Robert A. Smith, Sr. Vice President/Knowledge Exchange & Public Affairs

Official filing
Firm
FARM CREDIT EAST, ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT, ACA)
Client
FARM CREDIT EAST ACA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT ACA)
Income
—
Expenses
$5,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions
Terminated
Dec 31, 2014

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

Farm Credit System; Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantee

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: Farm Credit Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Agriculture AGR

Farm Service Agency Loan Guarantees; Farm Labor; Farm Credit System Issues; Crop Insurance; Food Labeling; Hearing on Credit in Rural Areas; Food Safety and Modernization Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Farm Credit Administration; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Section 179 Expensing H.R.4457, S.2260

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Farm Credit Administration; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2260 (113th), H.R. 4457 (113th)

Immigration IMM

Farm Labor issues - Immigration Enforcement; H2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program; Immigration Reform S.744, H.R. 1773

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Farm Credit Administration; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 744 (113th), H.R. 1773 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Farm Labor availability; Immigration enforcement; H-2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program, E-Verify legislation; Immigration Reform S.744

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Farm Credit Administration; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 744 (113th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Clean Water Act - Waters of the United States Regulatory proposal.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT SMITH —

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Farm Credit Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

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.