Mid-Year Report — NATIONAL OILSEED PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL OILSEED PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION (2007)

Firm

NATIONAL OILSEED PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION

Client

NATIONAL OILSEED PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$60,000

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

Monitoring legislation pertaining to the Water Resources Development Act of 2007

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CALLAHAN AILOR	N/A
THOMAS A HAMMER	N/A
DAVID J HOVERMALE	N/A

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Monitoring agricultural food safety and labeling issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CALLAHAN AILOR	N/A
THOMAS A HAMMER	N/A
DAVID J HOVERMALE	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Monitoring legislation pertaining to agricultural trade policy, sanction on agricultural products, humanitarian food relief, biotechnology, World Trade Organization agricultural trade negotiations, and renewal of Trade Promotion Authority, Panama FTA, Peru FTA, Columbia FTA, and Korea FTA.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CALLAHAN AILOR	N/A
THOMAS A HAMMER	N/A
DAVID J HOVERMALE	N/A

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Agriculture AGR

Lobby Issues: Monitoring oversight and legislative changes to H.R. 2646, the Farm Security Act. Monitoring efforts to changes relating to oilseed/commodity programs, conservation, food aid, food safety, disaster assistance, biotechnology, country-of-origin labeling, international trade, and overseas market development. Monitoring legislation relating to the formulation of the 2007 Farm Bill.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CALLAHAN AILOR	N/A
THOMAS A HAMMER	N/A
DAVID J HOVERMALE	N/A

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2646 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Monitoring the FY 2008 Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, Monitoring funding levels for PL 480, conservation, country-of-origin labeling.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CALLAHAN AILOR	N/A
THOMAS A HAMMER	N/A
DAVID J HOVERMALE	N/A

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Monitoring National Ambient Air Quality Standards, hazardous air pollutants and emission factors.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID CALLAHAN AILOR	N/A
THOMAS A HAMMER	N/A
DAVID J HOVERMALE	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); 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.