Improving Access to Farm Conservation Act of 2016

Implementation of H.R. 2642, the Agricultural Act of 2014 Meetings with USDA and Congress regarding the proposed designation of cottonseed as an other oilseed Meetings with USDA and Congress regarding economic assistance through a cost-share program for ginning costs FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations bills in the House and Senate WTO Doha Round multilateral trade negotiations, specifically concerning U.S. negotiating positions with respect to trade in agricultural products and disciplines on domestic support for agriculture Communications with Congress, USTR, USDA, State Department and Department of Commerce concerning the Turkish governments anti-dumping investigation of US cotton imports Meetings with USDA-FSA regarding adjusted world price calculations H.R. 897, the Zika Vector Control Act S. 2707 and H.R. 4773, the Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act H.R. 4474, the Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act Amendment to S. 764, relating to Subtitle E- National Bioengineered Standard of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 S. 3228 and H.R. 5451, Improving Access to Farm Conservation Act of 2016 H.R. 5226, the Regulatory Integrity Act S. 2848 and H.R. 5303, Water Resources Development Act of 2016 H.R. 6167, the Farm Risk Abatement Management Election Act S. 3462 and H.R. 6094, the Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools and Non-Profits Act H.R. 5733, the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Guaranteed Loan Modernization Act of 2016 Participation in the commemoration of the U.S. Warehouse Acts 100 years of existence Communications with Congress and USDA concerning modifications to the implementation of the Extra-Long Staple Competitiveness Program Participation with other agricultural groups in a meeting with EPA regarding the designated representative section of the Worker Protection Standards rulemaking Participation in meetings with USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service concerning cotton quality issues and spot market price data gathering Participation in a meeting of the Agricultural Air Quality Task Force, a federal advisory committee to the USDA Participation in meetings with USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service regarding the West Africa Technical Assistance Scholarship Program Participation in joint comments to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission concerning the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Position Limits for Derivatives: Certain Exemptions and Guidance Participation in the Water Advocacy Coalitions comments in response to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposal to reissue and modify nationwide permits Participation in interviews and discussions with GAO concerning its statement of facts in its West Coast ports report Participation in agricultural coalition comments to EPAs Water Permits Division - Office of Waste Water Management concerning the proposed revisions to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System regulations Participation in a coalition letter to the Pacific Maritime Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union concerning discussions on either a contract extension of a new contract for West Coast ports Letter to the EPA administrator concerning the registration process for Monsantos Bollgard II Xtend Flex cotton Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs concerning its Guidance for Herbicide Resistance Management Labeling, Education, Training and Stewardship Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs concerning its Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Resistance Management Labeling Participation in a meeting between agricultural commodity organizations and the EPA administrator concerning a number of regulatory concerns, including EPAs implementation of FIFRA Participation in a coalition letter to the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the Department of Treasurys proposed changes to Section 2704 on estate and gift tax valuation discounts Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs concerning its proposal to modify the current approach to plant-incorporated protectants in breeding line intermediates under Section 3 of FIFRA Communications with FDA regarding the Food Safety and Modernization Act Animal Food Rule

Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)