NOTICE Act of 2017

Implementation of H.R. 2642, the Agricultural Act of 2014 Meetings with members of Congress regarding support for an administrative cotton ginning cost share program Meetings with members of Congress regarding a legislative proposal for seed cotton as a covered commodity Meetings with members of Congress regarding a legislative proposal for cottonseed as a covered commodity 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 Meetings with USTR and USDA regarding trade policy issues, including NAFTA, China cotton import policy, and WTO Meetings with Members of Congress and staff concerning development of the 2018 Farm Bill and policy changes for cotton Discussions with USDA-RMA concerning STAX indemnities Discussion with USDA-RMA concerning policy changes to quality loss provisions for cotton in crop insurance Discussions with USDA-RMA concerning yields cup and yield exclusion provisions Discussions with USDA-RMA concerning APH and production to count impacts caused by yield losses resulting from the hurricanes Participation in a textile coalition letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Ways and Means to provide input on NAFTA negotiations Participation in a business coalition letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works regarding the nominations of Michael Dourson for EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention; Matthew Leopold for EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of the General Counsel; David Ross for EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Water; and William Wehrum for EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Air & Radiation Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works regarding the nomination of Michael Dourson for EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to members of the Senate Finance Committee regarding the nomination of Gregg Doud as Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of U.S. Trade Representative Participation in Waters Advocacy Coalitions comments in response to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Subgroup of the DoD Regulatory Reform Task Force, Request for Comments on Review of Existing Rules; Docket ID Number COE-2017-0004 Participation in a food and agricultural coalition letter to the Secretary of Commerce regarding the potential withdrawal from NAFTA Letter to USDA-APHIS regarding cotton industry recommendations to facilitate the announcement of pink bollworm eradication in the cotton production areas of the U.S. Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0028, Oxamyl: Preliminary Ecological Risk Assessment for Registration Review Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to the House Speaker and Minority Leader regarding the proposed repeal of the Domestic Production Activities Deduction in H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0032, EPAs current registration for Prometryn Participation in a business coalition letter to the U.S. Trade Representative regarding NAFTA trucking provisions Comments to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, and EPA regarding Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0480, Definition of Waters of the United States - Pre-Proposal Outreach Comments Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to the Senate Majority Leader and Minority Leader regarding the proposed repeal of the Domestic Production Activities Deduction in H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to the President regarding the process for evaluating Chlorpyrifos Participation in cotton industry letter to Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, and EPA regarding Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0644, Definition of Waters of the United States - Addition of an Applicability Date to Clean Water Rule Letter to the Senate Majority Leader and the Speaker of the House regarding H.R. 1, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Comments to USDA-Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service regarding the petition for nonregulated status of cotton that has been genetically engineered for dual resistance to the herbicides glyphosate and isoxaflutole H. Con. Res. 71, FY 2018 budget resolution - Building a Better America Senate FY 2018 budget resolution H.R. 4992, the Agricultural Guestworker Act Conducted a fact-finding tour for FDA officials with regard to certain parts of the Food Safety Modernization Acts Animal Feed Rule Participation in a meeting of the EPAs Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 Issues related to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporations amendments to Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement, the Area Risk Protection Insurance Basic Provisions, and the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions Meetings with USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service officials regarding cotton classification and cotton bale identity issues Issues related to the inclusion of an agriculture disaster component in the supplemental appropriations bill Contacts with USTR and USDA officials during the WTOs 11th Ministerial Conference in Argentina Issues related to EPAs announced process for revising certain requirements in the Worker Protection Standard H.R. 4667, House Supplemental Appropriations Bill for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Issues related to OSHA electronic reporting requirements Issues related to the Federal Motor Carrier Administrations limited waiver from federal hours of service regulations pertaining to electronic logging devices Issues related to USDAs announced rulemaking regarding the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard Participation in meeting with new EPA staff on issues of importance (pesticides and water quality)

Client expense: $256,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), 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), White House Office