Responsible and Efficient Agriculture Destination Act

Transportation - implementation of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) for livestock haulers/Insect haulers H.R. 510, the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 S. 203, the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 4919, the Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination (TREAD) Act S. 2302 American Transportation Infrastructure Act Invest om a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act

Client expense: $150,768 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Supported efforts to provide relief for dairy farmers and milk haulers from hours of service rules, including supporting the Responsible and Efficient Agriculture Destination Act (H.R. 4919) as well as related administrative actions. Advocated for changes in federal truck weight limits provided that carriers install sixth-axle safety technology. Supported the DRIVE-Safe Act (H.R. 1374, S. 569) to address the ongoing driver shortage facing many industries.

Client expense: $159,180 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Transportation - implementation of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) for livestock haulers/Insect haulers H.R. 510, the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 S. 203, the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 4919, the Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination (TREAD) Act S. 2302 American Transportation Infrastructure Act Invest om a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act

Client expense: $152,784 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

- Increased flexibility on Hours of Service requirements for livestock haulers (Dept of Transportation and Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration) - H.R. 4919 Responsible and Efficient Agricultural Destination Act (TREAD Act) regarding hours of service requirements for livestock haulers - COVID-19 regulatory enforcement for critical infrastructure

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Truck Size and Weight; 33-foot doubles, individual truck weight increases. Preemption of state pay and rest break laws. Automation of motor vehicles and advanced trucking technologies Port trucking industry issues Lowering of interstate driving age DOT Hours of Service Reform Proposal HR 1374/ s 569 Drive Safe Act Surface transportation bill priorities General infrastructure priorities Worker misclassification Exploration of potential cabotage violations FLSA overtime exemption for truckers Hours of service exemptions for agricultural commodities, HR 4919 TREAD Act CARES Act, Title IV: Stimulus Funds for COVID-Impacted Teamster Industries

Client expense: $367,432 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Michigan Farm Bureau supported transportation infrastructure improvement to highways, bridges, railways, locks and dams, harbors and port facilities, and expanding broadband access across rural communities. Michigan Farm Bureau supported H.R. 4919, The Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination (TREAD) Act, recently introduced by Reps. Angie Craig (D-MN) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA). This bipartisan legislation would provide additional flexibility to those hauling agricultural products and livestock. Farm Bureau continues to hear from farmers that have been negatively impacted due to Hours of Service (HOS) requirements and the burden it places on hauling perishable and seasonal commodities and livestock to markets. H.R. 4919 provides for an additional 150 air-miles exemption from HOS regulations on the backend of hauls (after delivery) for those transporting agricultural commodities. This builds on the current exemption for the beginning of hauls (before delivery) at the source and would simply add the term destination. The bill additionally allows this exemption to be utilized year-round rather than only during planting and harvesting seasons. Farm Bureau is a founding member of the Rebuild Rural Coalition, comprised of more than 220 organizations from across the country. The coalition collectively represents U.S. agricultural producers and cooperatives, and rural businesses, communities and families. The Rebuild Rural Coalition is dedicated to advocating for investment in rural Americas infrastructure and understands that rural Americas infrastructure needs are fundamentally vast.

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office

Working to exempt livestock haulers from the Electronic Logging Device implementation. Supporting efforts to increase 150-air mile agricultural exemption to DOT Hours of Service rules to include the delivery end of an agricultural haul. Support of petition to U.S. DOT to extend Hours of Service for livestock haulers from 11 to 15 hours. Support efforts to increase maximum commercial motor vehicle weights. Support The Responsible and Efficient Agricultural Destination (TREAD) Act - HR 4919

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Supported efforts to provide relief for dairy farmers and milk haulers from hours of service rules, including supporting the Responsible and Efficient Agriculture Destination Act (H.R. 4919) as well as related administrative actions. Advocated for changes in federal truck weight limits provided that carriers install sixth-axle safety technology. Supported the DRIVE-Safe Act (H.R. 1374, S. 569) to address the ongoing driver shortage facing many industries.

Client expense: $120,267 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

- Increased flexibility on Hours of Service requirements for livestock haulers (Dept of Transportation and Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration) - H.R. 4919 Responsible and Efficient Agricultural Destination Act (TREAD Act) regarding hours of service requirements for livestock haulers - COVID-19 regulatory enforcement for critical infrastructure

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

- Increased flexibility on Hours of Service requirements for livestock haulers (Dept of Transportation and Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration) - H.R. 4919 Responsible and Efficient Agricultural Destination Act (TREAD Act) regarding hours of service requirements for livestock haulers - COVID-19 regulatory enforcement for critical infrastructure

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Transportation - implementation of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) for livestock haulers/Insect haulers H.R. 510, the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 S. 203, the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 4919, the Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination (TREAD) Act S. 2302 American Transportation Infrastructure Act

Client expense: $81,145 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Michigan Farm Bureau supported transportation infrastructure improvement to highways, bridges, railways, locks and dams, harbors and port facilities, and expanding broadband access across rural communities. Michigan Farm Bureau supported H.R. 4919, The Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination (TREAD) Act, recently introduced by Reps. Angie Craig (D-MN) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA). This bipartisan legislation would provide additional flexibility to those hauling agricultural products and livestock. Farm Bureau continues to hear from farmers that have been negatively impacted due to Hours of Service (HOS) requirements and the burden it places on hauling perishable and seasonal commodities and livestock to markets. H.R. 4919 provides for an additional 150 air-miles exemption from HOS regulations on the backend of hauls (after delivery) for those transporting agricultural commodities. This builds on the current exemption for the beginning of hauls (before delivery) at the source and would simply add the term destination. The bill additionally allows this exemption to be utilized year-round rather than only during planting and harvesting seasons. Farm Bureau is a founding member of the Rebuild Rural Coalition, comprised of more than 220 organizations from across the country. The coalition collectively represents U.S. agricultural producers and cooperatives, and rural businesses, communities and families. The Rebuild Rural Coalition is dedicated to advocating for investment in rural Americas infrastructure and understands that rural Americas infrastructure needs are fundamentally vast.

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Truck Size and Weight; 33-foot doubles, individual truck weight increases. Preemption of state pay and rest break laws. Automation of motor vehicles and advanced trucking technologies Port trucking industry issues Lowering of interstate driving age DOT Hours of Service Reform Proposal HR 1374/ s 569 Drive Safe Act Surface transportation bill priorities General infrastructure priorities Worker misclassification Exploration of potential cabotage violations FLSA overtime exemption for truckers Hours of service exemptions for agricultural commodities, HR 4919 TREAD Act

Client expense: $348,656 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Working to exempt livestock haulers from the Electronic Logging Device implementation. Supporting efforts to increase 150-air mile agricultural exemption to DOT Hours of Service rules to include the delivery end of an agricultural haul. Support of petition to U.S. DOT to extend Hours of Service for livestock haulers from 11 to 15 hours. Support efforts to increase maximum commercial motor vehicle weights. Support The Responsible and Efficient Agricultural Destination (TREAD) Act - HR 4919

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Supported efforts to provide relief for dairy farmers and milk haulers from hours of service rules, including supporting the Responsible and Efficient Agriculture Destination Act (H.R. 4919) as well as related administrative actions. Advocated for changes in federal truck weight limits provided that carriers install sixth-axle safety technology. Supported the DRIVE-Safe Act (H.R. 1374, S. 569) to address the ongoing driver shortage facing many industries.

Client expense: $210,839 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Supported efforts to provide relief for dairy farmers and milk haulers from hours of service rules, including supporting the Responsible and Efficient Agriculture Destination Act (H.R. 4919). Advocated for changes in federal truck weight limits provided that carriers install sixth-axle safety technology. Supported the DRIVE-Safe Act (H.R. 1374, S. 569) to address the ongoing driver shortage facing many industries.

Client expense: $685,446 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 4919 -The Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination (TREAD) Act. This act covers haulers transporting perishable commodities as it provides additional relief to all agricultural commodities which is very important to Arkansas Farm Bureau. Met with Members of Congress to urge them to cosponsor.

Client expense: $69,692 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

- Increased flexibility on Hours of Service requirements for livestock haulers (Dept of Transportation and Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration) - H.R. 4919 Responsible and Efficient Agricultural Destination Act (TREAD Act) regarding hours of service requirements for livestock haulers

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 4919 - Hours of Service exemption for transporters of agricultural commodities;

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Passage of U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement, general discussion of international trade deals;Promotion of Ag technology and natural resource stewardship;H.R. 4919 - Hours of Service exemption for transporters of agricultural commodities; Pospivorioid and ToBRFV executive orders; General discussion of legislative and administrative actions on rural broadband; H.R. 2854, restriction on use of neonicotinoids in National Wildlife Refuge System; Conservation Assessment Ranking Tool; General discussion of legislative and administrative actions on industrial hemp

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Working to exempt livestock haulers from the Electronic Logging Device implementation. Supporting efforts to increase 150-air mile agricultural exemption to DOT Hours of Service rules to include the delivery end of an agricultural haul. Support of petition to U.S. DOT to extend Hours of Service for livestock haulers from 11 to 15 hours. Support efforts to increase maximum commercial motor vehicle weights. Support The Responsible and Efficient Agricultural Destination (TREAD) Act - HR 4919

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Truck Size and Weight; 33-foot doubles, individual truck weight increases. Preemption of state pay and rest break laws. Automation of motor vehicles and advanced trucking technologies DOT drug testing rules Port trucking industry issues Lowering of interstate driving age DOT Hours of Service Reform Proposal HR 1374/ s 569 Drive Safe Act Surface transportation bill priorities General infrastructure priorities Worker misclassification Exploration of potential cabotage violations FLSA overtime exemption for truckers Hours of service exemptions for agricultural commodities, HR 4919

Client expense: $321,189 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Michigan Farm Bureau supported H.R. 4919, The Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination (TREAD) Act, recently introduced by Reps. Angie Craig (D-MN) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA). This bipartisan legislation would provide additional flexibility to those hauling agricultural products and livestock. Farm Bureau continues to hear from farmers that have been negatively impacted due to Hours of Service (HOS) requirements and the burden it places on hauling perishable and seasonal commodities and livestock to markets. H.R. 4919 provides for an additional 150 air-miles exemption from HOS regulations on the backend of hauls (after delivery) for those transporting agricultural commodities. This builds on the current exemption for the beginning of hauls (before delivery) at the source and would simply add the term destination. The bill additionally allows this exemption to be utilized year-round rather than only during planting and harvesting seasons.

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

End small abuse of small refinery exemptions by the EPA; support legislation to control wildlife diseases that threaten agriculture; support the 2018 Farm Bill implementation and expanded agricultural trade; end ethanol waivers; support HR 4919 (The Responsible and Efficient Agricultural Destination Act); changes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission could make to increase access to propane; allow HR 5038 (The Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019)to be amended; support rural broadband.

Client expense: $38,114 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Transportation - implementation of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) for livestock haulers/Insect haulers H.R. 510, the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 S. 203, the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 4919, the Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination (TREAD) Act S. 2302 American Transportation Infrastructure Act

Client expense: $309,667 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Supported efforts to provide relief for dairy farmers and milk haulers from hours of service rules, including supporting the Responsible and Efficient Agriculture Destination Act (H.R. 4919). Advocated for changes in federal truck weight limits provided that carriers install sixth-axle safety technology. Supported the DRIVE-Safe Act (H.R. 1374, S. 569) to address the ongoing driver shortage facing many industries.

Client expense: $496,302 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Supported H.R. 4919, The Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination (TREAD) Act. R. 4919 would make it possible for drivers hauling live animals and agricultural commodities to finish their routes if they are within 150 air miles of their destination. The bill also covers haulers transporting perishable commodities. Hours of Service Rulemaking First adopted in 1937, FMCSAs hours of service rules specify the permitted operating hours of commercial drivers. In 2018, FMCSA released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to receive public comment on portions of the HOS rules. FMCSAs proposed rule on hours of service offers five revisions to the existing HOS rules: The Agency proposes to increase safety and flexibility for the 30-minute break rule by tying the break requirement to eight hours of driving time without interruption for at least 30 minutes and allowing the break to be satisfied by a driver using on duty, not driving status, rather than off duty. (Livestock Haulers are exempt from the 30-minute rest break requirement.) The Agency proposes to modify the sleeper-berth exception to allow drivers to split their required 10 hours off duty into two periods: one period of at least seven consecutive hours in the sleeper berth and the other period of not less than two consecutive hours, either off duty or in the sleeper berth. Neither period would count against the drivers 14-hour driving window. The Agency proposes to allow one off-duty break of at least 30 minutes, but not more than three hours, that would pause a truck drivers 14-hour driving window, provided the driver takes 10 consecutive hours off-duty at the end of the work shift. The Agency proposes to modify the adverse driving conditions exception by extending by two hours the maximum window during which driving is permitted. The Agency proposes a change to the short-haul exception available to certain commercial drivers by lengthening the drivers maximum onâ€'duty period from 12 to 14 hours and extending the distance limit within which the driver may operate from 100 air miles to 150 air miles. Agricultural Commodity Definitions Rulemaking Currently, during harvesting and planting seasons as determined by each state, drivers transporting agricultural commodities, including livestock, are exempt from the HOS requirements from the source of the commodities to a location within a 150-air-mile radius from the source. The advanced rule (ANPRM) by FMCSA was prompted by indications that the current definition of these terms may not be understood or enforced consistently when determining whether the HOS exemption applies.

Client expense: $13,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Support for H.R. 4919, The Responsible and Efficient Agriculture Destination (TREAD)Act, which ould make it possible for drivers hauling live animals and agricultural commodities to finish their routes if they are within 150 air miles of their destination.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office