Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013

Agriculture/food-related provisions of: H.R.1396, California Federal Milk Marketing Order Act. S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013.S.141, to make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance for FY 2012 and 2013. S.281, Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013. S.345, Sugar Reform Act of 2013. S.605, Dairy Income Fairness Act of 2013. S.663, California Milk Marketing Order Act. H.R.1407, Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 H.R.1408, Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 H.R.1414, Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 H.R.1607, Livestock Disaster Protection Act H.R.1610, Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 H.R.1644, to limit crop insurance premiums paid by FCIC and other purposes H.R.1727, Beginning Farmers and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 H.R.1731, Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 H.R.1741, Dairy Freedom Act H.R.1932, Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013 H.R.1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 H.R.2498, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 S.670, Dairy Pricing Reform Act of 2013 S.677, Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 2013 S.679, Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 S.746, to amend the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act, to set a market-driven inventory system S.751, Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 S.784, Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Act S.820, Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 S.837, Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 S.954, to permanently suspend application of certain agricultural price support authority. H.R.2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. H.R.2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013, including rural community mail service. S.1486, Postal Reform Act of 2013, including rural community mail service. H.R.3695, to extend temporarily the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act. H.Res.379, to express sense of House regarding Senate crop insurance amendment to H.R.2642.Issues other than legislation: Farm Service Agency personnel levels. USDA agricultural credit availability. Reform of the Federal Milk Marketing Order. Establishment of a farmer-owned grain reserve. Distribution of farm program benefits. Expansion and improvement of Federal Crop Insurance programs. Review of Packers and Stockyards Act effectiveness in enhancing competitive practices in the livestock industry. Mandatory livestock price reporting. Contract production of agricultural commodities. Long-term domestic agricultural policy. Commodity loan rate adjustments. Facility loan programs for commodity storage. Natural disaster assistance for farmers and ranchers. Regulations of the agriculture futures industry. Farm bill implementation. Indemnity payments to dairy producers. Agricultural conservation programs. Funding and implementation of rural development programs. Funding for farmer-owned cooperatives. Balancing supply and demand. Natural resources. Real estate, land use, public lands, conservation. Small business. Agroterrorism. Grain standards, reauthorization. Veterinary sciences. Postal service reform, including rural community service

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Agriculture/food-related provisions of: H.R.1396, California Federal Milk Marketing Order Act. S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013.S.141, to make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance for FY 2012 and 2013. S.281, Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013. S.345, Sugar Reform Act of 2013. S.605, Dairy Income Fairness Act of 2013. S.663, California Milk Marketing Order Act. H.R.1407, Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 H.R.1408, Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 H.R.1414, Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 H.R.1607, Livestock Disaster Protection Act H.R.1610, Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 H.R.1644, to limit crop insurance premiums paid by FCIC and other purposes H.R.1727, Beginning Farmers and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 H.R.1731, Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 H.R.1741, Dairy Freedom Act H.R.1932, Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013 H.R.1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 H.R.2498, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 S.670, Dairy Pricing Reform Act of 2013 S.677, Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 2013 S.679, Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 S.746, to amend the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act, to set a market-driven inventory system S.751, Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 S.784, Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Act S.820, Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 S.837, Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 S.954, to permanently suspend application of certain agricultural price support authority. H.R.2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. H.R.2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013, including rural community mail service. S.1486, Postal Reform Act of 2013, including rural community mail service.Issues other than legislation: Farm Service Agency personnel levels. USDA agricultural credit availability. Reform of the Federal Milk Marketing Order. Establishment of a farmer-owned grain reserve. Distribution of farm program benefits. Expansion and improvement of Federal Crop Insurance programs. Review of Packers and Stockyards Act effectiveness in enhancing competitive practices in the livestock industry. Mandatory livestock price reporting. Contract production of agricultural commodities. Long-term domestic agricultural policy. Commodity loan rate adjustments. Facility loan programs for commodity storage. Natural disaster assistance for farmers and ranchers. Regulations of the agriculture futures industry. Farm bill implementation. Indemnity payments to dairy producers. Agricultural conservation programs. Funding and implementation of rural development programs. Funding for farmer-owned cooperatives. Balancing supply and demand. Natural resources. Real estate, land use, public lands, conservation. Small business. Agroterrorism. Grain standards, reauthorization. Veterinary sciences. Postal service reform, including rural community service

H. Amdt. 188 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to link conservation practices to crop insurance subsidies; H. Amdt. 216 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reform the federal crop insurance program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to disclose which members of Congress and Cabinet Secretaries receive crop insurance subsidies; H. Amdt. 185 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reform the Environmental Quality Incentives Program; H. Amdt. 184 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reform the Conservation Reserve Program; H. Amdt. 176 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to fully restore $20.5 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); H. Amdt. 183 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to prohibit those growing corn for ethanol production from receiving farm payments; H. Amdt. 217 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to use savings from Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) deficit reduction instead of crop insurance; H. Amdt. 177 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment setting target prices at 55 percent of 5-year Olympic Average; H. Amdt. 179 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment capping the Price Loss Coverage program at 110 percent of CBO projected levels for the first 5 years; H. Amdt. 205 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment creating a pilot program to address nitrate contamination of rural drinking water in small communities;
 H. Amdt. 229 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment capping commodity payments at $250,000; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment reauthorizing research and education grants for the Antibiotic Research Program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reduce annual taxpayer subsidies to the crop insurance industry; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to prohibit Supplemental Coverage Option from taking effect until the rates of fraud, waste, and abuse in the crop insurance program are equal to or less than those same rates in SNAP; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to delay the proposed cuts to SNAP until the rates of fraud, waste, and abuse in the crop insurance program are equal to or less than those same rates in SNAP; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would restore the $20.5 billion cuts to SNAP proposed in the legislation; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to ensure that children currently eligible for free school lunches remain eligible; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to strike lower Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) payment levels for organic producers; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to authorize the Healthy Food Financing Initiative; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to cap the rate of return guaranteed for all crop insurance providers at 12 percent and cap administration and other (A&O) expenses at $900 million; H. Amdt ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment restores mandatory money for the National Organic Program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment directs USDA to conduct a report on impact of local and regional food systems; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment restore the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to restore the National Organic Cost Share Program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reduce Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) allowance from $20 to $10; H. Amdt. 203 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment repealing the Healthy Food Financing Initiative; H. Amdt. 212 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment eliminating the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program; H. Amdt. 221 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment delaying implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act; H. Amdt. 225 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment prohibiting the EPA from procuring or disclosing information of farmers and ranchers; H. Amdt. 230 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment creates addition work requirements for SNAP recipients and increase total SNAP cut to $31 billion; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment asserting the right of a state to trade agriculture products freely with another state; H.R. 1995 - AFFIRM Act, sections that would reform the federal crop insurance program; H.R. 1947 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, sections that would reauthorize federal agriculture and nutrition programs through 2018; H.R. 2642 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, sections that would reauthorize federal agriculture programs through 2018; H.R. 1414 and S. 679 - Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, all sections including those pertaining to farmers market and nutrition programs and promoting healthy food consumption; S. Amdt. 953 to S. 954 - Amendment to limit the amount of premium subsidy assistance provided to farmers with an adjusted gross income above $750,000; S. Amdt. 923 to S. 954 - Amendment to prohibit crop insurance premium assistance for farmers who grow tobacco; S. Amdt. 926 to S. 954 - Amendment to cap annual crop insurance premium assistance per farmer at $50,000; S. Amdt. 936 to S. 954 - Amendment to make crop insurance subsidies as transparent as traditional farm subsidies; S. Amdt. 1013 to S. 954 - Amendment to end premium subsidies for harvest price option policies; S. Amdt. 1049 to S. 954 - Amendment to improve ground and surface water conservation through changes to EQIP; S. 954 - Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act, all sections that would reauthorize federal agriculture and nutrition programs through 2018; H.R. 686 - Protect Our Prairies Act, sections that would amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify the ineligibility requirements for producers that produce annual crop on native sod, and for other purposes; H.R. 1890 and S. 923 - Balancing Food, Farm, and the Environment Act, all sections that would rework and reallocate funds within the farm bill conservation title to improve farmer program access and environmental health; H.R. 2260 - Crop Insurance Accountability Act of 2013, all sections including those pertaining to linking crop insurance and conservation; H.R. 2410 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2014, sections pertaining to agriculture; H. Amdt. 196 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would allow states to conduct drug testing on SNAP applicants as a condition for receiving benefits; H. Amdt. 200 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would shorten SNAP benefit expunging statute and require a state agency to expunge benefits that have not been accessed by a household after a period of 60 days; H. Amdt. 231 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would apply federal welfare work requirements to SNAP at a states option; S. Amdt. 931 to S. 954 - Amendment that would strike a reduction in SNAP with an offset that limits crop insurance reimbursements to providers; and S. 446 and H.R. 943 - Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act, all sections including those pertaining to reducing crop insurance premium subsidy rates.

H. Amdt. 188 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to link conservation practices to crop insurance subsidies; H. Amdt. 216 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reform the federal crop insurance program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to disclose which members of Congress and Cabinet Secretaries receive crop insurance subsidies; H. Amdt. 185 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reform the Environmental Quality Incentives Program; H. Amdt. 184 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reform the Conservation Reserve Program; H. Amdt. 176 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to fully restore $20.5 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); H. Amdt. 183 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to prohibit those growing corn for ethanol production from receiving farm payments; H. Amdt. 217 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to use savings from Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) deficit reduction instead of crop insurance; H. Amdt. 177 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment setting target prices at 55 percent of 5-year Olympic Average; H. Amdt. 179 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment capping the Price Loss Coverage program at 110 percent of CBO projected levels for the first 5 years; H. Amdt. 205 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment creating a pilot program to address nitrate contamination of rural drinking water in small communities;
 H. Amdt. 229 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment capping commodity payments at $250,000; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment reauthorizing research and education grants for the Antibiotic Research Program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reduce annual taxpayer subsidies to the crop insurance industry; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to prohibit Supplemental Coverage Option from taking effect until the rates of fraud, waste, and abuse in the crop insurance program are equal to or less than those same rates in SNAP; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to delay the proposed cuts to SNAP until the rates of fraud, waste, and abuse in the crop insurance program are equal to or less than those same rates in SNAP; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would restore the $20.5 billion cuts to SNAP proposed in the legislation; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to ensure that children currently eligible for free school lunches remain eligible; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to strike lower Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) payment levels for organic producers; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to authorize the Healthy Food Financing Initiative; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to cap the rate of return guaranteed for all crop insurance providers at 12 percent and cap administration and other (A&O) expenses at $900 million; H. Amdt ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment restores mandatory money for the National Organic Program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment directs USDA to conduct a report on impact of local and regional food systems; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment restore the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to restore the National Organic Cost Share Program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reduce Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) allowance from $20 to $10; H. Amdt. 203 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment repealing the Healthy Food Financing Initiative; H. Amdt. 212 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment eliminating the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program; H. Amdt. 221 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment delaying implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act; H. Amdt. 225 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment prohibiting the EPA from procuring or disclosing information of farmers and ranchers; H. Amdt. 230 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment creates addition work requirements for SNAP recipients and increase total SNAP cut to $31 billion; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment asserting the right of a state to trade agriculture products freely with another state; H.R. 1995 - AFFIRM Act, sections that would reform the federal crop insurance program; H.R. 1947 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, sections that would reauthorize federal agriculture and nutrition programs through 2018; H.R. 2642 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, sections that would reauthorize federal agriculture programs through 2018; H.R. 1414 and S. 679 - Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, all sections including those pertaining to farmers market and nutrition programs and promoting healthy food consumption; S. Amdt. 953 to S. 954 - Amendment to limit the amount of premium subsidy assistance provided to farmers with an adjusted gross income above $750,000; S. Amdt. 923 to S. 954 - Amendment to prohibit crop insurance premium assistance for farmers who grow tobacco; S. Amdt. 926 to S. 954 - Amendment to cap annual crop insurance premium assistance per farmer at $50,000; S. Amdt. 936 to S. 954 - Amendment to make crop insurance subsidies as transparent as traditional farm subsidies; S. Amdt. 1013 to S. 954 - Amendment to end premium subsidies for harvest price option policies; S. Amdt. 1049 to S. 954 - Amendment to improve ground and surface water conservation through changes to EQIP; S. 954 - Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act, all sections that would reauthorize federal agriculture and nutrition programs through 2018; H.R. 686 - Protect Our Prairies Act, sections that would amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify the ineligibility requirements for producers that produce annual crop on native sod, and for other purposes; H.R. 1890 and S. 923 - Balancing Food, Farm, and the Environment Act, all sections that would rework and reallocate funds within the farm bill conservation title to improve farmer program access and environmental health; H.R. 2260 - Crop Insurance Accountability Act of 2013, all sections including those pertaining to linking crop insurance and conservation; H.R. 2410 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2014, sections pertaining to agriculture; H. Amdt. 196 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would allow states to conduct drug testing on SNAP applicants as a condition for receiving benefits; H. Amdt. 200 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would shorten SNAP benefit expunging statute and require a state agency to expunge benefits that have not been accessed by a household after a period of 60 days; H. Amdt. 231 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would apply federal welfare work requirements to SNAP at a states option; S. Amdt. 931 to S. 954 - Amendment that would strike a reduction in SNAP with an offset that limits crop insurance reimbursements to providers; and S. 446 and H.R. 943 - Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act, all sections including those pertaining to reducing crop insurance premium subsidy rates.

H. Amdt. 188 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to link conservation practices to crop insurance subsidies; H. Amdt. 216 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reform the federal crop insurance program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to disclose which members of Congress and Cabinet Secretaries receive crop insurance subsidies; H. Amdt. 185 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reform the Environmental Quality Incentives Program; H. Amdt. 184 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reform the Conservation Reserve Program; H. Amdt. 176 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to fully restore $20.5 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); H. Amdt. 183 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to prohibit those growing corn for ethanol production from receiving farm payments; H. Amdt. 217 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to use savings from Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) deficit reduction instead of crop insurance; H. Amdt. 177 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment setting target prices at 55 percent of 5-year Olympic Average; H. Amdt. 179 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment capping the Price Loss Coverage program at 110 percent of CBO projected levels for the first 5 years; H. Amdt. 205 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment creating a pilot program to address nitrate contamination of rural drinking water in small communities;
 H. Amdt. 229 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment capping commodity payments at $250,000; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment reauthorizing research and education grants for the Antibiotic Research Program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reduce annual taxpayer subsidies to the crop insurance industry; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to prohibit Supplemental Coverage Option from taking effect until the rates of fraud, waste, and abuse in the crop insurance program are equal to or less than those same rates in SNAP; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to delay the proposed cuts to SNAP until the rates of fraud, waste, and abuse in the crop insurance program are equal to or less than those same rates in SNAP; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would restore the $20.5 billion cuts to SNAP proposed in the legislation; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to ensure that children currently eligible for free school lunches remain eligible; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to strike lower Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) payment levels for organic producers; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to authorize the Healthy Food Financing Initiative; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to cap the rate of return guaranteed for all crop insurance providers at 12 percent and cap administration and other (A&O) expenses at $900 million; H. Amdt ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment restores mandatory money for the National Organic Program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment directs USDA to conduct a report on impact of local and regional food systems; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment restore the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to restore the National Organic Cost Share Program; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment to reduce Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) allowance from $20 to $10; H. Amdt. 203 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment repealing the Healthy Food Financing Initiative; H. Amdt. 212 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment eliminating the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program; H. Amdt. 221 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment delaying implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act; H. Amdt. 225 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment prohibiting the EPA from procuring or disclosing information of farmers and ranchers; H. Amdt. 230 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment creates addition work requirements for SNAP recipients and increase total SNAP cut to $31 billion; H. Amdt. ___ to H.R. 1947 - Amendment asserting the right of a state to trade agriculture products freely with another state; H.R. 1995 - AFFIRM Act, sections that would reform the federal crop insurance program; H.R. 1947 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, sections that would reauthorize federal agriculture and nutrition programs through 2018; H.R. 2642 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, sections that would reauthorize federal agriculture programs through 2018; H.R. 1414 and S. 679 - Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, all sections including those pertaining to farmers market and nutrition programs and promoting healthy food consumption; S. Amdt. 953 to S. 954 - Amendment to limit the amount of premium subsidy assistance provided to farmers with an adjusted gross income above $750,000; S. Amdt. 923 to S. 954 - Amendment to prohibit crop insurance premium assistance for farmers who grow tobacco; S. Amdt. 926 to S. 954 - Amendment to cap annual crop insurance premium assistance per farmer at $50,000; S. Amdt. 936 to S. 954 - Amendment to make crop insurance subsidies as transparent as traditional farm subsidies; S. Amdt. 1013 to S. 954 - Amendment to end premium subsidies for harvest price option policies; S. Amdt. 1049 to S. 954 - Amendment to improve ground and surface water conservation through changes to EQIP; S. 954 - Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act, all sections that would reauthorize federal agriculture and nutrition programs through 2018; H.R. 686 - Protect Our Prairies Act, sections that would amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify the ineligibility requirements for producers that produce annual crop on native sod, and for other purposes; H.R. 1890 and S. 923 - Balancing Food, Farm, and the Environment Act, all sections that would rework and reallocate funds within the farm bill conservation title to improve farmer program access and environmental health; H.R. 2260 - Crop Insurance Accountability Act of 2013, all sections including those pertaining to linking crop insurance and conservation; H.R. 2410 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2014, sections pertaining to agriculture; H. Amdt. 196 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would allow states to conduct drug testing on SNAP applicants as a condition for receiving benefits; H. Amdt. 200 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would shorten SNAP benefit expunging statute and require a state agency to expunge benefits that have not been accessed by a household after a period of 60 days; H. Amdt. 231 to H.R. 1947 - Amendment that would apply federal welfare work requirements to SNAP at a states option; S. Amdt. 931 to S. 954 - Amendment that would strike a reduction in SNAP with an offset that limits crop insurance reimbursements to providers; and S. 446 and H.R. 943 - Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act, all sections including those pertaining to reducing crop insurance premium subsidy rates.

Agriculture/food-related provisions of: H.R.1396, California Federal Milk Marketing Order Act. S.10, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013.S.141, to make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance for FY 2012 and 2013. S.281, Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013. S.345, Sugar Reform Act of 2013. S.605, Dairy Income Fairness Act of 2013. S.663, California Milk Marketing Order Act. H.R.1407, Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 H.R.1408, Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 H.R.1414, Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 H.R.1607, Livestock Disaster Protection Act H.R.1610, Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 H.R.1644, to limit crop insurance premiums paid by FCIC and other purposes H.R.1727, Beginning Farmers and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 H.R.1731, Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 H.R.1741, Dairy Freedom Act H.R.1932, Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013 H.R.1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 H.R.2498, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 S.670, Dairy Pricing Reform Act of 2013 S.677, Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 2013 S.679, Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 S.746, to amend the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act, to set a market-driven inventory system S.751, Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 S.784, Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Act S.820, Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 S.837, Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 S.954, to permanently suspend application of certain agricultural price support authority.Issues other than legislation: Farm Service Agency personnel levels. USDA agricultural credit availability. Reform of the Federal Milk Marketing Order. Establishment of a farmer-owned grain reserve. Distribution of farm program benefits. Expansion and improvement of Federal Crop Insurance programs. Review of Packers and Stockyards Act effectiveness in enhancing competitive practices in the livestock industry. Mandatory livestock price reporting. Contract production of agricultural commodities. Long-term domestic agricultural policy. Commodity loan rate adjustments. Facility loan programs for commodity storage. Natural disaster assistance for farmers and ranchers. Regulations of the agriculture futures industry. Farm bill implementation. Indemnity payments to dairy producers. Agricultural conservation programs. Funding and implementation of rural development programs. Funding for farmer-owned cooperatives. Balancing supply and demand. Natural resources. Real estate, land use, public lands, conservation. Small business. Agroterrorism. Grain standards, reauthorization. Veterinary sciences.

H.R.1247, S.10, S.679, H.R.1414

Client expense: $18,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Implementation of USDA organic programs, in general; Fiscal Year 2013 Appropriations (Continuing Resolution), funding for USDA organic programs and opposition to biotech rider; USDA organic standards Farm Bill - preliminary process prior to bill introduction and mark up Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act (H.R. 1414, S. 679)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1414 and S. 679 - Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, all sections including those pertaining to farmers market and nutrition programs and promoting healthy food consumption; S. _____ - Farm bill legislation, all sections including those pertaining to subsidy and crop-insurance programs, conservation, and nutrition; H.R. _____ - Farm bill legislation, all sections including those pertaining to subsidy and crop-insurance programs, conservation, and nutrition; H.R. 686 - Protect Our Prairies Act, sections that would amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify the ineligibility requirements for producers that produce annual crop on native sod, and for other purposes; H.R. _____ - Legislation that would reform funding and administration of conservation programs; S. _____ - Legislation that would reauthorize the Animal Drug User Fee Act; H.R. 943 and S. 446 - Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act, all sections including those pertaining to reducing crop insurance premium subsidy rates; S. Amdt. 341 to S. Con. Res. 8 - Amendment to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the labeling of genetically engineered fish; S. Amdt. _____ to S. 622 - Amendment to require labeling of genetically engineered salmon; and S. Amdt. 74 to H.R. 933 - Amendment to strip Section 735 from the Continuing Resolution, all sections.

Client expense: $167,430 · Firm income: Not reported