Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017

Communicated the need to expand existing investment tax credits for equipment used to collect biogas used to generate electricity to equipment used to in biogas projects that use the gas for other purposes, such as powering milk hauling trucks. In the same effort, promoted investment tax credits for agricultural nutrient resource recovery projects. Supported cosponsorship of HR 2853, the Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, companion bill is S. 988.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Estate Tax - Supported efforts to reform and repeal estate taxes. Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies.

Client expense: $250,145 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Biogas Roadmap - Provided expertise and input into the ongoing work on deliverable s contained in the inter-agency Biogas Opportunities Roadmap. Biogas Financing - Provided input to USDA and DOE regarding financing options for farmers wishing to install methane digesters. Anaerobic Digestion - Supported efforts at USDA to ensure existing Farm Bill energy programs provide adequate opportunities for the development of anaerobic digestion systems on dairy farms. Supported RFS Electricity Pathway to make biogas eligible as a renewable fuel. Biofuels - Monitored legislation and regulations effecting domestic biofuels production and use. CA Drought - Supported the provisions of the GROW Act (H.R. 23) relating to California water flows.

Client expense: $250,145 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

HR. 2193 The Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017 S. 988 Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act HR. 2853 Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act H.R.246 - To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Estate Valuation Rules H.R. 519, the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2017 S. 1090, the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 5963 The Health Insurance Premium Reduction Act H.R. 5422, the Death Tax Repeal Act S.2670 - STARS Act Companion bill H.R. 3956 Senate Fiscal Year 2019 Agriculture Appropriations House FY19 Agriculture Appropriations

Client expense: $153,216 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Communicated the need to expand existing investment tax credits for equipment used to collect biogas used to generate electricity to equipment used to in biogas projects that use the gas for other purposes, such as powering milk hauling trucks. In the same effort, promoted investment tax credits for agricultural nutrient resource recovery projects. Supported cosponsorship of HR 2853, the Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, companion bill is S. 988.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $48,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Estate Tax - Supported efforts to reform and repeal estate taxes. Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies.

Client expense: $134,814 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Biogas Roadmap - Provided expertise and input into the ongoing work on deliverable s contained in the inter-agency Biogas Opportunities Roadmap. Biogas Financing - Provided input to USDA and DOE regarding financing options for farmers wishing to install methane digesters. Anaerobic Digestion - Supported efforts at USDA to ensure existing Farm Bill energy programs provide adequate opportunities for the development of anaerobic digestion systems on dairy farms. Supported RFS Electricity Pathway to make biogas eligible as a renewable fuel. Biofuels - Monitored legislation and regulations effecting domestic biofuels production and use. CA Drought - Supported the provisions of the GROW Act (H.R. 23) relating to California water flows.

Client expense: $134,814 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

S. 698 The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017 HR. 2193 The Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017 S. 988 Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act HR. 2853 Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act H.R.246 - To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Estate Valuation Rules H.R. 519, the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2017 S. 1090, the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2017

Client expense: $63,813 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Communicated the need to expand existing investment tax credits for equipment used to collect biogas used to generate electricity to equipment used to in biogas projects that use the gas for other purposes, such as powering milk hauling trucks. In the same effort, promoted investment tax credits for agricultural nutrient resource recovery projects. Supported cosponsorship of HR 2853, the Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, companion bill is S. 988.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Estate Tax - Supported efforts to reform and repeal estate taxes. Cash Accounting - Supported maintaining cash accounting for all sized farms in future tax reforms. Alternative Minimum Tax - Supported efforts to eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Bonus Depreciation - Supported legislation to make bonus deprecation for farm equipment permanent. Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Domestic Production Activities - Supported efforts to maintain Section 199 deduction for proceeds from agricultural products grown or manufactured by cooperatives.

Client expense: $132,388 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Biogas Roadmap - Provided expertise and input into the ongoing work on deliverable s contained in the inter-agency Biogas Opportunities Roadmap. Biogas Financing - Provided input to USDA and DOE regarding financing options for farmers wishing to install methane digesters. Anaerobic Digestion - Supported efforts at USDA to ensure existing Farm Bill energy programs provide adequate opportunities for the development of anaerobic digestion systems on dairy farms. Supported RFS Electricity Pathway to make biogas eligible as a renewable fuel. Biofuels - Monitored legislation and regulations effecting domestic biofuels production and use. CA Drought - Supported the provisions of the GROW Act (H.R. 23) relating to California water flows.

Client expense: $132,388 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

S. 698 The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017 HR. 2193 The Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017 S. 988 Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act HR. 2853 Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act H.R.246 - To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Estate Valuation Rules H.R. 519, the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2017 S. 1090, the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018

Client expense: $284,485 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

General education on the importance of tax reform efforts for agriculture and the pork industry. H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. H.R. 2853, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property. S. 988, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property.

Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 848, the Farm Regulatory Certainty Act, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to incentivize efficient nutrient management practices and to clarify the citizen suit provisions of such Act. H.R. 2853, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property. S. 988, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property. Reporting of air emissions from livestock farms under environmental statutes. Discussions on the Environmental Justice petition regarding the pork industry in the state of North Carolina. EPAs Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States final rule defining the scope of Waters of the United States as defined in and protected under the Clean Water Act; RIN 2040-AF30; June 29, 2015; 80 FR 37053.

Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported

S. 205, The Death Tax Repeal Act; S. 671, the Agriculture Students EARN Act; S. 976, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017; S. 988, the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act; S. 2256, Tax Extender Act of 2017; H.R. 3419 - FUEL Reform Act; H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; H.R. 246, legislation to repeal the Health Insurance Tax; H.R. 631, The Death Tax Repeal Act; H.R. 1090, the Technologies for Energy Security Act; H.R. 1626, the Student Agriculture Protection Act of 2017; H.R. 2193, the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017; H.R. 2853, the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act; general agricultural tax reform; accelerated cost recovery; capital gains tax; cash accounting; deduction for interest expense; and renewable energy.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Estate Tax - Supported efforts to reform and repeal estate taxes. Cash Accounting - Supported maintaining cash accounting for all sized farms in future tax reforms. Alternative Minimum Tax - Supported efforts to eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Bonus Depreciation - Supported legislation to make bonus deprecation for farm equipment permanent. Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Domestic Production Activities - Supported efforts to maintain Section 199 deduction for proceeds from agricultural products grown or manufactured by cooperatives.

Client expense: $124,014 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Biogas Roadmap - Provided expertise and input into the ongoing work on deliverable s contained in the inter-agency Biogas Opportunities Roadmap. Biogas Financing - Provided input to USDA and DOE regarding financing options for farmers wishing to install methane digesters. Anaerobic Digestion - Supported efforts at USDA to ensure existing Farm Bill energy programs provide adequate opportunities for the development of anaerobic digestion systems on dairy farms. Supported RFS Electricity Pathway to make biogas eligible as a renewable fuel. Biofuels - Monitored legislation and regulations effecting domestic biofuels production and use. CA Drought - Supported the provisions of the GROW Act (H.R. 23) relating to California water flows.

Client expense: $124,014 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Communicated the need to expand existing investment tax credits for equipment used to collect biogas used to generate electricity to equipment used to in biogas projects that use the gas for other purposes, such as powering milk hauling trucks. In the same effort, promoted investment tax credits for agricultural nutrient resource recovery projects. Supported cosponsorship of HR 2853, the Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, companion bill is S. 988.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 698 The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017 HR. 2193 The Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017 S. 988 Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act HR. 2853 Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act H.R.246 - To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Estate Valuation Rules H.R. 519, the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2017 S. 1090, the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2017

Client expense: $60,093 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Communicated the need to expand existing investment tax credits for equipment used to collect biogas used to generate electricity to equipment used to in biogas projects that use the gas for other purposes, such as powering milk hauling trucks. In the same effort, promoted investment tax credits for agricultural nutrient resource recovery projects. Supported cosponsorship of HR 2853, the Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, companion bill is S. 988.

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

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE

General education on the importance of tax reform efforts for agriculture and the pork industry. H.R. 2853, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property. S. 988, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property.

Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 848, the Farm Regulatory Certainty Act, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to incentivize efficient nutrient management practices and to clarify the citizen suit provisions of such Act. H.R. 2853, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property. S. 988, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property. General discussions regarding the finalization of the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study. Reporting of air emissions from livestock farms under environmental statutes. Discussions on the Environmental Justice petition regarding the pork industry in the state of North Carolina. EPAs Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States final rule defining the scope of Waters of the United States as defined in and protected under the Clean Water Act; RIN 2040-AF30; June 29, 2015; 80 FR 37053.

Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported

S. 205, The Death Tax Repeal Act; S. 671, the Agriculture Students EARN Act; S. 976, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017; S. 988, the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act; H.R. 246, legislation to repeal the Health Insurance Tax; H.R. 631, The Death Tax Repeal Act; H.R.1090, the Technologies for Energy Security Act; H.R. 1626, the Student Agriculture Protection Act of 2017; H.R. 2193, the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017; H.R. 2853, the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act; general agricultural tax reform; accelerated cost recovery; capital gains tax; cash accounting; deduction for interest expense; and renewable energy.

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

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

Estate Tax - Supported efforts to reform and repeal estate taxes. Cash Accounting - Supported maintaining cash accounting for all sized farms in future tax reforms. Alternative Minimum Tax - Supported efforts to eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Bonus Depreciation - Supported legislation to make bonus deprecation for farm equipment permanent. Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Domestic Production Activities - Supported efforts to maintain Section 199 deduction for proceeds from agricultural products grown or manufactured by cooperatives.

Client expense: $235,342 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Biogas Roadmap - Provided expertise and input into the ongoing work on deliverable s contained in the inter-agency Biogas Opportunities Roadmap. Biogas Financing - Provided input to USDA and DOE regarding financing options for farmers wishing to install methane digesters. Anaerobic Digestion - Supported efforts at USDA to ensure existing Farm Bill energy programs provide adequate opportunities for the development of anaerobic digestion systems on dairy farms. Biofuels - Monitored legislation and regulations effecting domestic biofuels production and use. CA Drought - Supported the provisions of the GROW Act (H.R. 23) relating to California water flows.

Client expense: $235,342 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Estate Tax - Supported efforts to reform and repeal estate taxes. Cash Accounting - Supported maintaining cash accounting for all sized farms in future tax reforms. Alternative Minimum Tax - Supported efforts to eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Bonus Depreciation - Supported legislation to make bonus deprecation for farm equipment permanent. Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Domestic Production Activities - Supported efforts to maintain Section 199 deduction for proceeds from agricultural products grown or manufactured by cooperatives.

Client expense: $122,844 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Biogas Roadmap - Provided expertise and input into the ongoing work on deliverable s contained in the inter-agency Biogas Opportunities Roadmap. Biogas Financing - Provided input to USDA and DOE regarding financing options for farmers wishing to install methane digesters. Anaerobic Digestion - Supported efforts at USDA to ensure existing Farm Bill energy programs provide adequate opportunities for the development of anaerobic digestion systems on dairy farms. Supported RFS Electricity Pathway to make biogas eligible as a renewable fuel. Biofuels - Monitored legislation and regulations effecting domestic biofuels production and use. CA Drought - Supported the provisions of the GROW Act (H.R. 23) relating to California water flows.

Client expense: $122,844 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

S. 698 The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017 HR. 2193 The Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017 S. 988 Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act HR. 2853 Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act

Client expense: $114,328 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Communicated the need to expand existing investment tax credits for equipment used to collect biogas used to generate electricity to equipment used to in biogas projects that use the gas for other purposes, such as powering milk hauling trucks. In the same effort, promoted investment tax credits for agricultural nutrient resource recovery projects. Supported cosponsorship of HR 2853, the Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, companion bill is S. 988.

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

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE

Supportive of HR 2193, Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017 and S 976, Marketplace Fairness Act o 2017. Both pieces of legislation promotes fair competition between local and mail street retailers and internet-only sellers by allowing states to apply sales tax law uniformly. Supportive of Executive Order 13789, Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens, to review all significant tax regulations issued by the Treasury Department on or after January 1, 2016. Supportive of Executive Order 13790, Promoting Agricultural and Rural Prosperity in America to promote the parser ion of family farms and other agribusiness operations as they are passed from one generation to the next including changes to the estate tax and the tax valuation of family or cooperatively held businesses. Supportive of HR 747, and S. 236 Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 to modernize the tax code and streamline regulations for producers of craft beverages. Supportive of withdrawal of Treasure Department proposed regulations on Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes. Supportive of HR 2853 and S. 988, Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act, which incentivized investment in biogas systems to make biogas and nutrient recovery systems eligible for the 30% investment tax credit already in place for fuel cells, solar power, wind energy combined heat and power systems and geothermal projects. Supportive of maintaining the Section 199 deduction for domestic production activities income, a reduction in capital gains taxes, maintenance of cash accounting, maintenance of deductions for interest payments and maintenance of tax provisions for renewable energy and environmental mitigation as part of any tax reform plan.

Client expense: $16,500 · Firm income: Not reported

S. 205, The Death Tax Repeal Act; S. 487, the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Act; S. 671, the Agriculture Students EARN Act; S. 976, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017; S. 988, the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act; H.R. 246, legislation to repeal the Health Insurance Tax; H.R. 631, The Death Tax Repeal Act; H.R.1090, the Technologies for Energy Security Act; H.R. 1268 - the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Act; H.R. 1626, the Student Agriculture Protection Act of 2017; H.R. 2193, the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017; H.R. 2853, the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act; H.R. 631, the Death Tax Repeal Act; border adjustment tax; general agricultural tax reform; accelerated cost recovery; capital gains tax; cash accounting; deduction for interest expense; and renewable energy.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 848, the Farm Regulatory Certainty Act, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to incentivize efficient nutrient management practices and to clarify the citizen suit provisions of such Act. H.R. 2853, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property. S. 988, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property. General discussions regarding the finalization of the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study. Reporting of air emissions from livestock farms under environmental statutes. Discussions on the Environmental Justice petition regarding the pork industry in the state of North Carolina. EPAs Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States final rule defining the scope of Waters of the United States as defined in and protected under the Clean Water Act; RIN 2040-AF30; June 29, 2015; 80 FR 37053.

Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported

General education on the importance of tax reform efforts for agriculture and the pork industry. H.R. 2853, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property. S. 988, the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property.

Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Intl Trade Administration (ITA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Biogas Roadmap - Provided expertise and input into the ongoing work on deliverable s contained in the inter-agency Biogas Opportunities Roadmap. Biogas Financing - Provided input to USDA and DOE regarding financing options for farmers wishing to install methane digesters. Anaerobic Digestion - Supported efforts at USDA to ensure existing Farm Bill energy programs provide adequate opportunities for the development of anaerobic digestion systems on dairy farms. Biofuels - Monitored legislation and regulations effecting domestic biofuels production and use. CA Drought - Supported the provisions of the GROW Act (H.R. 23) relating to California water flows.

Client expense: $379,893 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Estate Tax - Supported efforts to reform and repeal estate taxes. Cash Accounting - Supported maintaining cash accounting for all sized farms in future tax reforms. Alternative Minimum Tax - Supported efforts to eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Bonus Depreciation - Supported legislation to make bonus deprecation for farm equipment permanent. Biogas and Nutrient Recovery Incentives - NMPF supports the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (H.R. 2853, S. 988) to establish tax incentives for biogas production and adoption of nutrient recovery technologies. Domestic Production Activities - Supported efforts to maintain Section 199 deduction for proceeds from agricultural products grown or manufactured by cooperatives.

Client expense: $379,893 · 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), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)