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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
National Cotton Council

2. Address

Address1
P.O. BOX 2995
 Address2
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City
Cordova
 State
TN
 Zip Code
38088-2995
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

City
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State
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Zip Code
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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Mr.
​MR. R E SHELLABARGER
​9012749030
​bshellabarger@cotton.org
5. Senate ID#
​27571-12
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​National Cotton Council
6. House ID#
​303760000
TYPE OF REPORT 8. Year
​2016
 Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) Q4 (10/1 - 12/31)

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

10. Check if this is a Termination Report Termination Date
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more $
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$5,000 or more $
​220,000.00
Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options.
Method A. Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only

Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code

Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code

Signature
Digitally Signed By: R. E. Shellabarger
 Date
7/20/2016 12:13:04 PM

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code AGR

16. Specific lobbying issues

Implementation of H.R. 2642, the Agricultural Act of 2014

Meetings with USDA and Congress regarding the proposed designation of cottonseed as an other oilseed

Meetings with USDA and Congress regarding economic assistance through a cost-share program for ginning costs

FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations bills in the House and Senate

WTO Doha Round multilateral trade negotiations, specifically concerning U.S. negotiating positions with respect to trade in agricultural products and disciplines on domestic support for agriculture

Communications with Congress, USTR, USDA, State Department and Department of Commerce concerning the Turkish governments anti-dumping investigation of US cotton imports

Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding ratification of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Participation in a meeting of the Agricultural Air Quality Task Force, a federal advisory committee to the USDA

Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, concerning recognition by USDA that producer-funded research and promotion programs are not Federal agencies or subject to the Freedom of Information Act

Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry regarding the Commodity End-User Relief Act to re-authorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Participation in an agricultural coalition letter the EPA Administrator concerning that agencys Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting to review human study data for chlorpyrifos

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding the draft Pollinator Ecological Risk Assessment: Imidacloprid Registration Review

Meetings with USDA-FSA regarding adjusted world price calculations

Participation in a business coalition letter to House and Senate leadership concerning H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016

Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to the House Appropriations Committee concerning a provision in the Houses proposed FY 2017 appropriations bill to promote understanding and acceptance of agricultural biotechnology

Comments to USDA-APHIS concerning the notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement on potential changes to regulations regarding certain genetically engineered organisms

Participation in a textile and apparel coalition letter to House Armed Services Committee members concerning an amendment to strike Section 807 of H.R. 4909, the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act

Submission of statement for inclusion in the record for the hearing of the House Agriculture Committees Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture and Research, concerning rules and regulations affecting growers production costs

Participation in a letter from cotton organizations to USDA-FSA concerning its adjustment to the cost to market differential, announced on April 14, 2016, for the upland cotton marketing loan program

Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs requesting an extension of time to respond to the notice of availability of draft biological evaluations of chlorpyrifos, diazanon and malathion

Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to USDA requesting an extension of the status date for determining eligibility for USDA programs

Participation in a textile and apparel coalition letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Rules, regarding the amendment #167 to H.R. 4909 - the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act

Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, regarding a hearing on credit in rural America and the role of the Farm Credit System and commercial banks

Participation in a meeting of the Pesticide Policy Dialogue Committee, a federal advisory committee to the EPA

Letter to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs in response to the request for comments on the Emergency Exemption application for sulfoxaflor by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, the Arkansas State Plant Board and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture

H.R. 897, the Zika Vector Control Act

Participation in a coalition letter to the House concerning H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

Participation in a coalition letter to the Senate concerning H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

Comments to EPAs Registration Division regarding the notice, Dicamba: New Use on Herbicide-Tolerant Cotton and Soybeans

S. 2707 and H.R. 4773, the Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act

Participation in a textile and apparel coalition letter to the Senate concerning the amendment #4550 to S. 2943, the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs in response to the notice of draft biological evaluations for registration review of chlorpyrifos

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs in response to the notice of draft biological evaluations for registration review of malathion

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs in response to the notice of the registration review of fluometuron

H.R. 4474, the Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs in response to the proposed registration for sulfoxaflor

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs in response to the interim decision for registration of thidiazuron

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs in response to the draft human health and ecological risk assessment for aldicarb

Participation in USDA briefing on Trans-Pacific Partnership and other international trade matters

Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to Senate leadership concerning S. 764, Mandatory GMO Labeling Act

Contacts with select Senators regarding their meeting request with the EPA administrator concerning finalization of policy that supports agricultural biomass


17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

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

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Gary M.
Adams
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Robert Craig
Brown
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Sidney A.
Johnson
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Robbie
Minnich
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W. Harrison
Ashley
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Reece
Langley
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Matthew
Valesko
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Jody
Campiche
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

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ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City State/Province Zip Country
City
State Country

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
City State/Province Country
City
State Country
%

28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

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