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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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Country
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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Mr.
​Drew Davis
​9012749030
​ddavis@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
​2018
 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 $
​279,000.00
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: Drew Davis
 Date
7/20/2018 12:01:58 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

Presidents Budget Proposal for FY 2019

Letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies regarding the U.S. cotton industrys appropriations requests

Meetings with Congress, USTR and USDA regarding trade policy issues, including NAFTA, China cotton import policy, and WTO

Meetings with House of Representatives staff and House Ag Committee Majority staff on ESA/FIFRA consultation process

Food and Drug Administration documents addressing issues surrounding non-farmer owned cotton gins and cottonseed storage under Food Safety and Modernization Act regulations

U.S. Department of Transportations Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulatory guidance to define exemptions and transportation for agricultural commodities

USDA-FSA implementation of the Seed Cotton Program provisions and agricultural disaster program for 2017 hurricane losses

Participation in meetings with USDA Cotton Warehouse Division regarding issues related to the flow of cotton

Participation in agricultural coalition letter to the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works regarding the Agriculture Creates Real Employment Act

Letter with 44 other cotton organizations to the chairman of House Committee on Agriculture conveying support for the introduction and consideration of H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018

Participation in group letter to the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee regarding the Agricultural Genome Initiative within the 2018 Farm Bill

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0920: Registration Review; Neonicotinoid Risk Assessments; Neonicotinoid Benefits Assessments; Notice of Availability

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0865: Registration Review; Neonicotinoid Risk Assessments; Neonicotinoid Benefits Assessments; Notice of Availability

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0581: Registration Review; Neonicotinoid Risk Assessments; Neonicotinoid Benefits Assessments; Notice of Availability

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-00844: Registration Review; Neonicotinoid Risk Assessments; Neonicotinoid Benefits Assessments; Notice of Availability

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0361, Glyphostate: Draft Human Risk Assessment in Support of Registration Review

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0510, Pesticide Product Registration: New Active Ingredient

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0329: Registration Review; Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Several Pesticides

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0661: Registration Review; Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Several Pesticides

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0368: Registration Review; Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Several Pesticides

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-00167: Registration Review; Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Several Pesticides

Participation in agricultural coalition letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committees Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies regarding inclusion of the Administrations budget for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the FY 19 Agriculture Appropriations bill

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0059, Pesticide Products Registrations: New Active Ingredients

Comments to United States International Trade Commission regarding Investigation No. 332-567: Generalized System of Preferences; Possible Modifications, 2017 Review, and the request for the addition of cottonseed to the list of Generalized System of Preference eligible products

Participation in agricultural coalition letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee regarding funding in the next farm bill for reauthorization of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network

Participation in a letter along with other cotton organizations to Senators from cotton growing states regarding the nomination of Andrew Wheeler at Deputy EPA Administrator

Participation in a letter with other agricultural organizations to EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0141: Request for Extension of Public Comment Period for: National Marine Fisheries Services Biological Opinion for the pesticides chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion

Participation in letter with other agricultural groups to Members of the House regarding consideration of amendments to crop insurance during the Farm Bill debate

Participation in a meeting with the Agriculture Secretary and chairman of the House Appropriation Committees Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies during an announcement of funding for a USDA Community Connect broadband grant in northwest Alabama

Participation in a letter with other agricultural groups to Members of the House regarding consideration of amendments to the Farm Bill

Participation in a letter with other clothing and textile organizations to the chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee regarding a proposed amendment to the FY 19 National Defense Authorization Act that would weaken the Berry Amendment (10 USC 2533a)

Participation in a letter with other agricultural groups to the chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture regarding regulatory issues in the Farm Bills Title IX

Participation in an agricultural coalition letter to EPA regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0063; Clean Water Act Coverage of Discharges of Pollutants via a Direct Hydrologic Connection to Surface Water

Participation in agricultural coalition letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committees Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government regarding the inclusion of the Administrations budget request for the CFTC in the FY 19 Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill

Issues pertaining to the approval by USDA of cotton industry bale packaging materials specifications

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Policy regarding Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0617, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting and Request for Nomination of Ad Hoc Expert Members

Letter to USDA-APHIS regarding that agencys report, Plant pathogen list for fuzzy cottonseed (Gossypium spp.) from Brazil into the United States, with particular focus on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum.

Comments to EPAs Office of Pesticide Program regarding Docket Number EPA-OPP-2017-0720, Registration Review: Draft Human and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Several Pesticides: Notice of Availability

H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018

S. 3042, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, including funding for Economic Adjustment Assistance Program and addressing concerns with farm program eligibility requirements

Participation in agriculture coalition letters to House and Senate in support of current agricultural commodity check-off programs

Meetings with USDA APHIS officials regarding pink bollworm and boll weevil eradication programs; soil-borne and weed-borne diseases; issues around the import of cottonseed; and APHIS market access approval process

Meetings with EPA regarding application of new auxin herbicide formulations to be used with auxin resistant row-crop varieties including cotton; label status of several herbicides and insecticides under current review; use of epidemiology studies in risk reviews of pesticides; insect resistance; Bt cotton varieties and natural refuge; pollinator protection best management practices and risk assessment evaluations for pollinators in cotton

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), White House Office, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

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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Steven L.
Hensley
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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

Address
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City
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State
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Zip Code
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Country
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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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State
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Zip Code
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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

First Name
Last Name
Suffix
First Name
Last Name
Suffix
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​Matthew
​Valesko
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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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