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15. General issue area code AGR

16. Specific lobbying issues

USDA announced the availability of more than $330 million to assist agricultural producers and organizations in the food supply chain recover from the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

The funding announced is part of USDAs Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative launched in March, and includes $169.9 million for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP), the availability of $75 million for Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program [GusNIP; formerly known as Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI)] grantees and approximately $80 million in payments to domestic users of upland and extra-long staple cotton.

Supported additional specialty crop funding through USDA. USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced $169.9 million for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) to fund innovative projects designed to support the expanding specialty crop food sector and explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products. The total includes:

$72.9 million available as part of the annual Farm Bill funding for the program; and
An additional $97 million available as emergency funding for applications under this solicitation. Congress provided this funding in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, due to COVID-19 impacts to the food system.

Supported America Grows Act which would increase funding for agricultural research by 5% annually on an inflation-adjusted basis at four agencies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the next 10 years.

Supported S. 1264, the Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health (RANCH) Act, focused on public lands grazing. .

The RANCH Act has four main provisions, all of which positively impact farmers and ranchers engaged in grazing on public lands. First, it would allow temporary utilization of vacant grazing allotments during extreme events/disasters. Second, it would invest Land and Water Conservation Funds in an account and use the interest for rangeland health and resiliency projects as well as improvements for voluntary public access agreements for hunting and recreation. Third, it would extend the period of grazing permits/leases for up to 20 years, when certain conditions are met. Finally, it provides for the use of a categorical exclusion for renewal of certain grazing permits/leases and for certain actions during extreme events or disasters.

Supported the Cover Crop Flexibility Act, legislation to remove the prohibition on harvesting or grazing cover crops on prevented plant acres prior to November 1.

This legislation is a result of Senate efforts that ultimately led to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) making an administrative change that allowed for penalty-free haying and grazing. This bill would provide a permanent solution to this issue and create greater certainty for U.S. producers.

The Cover Crop Flexibility Act would remove a prohibition on grazing or harvesting cover crops for hay or silage and eliminate an arbitrary date that allowed farmers with longer growing seasons more opportunities than those in northern states. Also farmers would still have to plant cover crops on approved lists to prevent manipulation of the flexibility and avoid harvesting during the primary nesting season of local birds. It would allow USDA to include cover crop seed costs when it sets the factor that is used to calculate the prevented planting indemnity. The current formula only allows USDA to consider pre-planting costs when setting the factor, so the cost of cover crop seed is a potential barrier for farmers who are already facing the effects of a natural disaster. Finally, it would direct USDA to conduct a study to examine the extent that cover crops reduce risks of prevented planting and other crop insurance losses. If the study finds risk reductions, it allows USDA to adjust prevented planting factors or provide policies with appropriate lower premiums for farmers using cover crops.

Supported the Livestock Regulatory Protection Act would amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the EPA from issuing permits for any carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production.

Supported optimizing the Cattle Market Act of 2021 to enable mechanisms for greater price discovery and transparency within the cattle market, while equipping producers with more tools and useful information to succeed.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Chief Economist, to establish regionally sufficient levels of negotiated cash and negotiated grid trade within 2 years of enactment and to consider stakeholder input through a public comment period. Consideration must also be given to peer reviewed economic research from land grant universities.

Packers include only federally inspected cattle processing plants that slaughter an average of 125,000 head of cattle per year (roughly 500 head per day) during the prior 5 years.

These minimums may be weekly or another periodic basis, must account for black swan events, and must be reviewed every 2 years.

After 3 years, a cost-benefit analysis must be done to determine the operation and effect of regional mandatory minimums.

Mandates that a packer report the number of cattle, organized by cattle type, scheduled to be delivered for slaughter each day for the next 14 days for USDA to make available to the public.

Expresses the sense of Congress that there is a need for expedited reauthorization of U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Livestock Mandatory

Reporting (LMR) program, including base prices subject to the same reporting requirements as negotiated cash and the creation of a contract library.

Directs USDA to provide educational outreach activities for producers on how to best utilize the library.

Continued congressional efforts on disaster assistance to Oregon growers for excessive heat, ice, drought and wildfire.

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Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE

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15. General issue area code TRA

16. Specific lobbying issues

Monitored American jobs package including $621 billion for transportation. Highlights for agriculture include:

$100 billion for high-speed broadband
$115 billion for repairing bridges, highways and roads
$17 billion for ports and inland waterways
$35 billion for climate research and development
$40 billion for research infrastructure
$5 billion for a new Rural Partnership Program to help rural regions

Supported Haulers of Agriculture and Livestock Safety (HAULS), which modernizes the agricultural exemption to to the hours-of-service rules and provides much needed regulatory relief for farmers, ranchers and ag haulers.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations (FMCSA) hours-of-service (HOS) requirements limit the time a commercial motor vehicle driver may be on duty to 14 hours and driving to 11 hours. However, agriculture and livestock haulers face unique circumstances due to the perishability of their products. The HAULS Act updates the agriculture and livestock HOS exemptions to ensure haulers have the flexibility they need to deliver their perishable products.

The HAULS Act would:

Eliminate the requirement that ag and livestock hours-of-service exemptions only apply during state designated planting and harvesting seasons
Amend and clarify the definition of agricultural commodities based on feedback provided by agriculture and livestock organizations
Authorize a 150 air-mile exemption from HOS requirements on the destination side of a haul for ag and livestock haulers

Supported the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 (STRA-21).

The bill authorizes $303.5 billion over five years to upgrade our highways, roads, and bridges with a new focus on addressing climate change, improving safety, and lifting up all Americans.
This is a 34% increase in funding from the last surface transportation reauthorization. It would be the largest amount of highway funding ever authorized by a surface transportation bill.
STRA-21 calls for $18 billion in climate programs, including $6.4 billion for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and $8.7 billion to increase resilience to climate change and extreme weather.
It also includes $2.5 billion to create alternative fuel corridors along the National Highway System and build out electric vehicle charging infrastructure in communities across the country.
The bill establishes a $500 million pilot program to help reconnect and revitalize areas divided by highway construction that pose barriers to economic development and opportunity. This painful legacy of past transportation investments continues to harm communities of color.

Continued work on infrastructure package. Improve healthy, sustainable transportation options for millions of Americans by modernizing and expanding transit and rail networks across the country, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Plan is the largest federal investment in public transit in history and is the largest federal investment in passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak.
Repair and rebuild our roads and bridges with a focus on climate change mitigation, resilience, equity, and safety for all users, including cyclists and pedestrians. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework is the single largest dedicated bridge investment since the construction of the interstate highway system.
Build a national network of electric vehicle (EV) chargers along highways and in rural and disadvantaged communities. The largest investment in EV infrastructure in history, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework will accomplish the Presidents goal of building 500,000 EV chargers.
Electrify thousands of school and transit buses across the country to reduce harmful emissions and drive domestic manufacturing of zero emission vehicles and components.
Eliminate the nations lead service lines and pipes, delivering clean drinking water to up to ten million American families and more than 400,000 schools and child care facilities that currently dont have it, including in Tribal nations and disadvantaged communities. The Plan is the largest investment in clean drinking water and waste water infrastructure in American history.
Connect every American to reliable high-speed internet, just as the federal government made a historic effort to provide electricity to every American nearly one hundred years ago. The Framework will also drive down prices for internet service and close the digital divide.
Upgrade our power infrastructure, including by building thousands of miles of new, resilient transmission lines to facilitate the expansion of renewable energy, including through a new Grid Authority. The Plan is the single largest investment in clean energy transmission in American history.
Create a first of its kind Infrastructure Financing Authority that will leverage billions of dollars into clean transportation and clean energy.
Make the largest investment in addressing legacy pollution in American history, a cleanup effort that will create good-paying union jobs and advance environmental justice.
Prepare more of our infrastructure for the impacts of climate change, cyber attacks, and extreme weather events. The Framework is the largest investment in the resilience of physical and natural systems in American history.

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)

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15. General issue area code LBR

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.Supported Farm Workdforce Modernization Act

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15. General issue area code BUD

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Reviewed President Bidens FY 22 discretionary funding request. The discretionary request proposes $769 billion in non-defense discretionary funding in FY 2022, a 16 percent increase over the FY 2021 enacted level, and $753 billion for national defense programs, a 1.7 percent increase.

Highlights for agriculture are:

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

The request includes $27.8 billion for USDA, a $3.8 billion or 16-percent increase from the 2021 enacted level.

$65 million increase over the 2021 enacted level for the Reconnect Program.
$717 million for Rural Water and Wastewater Grants and Loans, an increase of $100 million over the 2021 enacted level.
$1.7 billion for high-priority hazardous fuels and forest resilience projects, an increase of
$476 million over the 2021 enacted level.

$4 billion for USDA research and education programs, including expanded funding to study and verify carbon sequestration.
$32 million for a renewed and expanded initiative, Strikeforce, to leverage USDAs extensive network of offices to help people in high poverty communities tap into Federal resources.
$40 million increase for USDAs climate hubs to expand climate science tools and increase landowner awareness of-and engagement in-efforts to combat climate change.
Significant investments within the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service to support the health and resilience of public and private lands in support of the goal of conserving 30 percent of land and water by 2030.
$1.2 billion, an increase of $74 million over the 2021 enacted level, for the Food Safety
and Inspection Service to bolster the capacity of small and regional meat processing

establishments and ensure safe food production and $15 million for the local agriculture marketing program to support local supply chains.

$6.7 billion, more than $1 billion above the 2021 enacted level, for nutrition
programs, including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,

and Children (WIC).

USDA is establishing an Equity Commission to review how current farm programs may have contributed to racial and geographic inequities for farmers.
Department of Interior (DOI)

The request includes $17.4 billion for DOI, a $2.4 billion or 16-percent increase from the 2021 enacted level.

Provides an additional $550 million above the 2021enacted level to decrease climate pollution, accelerate clean energy deployment, and expand efforts around climate adaptation and ecosystem resilience among all the Departments land management agencies.
Provides an additional $200 million for science-driven conservation to align management of the Nations natural resources with Americas climate, biodiversity, and clean energy needs. This investment would support the goal of conserving 30 percent of land and water by 2030 and also support the Civilian Climate Corps.
Provides $340 million for hazardous fuels management and burned area rehabilitation projects to reduce the growing risk of wildfire to public health and the economy, the
discretionary request.

Department of Labor (DOL)

The request includes $14.2 billion for DOL, a $1.7 billion or 14-percent increase from the 2021 enacted level.

Provides $2.1 billion, an increase of $304 million or 17 percent over the 2021 enacted level, in the Departments worker protection agencies.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The request includes $11.2 billion for EPA, a $2 billion or 21.3-percent increase from the 2021 enacted level.

Provides $1.8 billion in programs that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The discretionary request provides an additional $100 million in air quality grants for States and Tribes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, an additional $30 million to improve knowledge of the impacts of climate change on human health and the environment.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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Reviewed President Bidens U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.

The proposal seeks to allow undocumented individuals to apply for temporary legal status. DACA recipients, TPS holders, and immigrant farmworkers who meet specific requirements are eligible for green cards immediately under the legislation. After three years, all green card holders who pass additional background checks and demonstrate knowledge of English and U.S. civics can apply to become citizens. Applicants must be physically present in the United States on or before January 1, 2021. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may waive the presence requirement for those deported on or after January 20, 2017 who were physically present for at least three years prior to removal for family unity and other humanitarian purposes.

The bill requires that DHS and the Department of Labor establish a commission involving labor, employer, and civil rights organizations to make recommendations for improving the employment verification process. Workers who suffer serious labor violations and cooperate with worker protection agencies will be granted greater access to U visa relief. The bill protects workers who are victims of workplace retaliation from deportation in order to allow labor agencies to interview these workers. It also protects migrant and seasonal workers and increases penalties for employers who violate labor laws.

Provisions of interest for agriculture include the following:

Adjustment of Status
An agricultural worker can adjust to legal permanent resident (LPR) status if they meet eligibility criteria including criminal and national security background checks, pay applicable fees, submit an application, and have performed agricultural labor or services for at least 2,300 work hours (or 400 work days) in the five-year period immediately preceding the date on which such noncitizen file the application.
The spouse and children of a noncitizen eligible for adjustment under this section may also adjust to LPR status, provided they meet the eligibility criteria. Spouses and children do not have any agricultural work requirement.
Aside from the agriculture worker specific provisions, the Secretary of Homeland Security can grant legal prospective immigrant status to a noncitizen and his or her spouse and children who meet eligibility criteria including criminal and national security background checks and payment of all applicable fees. LPI status will last for 6 years unless and can be renewed.
LPI and LPR status holders are eligible for employment authorization.
Naturalization
Reduces the residence requirement for naturalization from 5 years to 3 years for LPRs who, for at least three years before becoming an LPR, were both lawfully present and eligible for employment authorization.
Overtime pay for farmworkers
Beginning January 1, 2022, overtime pay shall be required after 55 hours in one week, 50 hours beginning in 2023; 45 hours beginning in 2024; and 40 hours beginning in 2025. The effective date of this section for employers with fewer than 25 employees is delayed by three years, to begin in 2025.
Removing Certain Exemptions for Agricultural Work.
Amends section 13 of the FLSA, to only allow maximum and minimum hour requirement exceptions to remain for any employee employed in agriculture who is the parent, spouse, or child, or other member of the employers immediate family.
Exemptions for agricultural employees that fall under the following criteria are removed:
An employee is employed by an employer who did not, during any calendar quarter during the preceding calendar year use more than five hundred man-days of agricultural labor,
An employee is employed as a hand harvest laborer and is paid on a piece rate basis in an operation which has been, and is customarily and generally recognized as having been, paid on a piece rate basis in the region of employment, commutes daily from his permanent residence to the farm on which he is so employed, and has been employed in agriculture less than thirteen weeks during the preceding calendar year,
An employee is sixteen years of age or under and is employed as a hand harvest laborer, is paid on a piece rate basis in an operation which has been, and is customarily and generally recognized as having been, paid on a piece rate basis in the region of employment, is employed on the same farm as his parent or person standing in the place of his parent, and is paid at the same piece rate as employees over age sixteen are paid on the same farm.
An employee is principally engaged in the range production of livestock.
Creates a labor law enforcement fund.
The fund is intended to be used for compliance activities such as random audits of employers in industries with a history of significant employment of unauthorized workers or H-2As and H- 2Bs.
Sets criminal penalties for MSPA violations.
Establishes a commission on employment authorization.

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15. General issue area code TAX

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) temporarily doubled the estate tax exemption from $5.5 million to $11 million per person ($11.7 million indexed for 2021) through 2025. While the higher temporary exemption level protects the vast majority of the nations farms and ranches from the devastating consequences of estate taxes, farm and ranch families with businesses that top the exemption level are still plagued by estate taxes and related planning costs.

Supported HR H.R. 2370, to allow more farm and ranch land to be valued at its agricultural value rather than its inflated development value for estate tax purposes. Farm and ranch families who want to continue farming and ranching when a family member dies should be able to pay estate taxes on the value of their current business, not what their land would be worth if they sold out to a developer.

The Section 2032A valuation tool for estate tax purposes was designed to provide farm and ranch families protection from burdensome estate taxes when passing down the family business. The deduction carefully delineates between types of property eligible for the Special Use Valuation by targeting estate tax relief to farm and ranch operations where the family plans to continue farming and ranching.

Though the Section 2032A reduction limit originally outlined in the law was updated to increase with inflation, it no longer provides the level of protection it was meant to offer farmers and ranchers. Expanding the provision would allow more farm and ranch land to qualify for Section 2032A Special Use Valuation, restoring it value as the helpful estate planning tool that was intended by Congress.

Monitored the American Families Plan. Tthe American Families Plan, proposes tax cuts and programs including:

Step Up in Basis Would be Repealed and Instead Capital Gains Taxes Would be Collected at Death
Stepped up basis provides that capital gains taxes are not imposed when assets are transferred at death to an heir. Furthermore, tax law allows the heir to increase their basis in the assets to fair market value and only owe capital gains taxes on the amount the asset appreciates while they owed it and only if the asset is sold. The proposal would repeal step up in basis for gains over $1 million and collect capital gains at death unless assets are donated to charity. A proposed protection for family-owned farms and businesses is not explained.

Capital Gains Tax Rates Will Almost Double for Some
Farms and ranches pay capital gains taxes when they sell long-term capital assets like land and buildings. The tax is based on the amount that the asset has increased in value since purchase which can be significant for agriculture where assets are typically held for a long time. Capital gains tax rates would increase from 20% to 39.6% for households making over $1 million.

Like Kind Exchange (1031) Are Repealed
Like Kind Exchanges allow farmers and ranchers and other businesses to defer capital gains taxes when they sell an asset and replace it with a similar asset. Farmers and ranchers use like kind exchanges for capital assets like land and single-purpose structures. The proposal repeals like kind exchanges for exchanges for gains greater than $500,000.

Individual Income Tax Rate Will Increase
According to the Census of Agriculture, about 94% of farm and ranch businesses pay taxes using individual tax rates, as sole-proprietors or partnerships. The proposal increases the top individual income tax rate bracket from 37% to 39.6 %.

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Monitored five environmental bills including:

The SUSTAINS Act by Rep. Thompson: Sponsoring USDA Sustainability Targets in Agriculture to Incentivize Natural Solutions Act

Authorizes the Contributions for Private-Sector Partnership, a USDA account that allows for private sector donations; incentivizes private funding by awarding sponsorship of targeted conservation initiatives; authorizes funds for USDA to match certain donations.

The RESTORE Act by Doug LaMalfa (R-CA): Restoring Environments, Soils, Trees and Operations to develop the Rural Economy Act

Gives the Secretary of Agriculture authority to conduct landscape-scale forest management projects in states where the Governor requests such activities; provides new statutory authorities to execute cross-jurisdiction forest management projects and reduces unnecessary bureaucracy.

The NO EMITS Act by Rodney Davis (R-IL): Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act

Establishes a Soil Health Transition Incentive Program that provides payments and technical assistance to producers who are transitioning their farms to soil health cropping systems; provides longer term contracts to mitigate risk; doubles funding for Conservation Innovation Trials.

The FIRE Act by Dusty Johnson (R-SD): Forestry Improvements to Restore the Environment Act

Requires the Forest Service to complete a survey of National Forest System land that has been impacted by a wildfire within 60 days after containment; provides new management tools to expedite restoration; enables rural communities to get salvage timber to market, increasing financial benefits to local communities.

The PRECISE Act by Ashley Hinson (R-IA): Producing Responsible Energy and Conservation Incentives and Solutions for the Environment Act

Leverages incentives for the adoption of costly precision agriculture technology; incentivizes private sector financing of precision agriculture equipment through existing programs; funds 100% of prevision agriculture projects through joint participation of conservation cost-share programs and the Conservation Loan Program.

Supported the Growing Climate Solutions Act creates a certification program at USDA to help solve technical entry barriers to farmer and forest landowner participation in carbon credit markets. These issues - including access to reliable information about markets and access to qualified technical assistance providers and credit protocol verifiers - have limited both landowner participation and the adoption of practices to help reduce the costs of developing carbon credits.

Reviewed 30x30 proposal, America the Beautiful. The report lays-out eight main principles and offers recommendations and goals with few details of how they would be achieved. The eight principles are:

Pursue a Collaborative and Inclusive Approach to Conservation
Conserve Americas Lands and Waters for the Benefit of All People
Support Locally Led and Locally Designed Conservation Efforts
Honor Tribal Sovereignty and Support the Priorities of Tribal Nations
Pursue Conservation and Restoration Approaches that Create Jobs and Support Healthy Communities
Honor Private Property Rights and Support the Voluntary Stewardship Efforts of Private Landowners and Fishers
Use Science as a Guide
Build on Existing Tools and Strategies with an Emphasis on Flexibility and Adaptive Approaches

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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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