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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 600 MARYLAND AVENUE, SW |
Address2 | Ste. 1000W |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20024 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 2285-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
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 | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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. | ||||||||
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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: Richard Newpher, Executive Vice President |
Date | 01/20/2011 |
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
2012 Farm Bill
Biotechnology
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Proposed Competition Rule
Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
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Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Jones |
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Tara |
Smith |
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Mary Kay |
Thatcher |
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Russell |
Williams |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 ANI
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2999 Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2010
ILAR Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Animal Welfare Guidelines
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
Animal Disease Traceability
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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 |
Mark |
Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Kelli |
Ludlum |
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Mary Kay |
Thatcher |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 BAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Farm Credit System
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
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 |
Mark |
Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Kelli |
Ludlum |
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Mary Kay |
Thatcher |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Senate Omnibus
H.R. 3082 Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011
National Commission of Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Proposal
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Mark |
Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Patricia |
Wolff |
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Elizabeth |
Jones |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 6273 - To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes
H.R. 6087 - To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides
H.R. 5509 Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act
H.R. 2749 Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
H.R. 5141 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
S. 3725 Enforcing Orders and Reducing Circumvention and Evasion Act of 2010
S. 1816 Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act
S. 3578 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
S. 3946 Small Business Paperwork Relief Act
S. 303 Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009
Chesapeake Bay Watershed TMDL
Title V of the Clean Air Act
TMDLs for Nutrients and Sediment
Chesapeake Bay Executive Order on Protection and Restoration
EPAs Strategy for Achieving Water Quality
NPDES Permits for Pesticides
Clean Water Act
Clean Air Act
6th Circuit Ruling on Pesticide Application Permits
SPCC Assistance Program
Gulf of Mexico Executive Order on Protection and Restoration
Particulate Matter 10 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)
FIFRA
CAFOs
New Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
Greenhouse Gas Nuisance Case
Stationary Sources of Greenhouse Gases
Housing Trust Fund
Phase I Watershed Implementation Plans for Del., Md., N.Y., Pa., Va. and W. Va.
Greenhouse Gas Regulation
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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 |
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Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Parrish |
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Tyler |
Wegmeyer |
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Rick |
Krause |
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Danielle |
Quist |
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Ellen |
Steen |
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Paul |
Schlegel |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 CHM
16. Specific lobbying issues
EPA's List of 134 Chemicals to Undergo Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Testing
Web-Distributed Labeling (WDL)
Arsenic Cancer Review
Toxicological Review of Urea
Secondary NAAQS for NOx and SOx Ammonia and Ammonium
Dioxin Rules
Atrazine
Methyl Bromide
Spray Drift
NPDES Pesticide Permits
Chemical Use Data
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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 |
Mark |
Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Tyler |
Wegmeyer |
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Don |
Parrish |
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Rick |
Krause |
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Paul |
Schlegel |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 CDT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Defining Agricultural Commodity
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
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 |
Mark |
Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Tara |
Smith |
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Mary Kay |
Thatcher |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 DIS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Crop Assistance Program ad hoc Disaster Assistance
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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 |
Mark |
Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Tara |
Smith |
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Mary Kay |
Thatcher |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
School Lunch Program Development and Recommendations
Title I Funding
Agricultural Education Programs / National FFA Advisor
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of
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 |
Mark |
Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Ronald |
Karney |
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Patricia |
Wolff |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 FOO
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2749 - Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
H.R. 2751 - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
H.R. 5504 - Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act
S. 510 - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
S. 3307 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
S.A. 4702 To repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes
S.A. 4713 To repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes
S.A. 4715 In the nature of a substitute
S.A. 4696 In the nature of a substitute, to modernize Federal food safety efforts without placing unnecessary burdens on food producers, increasing food prices, or saddling taxpayers with additional debt
S.A. 4697 To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal years 2011, 2012, and 2013
S.A. 2742 Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes
S.A. 4728 Of a perfecting nature
S.A. 4727 To change the enactment date
Produce Safety
Food Irradiation
Nutrition Standards for Fluid Milk Products
Labeling of Food Made From AquAdvantage Salmon
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
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 |
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Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Kelli |
Ludlum |
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Tara |
Smith |
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Mary Kay |
Thatcher |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 FUE
16. Specific lobbying issues
E-15 Waiver and New Fuel Pump Label
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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 |
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Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Jones |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Nomination of Benita Y. Pearson to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE
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 |
Mark |
Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Kelli |
Ludlum |
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Mary Kay |
Thatcher |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Grandfathered Group Health Plans
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 |
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Maslyn |
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Keller |
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Patricia |
Wolff |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Labor Immigration Policy
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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 |
Mark |
Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Paul |
Schlegel |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 RES
16. Specific lobbying issues
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)
Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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 |
Mark |
Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Elizabeth |
Jones |
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Parrish |
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Krause |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3905 - Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009
H.R. 4853 -Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
S. 1313 - Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Extension Act of 2009
S.A. 4753 - In the nature of a substitute
Estate Taxes
Capital Gains Tax Rates
Individual Income Tax Rates
Renewable Tax Incentives
End of the Year Tax Legislation
Medicare Contribution Tax
Tax Incentives for Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel
Five-year Depreciation for Farming Business Machinery and Equipment
State and Local Property Taxes
Conservation Easements
Deductions for Qualified Tuition and Related Expenses
Charitable Deductions for Food
Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)
Short Line Railroad Track Maintenance Credit
Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit
Form 1099 information reporting requirements
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
Alternative Minimum Tax
Marriage Penalty Relief
Exemption for National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
Standard Deduction
Child Tax Credit
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Treasury - Dept of
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 |
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Keller |
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Wolff |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Internet Neutrality Rules
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
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Maslyn |
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Kendra |
Keller |
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Ronald |
Karney |
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Wolff |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Lacey Act
Agricultural Swaps
U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade (APAC)
Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee (ATAC)
International Trade and Investment
Cuba
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Executive Office of the President (EOP)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Salmonsen |
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Watkins |
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Mary Kay |
Thatcher |
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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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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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