• 2018 Farm Bill (pre introduction to committee) H.R. 2
• Recognition in H.R. 2 that previous USDA determined prior commenced conversions of pastured wetlands to productive croplands that federal agencies disrupted and failed to recognize exclusion from Clean Water Act Section 404 federal jurisdiction as "waters of the United States," consistent with still-valid 1993 regulations issued jointly by EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• None
• Protection of exclusive private property rights by ensuring Government payment of just compensation for regulatory & physical "taking" of private property for public use as "wetlands."
• GAO reports accounting for government regulatory & physical takings of private property for public use in enforcement of clean water act wetlands provisions.

Duration: February 1, 2018 to August 15, 2019

General Issues: Agriculture, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Government Issues, Natural Resources, Constitution, Accounting

Spending: about $0 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2018: House of Representatives

Affiliated organizations: Robert Brace and Sons, Inc.