Discussed generally rural broadband issues and fiber cable installation in the Midwest; discussed generally a potential rural broadband bill to be drafted by Rep. Stefanik.
Discussed the advantages of the proposed flood diversion plan for Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN and its impact on John Deere's Electronic Solutions division.
Discussed generally US/Cuba relations; discussed generally US/China relations and China's interest in having John Deere and other companies' precision agriculture technology in the country.
Discussed generally diesel emission standards in the coming administration, possible regulation pullbacks, as well as renewable fuel standards.
Generally discussed the future of the Affordable Care Act as well as proposed changes to the ACA and the implications for employer provided health care and John Deere employees.
Met with a representative from UAW to discuss general relationship building and maintenance in the new administration between their organization, John Deere, and Deere employees who are members of UAW.
Discussed general forestry issues in the potential energy bill, as well as the potential for land conservation and forest thinning in the 115th Congress.
Discussed general employee benefit policy issues.
Discussed generally the tax reform Blueprint as well as the proposed border adjustability section.
Discussed generally infrastructure spending under the new administration and the potential for pay fors within tax reform or through an infrastructure bank.
Discussed the pros of TPP; discussed generally the potential trade policy implications under the new administration; discussed generally the effect of NAFTA changes on John Deere operations.
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 2016: House of Representatives, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), U.S. Senate
Bills mentioned
S.2012: North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016
Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.
Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.
Q4 Report
Q3 Report
Registration
Termination
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate
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