• Rendering and BSE; PEDv, Avian Influenza; Animal disposal; Animal welfare; Legislation relating to livestock competition and contracting issues; enhancing and expanding agricultural research on plant and animal disease; research and programs fostering development of alternative feedstocks for biofuel manufacture; extension of various tax incentives for the creation of bio-based fuels and issues on animal care, wellbeing and production systems. Legislation, all titles, as it relates to FDA regulation of rendering, livestock and poultry feed, pet food and animal food ingredients, including FDA registration, export certification, user fees, import certification, mandatory recall and standards of operation. (FSMA) Issues relating to FDAs BSE feed rule on feed ingredients of animal origin in animal feeds and pet food. EPAs redrafting of its draft risk assessment on dioxin and its risk to human health, particularly as relates to foods of animal origin as the source of dioxin.
• Biodiesel & RFS Energy Generation Alternative Fuels Grease Theft Title 9, relating to research and programs fostering development of alternative feedstocks for biofuel manufacture, and title 12 (Senate) relating to the extension of various tax incentives for the creation of bio-based fuels. (Farm Bill) Extend various federal tax incentives for the production of alternative fuels, including biodiesel from animal fats and rendered products, and the blending of alternative fuels with diesel. Titles relating to the extension of animal-based biodiesel tax incentives, as well as the alternative fuel mixture tax credit. RFS Animal Mandates for Biodiesel/Renewable Diesel.
• Food Safety PL 111-353 FSMA, all titles, as relates to FDA regulation of livestock and poultry feed, pet food and animal food ingredients, including FDA registration, export certification, user fees, import certification, mandatory recall and standards of operation. Legislation related to USDA inspection of nonambulatory livestock at slaughter for human food. Issues relating to FDAs BSE feed rule on feed ingredients of animal origin in animal feeds and pet food. Monitor issues relating to FDAs approval of transgenic food animals and fish, with attention to contemplated or proposed labeling requirements for the foods therefrom.
• Monitor developments both legislative and regulatory related to Free Trade Agreements, Trans Pacific Partnership and EU-U.S, Fast Track Authority, enhanced trade with Cuba. "Cash-Only" Food Aid Assistance; Monitoring of USDAs designation of U.S. trading partners as minimal risk regions relating to BSE status. Support for U.S. efforts to secure a new World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on global trade.
• Legislation relating to research and programs fostering development of alternative feedstocks for biofuel manufacture, and legislation relating to the extension of various tax incentives for the creation of bio-based fuels. Legislation to extend various federal tax incentives for the production of alternative fuels, including biodiesel from animal fats and rendered products, and the blending of alternative fuels with diesel. Those titles relating to the extension of animal-based biodiesel tax incentives, as well as the alternative fuel mixture tax credit and pending legislation in the Senate.
• Legislation and regulatory actions related to greenhouse gas emissions caps, as well as action to create a carbon credit cap-and-trade program. WOTUS.
• Federal Highway Reauthorization specific to allowing 97,000 lb. trucks with six axles, etc. on Interstate highway system.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2015

General Issues: Animals, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Trucking/Shipping, Transportation

Spending: about $640,000 (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 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office, Energy - Dept of, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), White House Office,, U.S. Senate,, Y Y USDA FDA White House EPA, Y Y White House Department of Energy, Y Y White House USDA