• House and Senate Agriculture Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriations FY 2009--provisions related to Disaster programs and research on Pierce's disease programs for winegrape growers (not yet introduced)
• Monitoring tax relief for winegrape growers Tax Reconciliation/Pension Reform - Conservation easement donation tax credit Equipment depreciation
• Provide dependable labor force for specialty crops S 1348 - Comprehensive Immigrtion Reform Act--provisions related to Agricultural jobs HR 371 - Agricultural Job Opportunities Benefit & Security Act of 2007--all provisions S 340 - Agricultural Job Opportunities Benefit & Security Act of 2007--all provisionsItem 16 continued: Farms Bills of 2007 Research, Nutrition & Specialty Crop promotion HR 2419 - Farm and Nutrition & Bio Energy Act of 2007 HR 1600 - Eat healthy America Act S 1160 - Specialty Crop Competition Act Senate Amendment to HR 2419 - Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 HR 2421/S.1870 Clean Water Restoration Act--all provisions

Duration: April 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Beverage Industry, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture

Spending: about $60,000 (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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Treasury - Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Food & Drug Administration (FDA)