Advocacy to include in the next Farm Bill coverage under the Emergency Livestock Assistance Program for catfish farmers. There is no coverage for bird depredation for fish losses on farms in existing USDA emergency assistance programs, including ELAP. Advocacy includes adding this coverage for fish farms.
Advocacy on changing the definition of Agriculture Labor to include catfish processing in the Farm Bill.
Advocacy on changing the definition of Agriculture Labor to include catfish processing in the Farm Bill.
Advocacy on exempting seafood processing from exiting H2B caps in FY2025 appropriations legislation.
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 2024: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
Affiliated organizations: Catfish Farmers of America
Lobbyists
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.
Legislative Assistant, Rep. Marion Berry, 2001-02;
Legislative Director, Rep. Marion Berry 2003-06; Chief of Staff, Rep. Marion Berry, 2006-10
Chief of Staff; Congressman Marion Berry (AR-01) 2006-2010. Legislative Director; Congressman Marion Berry (AR-01) 2003-2006. Legislative Assistant; Congressman Marion Berry (AR-01) 2002-2003.
Chief of Staff; Congressman Marion Berry (AR-01) 2006-2010. Legislative Director; Congressman Marion Berry (AR-01) 2003-2006. Legislative Assistant; Congressman Marion Berry (AR-01) 2002-2003.
Disclosures Filed
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.
Amendment
Q1 Report
Registration
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate