Federal Legislative Issues

Legislative Issues

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Farm Policy

• Joe Mencer’s Farm-Bill Testimony, 5/15/10
• L.G. Raun’s Farm-Bill Testimony, 5/17/10
• Testimony of Frank Rehermann Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture
• DCP & ACRE Rules Amended/Clarified, 4/14/10
• Commodity Coalition Letter to Budget Committees, 3/16/10
• Senate Letter to Obama Re: USDA Budget and Cuts to Farm Safety Net
• FSA: 2009-2012 Crop Year MAL & LDP Policy, 10/27/09
• FY 2010 House Ag Appropriations – Farm Act, 6/04/09
• Payment Limit Handbook
• USA Rice Coalition, FY 10 Farm Safety Net Budget Letter, 4/28/09

Conservation

• USA Rice Federation 2008 Farm Bill CSP Rule Comments, 10/27/09
• CSP Public Comment Period Extension, 9/21/09
• FY 2010 Conservation Program Funding, Coalition House Letter, 6/2/09
• Congratulatory Letter to NRCS Chief Dave White, 3/25/09
• USA Rice Federation 2008 Farm Bill EQIP Rule Comments
• USA Rice Comments on CSP Implementation
• Conservation, TSP comments
• Conservation, CSP, question comments rice

Environment

• NPDES Permit for Pesticide Applications to Water
• Letter to Senate Supporting Sen. Murkowski’s Climate-Change Disapproval Resolution, 5/18/10
• Chmn. Peterson’s EPA Letter on Spray-Drift Guidance, 3/16/10
• Letter Supporting Sen. Murkowski’s Disapproval Resolution for Climate-Change Regulations ,1/20/10
• Letter Supporting Sen. Murkowski’s EPA amendment, 9/23/09
• Economic Implications of EPA Analysis of Cap and Trade
• Frank Rehermann, Senate Ag Committee Testimony, 9/909
• Preliminary Ag Analysis of Climate Change Legislation
• Letter to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works regarding CWRA
• USA Rice Letter HR 1749 Pesticide Reform Bill

General Issues

• Lincoln & Chambliss Bumpers Amendment Letter, 6/15/10
• Coalition Support for Farmer Mac Farm & Utility Lending, 6/9/10
• Coalition Letter Supporting Sen. Chambliss’ Amendment (S.AMDT.3903), 5/19/10
• Coalition Letter Supporting S. 3221, FSA Guaranteed-Loans Bill, 4/19/10
• Coalition Senate Food-Safety-Bill Letter, 4/14/10
• Coalition Crop-Insurance SRA Letter to Secretary Vilsack, 4/9/10
• USA Rice Federation’s FY 11 Ag-Appropriations Requests, 3/19/10
• Coalition Letter to USAID About LRP, 2/1/10
• Coalition Crop-Insurance SRA Letter to Secretary Vilsack, 1/25/10
• Ag & Agbusiness Coalition Supports Rail Legislation

Taxes

• Coalition Senate Estate-Tax Letter, 4/12/10
• Estate-Tax Letter Supporting H.R. 3524, 11/30/09
• H.R. 8, Estate Tax Repeal
• New equipment expment and bonus depreciation rules

Trade

• Rep. Poe Urges USDA & USTR To Encourage U.S. Rice Exports to Iraq, 7/28/10
• Joe Mencer testimony for Aug. 4 Senate hearing
• USA Rice Letter Supporting House Ag Cmte. Cuba-Bill Approval, 6/28/10
• MAP-FMD Coalition, FY 2011 Funding Letter, 6/10/10
• Food-Aid Funding Increase, FY 10 Supplemental, 5/28/10
• Letter to House Ag Cmte Supporting HR 4645′s Passage, 4/28/10
• Texas A&M’s Analysis of H.R. 4645 (Cuba), 3/11/10
• Food Aid Coalition’s FY 11 Appropriations Requests, 3/19/10
• House Ag. Cmte. Testimony, 3/11/10
• ECWG Request for GSM-102 Meeting with USTR Ron Kirk, 9/22/09