USA RICE FEDERATION lobbying for USA RICE FEDERATION

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2026

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 20, 2026

Expenses

$110,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using IRS section 162(e) definitions (method C): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

Virginia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 12

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 7

Agriculture

1. Crop Insurance Program 2. Issues and potential bills related to the pending 2025 Farm Bill in Development 3. Implementation of PL 118-158, American Relief Act, 2025, regarding provisions relating to agriculture 5. S. 743 Ag Disputes Act 6. Food and agricultural research 7. Food safety 8. H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act and implementation of PL 119-21 9. Economic assistance, Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program 10. H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

1. Commodity and Conservation Programs for Rice Farmers 2. Crop Insurance Program 3. Issues and potential bills relating to the pending 2025 Farm Bill in development 4. Food and agricultural research 5. Food safety 6. 7. H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act and implementation of PL 119-21 7. "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) reform

Trade (domestic/foreign)

1. World Trade Organization (WTO) trade compliance. India & China 2. Trade with: China, Colombia, Cuba, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, Vietnam, Haiti, United Kingdom 3. Non-tariff trade barriers 4. Shipping Issues and Compliance 5. S. 743 Ag disputes Act 6. Food for Peace legislation S. 525 and H.R. 1207

Environment/Superfund

1. Pesticide re-registration 2. WOTUS - Waters of the U.S. 3. Endangered species and related actions by the EPA 4. S. 623 No IRIS Act of 2025 5. H.R. 1415 No IRIS Act of 2025 6. H.R. 4754 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

1. Proposed tax code changes impacting the U.S. rice industry 2. HR. 1707 Grown in America Act of 2025 3. 4. H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act and implementation of PL 119-21

Transportation

1. General Shipping Issues and Compliance 2. Rail service issues facing rice shippers and potential rail merger impact 3. Ocean shipping issues facing rice shippers

Budget/Appropriations

1. Implementation of PL 118-158, American Relief Act, 2025, regarding provisions relating to agriculture 2. H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Bills named in this filing 9

S. 743
Ag Disputes Act
H.R. 1
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
H.R. 7567
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
S. 525
A bill to transfer the functions, duties, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, orders, determinations, rules, regulat…
H.R. 1207
To transfer the functions, duties, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, orders, determinations, rules, regulations, p…
S. 623
No IRIS Act of 2025
H.R. 1415
No IRIS Act of 2025
H.R. 4754
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
H.R. 1707
Grown in America Act of 2025