USA RICE FEDERATION lobbying for USA RICE FEDERATION

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 20, 2026

Expenses

$120,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using 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

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Federal Maritime Commission
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
State, Dept of (DOS)
Surface Transportation Board (STB)
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Treasury, Dept of
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 9

HR 7567
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
S 743
Ag Disputes Act
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
S 525
A bill to transfer the functions, duties, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, orders, determinations, rules, regulat…
HR 1207
To transfer the functions, duties, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, orders, determinations, rules, regulations, p…
S 623
No IRIS Act of 2025
HR 1415
No IRIS Act of 2025
HR 4754
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
HR 1707
Grown in America Act of 2025

Lobbying activity 7

Agriculture

1. Implementation of PL 115-334, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 2. Crop Insurance Program 3. H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 4. 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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

1. Commodity and Conservation Programs for Rice Farmers 2. Crop Insurance Program 3. H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 4. Food and agricultural research 5. Food safety 6. 7. H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act and implementation of PL 119-21

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