NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Working with USDA and HHS to support beef's inclusion in the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans as the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee begins its work. Working with USDA and FDA to support the MOU providing both agencies with jurisdiction over regulation of cell-based alternative proteins or fake meat.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Supporting the EPA proposed rule to redefine the Waters of the United States. Working with EPA on groundwater connectivity.

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Natural Resources NAT

Supporting effort by Department of the Interior to delist the gray wolf in the lower 48 states.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Agriculture AGR

Working with USDA on implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill. Specifically supporting the language for implementation of an FMD Vaccine Bank.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Working with House and Senate Agriculture Committees to push for CFTC reauthorization. Working with CFTC to educate on usage of futures contracts by cattle producers.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Pushing for DOT to grant our petition to extend Hours of Service for livestock haulers. Working with Congress to achieve a 150-mile livestock exemption at the end of a haul.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Supporting passage of the USMCA agreement. Supporting Trump Administration's efforts on China trade. Supporting a US - Japan free trade agreement. Supporting a US - UK free trade agreement Pushing for inclusion of agriculture in a US - EU free trade agreement Working on more access for U.S. beef into the EU

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Working with House and Senate appropriations committees on their formulation of the FY20 funding bills on issues such as alternative proteins/fake meat, greenhouse gas reporting, livestock exemption from DOT's ELD program, and funding for USDA efforts on foreign animal diseases.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Working with EPA on implementation of agriculture exemption from CERCLA. Working against Green New Deal (H.Res. 109 and S.Res. 59) by providing facts on impact of cattle industry to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.Res. 109 (116th), S.Res. 59 (116th)