PET FOOD INSTITUTE for PET FOOD INSTITUTE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

1. Additional funding for the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine specifically for feed ingredient approvals; Spending package including H.R. 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and H.R. 1158 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 2. Appropriations report language designations on pet food issues; Spending package including H.R. 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and H.R. 1158 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1865 (116th), H.R. 1158 (116th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

1. Passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement; H.R. 5430 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act 2. China market access, and Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Peoples Republic of China 3. Japan tariff reductions and U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5430 (116th)

Transportation TRA

1. Surface Transportation Boards Proposed Rule on Small Rate Cases and Proposed Guidance on Demurrage and Accessorial Rules and Charges impact on pet food manufacturers and other agriculture stakeholders; STB Docket EP 757

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Animals ANI

1. General pet food and related pet issues. 2. Nomination process and confirmation of Dr. Stephen Hahn as Commissioner to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Executive Calendar #543. 3. Coordination and research regarding FDA's investigation into the potential link between diet and dog health.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Surface Transportation Board (STB)

Agriculture AGR

1. Ingredients and by-products used in pet food. 2. Pet food's role in the agriculture industry.

Contacted: SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Surface Transportation Board (STB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)