PET FOOD INSTITUTE for PET FOOD INSTITUTE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

1. Implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement; H.R. 5430 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act 2. China market access, product registration, and Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Peoples Republic of China 3. European Union/Brexit negotiations and TRQ allocations post Brexit 4. Other tariff and trade disrupting issues

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

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

Agriculture AGR

1. Ingredients and by-products used in pet food, including the release of a report titled Pet Food Production and Ingredient Analysis 2. Pet food's role in the agriculture industry

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

1. Additional funding for the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine specifically for feed ingredient approvals for the fiscal year 2021 2. Additional funding for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to further amplify efforts to prevent diseases, like African Swine Fever (ASF), from entering the United States; S. 2107/H.R. 4482 Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 2107 (116th), H.R. 4482 (116th)

Animals ANI

1. General pet food and related pet issues, including the creation of a Congressional Pet Caucus 2. Essential business and supply chain impacts as it relates to being an essential business during the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2; H.R. 748 CARES Act and other related supplemental funding discussions 3. Coordination and research regarding the FDA's investigation into the potential link between diet and dog health

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th)

Transportation TRA

1. Transportation issues to pet food manufacturers and other agriculture stakeholders, including transportation of ingredients used to make pet food

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)