3rd Quarter - Report

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

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$92,540
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
3rd Quarter - Report (this page) Oct 20, 2017 $92,540 Replaced
3rd Quarter - Amendment Apr 30, 2020 $92,540 Yes

What was lobbied

9 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Agriculture AGR

Working on development of 2018 Farm Bill. Asking for establishment of a Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine bank. Supporting the conservation and research titles of the bill. Supporting the livestock disaster provisions. Working to prevent the inclusion of a Livestock Title. Working to withdraw the GIPSA rules or the Farmer Fair Practices Act. Pushing for the nomination and confirmation of commissioners to fill the CFTC. Pushing for the nomination and confirmation of USDA officials. Working for introduction of HR 4058 - the Securing All Livestock Equitability Act of 2017

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DANIELLE BECK —
SARAH CALHOUN —
ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA —
COLIN WOODALL —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 4058 (115th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Supporting Executive Order 13788 to roll back the EPA Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Working with EPA on the process needed to execute the EO.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARY-THOMAS HART New —
ETHAN LANE —
COLIN WOODALL —
SCOTT YAGER —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Natural Resources NAT

Supporting HR 424 - to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. Supporting S 33 - the Improved National Monument Designation Process Act Supporting S 565 - the Judgement Fund Transparency Act Supporting HR 3990 - the National Monument Creation and Protection Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ETHAN LANE —
MARCI SCHLUP —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 3990 (115th), H.R. 424 (115th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Supporting HR 848 - The Farm Regulatory Certainty Act to keep agriculture out of RCRA regulation. Supporting S 1794 - The Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act of 2017 Supporting S 951 - The Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARY-THOMAS HART New —
SCOTT YAGER —

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 848 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Working with House Judiciary Committee on the draft H2C concept for an agricultural guest worker program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA —
COLIN WOODALL —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Working with FSIS to ensure full inspection of beef coming into the United States from Brazil.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
THOMAS KENT BACUS —
DANIELLE BECK —
ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA —
COLIN WOODALL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Working to support a bi-lateral trade agreement with Japan. Working to re-open the China market to U.S. beef. Working to protect the beef and cattle trade provisions in NAFTA. Working to keep Trump Administration from bringing back Country of Origin Labeling. Working to protect KORUS Supporting HR 236 - recognizing the importance of the United States-Japan partnership and supporting the pursuit of closer trade ties between the U.S. and Japan

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
THOMAS KENT BACUS —
COLIN WOODALL —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 236 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Working with House and Senate staff on NCBA's priorities for tax reform including repeal of the Death Tax, prevent increase of Capital Gains tax, and make bonus depreciation permanent. Supporting HR 631 and S 205 - Death Tax Repeal Act Pushing to keep the step up in basis, as well as deductibility of business expenses and interest. Supporting S 1144 - The Investment in New Ventures and Economic Sense Today (INVEST) Act of 2017 Supporting HR 2887 - The No Regulation Without Representation Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DANIELLE BECK —
ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA —
COLIN WOODALL —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2887 (115th), H.R. 631 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Supporting language in the FY18 House Agriculture Appropriations Bill to address the need for more funding for Foot and Mouth Disease vaccines and preparedness, and supporting the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program. Supporting language in the FY18 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill to get a one year delay on implementation of the electronic logging devices. Supporting language in the FY18 Interior Bill to prevent feedlots from having to report greenhouse gases, prohibiting funds to work on the sage grouse, allowing for the transfer of horses and burros off of Federal lands, and defunding any work on wolves. Supporting language in the FY18 Energy and Water Bill to expedite the repeal of the WOTUS rule.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DANIELLE BECK —
SARAH CALHOUN —
MARY-THOMAS HART New —
ETHAN LANE —
ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA —
COLIN WOODALL —
SCOTT YAGER —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.