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 for the fiscal year 2021; including H.R. 8337 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act 2. Funding for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Agriculture Quarantine Inspection (AQI) at U.S. international ports of entry to further amplify efforts to prevent diseases, like African Swine Fever (ASF), from entering the U.S.

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

Bills named: H.R. 8337 (116th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

1. Implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement; H.R. 5430 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act and continued market access with Canada and Mexico 2. China market access and the Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Peoples Republic of China 3. US-UK talks, European Union and Brexit negotiations, and TRQ allocations post-Brexit 4. International coordination on animal health related issues 5. Other tariff and trade disrupting issues

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

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

Agriculture AGR

1. Ingredients and by-products used in pet food, and the regulatory processes for these ingredients and pet food products 2. Pet food's role in the agriculture industry, and related pet and human health issues

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

Animals ANI

1. General pet food and related pet issues, including the creation of a Congressional Pet Caucus 2. Business and supply chain impacts during the coronavirus pandemic; and related supplemental funding discussions 3. Coordination and research regarding the FDA's investigation into the potential link between diet and dog health 4. Concern for the number of dogs being imported negatively impacting spay and neuter efforts to control overpopulation; H.R. 6921 Healthy Dog Importation Act

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

Bills named: H.R. 6921 (116th)

Transportation TRA

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

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