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Agriculture AGR

- Working with USDA on implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill. Specifically regarding implementation of FMD Vaccine Bank, conservation programs - Delivery of Farm Service Agency programs - Delivery of Natural Resources Conservation Service programs - Urging Packers and Stockyards Division at USDA to monitor the cattle markets for signs of manipulation or collusion in the aftermath of the fire at the Tyson beef plant in Holcomb, Kansas and the effects of COVID-19. - UDA guidance regarding electronic identification tags for livestock - US Forest Service wildfire management and handbook provisions - National Environmental Policy Act - FDA Farm Inspection Authority - HR 5415 - COVID-19 related program delivery

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

Bills named: H.R. 5415 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

- Work on FY2021 Budget and Appropriations provisions impacting the cattle industry - FY21 Agriculture appropriations bill development regarding funding for conservation programs - FY21 Interior, Environment, and related agencies appropriations bill development regarding funding for BLM wild horse and burro management; funding for natural resource management programs, provisions regarding environmental regulation of the cattle industry - FY21 THUD Appropriations Bill regarding provisions related to the transport of livestock - S.3548 CARES Act Implementation - Wild Horse and Burro management programs - COVID-19 related program adaptations and execution

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

Bills named: S. 3548 (116th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

- COVID-19 Enforcement Discretion - U.S. EPA - HR535 PFAS legislation - America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 - Discussion Draft - Navigable Water Protection Rule - National Environmental Policy Act rulemaking; agency rulemakings - COVID-19-related program preparedness

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

Bills named: H.R. 535 (116th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Climate Change - House Select Committee Climate Report and Growing Climate Solutions Act Waters of the U.S. Rule - U.S. EPA Clean Air Act applicability to livestock emissions - U.S. EPA CAFO Petition - U.S. EPA COVID-19 Enforcement Discretion - U.S. EPA Livestock emissions factors - U.S. EPA Particulate Matter NAAQS - U.S. EPA

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

Trucking/Shipping TRU

- Increased flexibility on Hours of Service requirements for livestock haulers (Dept of Transportation and Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration) - H.R. 4919 Responsible and Efficient Agricultural Destination Act (TREAD Act) regarding hours of service requirements for livestock haulers - COVID-19 regulatory enforcement for critical infrastructure

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

Bills named: H.R. 4919 (116th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

- Executive Order on Delegating Authority Under the DPA with Respect to Food Supply Chain Resources During the National Emergency Caused by the Outbreak of COVID-19 -COVID-19 Impacts to meat packing sector

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

- Dietary Guidelines and inclusion of beef - Labeling of plant-based meat alternatives - USDA and FDA - HR4881/S3016 Real MEAT Act - S2744 The US Beef Integrity Act - S3053 Food Safety Modernization for Innovation Technologies Act - RAMP UP Act - DIRECT Act

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

Bills named: H.R. 4881 (116th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

- H.R. 4895 CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019 - HR 4773 Livestock Risk Management and Education Act regarding funding for improved cattle producer knowledge of risk management tools - Working with CFTC to educate on usage of futures contracts by cattle producers.

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

Bills named: H.R. 4773 (116th), H.R. 4895 (116th)

Small Business SMB

CARES Act Program delivery Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program

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

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

- COVID-19-related program adaptations and execution - Land and Water Conservation Fund permanent funding - National Environmental Policy Act implementation

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

- HR5430 the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (USMCA trade agreement ratification) - Phase I Trade Agreement between US and China and implications for U.S. beef industry - US - Japan trade agreement and implications for U.S. beef industry - Potential for US - UK trade agreement and implications for U.S. beef industry - US - EU trade agreement and implications for U.S. beef industry - Increased access for US beef into the European Union

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

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

Natural Resources NAT

- Great American Outdoors Act (S.3422); - Land and Water Conservation Fund funding - Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act (H.R.5737) - Parochial forestry bills - NEPA implementation - COVID-19-related program adaptations and execution - Grazing Regulations regulatory process - Wild Horse and Burro Act - Endangered Species Act rulemaking; critical habitat designations and species specific status - bears, wolves, western yellow-billed cuckoo; double crested cormorants

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

Bills named: S. 3422 (116th), H.R. 5737 (116th)