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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Supporting the EPA proposed rule to redefine the Waters of the United States. Working with EPA on groundwater connectivity.

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

Agriculture AGR

Working with USDA on implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill. Specifically supporting the language for implementation of an FMD Vaccine Bank. Worked with USDA, House, and Senate to modify the prevented planting date from November 1 to September 1 in order to allow cattle producers to graze cover crops while they still have nutritional value.

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

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Working with House and Senate Agriculture Committees to push for CFTC reauthorization. Working with CFTC to educate on usage of futures contracts by cattle producers.

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

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Pushing for DOT to grant our petition to extend Hours of Service for livestock haulers. Working with Congress to achieve a 150-mile livestock exemption at the end of a haul.

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

Working with EPA on implementation of agriculture exemption from CERCLA. Supporting the EPA rule on CERCLA. Working against Green New Deal (H.Res. 109 and S.Res. 59) by providing facts on impact of cattle industry to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

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

Bills named: S.Res. 59 (116th), H.Res. 109 (116th)

Natural Resources NAT

Supporting effort by Department of the Interior to delist the gray wolf in the lower 48 states.

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Supporting passage of the USMCA agreement. Supporting Trump Administration's efforts on China trade. Supporting a US - Japan free trade agreement. Supporting a US - UK free trade agreement Pushing for inclusion of agriculture in a US - EU free trade agreement Working on more access for U.S. beef into the EU

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Work on FY20 House Agriculture Appropriations Bill (HR3164) to support funding for FMD research and prevention and to prevent the inclusion of any mandatory country-of-origin labeling provisions. Work on FY20 House Interior and Environment Bill (HR3052) to restore the feedlot exemption from greenhouse gas reporting. Work on FY20 House Transportation-HUD bill (HR3163) to maintain the livestock exemption from electronic logging devices. Supported passage of minibus #2 (HR3055) Working same issues on the Senate FY20 appropriations bills.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3052 (116th), H.R. 3164 (116th), H.R. 3055 (116th), H.R. 3163 (116th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Working with USDA and HHS to support beef's inclusion in the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans as the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee begins its work. Participating in the Dietary Guidelines public meetings. Working with USDA and FDA to support the MOU providing both agencies with jurisdiction over regulation of cell-based alternative proteins or fake meat. Working with FDA on proper labeling of plant-based meat alternatives.

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