NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION
What was lobbied
10 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD
Working to support a bi-lateral trade agreement with Japan. Working to protect the beef and cattle trade provisions in NAFTA. 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
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS KENT BACUS | — |
| COLIN WOODALL | — |
Immigration IMM
Support for the Agricultural Guestworker Act considered in the House Judiciary Committee. Supportive of continued work on an ag guestworker bill.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA | — |
| COLIN WOODALL | — |
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO
Working with FSIS to ensure full inspection of beef coming into the United States from Brazil.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS KENT BACUS | — |
| DANIELLE BECK | — |
| ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA | — |
| COLIN WOODALL | — |
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.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MARY-THOMAS HART New | — |
| ETHAN LANE | — |
| COLIN WOODALL | — |
| SCOTT YAGER | — |
Transportation TRA
Working to exempt livestock haulers from the Electronic Logging Device implementation.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA | — |
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
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DANIELLE BECK | — |
| SARAH CALHOUN | — |
| ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA | — |
| COLIN WOODALL | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Worked on HR 1 Tax Cut and Jobs Act to repeal the Death Tax or double the exemptions, prevent increase of Capital Gains tax, make bonus depreciation permanent, keep cash accounting, expand Section 179, maintain deductibility of interest expense, and maintain the step up in basis.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DANIELLE BECK | — |
| ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA | — |
| COLIN WOODALL | — |
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.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DANIELLE BECK | — |
| SARAH CALHOUN | — |
| MARY-THOMAS HART New | — |
| ETHAN LANE | — |
| ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA | — |
| COLIN WOODALL | — |
| SCOTT YAGER | — |
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 Working on legislation to exempt agriculture from CERCLA/EPCRA reporting.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MARY-THOMAS HART New | — |
| ALLISON MICHELLE RIVERA | — |
| SCOTT YAGER | — |
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
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ETHAN LANE | — |
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.