NATIONAL OILSEED PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL OILSEED PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Encouraged the Administration to make significant new resources available in its FY 2009 budget submission for food protection at the Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Monitoring legislation relating to food and feed saftey and lableing standards.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Shared concerns about the rulemaking processe used in developing permissable exposure limits and other critical safety regulations in H.R. 2678 Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2678 (110th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Agricultural trade policy issues: Shared views on the WTO DOHA Agriculture Negotiations, renewal of trade policy authority, support of the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, and opposed the long term extension of Andean Trade Preferences (H.R. 5264).

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 5264 (110th)

Agriculture AGR

Farm Bill - H.R. 2419 Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007 and S. 2302 Food and Energy Act of 2007; Title I - Commodity Programs; Title II - Conservation; Title III Trade; and Title IV - Rural Development. Sections dealing with oilseed programs, conservations reserve program, food aid, export credit guarantee program, market access program, market development program, labor isses, railroad issues, and biotechnology.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (110th), S. 2302 (110th)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Supported the Department of Transportation's administration of the Cross Border Trucking Pilot Program with Mexico.

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Supported Agriculture Appropriations funding allocations relating to the implementation of the GSM Export Credit Guarantee Program 102 for FY 2008. Supporting investment in U.S. inland waterway navagation systems in the FY 2009 Energy and Water Appropriationss for Army Corps of Enegineers, Department of Civil Works, Navagation and Eco system Sustainability Program.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Shared concerns and urged review of the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed plans to revise the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone. Recommended preservation of the existing standard.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)