NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL for NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL

Transportation TRA

HOURS OF SERVICE RULE, LIVESTOCK HAULING REGULATIONS

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Health Issues HCR

ISSUES RELATED TO ANTIBIOTIC RESEARCH, PEDV, 2015 AG APPROPS BILL, SCHOOL NUTRITION, DIETARY GUIDELINES

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION & LIABILITY ACT OF 1980 (CERCLA), EMERGENCY PLANNING & COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT OF 1986 (EPCRA), SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS & REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986, RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD (RFS), FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), FEDERAL PRIVACY ACT FARM BILL WORKING LANDS CONSERVATION PROGRAMS (2014) CLEAN AIR ACT -NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AIR QUALITY COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT -NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR PARTICULATE MATTER -NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR OZONE -CERCLA/EPCRA AIR EMISSION REPORTING CLEAN WATER ACT -REGULATIONS CONCERNING ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (AAFOs) AND CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFOs) -AGRICULTURE STORM WATER -NPDES PERMITTING -CLEAN WATER RESTORATION ACT/WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES -MANAGEMENT OF MANURE NUTRIENTS -PROMULGATION OF TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS -EMERGING CONTAMINANTS -ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE -CHESAPEAKE BAY -CHESAPEAKE BAY TMDL CLIMATE CHANGE - "WATERS OF THE US" PROPOSED RULE - EMERGING CONTAMINANTS - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - FOIA FEDERAL PRIVACY ACT

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

BILATERAL/SPS MARKET ACCESS ISSUES: AUSTRALIA, BURMA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, EU, JAPAN, KAZAKSTAN, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, NEW ZEALAND, PERU, THE PHILIPPINES, RUSSIA, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, TAIWAN, THAILAND, VIETNAM, TRICHINAE, RACTOPAMINE, POST WEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME (PMWS), PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME (PRRS) 2013 SUSPENSION AGREEMENT-FRESH TOMATOES FROM MEXICO, AND MANDATORY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING (MCOOL) TRADE AGREEMENTS: TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP, TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP, AND TRADE AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (TAIWAN). OTHER: CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH (OIE) TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL HEALTH CODE TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (AGOA) AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 2014. H.R.2709/S.1331 EXTEND THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 2709 (113th), S. 1331 (113th)

Agriculture AGR

ANTIBIOTICS, FOOD SAFETY, FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS, MANDATORY PRICE REPORTING ACT OF 2010, GIPSA PROPOSED RULE TO IMPLEMENT LIVESTOCK REGULATIONS, ANIMAL DISEASE, 2012/14 FARM BILL, 2015 AG APPROPS BILL Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (MCOOL) FOIA REFORM Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS 2014 TAX REFORM ACT USER FEES ACT PDUFA/GDUFA Transportation of Horses Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

CLIMATE CHANGE, RENEWABLE FUELS STANDARD (RFS), ETHANOL

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Animals ANI

FOOD SAFETY, TRACEABILITY, EGG BILL, FARM BILL, AG APPROPS 2015, ANTIBIOTICS, PAMTA, GIPSA, DOT HOURS OF SERVICE RULE, PEDv FUNDING, SCHOOL NUTRITION REAUTHORIZATION

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)