NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL for NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL

Health Issues HCR

General Education on issues related to antibiotic research, school nutrition, and dietary guidelines.

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Bilateral Sanitary and Phytosanitary Market Access Issues: Australia, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, EU, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, India. General education on Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling. General education on Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. General education on Codex Alimentarius Commission Food Safety Standards. H.R. 1890, the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, legislation regarding Trade Promotion Authority for expedited trade negotiations. S. 995, the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, legislation regarding Trade Promotion Authority for expedited trade negotiations. H.R. 2845, the "AGOA Enhancement Act of 2015," legislation to modernize and extend the program established under the African Growth and Opportunity Act for ten additional years.

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

Bills named: S. 995 (114th), H.R. 1890 (114th), H.R. 2845 (114th)

Agriculture AGR

General education on antibiotics, foreign animal disease and food safety. General education on funding for swine enteric coronavirus diseases (SECD) in the 2016 Agriculture Appropriations. H.R. 2051, the "Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2015," legislation to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the livestock mandatory price reporting requirements. S. 2917, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act," legislation to reauthorize funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission through 2019. General education on Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling. General education on FOIA Reform. General education on dietary guidelines for Americans.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2051 (114th), S. 2917 (114th)

Transportation TRA

"Hours of Service of Drivers: Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference (AFTC); Granting of Renewal of Exemption" notice renewing an exemption from the 30-minute rest break provision of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's hours-of-service regulations for commercial motor vehicle drivers transporting livestock; Docket No. FMCSA-2013-0283; June 12, 2015; 80 FR 33584. H.R.22, the "FAST Act," legislation to provide funding for surface transportation infrastructure planning and investment.

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

Bills named: H.R. 22 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Waters of the United States proposed rule. S.1140 the "Federal Water Quality Protection Act," legislation to require the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a regulation revising the definition of the terms "waters of the United States" and "navigable waters." General Education on EPA environmental justice standards as it relates to the pork industry.

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

Bills named: S. 1140 (114th)

Animals ANI

General education on antibiotics, foreign animal disease and food safety. General education on funding for swine enteric coronavirus diseases (SECD) in the 2016 Agriculture Appropriations. General education on animal traceability. General education on School Nutrition Reauthorization. H.R. 1552, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) of 2015, legislation to amend the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in the treatment of human and animal diseases.

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

Bills named: H.R. 1552 (114th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

General education on issues concerning regulation of air emissions from swine operations. Proposed Fine Particulate Matter NAAQS State Implementation Requirements (80 FR 15339, March 23, 2015) regarding the impact of ammonia on formation of PM 2.5. General education on issues concerning the operation and regulation of animal feeding operations (AFOs) and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

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