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

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

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 3990 (115th), H.R. 424 (115th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Working with FSIS to ensure full inspection of beef coming into the United States from Brazil.

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Immigration IMM

Working with House Judiciary Committee on the draft H2C concept for an agricultural guest worker program.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 4058 (115th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Working to support a bi-lateral trade agreement with Japan. Working to re-open the China market to U.S. beef. Working to protect the beef and cattle trade provisions in NAFTA. Working to keep Trump Administration from bringing back Country of Origin Labeling. 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

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 236 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Working with House and Senate staff on NCBA's priorities for tax reform including repeal of the Death Tax, prevent increase of Capital Gains tax, and make bonus depreciation permanent. Supporting HR 631 and S 205 - Death Tax Repeal Act Pushing to keep the step up in basis, as well as deductibility of business expenses and interest. Supporting S 1144 - The Investment in New Ventures and Economic Sense Today (INVEST) Act of 2017 Supporting HR 2887 - The No Regulation Without Representation Act

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 631 (115th), H.R. 2887 (115th)

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.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

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

Contacted: SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 848 (115th)

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.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE