http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx Beef USA - Letters & Talking Points en-EN Copyright 2013 Beef USA Cylosoft, Inc. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:52:48 GMT 20 http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx?id=5059 <style type="text/css"> ul { list-style-type: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; } ul li { background-image: url('/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/blueBullet.gif'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 0px 8px; padding-left: 10px; } </style> <ul> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Priority%20Issues.pdf" target="_blank" class="sub1">2012 Priority Issues</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <h3>Beef Checkoff</h3> <ul class="contentList"> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA%20comments%20on%20AMS-LS-11-0086.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rule Related to the Beef Checkoff Program</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <h3>Cattle Marketing</h3> <ul> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Competition.pdf" target="_blank">Competition</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-COOL.pdf" target="_blank">Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-GIPSA-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">GIPSA</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MFGI%20Commodity%20Customer%20Claim%20Form%20and%20Instruction%20Packet1.pdf" target="_blank">Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <h3>Federal Lands</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA - EAJA 2012.pdf" target="_blank">Equal Access to Justice Act</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/EAJA%20letter.pdf" target="_blank">EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Forest-Service-Planning-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Forest Service Planning</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Monuments-Transparency.pdf" target="_blank">National Monuments Designation</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Horse-and-Burro-2011.pdf" target="_blank">Wild Horse and Burro Program</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Lands.pdf" target="_blank">Wild Lands Policy</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ESA%20Priorities%20-%20Livestock%20industry%20%20Karen%20Budd%20Falen.pdf" target="_blank">Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <h3>Healthy Herd - Cattle &amp; Consumers </h3> <ul> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAantibioticsleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Antibiotics</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Nutrition.pdf" target="_blank">Nutrition</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Environmental-Issues.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Regulation</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAfoodsafetyleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Food Safety</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Renewable-Energy.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a><img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/PAMTA%20Leave%20Behind%202011.pdf" target="_blank">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20ADT%20Comments.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20non%20O157%20stecs%20Regulation%20final.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Cattle%20Production%20Mandate.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle Production Mandate <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></a></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Lucas-Peterson%20Letter%20-%20Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to House</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Stabenow-Roberts%20Letter%20-%20Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <h3>Labor</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/livestock%20DOL%20extension%20letter%2010-14-11.pdf" target="_blank">Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <h3>Natural Resources &amp; Environment </h3> <ul> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Ammonia-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank">Ammonia Regulation</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-CERCLA-EPCRA-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Clean-Water-Act-CAFO-Rule.pdf">Clean Water Act CAFO</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Dust-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank">Dust Regulation</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Florida-Numeric-Nutrient-Criteria-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Greenhouse-Gas-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Greenhouse Gas Reporting</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issa%20CAFO%20Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Potential-Changes-to-the-NRCS-590-Standard.pdf" target="_blank">NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Spill-Prevention-Countermeasure-and-Control-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20PLC%20letter%20to%20OMB%20on%20WOTUS%20Guidance%20030112.pdf" target="_blank">Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA%20support%20letters%20for%20Chesapeake%20Bay%20Program%20Reauthorization%20and%20Improvement%20Act.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture%20Cosponsor%20Letter%20HR%204965%200512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture%20Cosponsor%20Letter%20S%20%202245%200512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a><img alt="" width="17" height="16" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <h3>Renewable Energy</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Renewable%20Energy%20Leave%20Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final%20House%20RFS%20Waiver%20Letter%20to%20EPA%208-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">House - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final%20Senate%20RFS%20Waiver%20Letter%20to%20EPA%208-7-12.pdf" target="_blank">Senate - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ArkansasRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Mike Beebe (D-Ark.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a> <img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MDDERFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Governors Jack Markell (D-Del.) and Martin O'Malley (D-Md.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a> <img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/GeorgiaRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a> <img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NMRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a> <img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Beverly Perdue (D-N.C.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a> <img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/TexasRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a> <img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <h3>Tax &amp; Credit</h3> <ul> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Death-Tax-Leave-Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Estate Tax Planning</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAdeathtaxleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Death Tax</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag%20Industry%20Estate%20Tax%20Letter%20to%20US%20House%2004%2012%202012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag%20Industry%20Estate%20Tax%20Letter%20to%20US%20Senate%2004%2012%202012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/NCBA-%20J%20D%20%20Alexander%20Statement%20for%20the%20record%20on%20Expiring%20Tax%20Provisions%2004%2026%202012.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <h3>Trade &amp; Economy</h3> <ul> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Trade.pdf" target="_blank">Trade</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/US%20Beef%20%20Pork%20Industries%20Letter%20re%20Taiwan%2001%2025%202012.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/120213%20Letter%20to%20Zients-Parham%20re%20BSE%20Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20Comments%20Docket%20No%20APHIS-2008-0010.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <h3>Transportation</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Transportation.pdf" target="_blank">Transportation</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway%20Bill-%20Oppose%20Prohibition%20of%20Double%20Deck%20Trailers.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway%20Bill-%20Support%20Exemptions%20for%20Agriculture.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway%20Bill-%20Support%20Increase%20Truck%20Weight%20+%20Additional%20Axle.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></li> </ul> <p></p> Beef USA Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:14:41 GMT Letters & Talking Points http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx?id=5059 <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Priority%20Issues.pdf" target="_blank">2012 Priority Issues</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Beef Checkoff</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA%20comments%20on%20AMS-LS-11-0086.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rul Related to the Beef Checkoff Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Cattle Marketing</h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Competition.pdf" target="_blank">Competition</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-COOL.pdf" target="_blank">Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-GIPSA-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">GIPSA</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MFGI%20Commodity%20Customer%20Claim%20Form%20and%20Instruction%20Packet1.pdf" target="_blank">Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Federal Lands</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA - EAJA 2012.pdf" target="_blank">Equal Access to Justice Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/EAJA%20letter.pdf" target="_blank">EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Forest-Service-Planning-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Forest Service Planning</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Monuments-Transparency.pdf" target="_blank">National Monuments Designation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Horse-and-Burro-2011.pdf" target="_blank">Wild Horse and Burro Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Lands.pdf" target="_blank">Wild Lands Policy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ESA%20Priorities%20-%20Livestock%20industry%20%20Karen%20Budd%20Falen.pdf" target="_blank">Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Healthy Herd - Cattle &amp; Consumers </h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAantibioticsleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Antibiotics</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Nutrition.pdf" target="_blank">Nutrition</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Environmental-Issues.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAfoodsafetyleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Food Safety</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Renewable-Energy.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/PAMTA%20Leave%20Behind%202011.pdf" target="_blank">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20ADT%20Comments.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20non%20O157%20stecs%20Regulation%20final.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Cattle%20Production%20Mandate.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle Production Mandate <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></a><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Lucas-Peterson%20Letter%20-%20Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Stabenow-Roberts%20Letter%20-%20Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Labor</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/livestock%20DOL%20extension%20letter%2010-14-11.pdf" target="_blank">Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Natural Resources &amp; Environment </h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Ammonia-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank">Ammonia Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-CERCLA-EPCRA-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Clean-Water-Act-CAFO-Rule.pdf">Clean Water Act CAFO</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Dust-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank">Dust Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Florida-Numeric-Nutrient-Criteria-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Greenhouse-Gas-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Greenhouse Gas Reporting</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issa%20CAFO%20Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Potential-Changes-to-the-NRCS-590-Standard.pdf" target="_blank">NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Spill-Prevention-Countermeasure-and-Control-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20PLC%20letter%20to%20OMB%20on%20WOTUS%20Guidance%20030112.pdf" target="_blank">Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA%20support%20letters%20for%20Chesapeake%20Bay%20Program%20Reauthorization%20and%20Improvement%20Act.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture%20Cosponsor%20Letter%20HR%204965%200512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture%20Cosponsor%20Letter%20S%20%202245%200512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" width="17" height="16" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Renewable Energy</h3> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Renewable%20Energy%20Leave%20Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final%20House%20RFS%20Waiver%20Letter%20to%20EPA%208-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">House -&nbsp;Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final%20Senate%20RFS%20Waiver%20Letter%20to%20EPA%208-7-12.pdf" target="_blank">Senate - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency&nbsp;(EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ArkansasRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Mike Beebe (D-Ark.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MDDERFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Governors Jack Markell (D-Del.) and Martin O'Malley (D-Md.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/GeorgiaRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NMRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Beverly Perdue (D-N.C.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/TexasRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Tax &amp; Credit</h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Death-Tax-Leave-Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Estate Tax Planning</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAdeathtaxleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Death Tax</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag%20Industry%20Estate%20Tax%20Letter%20to%20US%20House%2004%2012%202012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag%20Industry%20Estate%20Tax%20Letter%20to%20US%20Senate%2004%2012%202012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/NCBA-%20J%20D%20%20Alexander%20Statement%20for%20the%20record%20on%20Expiring%20Tax%20Provisions%2004%2026%202012.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Trade &amp; Economy</h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Trade.pdf" target="_blank">Trade</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/US%20Beef%20%20Pork%20Industries%20Letter%20re%20Taiwan%2001%2025%202012.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/120213%20Letter%20to%20Zients-Parham%20re%20BSE%20Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20Comments%20Docket%20No%20APHIS-2008-0010.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Transportation</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Transportation.pdf" target="_blank">Transportation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway%20Bill-%20Oppose%20Prohibition%20of%20Double%20Deck%20Trailers.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway%20Bill-%20Support%20Exemptions%20for%20Agriculture.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway%20Bill-%20Support%20Increase%20Truck%20Weight%20+%20Additional%20Axle.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Beef USA Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:18:12 GMT Letters & Talking Points http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx?id=5059 <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Priority%20Issues.pdf" target="_blank">2012 Priority Issues</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Beef Checkoff</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA%20comments%20on%20AMS-LS-11-0086.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rul Related to the Beef Checkoff Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Cattle Marketing</h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Competition.pdf" target="_blank">Competition</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-COOL.pdf" target="_blank">Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-GIPSA-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">GIPSA</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MFGI%20Commodity%20Customer%20Claim%20Form%20and%20Instruction%20Packet1.pdf" target="_blank">Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Federal Lands</h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-EAJA-2011.pdf" target="_blank">Equal Access to Justice Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/EAJA%20letter.pdf" target="_blank">EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Forest-Service-Planning-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Forest Service Planning</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Monuments-Transparency.pdf" target="_blank">National Monuments Designation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Horse-and-Burro-2011.pdf" target="_blank">Wild Horse and Burro Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Lands.pdf" target="_blank">Wild Lands Policy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ESA%20Priorities%20-%20Livestock%20industry%20%20Karen%20Budd%20Falen.pdf" target="_blank">Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Healthy Herd - Cattle &amp; Consumers </h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAantibioticsleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Antibiotics</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Nutrition.pdf" target="_blank">Nutrition</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Environmental-Issues.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAfoodsafetyleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Food Safety</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Renewable-Energy.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/PAMTA%20Leave%20Behind%202011.pdf" target="_blank">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20ADT%20Comments.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20non%20O157%20stecs%20Regulation%20final.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Cattle%20Production%20Mandate.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle Production Mandate <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></a><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Lucas-Peterson%20Letter%20-%20Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Stabenow-Roberts%20Letter%20-%20Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Labor</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/livestock%20DOL%20extension%20letter%2010-14-11.pdf" target="_blank">Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Natural Resources &amp; Environment </h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Ammonia-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank">Ammonia Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-CERCLA-EPCRA-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Clean-Water-Act-CAFO-Rule.pdf">Clean Water Act CAFO</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Dust-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank">Dust Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Florida-Numeric-Nutrient-Criteria-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Greenhouse-Gas-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Greenhouse Gas Reporting</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issa%20CAFO%20Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Potential-Changes-to-the-NRCS-590-Standard.pdf" target="_blank">NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Spill-Prevention-Countermeasure-and-Control-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20PLC%20letter%20to%20OMB%20on%20WOTUS%20Guidance%20030112.pdf" target="_blank">Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA%20support%20letters%20for%20Chesapeake%20Bay%20Program%20Reauthorization%20and%20Improvement%20Act.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture%20Cosponsor%20Letter%20HR%204965%200512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture%20Cosponsor%20Letter%20S%20%202245%200512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img width="17" height="16" alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Renewable Energy</h3> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Renewable%20Energy%20Leave%20Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final%20House%20RFS%20Waiver%20Letter%20to%20EPA%208-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">House -&nbsp;Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final%20Senate%20RFS%20Waiver%20Letter%20to%20EPA%208-7-12.pdf" target="_blank">Senate - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency&nbsp;(EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ArkansasRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Mike Beebe (D-Ark.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MDDERFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Governors Jack Markell (D-Del.) and Martin O'Malley (D-Md.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/GeorgiaRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NMRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Beverly Perdue (D-N.C.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/TexasRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Tax &amp; Credit</h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Death-Tax-Leave-Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Estate Tax Planning</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAdeathtaxleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Death Tax</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag%20Industry%20Estate%20Tax%20Letter%20to%20US%20House%2004%2012%202012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag%20Industry%20Estate%20Tax%20Letter%20to%20US%20Senate%2004%2012%202012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/NCBA-%20J%20D%20%20Alexander%20Statement%20for%20the%20record%20on%20Expiring%20Tax%20Provisions%2004%2026%202012.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Trade &amp; Economy</h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Trade.pdf" target="_blank">Trade</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/US%20Beef%20%20Pork%20Industries%20Letter%20re%20Taiwan%2001%2025%202012.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/120213%20Letter%20to%20Zients-Parham%20re%20BSE%20Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA%20Comments%20Docket%20No%20APHIS-2008-0010.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Transportation</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Transportation.pdf" target="_blank">Transportation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway%20Bill-%20Oppose%20Prohibition%20of%20Double%20Deck%20Trailers.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway%20Bill-%20Support%20Exemptions%20for%20Agriculture.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway%20Bill-%20Support%20Increase%20Truck%20Weight%20+%20Additional%20Axle.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Beef USA Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:56:58 GMT Letters & Talking Points http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx?id=5059 <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Priority Issues.pdf" target="_blank">2012 Priority Issues</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Beef Checkoff</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA comments on AMS-LS-11-0086.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rul Related to the Beef Checkoff Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Cattle Marketing</h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Competition.pdf" target="_blank">Competition</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-COOL.pdf" target="_blank">Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-GIPSA-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">GIPSA</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MFGI Commodity Customer Claim Form and Instruction Packet1.pdf" target="_blank">Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Federal Lands</h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-EAJA-2011.pdf" target="_blank">Equal Access to Justice Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/EAJA letter.pdf" target="_blank">EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Forest-Service-Planning-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Forest Service Planning</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Monuments-Transparency.pdf" target="_blank">National Monuments Designation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Horse-and-Burro-2011.pdf" target="_blank">Wild Horse and Burro Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Lands.pdf" target="_blank">Wild Lands Policy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ESA Priorities - Livestock industry Karen Budd Falen.pdf" target="_blank">Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Healthy Herd - Cattle &amp; Consumers </h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAantibioticsleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Antibiotics</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Nutrition.pdf" target="_blank">Nutrition</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Environmental-Issues.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAfoodsafetyleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Food Safety</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Renewable-Energy.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/PAMTA Leave Behind 2011.pdf" target="_blank">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA ADT Comments.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA non O157 stecs Regulation final.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Cattle%20Production%20Mandate.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle Production Mandate <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></a><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Lucas-Peterson Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Stabenow-Roberts Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Labor</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/livestock DOL extension letter 10-14-11.pdf" target="_blank">Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Natural Resources &amp; Environment </h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Ammonia-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank">Ammonia Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-CERCLA-EPCRA-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Clean-Water-Act-CAFO-Rule.pdf">Clean Water Act CAFO</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Dust-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank">Dust Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Florida-Numeric-Nutrient-Criteria-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Greenhouse-Gas-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Greenhouse Gas Reporting</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issa CAFO Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Potential-Changes-to-the-NRCS-590-Standard.pdf" target="_blank">NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Spill-Prevention-Countermeasure-and-Control-Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA PLC letter to OMB on WOTUS Guidance 030112.pdf" target="_blank">Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter HR 4965 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter S 2245 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img width="17" height="16" alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Renewable Energy</h3> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Renewable Energy Leave Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final House RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">House -&nbsp;Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final Senate RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-7-12.pdf" target="_blank">Senate - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency&nbsp;(EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ArkansasRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Mike Beebe (D-Ark.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MDDERFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Governors Jack Markell (D-Del.) and Martin O'Malley (D-Md.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/GeorgiaRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NMRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Beverly Perdue (D-N.C.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/TexasRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Tax &amp; Credit</h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Death-Tax-Leave-Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Estate Tax Planning</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAdeathtaxleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Death Tax</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US House 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US Senate 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/NCBA- J D Alexander Statement for the record on Expiring Tax Provisions 04 26 2012.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Trade &amp; Economy</h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Trade.pdf" target="_blank">Trade</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/US Beef Pork Industries Letter re Taiwan 01 25 2012.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/120213 Letter to Zients-Parham re BSE Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA Comments Docket No APHIS-2008-0010.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Transportation</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Transportation.pdf" target="_blank">Transportation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Exemptions for Agriculture.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Increase Truck Weight + Additional Axle.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Beef USA Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:17:52 GMT Presentations, Letters & Talking Points http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx?id=5059 <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Priority Issues.pdf" target="_blank">2012 Priority Issues</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Beef Checkoff</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA comments on AMS-LS-11-0086.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rul Related to the Beef Checkoff Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Cattle Marketing</h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Competition.pdf" target="_blank"><font zcolor="#477795">Competition</font></a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-COOL.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-GIPSA-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">GIPSA</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MFGI Commodity Customer Claim Form and Instruction Packet1.pdf" target="_blank">Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Federal Lands</h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-EAJA-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Equal Access to Justice Act</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/EAJA letter.pdf" target="_blank">EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Forest-Service-Planning-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Forest Service Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Monuments-Transparency.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">National Monuments Designation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Horse-and-Burro-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Horse and Burro Program</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Lands.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Lands Policy</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ESA Priorities - Livestock industry Karen Budd Falen.pdf" target="_blank">Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Healthy Herd - Cattle &amp; Consumers </h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAantibioticsleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Antibiotics</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Nutrition.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Nutrition</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Environmental-Issues.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAfoodsafetyleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Food Safety</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Renewable-Energy.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/PAMTA Leave Behind 2011.pdf" target="_blank">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA ADT Comments.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA non O157 stecs Regulation final.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Cattle%20Production%20Mandate.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle Production Mandate <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></a><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Lucas-Peterson Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Stabenow-Roberts Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Labor</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/livestock DOL extension letter 10-14-11.pdf" target="_blank">Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Natural Resources &amp; Environment </h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Ammonia-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Ammonia Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-CERCLA-EPCRA-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Clean-Water-Act-CAFO-Rule.pdf"><font color="#477795">Clean Water Act CAFO</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Dust-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Dust Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Florida-Numeric-Nutrient-Criteria-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Greenhouse-Gas-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Greenhouse Gas Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issa CAFO Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Potential-Changes-to-the-NRCS-590-Standard.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Spill-Prevention-Countermeasure-and-Control-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA PLC letter to OMB on WOTUS Guidance 030112.pdf" target="_blank">Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter HR 4965 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter S 2245 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img width="17" height="16" alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Renewable Energy</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Renewable Energy Leave Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final House RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">House -&nbsp;Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final Senate RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-7-12.pdf" target="_blank">Senate - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency&nbsp;(EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ArkansasRFSWaiver.pdf"><font color="#477795" size="3">Letter from Gov. Mike Beebe (D-Ark.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</font><br /> </a><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MDDERFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Governors Jack Markell (D-Del.) and Martin O'Malley (D-Md.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a></p> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/GeorgiaRFSWaiver.pdf"><font color="#477795">Letter from Gov. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</font></a></p> <font color="#477795"><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NMRFSWaiver.pdf" originalPath="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NMRFSWaiver.pdf" originalAttribute="href">Letter from Gov. Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a><font color="#477795"> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCRFSWaiver.pdf"></p> <p>Letter from Gov. Beverly Perdue (D-N.C.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</p> <p></a></p> </font> <p>&nbsp;</p> </font> <h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/TexasRFSWaiver.pdf">Letter from Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate</a></p> Tax &amp; Credit</h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Death-Tax-Leave-Behind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Estate Tax Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAdeathtaxleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Death Tax</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US House 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US Senate 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/NCBA- J D Alexander Statement for the record on Expiring Tax Provisions 04 26 2012.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Trade &amp; Economy</h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Trade.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Trade</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/US Beef Pork Industries Letter re Taiwan 01 25 2012.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/120213 Letter to Zients-Parham re BSE Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA Comments Docket No APHIS-2008-0010.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Transportation</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Transportation.pdf" target="_blank">Transportation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Exemptions for Agriculture.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Increase Truck Weight + Additional Axle.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Beef USA Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:09:28 GMT Presentations, Letters & Talking Points http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx?id=5059 <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Priority Issues.pdf" target="_blank">2012 Priority Issues</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Beef Checkoff</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA comments on AMS-LS-11-0086.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rul Related to the Beef Checkoff Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Cattle Marketing</h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Competition.pdf" target="_blank"><font zcolor="#477795">Competition</font></a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-COOL.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-GIPSA-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">GIPSA</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MFGI Commodity Customer Claim Form and Instruction Packet1.pdf" target="_blank">Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Federal Lands</h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-EAJA-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Equal Access to Justice Act</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/EAJA letter.pdf" target="_blank">EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Forest-Service-Planning-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Forest Service Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Monuments-Transparency.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">National Monuments Designation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Horse-and-Burro-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Horse and Burro Program</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Lands.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Lands Policy</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ESA Priorities - Livestock industry Karen Budd Falen.pdf" target="_blank">Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Healthy Herd - Cattle &amp; Consumers </h3> <p><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAantibioticsleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Antibiotics</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Nutrition.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Nutrition</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Environmental-Issues.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAfoodsafetyleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Food Safety</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Renewable-Energy.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/PAMTA Leave Behind 2011.pdf" target="_blank">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA ADT Comments.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA non O157 stecs Regulation final.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Cattle%20Production%20Mandate.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle Production Mandate <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></a><br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Lucas-Peterson Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Stabenow-Roberts Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Labor</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/livestock DOL extension letter 10-14-11.pdf" target="_blank">Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Natural Resources &amp; Environment </h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Ammonia-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Ammonia Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-CERCLA-EPCRA-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Clean-Water-Act-CAFO-Rule.pdf"><font color="#477795">Clean Water Act CAFO</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Dust-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Dust Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Florida-Numeric-Nutrient-Criteria-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Greenhouse-Gas-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Greenhouse Gas Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issa CAFO Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Potential-Changes-to-the-NRCS-590-Standard.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Spill-Prevention-Countermeasure-and-Control-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA PLC letter to OMB on WOTUS Guidance 030112.pdf" target="_blank">Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter HR 4965 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter S 2245 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img width="17" height="16" alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Renewable Energy</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Renewable Energy Leave Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final House RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">House -&nbsp;Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final Senate RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-7-12.pdf" target="_blank">Senate - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency&nbsp;(EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Tax &amp; Credit</h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Death-Tax-Leave-Behind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Estate Tax Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAdeathtaxleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Death Tax</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US House 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US Senate 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/NCBA- J D Alexander Statement for the record on Expiring Tax Provisions 04 26 2012.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Trade &amp; Economy</h3> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Trade.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Trade</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/US Beef Pork Industries Letter re Taiwan 01 25 2012.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/120213 Letter to Zients-Parham re BSE Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA Comments Docket No APHIS-2008-0010.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Transportation</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Transportation.pdf" target="_blank">Transportation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Exemptions for Agriculture.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Increase Truck Weight + Additional Axle.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Beef USA Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:50:15 GMT Presentations, Letters & Talking Points http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx?id=5059 <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Priority Issues.pdf" target="_blank">2012 Priority Issues</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Beef Checkoff</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA comments on AMS-LS-11-0086.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rule Related to the Beef Checkoff Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Cattle Marketing</h3> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Competition.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Competition</font></a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-COOL.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-GIPSA-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">GIPSA</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MFGI Commodity Customer Claim Form and Instruction Packet1.pdf" target="_blank">Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Federal Lands</h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-EAJA-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Equal Access to Justice Act</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/EAJA letter.pdf" target="_blank">EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Forest-Service-Planning-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Forest Service Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Monuments-Transparency.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">National Monuments Designation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Horse-and-Burro-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Horse and Burro Program</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Lands.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Lands Policy</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ESA Priorities - Livestock industry Karen Budd Falen.pdf" target="_blank">Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <h3>Healthy Herd - Cattle &amp; Consumers </h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAantibioticsleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Antibiotics</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Nutrition.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Nutrition</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Environmental-Issues.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAfoodsafetyleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Food Safety</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Renewable-Energy.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/PAMTA Leave Behind 2011.pdf" target="_blank">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA ADT Comments.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA non O157 stecs Regulation final.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Cattle%20Production%20Mandate.pdf" target="_blank"> <li>Cattle Production Mandate <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> </a></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Lucas-Peterson Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Stabenow-Roberts Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Labor</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/livestock DOL extension letter 10-14-11.pdf" target="_blank">Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Natural Resources &amp; Environment </h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Ammonia-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Ammonia Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-CERCLA-EPCRA-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Clean-Water-Act-CAFO-Rule.pdf"><font color="#477795">Clean Water Act CAFO</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Dust-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Dust Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Florida-Numeric-Nutrient-Criteria-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Greenhouse-Gas-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Greenhouse Gas Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issa CAFO Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Potential-Changes-to-the-NRCS-590-Standard.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Spill-Prevention-Countermeasure-and-Control-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA PLC letter to OMB on WOTUS Guidance 030112.pdf" target="_blank">Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter HR 4965 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter S 2245 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img width="17" height="16" alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Renewable Energy</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Renewable Energy Leave Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final House RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">House -&nbsp;Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final Senate RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-7-12.pdf" target="_blank">Senate - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency&nbsp;(EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Tax &amp; Credit</h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Death-Tax-Leave-Behind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Estate Tax Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAdeathtaxleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Death Tax</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US House 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US Senate 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/NCBA- J D Alexander Statement for the record on Expiring Tax Provisions 04 26 2012.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Trade &amp; Economy</h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Trade.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Trade</font></a>&nbsp;<v:line style="z-index: 1; position: absolute; flip: y; mso-wrap-distance-left: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 2.88pt;" id="_x0000_s1041" o:cliptowrap="t" strokecolor="#c60c30" to="7.5pt,119.25pt" from="-252pt,119.25pt"> <v:stroke color2="white [7]"><o:left color2="white [7]" color="black [0]" v:ext="view"></o:left><o:top color2="white [7]" color="black [0]" v:ext="view"></o:top><o:right color2="white [7]" color="black [0]" v:ext="view"></o:right><o:bottom color2="white [7]" color="black [0]" v:ext="view"></o:bottom><o:column color2="white [7]" color="black [0]" v:ext="view"></o:column></v:stroke><v:shadow color="#ccc [4]"></v:shadow></v:line><img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/US Beef Pork Industries Letter re Taiwan 01 25 2012.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/120213 Letter to Zients-Parham re BSE Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA Comments Docket No APHIS-2008-0010.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Transportation</h3> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Transportation.pdf" target="_blank">Transportation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Exemptions for Agriculture.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Increase Truck Weight + Additional Axle.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <p>&nbsp;</p> </li> Beef USA Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:46:08 GMT Presentations, Letters & Talking Points http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx?id=5059 <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Priority Issues.pdf" target="_blank">2012 Priority Issues</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Beef Checkoff</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA comments on AMS-LS-11-0086.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rule Related to the Beef Checkoff Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Cattle Marketing</h3> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Competition.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Competition</font></a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-COOL.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-GIPSA-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">GIPSA</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MFGI Commodity Customer Claim Form and Instruction Packet1.pdf" target="_blank">Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Federal Lands</h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-EAJA-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Equal Access to Justice Act</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/EAJA letter.pdf" target="_blank">EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Forest-Service-Planning-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Forest Service Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Monuments-Transparency.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">National Monuments Designation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Horse-and-Burro-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Horse and Burro Program</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Lands.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Lands Policy</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ESA Priorities - Livestock industry Karen Budd Falen.pdf" target="_blank">Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <h3>Healthy Herd - Cattle &amp; Consumers </h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAantibioticsleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Antibiotics</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Nutrition.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Nutrition</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Environmental-Issues.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAfoodsafetyleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Food Safety</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Renewable-Energy.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/PAMTA Leave Behind 2011.pdf" target="_blank">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA ADT Comments.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA non O157 stecs Regulation final.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Cattle%20Production%20Mandate.pdf" target="_blank"> <li>Cattle Production Mandate <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> </a></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Lucas-Peterson Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Stabenow-Roberts Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Labor</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/livestock DOL extension letter 10-14-11.pdf" target="_blank">Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Natural Resources &amp; Environment </h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Ammonia-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Ammonia Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-CERCLA-EPCRA-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Clean-Water-Act-CAFO-Rule.pdf"><font color="#477795">Clean Water Act CAFO</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Dust-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Dust Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Florida-Numeric-Nutrient-Criteria-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Greenhouse-Gas-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Greenhouse Gas Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issa CAFO Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Potential-Changes-to-the-NRCS-590-Standard.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Spill-Prevention-Countermeasure-and-Control-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA PLC letter to OMB on WOTUS Guidance 030112.pdf" target="_blank">Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter HR 4965 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter S 2245 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img width="17" height="16" alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Renewable Energy</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Renewable Energy Leave Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final House RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">House -&nbsp;Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;<br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final Senate RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-7-12.pdf" target="_blank">Senate - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver&nbsp;Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> </li> <h3>Tax &amp; Credit</h3> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Death-Tax-Leave-Behind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Estate Tax Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAdeathtaxleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Death Tax</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US House 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US Senate 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/NCBA- J D Alexander Statement for the record on Expiring Tax Provisions 04 26 2012.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Trade &amp; Economy</h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Trade.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Trade</font></a>&nbsp;<v:line style="z-index: 1; position: absolute; flip: y; mso-wrap-distance-left: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 2.88pt;" id="_x0000_s1041" o:cliptowrap="t" strokecolor="#c60c30" to="7.5pt,119.25pt" from="-252pt,119.25pt"> <v:stroke color2="white [7]"><o:left color2="white [7]" color="black [0]" v:ext="view"></o:left><o:top color2="white [7]" color="black [0]" v:ext="view"></o:top><o:right color2="white [7]" color="black [0]" v:ext="view"></o:right><o:bottom color2="white [7]" color="black [0]" v:ext="view"></o:bottom><o:column color2="white [7]" color="black [0]" v:ext="view"></o:column></v:stroke><v:shadow color="#ccc [4]"></v:shadow></v:line><img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/US Beef Pork Industries Letter re Taiwan 01 25 2012.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/120213 Letter to Zients-Parham re BSE Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA Comments Docket No APHIS-2008-0010.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Transportation</h3> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Transportation.pdf" target="_blank">Transportation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Exemptions for Agriculture.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Increase Truck Weight + Additional Axle.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <p>&nbsp;</p> </li> Beef USA Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:44:59 GMT Presentations, Letters & Talking Points http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx?id=5059 <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Priority Issues.pdf" target="_blank">2012 Priority Issues</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Beef Checkoff</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA comments on AMS-LS-11-0086.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rule Related to the Beef Checkoff Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Cattle Marketing</h3> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Competition.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Competition</font></a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-COOL.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-GIPSA-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">GIPSA</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MFGI Commodity Customer Claim Form and Instruction Packet1.pdf" target="_blank">Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Federal Lands</h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-EAJA-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Equal Access to Justice Act</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/EAJA letter.pdf" target="_blank">EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Forest-Service-Planning-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Forest Service Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Monuments-Transparency.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">National Monuments Designation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Horse-and-Burro-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Horse and Burro Program</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Lands.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Lands Policy</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ESA Priorities - Livestock industry Karen Budd Falen.pdf" target="_blank">Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <h3>Healthy Herd - Cattle &amp; Consumers </h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAantibioticsleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Antibiotics</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Nutrition.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Nutrition</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Environmental-Issues.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAfoodsafetyleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Food Safety</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Renewable-Energy.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/PAMTA Leave Behind 2011.pdf" target="_blank">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA ADT Comments.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA non O157 stecs Regulation final.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Cattle%20Production%20Mandate.pdf" target="_blank"> <li>Cattle Production Mandate <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> </a></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Lucas-Peterson Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Stabenow-Roberts Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Labor</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/livestock DOL extension letter 10-14-11.pdf" target="_blank">Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Natural Resources &amp; Environment </h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Ammonia-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Ammonia Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-CERCLA-EPCRA-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Clean-Water-Act-CAFO-Rule.pdf"><font color="#477795">Clean Water Act CAFO</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Dust-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Dust Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Florida-Numeric-Nutrient-Criteria-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Greenhouse-Gas-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Greenhouse Gas Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issa CAFO Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Potential-Changes-to-the-NRCS-590-Standard.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Spill-Prevention-Countermeasure-and-Control-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA PLC letter to OMB on WOTUS Guidance 030112.pdf" target="_blank">Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter HR 4965 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter S 2245 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img width="17" height="16" alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Renewable Energy</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Renewable Energy Leave Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final House RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Tax &amp; Credit</h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Death-Tax-Leave-Behind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Estate Tax Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAdeathtaxleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Death Tax</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US House 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US Senate 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/NCBA- J D Alexander Statement for the record on Expiring Tax Provisions 04 26 2012.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Trade &amp; Economy</h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Trade.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Trade</font></a>&nbsp;<v:line style="z-index: 1; position: absolute; flip: y; mso-wrap-distance-left: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 2.88pt;" id="_x0000_s1041" from="-252pt,119.25pt" to="7.5pt,119.25pt" strokecolor="#c60c30" o:cliptowrap="t"> <v:stroke color2="white [7]"><o:left color2="white [7]" v:ext="view" color="black [0]"></o:left><o:top color2="white [7]" v:ext="view" color="black [0]"></o:top><o:right color2="white [7]" v:ext="view" color="black [0]"></o:right><o:bottom color2="white [7]" v:ext="view" color="black [0]"></o:bottom><o:column color2="white [7]" v:ext="view" color="black [0]"></o:column></v:stroke><v:shadow color="#ccc [4]"></v:shadow></v:line><img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/US Beef Pork Industries Letter re Taiwan 01 25 2012.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/120213 Letter to Zients-Parham re BSE Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA Comments Docket No APHIS-2008-0010.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Transportation</h3> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Transportation.pdf" target="_blank">Transportation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Exemptions for Agriculture.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Increase Truck Weight + Additional Axle.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <p>&nbsp;</p> </li> Beef USA Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:12:56 GMT Presentations, Letters & Talking Points http://www.beefusa.org/presentationsletterstalkingpoints.aspx?id=5059 <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Priority Issues.pdf" target="_blank">2012 Priority Issues</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Beef Checkoff</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA comments on AMS-LS-11-0086.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rule Related to the Beef Checkoff Program</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Cattle Marketing</h3> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Competition.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Competition</font></a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-COOL.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-GIPSA-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">GIPSA</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/MFGI Commodity Customer Claim Form and Instruction Packet1.pdf" target="_blank">Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Federal Lands</h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-EAJA-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Equal Access to Justice Act</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/EAJA letter.pdf" target="_blank">EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Forest-Service-Planning-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Forest Service Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Monuments-Transparency.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">National Monuments Designation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Horse-and-Burro-2011.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Horse and Burro Program</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Wild-Lands.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Wild Lands Policy</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/ESA Priorities - Livestock industry Karen Budd Falen.pdf" target="_blank">Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <h3>Healthy Herd - Cattle &amp; Consumers </h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAantibioticsleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank">Antibiotics</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Nutrition.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Nutrition</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Environmental-Issues.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Regulation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAfoodsafetyleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Food Safety</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Renewable-Energy.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/PAMTA Leave Behind 2011.pdf" target="_blank">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)</a> <img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA ADT Comments.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA non O157 stecs Regulation final.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Cattle%20Production%20Mandate.pdf" target="_blank"> <li>Cattle Production Mandate <img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> </a></li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Lucas-Peterson Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Stabenow-Roberts Letter - Final.pdf" target="_blank">HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Labor</h3> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/livestock DOL extension letter 10-14-11.pdf" target="_blank">Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /></p> <h3>Natural Resources &amp; Environment </h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Ammonia-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Ammonia Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-CERCLA-EPCRA-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Clean-Water-Act-CAFO-Rule.pdf"><font color="#477795">Clean Water Act CAFO</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Dust-Regulation.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Dust Regulation</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Florida-Numeric-Nutrient-Criteria-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Greenhouse-Gas-Reporting-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Greenhouse Gas Reporting</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp;&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issa CAFO Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Potential-Changes-to-the-NRCS-590-Standard.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" />&nbsp; </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Overview-Spill-Prevention-Countermeasure-and-Control-Rule.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA PLC letter to OMB on WOTUS Guidance 030112.pdf" target="_blank">Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter HR 4965 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Agriculture Cosponsor Letter S 2245 0512.pdf" target="_blank">Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act</a>&nbsp;<img width="17" height="16" alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Renewable Energy</h3> </li> <p><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Renewable Energy Leave Behind.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Energy</a><img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <br /> <a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Final House RFS Waiver Letter to EPA 8-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </p> <h3>Tax &amp; Credit</h3> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Death-Tax-Leave-Behind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Estate Tax Planning</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBAdeathtaxleavebehind.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Death Tax</font></a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US House 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Ag Industry Estate Tax Letter to US Senate 04 12 2012.pdf" target="_blank">April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/NCBA- J D Alexander Statement for the record on Expiring Tax Provisions 04 26 2012.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Trade &amp; Economy</h3> </li> <li><a href="CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA-Trade.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#477795">Trade</font></a>&nbsp;<v:line style="z-index: 1; position: absolute; flip: y; mso-wrap-distance-left: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 2.88pt;" id="_x0000_s1041" from="-252pt,119.25pt" to="7.5pt,119.25pt" strokecolor="#c60c30" o:cliptowrap="t"> <v:stroke color2="white [7]"><o:left color2="white [7]" v:ext="view" color="black [0]"></o:left><o:top color2="white [7]" v:ext="view" color="black [0]"></o:top><o:right color2="white [7]" v:ext="view" color="black [0]"></o:right><o:bottom color2="white [7]" v:ext="view" color="black [0]"></o:bottom><o:column color2="white [7]" v:ext="view" color="black [0]"></o:column></v:stroke><v:shadow color="#ccc [4]"></v:shadow></v:line><img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/US Beef Pork Industries Letter re Taiwan 01 25 2012.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/120213 Letter to Zients-Parham re BSE Rule.pdf" target="_blank">Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/NCBA Comments Docket No APHIS-2008-0010.pdf" target="_blank">NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <h3>Transportation</h3> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Media/Transportation.pdf" target="_blank">Transportation</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Exemptions for Agriculture.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> </li> <li><a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Issues/Highway Bill- Support Increase Truck Weight + Additional Axle.pdf" target="_blank">Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/icons/icon_pdf.gif" /> <p>&nbsp;</p> </li> Beef USA Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:12:03 GMT Presentations, Letters & Talking Points