Letters & Talking Points

• 2012 Priority Issues

Beef Checkoff

• NCBA Comments on USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's Proposed Rule Related to the Beef Checkoff Program

Cattle Marketing

• Competition
• Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)
• GIPSA
• Instructions to file a claim in MF Global Bankruptcy

Federal Lands

• Equal Access to Justice Act
• EAJA Support Letter to House Judiciary
• Forest Service Planning
• National Monuments Designation
• Wild Horse and Burro Program
• Wild Lands Policy
• Endangered Species Act Reform Recommendations to House Committee on Natural Resources

Healthy Herd - Cattle & Consumers

• Antibiotics
• Nutrition
• Environmental Regulation
• Food Safety
• Renewable Energy
  
• Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)
• NCBA Animal Disease Traceability Comments
• NCBA Non O157 STECs Regulation Comments
• Cattle Production Mandate
• HSUS-UEP Letter to House
• HSUS-UEP Letter to Senate

Labor

• Child Labor Proposed Rule Comment Extension Request

Natural Resources & Environment

• Ammonia Regulation
• CERCLA/EPCRA Reporting
• Clean Water Act CAFO
• Dust Regulation
• Florida Numeric Nutrient Criteria
• Greenhouse Gas Reporting
• Chairman Issa CAFO Reporting Letter
• NRCS Nutrient Management Code 590 Conservation Practice
• Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control
• Clean Water Act Guidance Letter to OMB
• NCBA support letters for Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act
• Support Letter for H.R. 4965 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act
• Support Letter for S. 2245 - Preserve the Waters of the United States Act

Renewable Energy

• Renewable Energy
• House - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Senate - Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Waiver Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Letter from Gov. Mike Beebe (D-Ark.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate
• Letter from Governors Jack Markell (D-Del.) and Martin O'Malley (D-Md.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate
• Letter from Gov. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate
• Letter from Gov. Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate
• Letter from Gov. Beverly Perdue (D-N.C.) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate
• Letter from Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) to EPA Requesting to Waive the RFS Mandate

Tax & Credit

• Estate Tax Planning
• Death Tax
• April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the House
• April 2012 Estate Tax Letter to the Senate
• NCBA Tax Priority Recommendations

Trade & Economy

• Trade
• U.S. Beef, Pork Industries Letter Regarding Taiwan
• Comprehensive BSE Letter from 31 U.S. Senators
• NCBA Comments on Comprehensive BSE Rule

Transportation

• Transportation
• Highway Bill - Oppose Prohibition of Double Deck Trailers
• Highway Bill - Support Exemptions for Agriculture
• Highway Bill - Support Increase Truck Weight, Additional Axle