AMERICAN FEED INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Animal health related trade restrictions; WTO/GATT issues; Trade; Transpacific Partnership (TPP); Cuba trade. U.S. - EU Free Trade Agreement (T-TIP); Implementation of legislation relating to issues of import/export credit for foreign market development. Monitor developments both legislative and regulatory related to Free Trade Pacts. Enhanced ag trade with Cuba. Monitor Export-Import Bank Reauthorization.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · White House Office · Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) · Energy, Dept of · Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA) · Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Issues related to regulation and oversight by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; CFTC Reauthorization; Dodd-Frank Implementation; amendments; CFTC Rulemaking.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · White House Office · Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) · Energy, Dept of · Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA) · Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Agriculture

Food Safety; Biofuels and Energy; Implementation 2014 Farm Bill; FSMA implementation; Implementation of legislation relating to livestock competition and contracting issues; title 2, relating to reform of the Conservation Reserve Program; title 3, relating to issues of credit for market development; title 7, related to enhancing and expanding agricultural research on plant and animal disease; title 9, relating to research and programs fostering development of alternative feedstocks for biofuel manufacture, and title 11, related to issues on animal care, wellbeing and production systems. Issues related to FDA regulation of livestock and poultry feed, pet food and animal food ingredients, including FDA registration, export certification, user fees, import certification, mandatory recall and standards of operation, particularly implementation of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Food & Drug Administration Advanced Feed Safety System actions with industry as to ingredient and processing definitions and standards. EPAs redrafting of its draft risk assessment on dioxin and its risk to human health, particularly as relates to foods of animal origin as the source of dioxin. Issues related to federal regulation of greenhouse gases, carbon footprints and cap-and-trade proposals. Issues related to tax treatment of biofuels and Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). Reauthorization of Federal Highway Programs and Heavier Trucks.