TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION

Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Particulate Matter NAAQS. Livestock Regulatory Protection Act. SEC Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule. Protect Farmers from the SEC Act.

Support trade agreements that impact beef exports from the U.S. to other countries, such as Japan, U.K., E.U., Taiwan and China. U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation. USDA - Mexico cross-border trade issues. USTR - China - Implementation of Phase One Agreement. Brazil Trade Compliance Issues. Safe American Food Exports Act. USDA - Made in the U.S. Rule. Paraguay Beef Imports (S. 3386)

Waiver/exemption for livestock haulers from Electronic Logging Devices. Adjustments to U.S. DOT Hours of Service for livestock haulers. Maximum commercial motor vehicle weights. Reauthorization of the Highway/Infrastructure bill.

FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations Bill provisions impacting the cattle industry. FY2024 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill regarding provisions impacting livestock haulers. House and Senate Interior-EPAAppropriations bills to defund regulatory work directed at collecting greenhouse gas reports from manure management systems and permitting livestock methane emissions under CAA Title V. Funding for Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Bank. FY2024 funding to update Army Corps of Engineer study on interbasin water transfer. Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program. Livestock Mandatory Reporting Reauthorization. Funding for electronic identification system and associated infrastructure for cattle. Research funding for universities and USDA-ARS to conduct science-based trials for cattle feeding.

Working to have FDA enforce beef standards of identity on alternative protein products. Working to have FSIS regulate cultured or lab grown alternative protein products and ensure accurate labeling. Real MEAT Act. DIRECT Act. Butcher Block Act. Oppose Mandatory Country-of-origin labeling. Oppose PRIME Act.

Working with USDA on traceability projects. Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program. Lesser Prairie Chicken ESA Listing.

Work with House and Senate Agriculture Committees on CFTC Reauthorization. Work with CFTC to educate on usage of futures contracts by cattle producers.

Support funding for Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine bank. Delivery of Farm Service Agency programs. Delivery of Natural Resources Conservation Service programs. Supply chain resiliency efforts and investments in beef processing infrastructure. RAMP UP Act. PRICE Act. Delivery of disaster relief programs. Matters pertaining to the cattle markets, including supply chain issues and regulatory oversight. Livestock Mandatory Reporting Reauthorization. Farm Bill 2023 Priorities. PRF Program. Cattle Price Discovery & Transparency Act. Cattle Contract Library Act. Reduce Farm Input Costs and Barriers to Domestic Production Act. Surface Transportation Board Oversight of Railroads to Require Delivery of Grain and Feed Butcher Block Act. American Beef Labeling Act (MCOOL). Meat Packing Special Investigator Act (also Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act). Opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act. Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act. Farm System Reform Act. USDA Made in the USA Rule. Animal Drug User Fee Act. Packers and Stockyards Act. Prompt Payment.

Work on disaster assistance programs.

Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

Death Tax Repeal Act S.1108. Main Street Tax Certainty Act. Preserving Family Farms Act S.1706. Stepped-up basis. Like-kind exchanges. Estate tax issues. Capital Gains rates. General small business tax issues. Beginning Agriculturalist Lifetime Employment (BALE) Act HR 541. Tax Cuts for Working Families Act (H.R. 3936. Small Business Jobs Act (H.R. 3937). Tax Cuts & Jobs Act. Exemption of Excise Tax for Non-Highway Feed Delivery Trucks.