NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL

Joined a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, urging his department to immediately purge the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) database of beneficial ownership information submitted by domestic businesses and to finalize a rule formally exempting U.S. entities from the CTAs reporting requirements. Filed In comments to the USDA-Risk Management Agency (RMA), the National Cotton Council (NCC) outlined concerns about removing the prevented-plant buy-up option from crop insurance. Joined letters to congressional leaders and the Trump administration, urging protection of the federal crop insurance program during the FY27 budget and appropriations process. Joined 20 organizations in a letter to the leaders of the House of Representatives opposing the Secure Revenue Clearance Act (H.R.7224). Joined a letter to leaders of Mosaic and J.R. Simplot urging them to withdraw support for countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco to help ease rising input costs for U.S. farmers. Joined a letter urging President Donald Trump to designate Beth Bechdol as the U.S. candidate for Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Joined a letter to President Trump, urging inclusion of additional market loss assistance for farmers in a forthcoming supplemental package, while also highlighting the importance of the Buying American Cotton Act and other demand-building legislation. Joined numerous national and state agricultural organizations in a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urging the revocation of countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco and Russia, citing the strain these duties place on U.S. farmers. Joined a letter to House and Senate appropriators urging continued funding for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) Joined a letter to Congress urging carefully targeted, data-driven improvements to rail safety Filed comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on Waters of the U.S.