BOBBY FREDERICK

Supporting H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Supply chain issues and concerns in the wake of Hurricane Ida in the Gulf. Promoting investments into inland waterways and U.S. ports as part of any comprehensive infrastructure package debated in Congress. Advocating for Surface Transportation policy priorities such as the HAULS Act and the DRIVE Safe Act.

FY 22 Agriculture Appropriations including: Sufficient funding for aging U.S. locks and dams, new construction starts, preventing additional user fee increases on the grain regulatory program, ensuring continuity of grain inspections, sufficient funding for crop insurance, additional funding for feed ingredient approvals for the FDA. Promoting working lands conservation programs (EQIP, CSP) to USDA and Congress. Promoting the importance to agricultural trade (China Phase 1 Agreement, Canada, Mexico) to Congress and extending Trade Promotion Authority.

FY 22 Agriculture Appropriations including: Sufficient funding for aging U.S. locks and dams, new construction starts, preventing additional user fee increases on the grain regulatory program, ensuring continuity of grain inspections, sufficient funding for crop insurance, additional funding for feed ingredient approvals for the FDA.

Highlighting the ongoing labor shortages in both trucking and other agricultural endeavors. Raising supply chain and labor concerns when mandates for vaccination are applied.

Promoting the importance to agricultural trade (China Phase 1 Agreement, Canada, Mexico) to Congress and extending Trade Promotion Authority. Urging the Administration to expeditiously nominate a Chief Agricultural Negotiator within the office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Promoting the HAULS Act (regulatory flexibility) and DRIVE SAFE Act (program to address truck driver shortage and increase training) as part of the surface transportation reauthorization.

Promoting the importance to agricultural trade (China Phase 1 Agreement, Canada, Mexico) to Congress and extending Trade Promotion Authority. Urging the Administration to expeditiously nominate a Chief Agricultural Negotiator within the office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

FY 22 Agriculture Appropriations including: Sufficient funding for aging U.S. locks and dams, new construction starts, preventing additional user fee increases on the grain regulatory program, ensuring continuity of grain inspections, sufficient funding for crop insurance, additional funding for feed ingredient approvals for the FDA.

FY 22 Agriculture Appropriations including: Sufficient funding for aging U.S. locks and dams, new construction starts, preventing additional user fee increases on the grain regulatory program, ensuring continuity of grain inspections, sufficient funding for crop insurance, additional funding for feed ingredient approvals for the FDA. Promoting working lands conservation programs to USDA and Congress. Promoting the importance to agricultural trade (China, Canada, Mexico) to Congress.

Promoting investments into inland waterways and U.S. ports. Advocating for Surface Transportation policy priorities such as the HAULS Act and the DRIVE Safe Act. Supporting the Federal Maritime Administration's efforts in investigating the shipping container shortage and demurrage issues.

NGFA continues to promote the need for transparency, information sharing, and information needs from the grain industry on plant breeding innovations like gene editing. Promoting the need for some degree of mandatory notification of new biotechnology and gene-edited products coming to the marketplace in any regulatory approach pursued by the U.S. government. Continued stressing of NGFA's views on transparency after USDA released its final SECURE Rule.

Inland waterways and port infrastructure funding requests through the House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriations bills (FY2021) to address the backlog of projects and ensure that harbor maintenance trust fund dollars go toward the intended purposes. Promoting the need for pre-construction engineering design work for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) which would yield 1,200-foot locks to build on our infrastructure capacity to move grain. Promoting cost-share change for inland waterways projects as well as unlocking the harbor maintenance trust fund for its intended purpose (port dredging) as part of the House and Senate Water Resources Development Act process. (H.R. 7575 and S. 3591). Working on rail/shipper issues including clarifying the common-carrier obligation of railroads, addressing demurrage and accessorial charges, and reforming STBs methodology for challenging unreasonable rail rates.

As part of submitting comments on USDA's Proposed Rule for its Part 340 re-write NGFA promoted transparency, information sharing, and information needs from the grain industry on plant breeding innovations like gene editing. Promoting the need for some degree of mandatory notification of new biotechnology and gene-edited products coming to the marketplace in any regulatory approach pursued by the U.S. government. Continued stressing of NGFA's views on transparency after USDA released its final rule.

Inland waterways and port infrastructure funding requests through the House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriations bills (FY2021) to address the backlog of projects and ensure that harbor maintenance trust fund dollars go toward the intended purposes. Promoting the need for pre-construction engineering design work for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) which would yield 1,200-foot locks to build on our infrastructure capacity to move grain. Promoting cost-share change for inland waterways projects as well as unlocking the harbor maintenance trust fund for its intended purpose (port dredging) as part of the House and Senate Water Resources Development Act process. (H.R. 7575 and S. 3591). Working on rail/shipper issues including clarifying the common-carrier obligation of railroads, addressing demurrage and accessorial charges, and reforming STBs methodology for challenging unreasonable rail rates.

Continued outreach on opportunities for S. 4054 the United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020 (reauthorizing the Grain Inspection Advisory Committee and ensuring the law and congressional intent are followed to avoid disruptions in the official inspections of U.S. grain). Urged USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments not distort farmer marketing decisions.

Inland waterways and port infrastructure funding requests through the House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriations bills (FY2021) to address the backlog of projects and ensure that harbor maintenance trust fund dollars go toward the intended purposes. Promoting the need for pre-construction engineering design work for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) which would yield 1,200-foot locks to build on our infrastructure capacity to move grain. Promoting cost-share change for inland waterways projects as well as unlocking the harbor maintenance trust fund for its intended purpose (port dredging) as part of the House and Senate Water Resources Development Act process. (H.R. 7575 and S. 3591). Working on rail/shipper issues including clarifying the common-carrier obligation of railroads, addressing demurrage and accessorial charges, and reforming STBs methodology for challenging unreasonable rail rates.

Inland waterways and port infrastructure funding requests through the House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriations bills (FY2021) to address the backlog of projects and ensure that harbor maintenance trust fund dollars go toward the intended purposes. Promoting the need for pre-construction engineering design work for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) which would yield 1,200-foot locks to build on our infrastructure capacity to move grain. Promoting cost-share change for inland waterways projects as well as unlocking the harbor maintenance trust fund for its intended purpose (port dredging) as part of the House and Senate Water Resources Development Act process. Working on rail/shipper issues including clarifying the common-carrier obligation of railroads, addressing demurrage and accessorial charges, and reforming STBs methodology for challenging unreasonable rail rates. Recommending ideas on infrastructure priorities on both the highways and inland waterways system as part of the COVID-19 policy response.

Inland waterways and port infrastructure funding requests through the House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriations bills (FY2021) to address the backlog of projects and ensure that harbor maintenance trust fund dollars go toward the intended purposes. Promoting the need for pre-construction engineering design work for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) which would yield 1,200-foot locks to build on our infrastructure capacity to move grain. Working on rail/shipper issues including clarifying the common-carrier obligation of railroads, addressing demurrage and accessorial charges, and reforming STBs methodology for challenging unreasonable rail rates. Recommending ideas on infrastructure priorities on both the highways and inland waterways system as part of the COVID-19 policy response.

As part of submitting comments on USDA's Proposed Rule for its Part 340 re-write NGFA promoted transparency, information sharing, and information needs from the grain industry on plant breeding innovations like gene editing. Promoting the need for some degree of mandatory notification of new biotechnology and gene-edited products coming to the marketplace in any regulatory approach pursued by the U.S. government.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Reauthorization priorities, nominations and general CFTC issues. Continued outreach on opportunities for the 2020 United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) Reauthorization including reauthorizing the Grain Inspection Advisory Committee and ensuring the law and congressional intent are followed to avoid disruptions in the official inspections of U.S. grain.

Inland waterways and port infrastructure funding requests through the House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriations bills (FY2020) to address the backlog of projects and ensure that harbor maintenance trust fund dollars go toward the intended purposes. Promoting the need for pre-construction engineering design work for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) which would yield 1,200-foot locks to build on our infrastructure capacity to move grain. Working on rail/shipper issues including clarifying the common-carrier obligation of railroads, addressing demurrage and accessorial charges, and reforming STBs methodology for challenging unreasonable rail rates.

Promoting science and risk-based certainty regarding FDA's "solely engaged" rules and the classification of pulse crops under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). As part of submitting comments on USDA's Proposed Rule for its Part 340 re-write NGFA promoted transparency, information sharing, and information needs from the grain industry on plant breeding innovations like gene editing. Promoting the need for some degree of mandatory notification of new biotechnology and gene-edited products coming to the marketplace in any regulatory approach pursued by the U.S. government.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Reauthorization priorities, nominations and general CFTC issues. Continued outreach on opportunities for the 2020 United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) Reauthorization including reauthorizing the Grain Inspection Advisory Committee and ensuring the law is followed to avoid disruptions in the official inspections of U.S. grain.

Continued education and advocacy efforts in support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. General education efforts on importance of market access and increasing market access in the Asia-Pacific market for trade of ag products.

Promoting science and risk-based certainty regarding FDA's "solely engaged" rules and the classification of pulse crops under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Transparency, information sharing, and information needs from the grain industry on plant breeding innovations like gene editing as these pertain to the new Part 340 Regulations. Promoting the need for some degree of mandatory notification of new biotechnology and gene-edited products coming to the marketplace in any regulatory approach pursued by the U.S. government.

Continued education and advocacy efforts in support of a north American Trade Market via the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. General education efforts on importance of market access and increasing market access in the Asia-Pacific market for trade of ag products.

Inland waterways and port infrastructure funding requests to address the backlog of projects and ensure that trust fund dollars go toward the intended purposes.

Providing certainty regarding FDA's "solely engaged" rules and the classification of pulse crops under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Transparency, information sharing, and information needs from teh grain industry on plant breeding innovations like gene editing as these pertain to the new Part 340 Regulations.

Inland Waterways and port infrastructure funding (including addressing the backlog of projects, full use of inland waterways trust fund, and ensuring Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund dollars go towards the intended purpose of dredging).

Conservation Programs in the next Farm Bill (Conservation Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Conservation Security Program Conservation Reserve Easements). Prioritizing working lands programs and approach over land idling programs. Ensuring land-idling programs focus on truly environmentally sensitive lands. Providing clarity on language in the 2017 Grain Standards Reauthorization regarding non-use of service exception agreements after agency misinterpretation led to some agreements being wrongly terminated. Preserving the federal crop insurance program.

Inland Waterways and port infrastructure funding (including addressing the backlog of projects and ensuring Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund dollars go towards the intended purpose of dredging). Rail transportation policies regarding service degradation, the common-carrier obligation, and support for nominees for the Surface Transportation Board.

199A regulations, position limit rule, block trade,

Conservation Programs in the next Farm Bill (Conservation Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Conservation Security Program Conservation Reserve Easements). Prioritizing working lands programs and approach over land idling programs. Ensuring land-idling programs focus on truly environmentally sensitive lands. Providing clarity on language in the 2017 Grain Standards Reauthorization regarding non-use of service exception agreements after agency misinterpretation led to some agreements being wrongly terminated.

General OSHA enforcement educational efforts. General Federal Grain Inspection Services authorization efforts including implementation of non use of service agreements as well as delegated/designated state plans.

Conservation Programs in the next Farm Bill (Conservation Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Conservation Security Program Conservation Reserve Easements). Prioritizing working lands programs and approach over land idling programs. Ensuring land-idling programs focus on truly environmentally sensitive lands. Providing clarity on language in the 2017 Grain Standards Reauthorization regarding non-use of service exception agreements after agency misinterpretation led to some agreements being wrongly terminated.

Conservation Programs in the next Farm Bill (Conservation Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Conservation Security Program). Prioritizing working lands programs and approach over land idling programs. Providing clarity on language in the 2017 Grain Standards Reauthorization regarding non-use of service exception agreements after agency misinterpretation led to some agreements being wrongly dissolved.

Biotechnology labeling- Implementation of PL 114-216 specifically on issues of scope and record keeping. Part 340 Regulations overhaul on how the U.S. government regulates biotechnology. Transparency and information needs from the grain industry on Plant Breeding Innovations.

General Rail and Surface Transportation Board jurisdiction issues including CSX rail service disruptions.

Continued education efforts on the importance of the North American Trade Market and possible revisions to the existing North American Free Trade Agreement. General education efforts on the importance of more access in the Asia-Pacific market for trade of agricultural products. Reinforcing the importance of getting trade focused positions approved by the Senate. U.S. Soybean trade with China.

Inland Waterways and port infrastructure funding (including addressing the backlog of projects and ensuring Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund dollars go towards the intended purpose of dredging). Rail transportation policies (Reciprocal Switching and rail rate case process and methodology).

Biotechnology labeling- Implementation of PL 114-216 specifically on issues of scope and record keeping. Part 340 Regulations overhaul proposed by the previous Administration.

Continued education efforts on the importance of the North American Trade Market and possible revisions to the existing North American Free Trade Agreement. General education efforts on the importance of more access in the Asia-Pacific market for trade of agricultural products. Reinforcing the importance of getting trade focused positions approved by the Senate.

General OSHA enforcement educational efforts. General Federal Grain Inspection Services authorization efforts including implementation of non use of service agreements. Regulatory Reform efforts including H.R. 5 in the House of Representatives (providing for more congressional authority and involvement in the regulatory process)

Inland Waterways and port infrastructure funding (including addressing the backlog of projects and ensuring Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund dollars go towards the intended purpose of dredging). Rail transportation policies (Reciprocal Switching and rail rate case process and methodology).

General OSHA enforcement educational efforts. General Federal Grain Inspection Services authorization efforts. Regulatory Reform efforts including H.R. 5 in the House of Representatives (providing for more congressional authority and involvement in the regulatory process)

Competitive Switching Issue at the Surface Transportation Board as well as rate case methodology issues.

General education efforts on the importance of the North American Trade Market and possible revisions to the existing North American Free Trade Agreement. General education efforts on the importance of more access in the Asia-Pacific market for trade of agricultural products.

Surface Transportation Board competitive switching rule as well as the commissioner composition of the STB.

Senate CFTC Reauthorization (reauthorizing programs and allowing for producers to continue to manage their risks on these exchanges without additional user fees) (Section 104- residual interest). Tracking Senate CFTC Nominations as well as the Position Limit Rule. Continued advocacy for the next Farm Bill- promoting and strengthening conservation programs to achieve goals of stewardship and production agriculture.

Urging support of the Trans Pacific Partnership and it's importance to the grain trade. Supporting more trade opportunities with Cuba by repealing restrictions on export financing. Urging support of the United States' Government Efforts to reach agreement on Low Level Presence policy on biotechnolgy in international trade.

Surface Transportation Board competitive switching rule as well as the commissioner composition of the STB.

H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). Section 108- Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, lockage fees, etc.

Urging support of the Trans Pacific Partnership and it's importance to the grain trade. Supporting more trade opportunities with Cuba by repealing restrictions on export financing. Urging support of the United States' Government Efforts to reach agreement on Low Level Presence policy on biotechnolgy in international trade.

Biotechnology labeling (GMO labeling)- S. 764- Biotech Labeling Solutions Act (pre-empting a patchwork of state laws in favor of achieving a uniform standard on labeling biotech food products) Section 291- definitions, Section 292- Applicability, Section 295- Federal Preemption. Part 340 Regulations overhaul proposed by the Administration (offering comment and suggestions to the proposals)

Implementation of the FAST Act (PL 114-94) including Minimum Financial Responsibility requirement

Urging support of the Trans Pacific Partnership and it's importance to the grain trade. Supporting more trade opportunities with Cuba by repealing restrictions on export financing. Urging support of the United States' Government Efforts to reach agreement on Low Level Presence policy on biotechnolgy in international trade.

Increasing the Major Rehab Threshold in the next Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). Providing maximum funding to the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and Operations and Maintenance Accounts in the Energy and Water Appropriations Measure (no bill # yet). Opposing tolling or lockage fees alone the inland waterways in the next Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA- no bill # yet)

CFTC Reauthorization (reauthorizing programs and allowing for producers to continue to manage their risks on these exchanges without additional user fees) Crop Insurance Funding in Agriculture Appropriations (protecting this risk management tool from further budget cuts)

Increasing the Major Rehab Threshold in the next Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). Providing maximum funding to the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and Operations and Maintenance Accounts in the Energy and Water Appropriations Measure (no bill # yet). Opposing tolling or lockage fees alone the inland waterways in the next Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA- no bill # yet)

Urging support of the Trans Pacific Partnership and it's importance to the grain trade. Supporting more trade opportunities with Cuba by repealing restrictions on export financing. Urging support of the United States' Government Efforts to reach agreement on Low Level Presence policy on biotechnolgy in international trade.

Grain Standards Act CFTC Reauthorization Crop Insurance Funding Agri-terrorism

OSHA regulations

Biotechnology

PTC legislation

Biotechnology

Highway Bill

Transportation/Infrastructure Issues

PTC legislation