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National Pork Board Pork Management Conference

National Pork Board Pork Management Conference. Washington Policy Update June 2014. Chris Wall NPPC Assistant Vice President, Public Policy. Presentation Summary. Budget Elections Operation 218 PEDv Unfinished Business RFS MCOOL Tax Reform Min Wage/ Unemployment Insurance

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National Pork Board Pork Management Conference

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  1. National Pork Board Pork Management Conference Washington Policy Update June 2014 Chris Wall NPPC Assistant Vice President, Public Policy

  2. Presentation Summary • Budget • Elections • Operation 218 • PEDv • Unfinished Business • RFS • MCOOL • Tax Reform • Min Wage/ Unemployment Insurance • Regulations to Watch • Immigration Reform • GIPSA • USDOT Hours of Service

  3. Budget • Mid-December: 2013 Budget Agreement: • FY 2014 and FY 2015: Cancelled Automatic Discretionary Spending Cuts • Set Spending Caps for FY2014 & FY2015 • First Bipartisan Budget Agreement Reached by a Divided Congress in 27Years • FY2015 Appropriations Should Be More Regular Order • No Government Shutdown Expected

  4. The FY2013 Federal Budget • Social Security $813 billion • Defense $651 billion • Medicare $504 billion • Medicaid $267 billion • Interest on the Debt $223 billion • Subtotal (71% of Budget) $2.45 trillion FY 2013 Revenues$2.7 trillion FY 2013 Outlays$3.45 trillion Deficit  $680 billion

  5. 2014 Elections Outlook • 113th & 114th will Look Same;  R Majority • House Stable; Senate in Play: Battle For Congress In Senate • D’s Must Defend 14 of 16 Competitive Seats; Need 6 To Win Majority • WV, SD, AL Almost Givens • Arkansas Gone from R Pickup to D Hold • KY Potential D Pickups…Not So Much in GA • Watch NC

  6. 2014 Elections Outlook • March Special Election Tampa Bay Area: • Jolly (R) 48.4% vs. Sink (D) 46.6% • Half The Voters Than in 2012 • R’s Say Repeat of 2010 When D’s Lost House • Then There Was Cantor • House Leadership Better? • Speaker Race Just Got Interesting in 2015

  7. Operation 218

  8. Operation 218 • 73 Ag Votes in House On a Good Day • 77% Of Those Votes Represented By R’s • R’s Represent Less Than Half Of Urban Votes Total • Majority Of Pork Issues Going Through Committees Outside of Agriculture Committee • Have To Engage Urban/Suburban Members • Most Of These Are Democrats With No Production • Most Have Historically Opposed NPPC On 1 or More Issues

  9. Operation 218 • Expanding to Non-Traditional Members • Congressional Black Caucus • Congressional Hispanic Caucus • Women in Congress • Identified Champions In Each To Be a Force Multiplier For Pork • Entering Into Non-Traditional Issues • Obesity • Immigration • Charitable Giving

  10. Operation 218

  11. USDA PEDv Program • So Far So Good • $26.2 Million For: • $7.8 Million for Research, Testing, and Lab Work • $11.1 For Biosecurity Measures • $500,000 For Herd Management Plans • Concerns • Protecting Producer’s Privacy • Penalties for Mandatory Reporting Violations

  12. 113th Congress: Unfinished Business • GIPSA • MCOOL • RFS Reform • Tax Reform • Immigration Reform • Unemployment/Minimum Wage • USDOT: Hours of Service: Completed! • Farm Bill Implementation: • PEDv Livestock Disaster • Catastrophic Study

  13. Post Farm Bill: MCOOL & GIPSA • MCOOL • June WTO Decision • To Appeal or Not • Expanded Coalition Base • Potential Action End of Year • GIPSA • 2015 Approps Language in Place • Fewer Congressional Players • Hopefully, Competition Fatigue

  14. Tax Reform • Challenges for Comprehensive Reform in 2014: • Sen. Baucus (Senate Finance Chairman) Now Ambassador to China • Sen. Wyden New Chair; New Priorities • Rep. Camp (House Ways & Means Chairman) Term Limited as Chair • Last Two Major Reform Efforts (1963 & 1986) Occurred with Strong Presidential Leadership • Release Draft Last Week • Outcome: • Not Likely Until 114th Congress • Camp Proposal To Lower Corporate & Individual Rates – Must Take Away Popular Credits, Deductions • NPPC Pushed to Exempt Pork/Farming Cash Accounting Required • Other Issues: 179 Deductions; Conservation Easements

  15. Questions?Chris Wallwallc@nppc.org202-870-7253twitter: @cwall1313

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