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 • Immigration Reform MCOOL • GIPSA Tax Reform • USDOT Hours of Service Min Wage/ Unemployment Insurance § Regulations to Watch 2
Budget § Mid-December: 2013 Budget Agreement: – FY 2014 and FY 2015: Cancelled Automatic Discretionary Spending Cuts – Set Spending Caps for FY 2014 & FY 2015 § First Bipartisan Budget Agreement Reached by a Divided Congress in 27 Years § FY 2015 Appropriations Should Be More Regular Order – No Government Shutdown Expected 3
The FY 2013 Federal Budget § Social Security $813 billion § Defense $651 billion § Medicare $504 billion § Medicaid $267 billion § Interest on the Debt ü Subtotal (71% of Budget) FY 2013 Revenues FY 2013 Outlays 4 $223 billion $2. 45 trillion $2. 7 trillion $3. 45 trillion Deficit $680 billion
2014 Elections Outlook § 113 th & 114 th 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 § § 5 WV, SD, AL Almost Givens Arkansas Gone from R Pickup to D Hold KY Potential D Pickups…Not So Much in GA Watch NC
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 6
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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 8
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 9
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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 11
113 th 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 12
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
Tax Reform Ø 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 Ø Outcome: — Not Likely Until 114 th Congress — Camp Proposal To Lower Corporate & Individual Rates – Must Take Away Popular Credits, Deductions ü NPPC Pushed to Exempt Pork/Farming Cash Accounting Required àOther Issues: 179 Deductions; Conservation Easements 14
Questions? Chris Wall wallc@nppc. org 202 -870 -7253 twitter: @cwall 1313
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