CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

FY2025 Appropriations - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (Environmental Protection Agency - issues related to recycling, reuse/refill, and labeling). FY2025 Appropriations - Financial Services and General Government (Independent Agencies, Federal Trade Commission - provisions related to FTC's development of updated Green Guides). FY2025 Appropriations - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, provisions related to supply chain resiliency funding). FY2025 Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (Department of Transportation - provisions related to the Office of Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy and the Freight Logistics Optimization Works initiative). FY2025 Appropriations - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Food and Drug Administration, provisions related to post- and pre- market FDA review of food chemicals and additives, and provisions related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).

MAN · Manufacturing

Issues related to increasing supply chain resiliency for critical industries through the creation of an office within the Department of Commerce to coordinate, map, and oversee supply chains - H.R. 2444 / S. 257, Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025 and H.R. 1218, The SHIELD Act.

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 2444, S. 257, H.R. 1218

ENV · Environment/Superfund

Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (provisions requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to collect data, prepare reports, and develop best practices for recycling and composting programs). Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (provisions relating to an Environmental Protection Agency grant program to expand access to residential recycling systems and increase recycling transfer stations). Introduction and passage of the Promoting Plastic Circularity and Sustainability Act, provisions relating to advanced technologies and recycling infrastructure. Issues related to recycling claims and labeling standards; recycling data collection and recycling infrastructure development; molecular recycling; and extended producer responsibility.

FOO · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

Issues related to FDA human foods program structure, governance, modernization, and oversight - Food and Drug Administration Foods Accountability Act and - Federal and State Food Safety Information Sharing Act. Issues related to food date labeling - Food Labeling Modernization Act, and Food Date Labeling Act. Issues related to front of pack nutrition labeling - TRUTH in Labeling Act, and Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act. Issues relating to infant and toddler foods- H.R. 2472 Improving Newborns Food and Nutrition Testing Safety Act of 2025; S. 272 Protect Infant Formula from Contamination Act. Issues relating to GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) and pre-market chemical regulations.

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 2472, S. 272

AGR · Agriculture

Issues related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Farm, Food, and National Security Act.

TRA · Transportation

MOVE Act. Matters related to FLOW (Freight Logistics Optimization Works) and intermodal freights.

TRD · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Section 232 and Section 301 steel tariffs. Issues related to antidumping and countervailing duties on tin mill steel products.