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The Senate next week will take a key step to begin negotiations with the House on an international competitiveness bill.

Perdue heads back to Georgia, the Senate has confirmed Martha Williams as the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Jessica Shade has accepted the position of national program leader for USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

A bipartisan group of House members is introducing a bill to create a beef industry contract library that producers could consult in marketing their cattle. The House Agriculture Committee is expected to consider the measure on Thursday.

A major but temporary agricultural disaster program could be in for some revisions. The Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus, or WHIP+, provided assistance to producers for losses in 2018 and 2019.

A bipartisan agreement on spending levels for fiscal 2021 is raising hope that lawmakers can agree on a government spending bill before the end of the year.