TSCRA policies and directives are originated by TSCRA committees and approved by the Board of Directors. If you have a question about any policy, please contact TSCRA at 800-242-7820. For a printable copy of individual policies, please contact the TSCRA Austin office at 512-469-0171 or email.
Click here to download the Master Policy List. (56 pages, 831 KB pdf)
Agricultural Research and Education (ARE)
- ARE-1: Red Imported Fire Ants
- ARE-2: Texas A&M AgriLife Agencies and Texas A&M University System
- ARE-3: Texas Tech University System
- ARE-4: Agricultural Research
- ARE-5: Pharmaceutical Development for Control of Feral Swine
Cattle Health and Well-Being (CHW)
- CHW-1: Animal Welfare
- CHW-2: Accepted Livestock Management Practices
- CHW-3: Antibiotics, Antimicrobials, Ionophores, and Other Compounds
- CHW-4: Transmission of Animal Diseases
- CHW-5: Animal Disease Traceability
- CHW-6: Foreign Animal Diseases
- CHW-7: Border Inspections
- CHW-8: Inspection of Live Cattle and Beef from Foreign Countries
- CHW-10: Screwworm Eradication in Foreign Countries
- CHW-11: Brucellosis – Greater Yellowstone Area
- CHW-12: Brucellosis – Testing and Surveillance
- CHW-13: Swine Brucellosis Infection in Cattle
- CHW-14: Tuberculosis
- CHW-15: Cattle Fever Tick Eradication
- CHW-16: Fever Tick Eradication in Ungulates
- CHW-17: Tropical Bont Tick
- CHW-18: BSE Surveillance and Firewall
- CHW-19: Johne’s Disease
- CHW-20: Trichomoniasis
- CHW-21: Feral Swine
- CHW-22: Texas Animal Health Commission – Structure
- CHW-23: Texas Animal Health Commission – Funding
- CHW-24: Agricultural Bioterrorism
- CHW-25: Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- CHW-26: Large Animal Veterinarian Shortage
- CHW-27: Cold Pasteurization
Law Enforcement (LAW)
- LAW-1: Video and Satellite Auction Brand Inspection
- LAW-2: Border Security
- LAW-3: Second Amendment
- LAW-4: Trespass
- LAW-5: Poaching
- LAW-6: Immigration Reform
- LAW-7: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Marketing and Transportation (MKT)
- MKT-1: Support for Beef Quality Assurance Programs
- MKT-2: North American Free Trade Agreement
- MKT-3: U.S. Beef to U.S. Military Bases
- MKT-4: U.S. Meat Export Federation
- MKT-5: Cattlemen’s Beef Board
- MKT-6: Country of Origin Labeling
- MKT-7: Dairy Cattle Subsidies
- MKT-8: “Go Texan” Program
- MKT-9: Livestock Marketing Reporting
- MKT-10: Consumer Confidence
- MKT-11: Anti-Competitiveness
- MKT-12: Free Trade
- MKT-13: Beef Checkoff
- MKT-15: Ethical and Humane Disposal and Slaughter of Horses
- MKT-16: Farm Vehicle Distance Restriction
- MKT-17: Farm/Ranch to Market Roads
- MKT-18: Truck Weights
- MKT-19: Packers and Stockyards Act
- MKT-20: Cash Settlement of Live Cattle Contracts
- MKT-21: Commodity Futures Markets
- MKT-22: Agricultural Financing
- MKT-23: Value-Added Marketing Programs
Natural Resources and Wildlife (NRW)
- NRW-1: Conservation Reserve Program
- NRW-2: Environmental Quality Incentives Program
- NRW-3: Grazing Lands
- NRW-4: Natural Resources Conservation Service
- NRW-5: Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
- NRW-6: Dipping Vat Cleanup
- NRW-7: Clean Water Act
- NRW-8: Industrial Wind Facilities
- NRW-9: Invasive Species
- NRW-10: Vegetation and Brush in Rights-of-Way
- NRW-11: Groundwater Rights in Pollution Cases
- NRW-12: State Water Plan in Texas
- NRW-13: Wetlands’ Definition
- NRW-14: Prescribed Burning
- NRW-15: Planting of Non-Native and Invasive Plant Species
- NRW-16: Inactive Well Plugging
- NRW-17: Conservation of Private Lands
- NRW-18: Surface Water Quality
- NRW-19: Fence Replacement Cost Share Eligibility
- NRW-20: Renewable Fuels
- NRW-21: Surface and Ground Water Use Exemptions
- NRW-22: Transfer of Pesticide Regulations from Texas Department of Agriculture
- NRW-23: Watermasters
- NRW-24: Texas Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
- NRW-25: Quail Decline
- NRW-26: Public Access on Private Lands
- NRW-27: Mexican Wolf Reintroduction
- NRW-28: Predator Control Programs
- NRW-29: Endangered Species Act
- NRW-30: License and Stamp Revenue
- NRW-31: Wildlife Disease Prevention and Control
- NRW-32: Wildlife Management and Right to Hunt
- NRW-33: Beef Sustainability
- NRW-34: Surface Water Rights
- NRW-35: Groundwater Conservation Districts
Property Rights and Tax (PRT)
- PRT-1: Banking Regulations
- PRT-2: Farm Credit System
- PRT-3: Federal Land Privatization
- PRT-4: Merit Election of Appellate Judges
- PRT-5: Federal Control Over Privately-Owned Lands
- PRT-6: Military Aviation Training
- PRT-7: Safeguarding Private Property Rights
- PRT-8: Eminent Domain Fairness
- PRT-9: State of Texas Minerals
- PRT-10: Dynamic Scoring for Federal Fiscal Policy
- PRT-11: Estate Tax Repeal
- PRT-12: Income Tax and Social Security Withholding
- PRT-13: State Income Tax in Texas
- PRT-14: Property Tax in Texas
- PRT-15: Tax Systems
- PRT-16: Tax Deductibility of Fence Replacement Costs
- PRT-17: County and Municipal Regulation
- PRT-18: Conservation Easements
- PRT-19: Groundwater Rights and Ownership
- PRT-20: General Land Office Definition of Minerals
- PRT-21: Texas Central Railway
- PRT-22: Workers’ Compensation
- PRT-23: Energy Exploration and Production Surface Damage and Notice
- PRT-24: Section 1031 Exchange
- PRT-25: Business Expense Deductions