NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS for NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS

Immigration IMM

Issues related to the forestry workforce and H-2B visas (S.2207 & H.R.3897); advocacy for the release of additional H-2B visas in Section 105 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; issues related to the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R.1603).

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1603 (117th), S. 2207 (117th), H.R. 3897 (117th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues related to climate change and carbon capture and storage as it relates to working forests; issues generally related to forest biomass and carbon; issues related to the definition of biomass.

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Issues generally related to the support of like-kind exchanges for real estate under section 1031 of the tax code.

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Defense DEF

Issues related to inclusion of a pilot program to evaluate the environmental sustainability, infrastructure resilience, cost effectiveness, and construction time of military construction projects built with mass timber in the National Defense Authorization Act 2022.

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Agriculture AGR

Issues related to forestry and forest management; issues related to the development and use of mass timber; issues related to funding for forestry programs at USDA; issues related to expanding the scope of the Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis Program to measure forest carbon; issues related to forestry and climate change; issues related to the REPLANT Act (S.866); issues related to the Forest Incentives Program Act (S.1043); issues related generally to wildfire mitigation; general issues related to the call for the U.S. to conserve 30% of the nation's land and water by 2030 as detailed in the "America the Beautiful" report on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: S. 1043 (117th), S. 866 (117th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

General issues related to tax incentives for building with low carbon materials and for carbon sequestration; issues related to the Forest Incentives Program Act; issues generally related to the support of like-kind exchanges for real estate under section 1031 of the tax code; issues related to the Disaster Reforestation Act (H.R. 4210).

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 4210 (117th)

Housing HOU

General issues related to infrastructure and and the built environment; issues related to the use of low carbon building materials in the built environment in the INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684); issues related to the prioritization of of proposals expanding existing technology transfer for use of low carbon footprint materials through the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program; General issues related to GSA's use of low carbon building materials; issues related to the LIFT Act (H.R.2634); issues related to building with low carbon building materials - such as wood - in the Presidential Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad; issues related to construction of affordable housing; issues related to the Forest Incentives Program Act; the CLEAN Future Act (H.R. 1512).

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 2634 (117th), H.R. 1512 (117th), H.R. 3684 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to increased funding for the Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis Program in the FY 2022 Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; issues related to report language commending funding of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service projects conducted collaboratively with private landowners in the FY 2022 Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; general issues related to the call for the U.S. to conserve 30% of the nation's land and water by 2030 as detailed in the "America the Beautiful" report on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to the environmental impacts of forest management; the Waters of the United States rule; issues related to wildlife conservation, the Endangered Species Act; and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act; issues related to wildfire mitigation and funding; issues related to forestry and climate change; issues related to the Clean Water Act; issues related to the Great American Outdoors Act.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to the forestry workforce and H-2B visas (S.2207 & H.R.3897); advocacy for the release of additional H-2B visas in Section 105 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; issues related to the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R.1603); issues related to the Future Careers in Logging Act (H.R.2727).

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 1603 (117th), S. 2207 (117th), H.R. 3897 (117th), H.R. 2727 (117th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Policies related to climate change and carbon capture and storage as it relates to working forests; issues related to forestry; issues related to the Clean Water Act; the CLEAN Future Act (H.R.1512); the Trillion Trees Act (H.R.2639); the Growing Climate Solutions Act (S.1251 & H.R.2820); the Forest Incentives Program Act (S.1043); general issues related to the call for the U.S. to conserve 30% of the nation's land and water by 2030 as detailed in the "America the Beautiful" report on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: H.R. 1512 (117th), S. 1043 (117th), H.R. 2820 (117th), S. 1251 (117th), H.R. 2639 (117th)