WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY for WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues: Timber REIT and REIT Tax Issues, Cellulosic Biofuels Tax Credit, Home Mortgage Interest Deduction Tax Credit, Section 1402(a) of Title XIV of Water Resources Development Act (Harbor Maintenance Tax), Section 530 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (Independent Contractor Deduction)

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Natural Resources NAT

HR 752 / S 403: Designate segments of Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (entire bill) Issues: Northern Spotted Owl, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Funding for Forest Legacy and Land & Water Conservation Fund

Contacted: SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 752 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues: Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement; Lacey Act Amendment implementation

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Energy, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Immigration IMM

Issue: H-2B visas

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); General Services Administration (GSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

PL 111-203: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Business Conduct Standards related to the implementation of derivatives & swaps provisions); Issues: Use of swaps by pension funds HR 1573: To facilitate implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (Business Conduct Standards related to the implementation of derivatives & swaps provisions)

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Forest Service; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); General Services Administration (GSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1573 (112th)

Transportation TRA

HR 763 / S 747: Safe & Efficient Transportation Act (entire bill) HR 801: Truck Weight Uniformity Act (entire bill) Issues: Truck weights, Georgia Port Authority deepening project

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Forest Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 801 (112th), H.R. 763 (112th)

Housing HOU

Public Law 111-203: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (qualified residential mortgages) Issues: Housing market reform issues (foreclosure policy, GSE reform, interest rates, conforming loan limit, jumbo loans, home mortgage interest deduction tax credit)

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Environment/Superfund ENV

HR 2055: Military construction and veterans affairs appropriations act (green building) Issues: Green building & forest certification issues, EPA Pesticide Registration/Endangered Species Act Consultation issues; EPA Re-registration Eligibility Decision for Soil Fumigants

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2055 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 559: Securing America's Future of Energy and Sustainable Technologies Act (biomass) S. 781 / H.R. 1920: Amending the Clean Air Act to conform the defintion of biomass (entire bill) Issues: Biomass in Energy Policies, Renewable Fuel Standard, Renewable/Clean Energy Standard, Bonneville Power Administration, Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Cellulosic Biofuels Tax Credit, building energy code programs

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 781 (112th), S. 559 (112th), H.R. 1920 (112th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HR 199 / S 231: Protecting America's Energy and Manufacturing Jobs Act (entire bill) HR 872: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act (entire bill) HR 910 / S 482: Energy Tax Prevention Act (entire bill) HR 2250: EPA Regulatory Relief Act (entire bill) Issues: Clean Water Act: pesticide general permits for CWA, forest roads & CWA, and other provisions that impact forestry, manufacturing & housing Clean Air Act: Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules, EPA final PSD GHG tailoring rule, EPA deferral of biomass treatment in PSD GHG tailoring rule, other provisions that impact forest products manufacturing facilities Climate Policy: EPA GHG reporting rule, carbon offsets

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); General Services Administration (GSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Forest Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2250 (112th), H.R. 872 (112th), H.R. 910 (112th), H.R. 199 (112th)