WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY for WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues: Timber Tax, Timber REIT & REIT Tax Issues, U.S. fiscal security issues, Home Mortgage Interest Deduction Tax Credit, Section 1402(a) of Title XIV of Water Resources Development Act (Harbor Maintenance Tax)

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); General Services Administration (GSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues: Biomass in Energy Policies, Renewable Fuel Standard, Renewable/Clean Energy Standard, Bonneville Power Administration (rates and transmission expansion), building energy code programs

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Transportation TRA

HR 612: Safe & Efficient Transportation Act (entire bill) Public Law 112-141: Federal Highway Transportation Bill (truck weights) Issues: Truck weights

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 612 (113th)

Housing HOU

Public Law 111-203: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (qualified mortgages and 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: General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Forest Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Public Law No. 112-239: National Defense Authorization Act, 2013 - Section 2822 (green building) Public Law No. 113-6: Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (green building) HR 1616 / S 761: Energy Savings & Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (green building)HR 1947: Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Managment Act of 2013 (green building report language) HR 1960 / S 1197: National Defense Authorization Act, 2014 (green building) HR 2216: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (green building) HR 2642: Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Managment Act of 2013 (green building report language) Issues: Green building, forest certification.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Forest Service

Bills named: H.R. 2642 (113th), H.R. 1947 (113th), H.R. 1616 (113th), H.R. 1960 (113th), H.R. 2216 (113th)

Immigration IMM

Public Law No. 113-6: Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (H-2B visas) S 744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act (S. Amdt. 1237 - forestry/H2B workers) Issue: H-2B visas and wage calculation formula

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Forest Service; General Services Administration (GSA); Energy, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Public Law No. 113-6: Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (silviculture provision extension) HR 1947: Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Managment Act of 2013 (Floor amendment 107 - silvicultural activities; Section 10013 - Pesticides)HR 2026 / S 971: Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act (entire bill) HR 2642: Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Managment Act of 2013 (Sec. 11323- silvicultural activities; Sec. 9013 - pesticides) Issues: Forest roads/silviculture & CWA; EPA guidance on "waters of U.S." definition in CWA, Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules, EPA deferral of biomass treatment in PSD GHG tailoring rule, climate & carbon policies.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Forest Service; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 1947 (113th), H.R. 2642 (113th), H.R. 2026 (113th)

Natural Resources NAT

HR 979 / S 463: Forest Products Fairness Act of 2013 (entire bill) HR 1230: Designate segments of Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild & Scenic Rivers System (entire bill) HR 1947: Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Managment Act of 2013 (Section 9001 & 9002 - biobased markets programs & definitions)HR 2410 / S 1244: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2014 (USDA biopreferred/forest products report language in Title I) HR 2642: Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Managment Act of 2013 (Section 8001 & 8002 - biobased markets programs & definitions) S 353: Oregon Treasure Act (Molalla River) S. 954: Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 (Section 9001: forest products definition) Issues: USDA BioPreferred Program

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Bills named: H.R. 1230 (113th), H.R. 2410 (113th), H.R. 2642 (113th), H.R. 1947 (113th), S. 954 (113th), H.R. 979 (113th)