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Immigration IMM

Issues related to the forestry workforce and H-2B visas; issues related to the Presidential "Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak".

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Issues related to the FAA's proposed rule for UAS Remote Identification (FAA-2019-1100) and its impact on drone regulations.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Forest Service; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); White House Office

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to the forestry workforce and H-2B visas; issues related to the Presidential "Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak".

Contacted: White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Defense DEF

National Defense Authorization Act - DOD's use of innovative wood products.

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Agriculture AGR

Issues related to forestry and forest management; issues related to the development and use of mass timber, forestry issues in the Farm Bill (Public Law 115-334); issues related to funding for forestry programs at USDA; issues related to forestry and climate change; issues related to the REPLANT Act (S.4357 & H.R.7843); issues related to the Forest Incentives Program Act (S.2350); issues related generally to wildfire mitigation.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Forest Service; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 4357 (116th), H.R. 7843 (116th), S. 2350 (116th)

Transportation TRA

General issues related to the working forests sector in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R.748 and S.3548); issues related to the working forests sector in the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act (H.R.6800); general issues related to transportation in the Moving America Forward Act (H.R.2); issues related to the Expanded Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Relating to COVID-19).

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 6800 (116th), S. 3548 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 2 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Taxation of income and expenses related to timber; taxation of pass-through entities and REITs; implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97); issues related to the IRS proposed regulation regarding the business interest expense deduction limit. Public Law 111 - 148 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Housing HOU

General issues related to the working forests sector in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R.748 and S.3548); issues related to the working forests sector in the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act (H.R.6800); general infrastructure issues related to housing in the Moving America Forward Act (H.R.2).

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Forest Service; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th), H.R. 2 (116th), S. 3548 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to forest biomass and carbon in the FY 2021 Department of the Interior (S.1974 and S.2288), Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; issues related to the working forests sector in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R.748 and S.3548); issues related to the working forests sector in the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act (H.R.6800); general issues related to FY 2021 appropriations spending package (H.R. 133).

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 1974 (116th), S. 3548 (116th), H.R. 133 (116th), S. 2288 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to the environmental impacts of forest management; issues related to forestry and pesticides; 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 (S.3422).

Contacted: White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 3422 (116th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues related to forest biomass and carbon; issues related to the definition of biomass (S.1974 and S.2288); issues related to climate change and carbon capture and storage as it relates to working forests.

Contacted: White House Office; U.S. Forest Service; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2288 (116th), S. 1974 (116th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Policies related to climate change and carbon capture and storage as it relates to working forests (S.1974 and S.2288); issues related to forestry; issues related to the Clean Water Act; the CLEAN Future Act; the Trillion Trees Act (H.R.5859 and S.4985); the Growing Climate Solutions Act (H.R.7393 and S.3894); policies affecting the regulation of biomass and carbon.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Forest Service; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 7393 (116th), S. 4985 (116th), S. 1974 (116th), S. 3894 (116th), H.R. 5859 (116th), S. 2288 (116th)