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Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

General issues related to prescribed burns, wildfire mitigation and air quality standards (NAAQS); general issues related to the woody biomass definition in the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to increased funding for the Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis Program in the FY2025 and FY2026 Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; issues related to funding of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service projects conducted collaboratively with private landowners.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; 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; General issues related to an online platform that would make forest health and carbon data available to stakeholders; issues related to educational grant programs to help colleges and universities train the next generation of engineers and architects on how to build with wood and mass timber; general issues to expand and strengthen the Wood Innovation Grant (WIG) program; general issues related to a new pilot program to integrate American-grown, innovative wood products into rural infrastructure and building projects; issues related to The Timber Innovation for Building Rural Communities Act (H.R.5044 & S.2662) and building projects; issues related to timber innovation; issues related to the creation of a Forest Conservation Easement Program; general issues related to the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471 / S. 1462); general issues related to the SAWMILL Act (S.2221).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 471 (119th), S. 2221 (119th), S. 1462 (119th), H.R. 5044 (119th), S. 2662 (119th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues generally related to forest biomass and carbon; issues related to the definition of woody biomass in the renewable fuel standard

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to the environmental impacts of forest management; issues related to wildlife conservation, including conservation projects conducted collaboratively with private landowners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the Endangered Species Act; issues related to wildfire mitigation and funding.

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

Immigration IMM

Issues related to the forestry workforce and H-2B visas; advocacy for the release of additional H-2B visas in Section 105 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; general issues related to a returning worker exemption for H-2B workers.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to the forestry workforce and H-2B visas; advocacy for the release of additional H-2B visas in Section 105 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; general issues related to a returning worker exemption for H-2B workers.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues related to foreign ownership of agriculture land.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to the EUDR; issues related to forestry product tariffs and trade

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)