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Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues: Biomass in energy policies, Building energy code programs, Bonneville Power Administration rates, Columbia River Treaty.

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

Transportation TRA

HR 612: Safe & Efficient Transportation Act (entire bill) S 2438: Transportation & HUD Appropriations Act of 2015 (commercial motor vehicle driver restart study) Public Law 112-141: Federal Highway Transportation Bill (truck weights) Issues: Truck weights

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

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Draft Tax Reform Act of 2014, no bill number (Sections 3118 - forestation expenditures; 3132 - capital gains treatment of timber; 3312 - capitalization of timber expenses; and 3634 - timber REITs) Issues: Timber Tax, Timber REIT & REIT Tax Issues.

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

HR 1616 / S 2074: Energy Savings & Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (green building) HR 4435: National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2015 (innovative building technologies) HR 5016: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of FY 2015 (green building) S 2410: National Defence Authorization Act of FY 2015 (green building) Issues: Green building, forest certification.

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

Bills named: H.R. 4435 (113th), H.R. 5016 (113th), H.R. 1616 (113th)

Immigration IMM

HR 4238: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for employer requirements of H2B nonimmigrants (entire bill) S 744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act (Section 4607 - forestry/H2B workers) Senate Labor, Health & Human Services, & Education Appropriations Act of FY 2015, no bill number (H2B workers) Issue: H2B visas and wage calculation formula

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

Bills named: H.R. 4238 (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) S. 1784: Oregon & California Land Grant Act of 2013 (Sections 123 & 124; adjacent landowner issues) S. 2734: Oregon & California Land Grant Act of 2014 (Title I - ITC report on wood products; Title III - adjacent landowner issues) S. 2289: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of FY2015 (biobased markets program) Public Law 113-79: Agricultural Act of 2014 (Section 9001 & 9002 - biobased markets programs & definitions) Issues: USDA BioPreferred Program, Endangered Species Act, including USF&WS proposed listed of the long-eared bat.

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

Bills named: S. 2289 (113th), H.R. 979 (113th), S. 1784 (113th), H.R. 1230 (113th), S. 2734 (113th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HR 2026 / S 971: Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act (entire bill) HR 5071: Agricultureal Conservation Flexibility Act (entire bill) HR 5078: Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Act of 2014 (entire bill) Public Law 113-79: Agricultural Act of 2014 (sec. 12313, silvicultural activities) HR 5171: House Interior and Environment Appropriations Act of 2015 (provisions related to funding EPA activity on Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act) Issues: Forest roads/silviculture & CWA; EPA draft rule on "waters of the U.S." definition in CWA, Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules, EPA activity to draft a biomass carbon accounting framework, EPA draft Clean Air Act Rule on stationary electricity generators, and climate & carbon policies.

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

Bills named: H.R. 5078 (113th), H.R. 5171 (113th), H.R. 2026 (113th), H.R. 5071 (113th)