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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) Preserving America's Transit & Highways Act, no bill number (Senate Finance Brown Amendment #1 - Fair Playing Field Act) Issues: Timber Tax, Timber REIT & REIT Tax Issues

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

Housing HOU

Issues: Housing market reform issues (GSE reform, home mortgage interest deduction tax credit)

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

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

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

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

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

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 Goverment Appropriations Act of FY 2015 (green building) S 2410: National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2015 (green building)Issues: Green building, forest certification.

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

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: H-2B visas and wage calculation formula

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

Bills named: H.R. 4238 (113th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HR 2026 / S 971: Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act (entire bill) House Interior and Environment Appropriations Act of 2015, no bill number (provisions related to funding of EPA activity on Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act) Public Law 113-79: Agricultural Act of 2014 (Sec. 12313, silvicultural activities)Issues: Forest roads/silviculture & CWA; EPA draft rule 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, EPA draft Clean Air Act Rule on stationary electricity generators, and climate & carbon policies.

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

Bills named: 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) S. 1784: Oregon & California Land Grant Act of 2013 (Section 123 & 124; adjacent landowner issues)S. 2289: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of FY 2015 (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

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

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