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

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

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

Bills named: S. 2662 (119th), H.R. 471 (119th), S. 1462 (119th), S. 2221 (119th), H.R. 5044 (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: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office

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

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

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

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