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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

China anti-dumping investigation of cellulose fibers.

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

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

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

Transportation TRA

HR 612: Safe & Efficient Transportation Act (entire bill) Public Law 112-141: Federal Highway Transportation Bill (truck weights) Issues: Truck weights

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

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

Housing HOU

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

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

HR 1616 / S 1392 / S 2074: Energy Savings & Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (green building; S.Amdt 1885 - federal building energy efficiency performance standards) HR 2642 / S 954: Agricultural Act of 2014 (green building report language) Public Law 113-66: National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014 (green building)National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2015, no bill number (innovative building technologies) Issues: Green building, forest certification.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2642 (113th), H.R. 1616 (113th)

Immigration IMM

HR 4238: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for requirements of employers of H2B nonimmigrants (entire bill) S 744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act (S. Amdt. 1237 - forestry/H2B workers) Issue: H-2B visas and wage calculation formula

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

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

HR 2026 / S 971: Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act (entire bill) HR 2642: 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, climate & carbon policies.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2642 (113th), 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) HR 2410 / S 1244: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug and Related Agnecies Appropriations Act of FY 2014 (biobased markets report language)HR 2642 / S 954: Agricultural Act of 2014 (Section 9001 & 9002 - biobased markets programs & definitions) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of FY 2015, no bill number (biobased markets program) Issues: USDA BioPreferred Program, Endangered Species Act

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

Bills named: H.R. 2410 (113th), H.R. 979 (113th), H.R. 1230 (113th), H.R. 2642 (113th)