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Agriculture AGR

2024 Farm Bill A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convene a blue ribbon panel to review the forest inventory and analysis program of the Forest Service, and for other purposes. (S.433) Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2023 (S.1111) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R.9027 / S. 4690) Atomic Energy Advancement Act (H.R.6544) Build Clean Act (no bill number) Clean Electricity & Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023 (H.R.6747) Comments to USDA regarding biofuels and the 45Z tax credit (no bill number) ENABLE Conservation Act of 2023 (H.R.2975) Fix Our Forests Act (H.R.8790) Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2023 (H.R.3424 / S.2631) Forest Data Modernization Act of 2023 (H.R.3990 / S.1743) Fostering Overseas Rule of Law and Environmentally Sound Trade (FOREST) Act of 2023 (H.R.6515 / S.3371) Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Preventi

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Forest Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Park Service (NPS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 1743 (118th), S. 2631 (118th), H.R. 3424 (118th), S. 1111 (118th), S. 433 (118th), H.R. 3990 (118th), H.R. 6747 (118th), H.R. 8790 (118th), H.R. 6544 (118th), H.R. 9027 (118th), S. 3371 (118th), S. 4690 (118th), H.R. 6515 (118th), H.R. 2975 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

A bill to provide a tax credit for developing a reforestation project and listing it with a carbon registry (no bill number) Developing legislation for new reforestation incentives (no bill number)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R.9027 / S. 4690) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 9026 / S. 4795) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8774 / S. 4921) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R.8752) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8771 / S. 4797) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8998 / S. 4802) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8997 / S. 4927) United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2024 (S.618) United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2023 (H.R.6727 / H.R.1298)

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1298 (118th), S. 4802 (118th), S. 618 (118th), H.R. 8774 (118th), H.R. 9027 (118th), H.R. 9026 (118th), S. 4795 (118th), S. 4921 (118th), H.R. 8771 (118th), S. 4797 (118th), H.R. 8752 (118th), S. 4927 (118th), S. 4690 (118th), H.R. 8997 (118th), H.R. 8998 (118th), H.R. 6727 (118th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Community and Hydropower Improvement Act (S.1521) Energy Permitting Reform Act (S.4753) GLRI Act of 2024 (H.R.7257 / S.3738) Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act (H.R.4045) PFAS Accountability Act of 2024 (H.R.7194 / S.3725) Review of environmental justice provisions in several pieces of legislation Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (S.4367) U.S. contributions to multilateral institutions for climate and conservation (GEF, GCF, UNFCCC) Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Reauthorization Act of 2023 (H.R.3918 / H.R.4629 / S.2247) Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (H.R.8812)

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4045 (118th), H.R. 4629 (118th), H.R. 3918 (118th), H.R. 8812 (118th), S. 2247 (118th), S. 4367 (118th), S. 3738 (118th), S. 3725 (118th), H.R. 7194 (118th), S. 1521 (118th), S. 4753 (118th), H.R. 7257 (118th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

BUILD Act reauthorization (no bill number) Build Clean Act (no bill number) Community and Hydropower Improvement Act (S.1521) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8997 / S. 4927) Energy Permitting Reform Act (S.4753) Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act (H.R.4045) Inflation Reduction Act of 2023 (H.R.812) Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2024 (H.R.8954) Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems (RISEE) Act of 2023 (H.R.913 / S.373)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 812 (118th), S. 4927 (118th), S. 373 (118th), H.R. 913 (118th), H.R. 8954 (118th), H.R. 4045 (118th), S. 4753 (118th), S. 1521 (118th), H.R. 8997 (118th)

Natural Resources NAT

2024 Farm Bill A concurrent resolution expressing the need for the Senate to provide advice and consent to ratification of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. (S.Con.Res.11) ACE Agriculture Act of 2023 (H.R.2385 / S.834) AMAZON21 Act (H.R.5830 / S.5019) Americas Outdoor Recreation Act of 2023 (S.873) Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act (H.R.7408) Bristol Bay Protection Act (H.R.8193) Caribbean and Latin America Maritime Security Initiative Act of 2024 (H.R.7209) Community and Hydropower Improvement Act (S.1521) Department of State Authorization Act of 2023 (S.2043) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8998 / S. 4802) Energy Permitting Reform Act (S.4753) EXPLORE Act (H.R.6492) Fix Our Forests Act (H.R.8790) Fostering Overseas Rule of Law and Environmentally Sound Trade (FOREST) Act of 2023 (H.R.6515 / S.3371) Foundation for International Food Security Act of 2023 (S.3207) Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024 (H.R.7779 / S.2781) Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act (H.R.4045) Increased TSP Access Act of 2023 (H.R.3036 / S.1400) Indian Buffalo Management Act (H.R.6368 / S.2908) Inflation Reduction Act of 2023 (H.R.812) Lacey Act Amendments of 2023 (H.R.4922 / S.1614) National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024 (H.R.8557 / S.4424) North American Grasslands Conservation Act (no bill number) Outdoors for All Act (H.R.1065 / S.448) Plum Island National Monument Act (H.R.1584) Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2024 (H.R.8954) Recovering Americas Wildlife Act of 2023 (S.1149) Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems (RISEE) Act of 2023 (H.R.913 / S.373) Rural Forest Markets Act of 2023 (H.R.5315 / S.3399) Save Our Sequoias Act (H.R.2989) Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act (H.R.1450 / S.697) United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2023 (H.R.6727 / H.R.1298) United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2024 (S.618) Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (H.R.8812) WILD Act (H.R.5009 / S.2395) Wildfire Safe Communities Act of 2024

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Park Service (NPS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 7779 (118th), H.R. 8557 (118th), H.R. 812 (118th), H.R. 8790 (118th), S. 448 (118th), S.Con.Res. 11 (118th), H.R. 5830 (118th), H.R. 5315 (118th), H.R. 4922 (118th), S. 5019 (118th), S. 3371 (118th), H.R. 1450 (118th), S. 4753 (118th), S. 4802 (118th), S. 1149 (118th), S. 873 (118th), H.R. 913 (118th), H.R. 1065 (118th), H.R. 4045 (118th), S. 2781 (118th), H.R. 6727 (118th), H.R. 6368 (118th), H.R. 7209 (118th), S. 373 (118th), S. 2395 (118th), H.R. 8954 (118th), H.R. 6492 (118th), H.R. 2385 (118th), S. 2043 (118th), H.R. 1584 (118th), S. 2908 (118th), S. 1521 (118th), S. 3399 (118th), S. 697 (118th), H.R. 7408 (118th), S. 834 (118th), H.R. 5009 (118th), S. 1400 (118th), S. 1614 (118th), H.R. 8193 (118th), H.R. 8812 (118th), S. 618 (118th), H.R. 1298 (118th), H.R. 6515 (118th), H.R. 3036 (118th), H.R. 8998 (118th), S. 3207 (118th), S. 4424 (118th), H.R. 2989 (118th)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Foundation for International Food Security Act of 2023 (S.3207) Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act (S.1890) Plum Island National Monument Act (H.R.1584) Rural Forest Markets Act of 2023 (H.R.5315 / S.3399) United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2023 (H.R.6727 / H.R.1298) United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2024 (S.618) Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (H.R.8812)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Park Service (NPS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1298 (118th), S. 1890 (118th), S. 618 (118th), H.R. 6727 (118th), H.R. 5315 (118th), H.R. 8812 (118th), S. 3399 (118th), S. 3207 (118th), H.R. 1584 (118th)