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Fly-In 2024

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Washington Watch

Welcome to the Second Session of the 118th Congress.


U.S. House of Representatives - Schedule for the week of March 11, 2024

  • The House is in this week.   

U.S. Senate - Schedule for the week of March 11, 2024

  • The Senate is in this week.   

DC "Cheat Sheet"- Thursday, March 7, 2024 Edition 

 

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Quick Updates from Your HF Team


FY 2024 Spending Package Includes Boost for Biomass

Racing to get ahead of a shutdown deadline on Friday, the House overwhelmingly approved a Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 spending package that includes language classifying biomass as carbon neutral across federal agencies.  The Senate is expected to take up the bill Thursday, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) remains optimistic about timely passage. The Federation will keep you posted on developments as they unfold.

Federal Court Throws Out Corporate Transparency Mandates

In a victory for the business community, a federal court has ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), a little-known federal anti-corruption law enacted in 2021 that would impose multiple reporting requirements on small and medium sized businesses, is unconstitutional.  The Federation and its allies signed a letter in November, urging Congress to take action to delay the law’s implementation.  On a separate and ultimately successful track, the National Small Business Association filed a lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality, an outcome adopted by the federal court in its March 1 decision.

Hardwoods, U.S. Chamber Urge White House to Streamline NEPA

On March 6, the Hardwood Federation joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Association of American Railroads, the National Rural Electric Coop Association and other business groups in a conference call with the White House Office and Budget (OMB) urging the Administration to abandon plans to insert policy considerations within the context of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).  This is a statute that governs the process by which federal agencies issue environmental permits and was not enacted to address specific policy considerations such as wetlands designations and climate impacts.  The Federation joined the Chamber and allied groups in formal comments submitted in late September outlining arguments for streamlining the NEPA process rather than expanding its scope.  The Federation will keep you posted on developments related to changes to NEPA.


Make Your Reservation Today!  The Hardwood Federation has scheduled Fly-In 2024 for Tuesday, May 21 to Thursday, May 23.  Save the dates and come to Washington to make your voice heard on Capitol Hill!  To register for Fly-In 2024, please click here.  


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