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Federal Legislation Watch
As you are aware, the House Ways & Means Committee released the legislative text of tax reform legislation H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The document is 429 pages and we are looking at this information and the Read More …
President’s FY 2018 Budget Cuts Impacting Forestry – Act Now!
The President’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget request significantly cuts NIOSH, eliminating programs that protect the health and safety of America’s workforce, such as the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) Program, Education and Research Centers (ERCs), and the Total Worker Health (TWH) Program. Letters Read More …
Congress Considering HR 2936 – Resilient Federal Forests Act to Address Wildfire Threat
CONGRESS CONSIDERING HR 2936 – Resilient Federal Forests Act to Address Wildfire Threat Nick Smith, Opinion Contributor to The Hill The 2017 wildfire season is reigniting a national discussion on the causes of catastrophic wildfires and the solutions that are Read More …
Future Logging Careers Act Clears House Committee in Larger Resilient Federal Forests Act
June 27, 2017, Hemphill, TX—In Washington today, the House Natural Resources Committee held a mark-up on the Resilient Federal Forests Act, H.R. 2396 introduced by Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) which included language that would allow the sixteen and seventeen year-old Read More …
New US DOL Overtime Rules
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced its Final Rule that may make millions more employees eligible for overtime pay by December 1, 2016. Miscalculating overtime pay can result in penalties under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and/or applicable Read More …
House again favors Westerman’s forest-management bill
By Frank Lockwood Posted: May 30, 2016 at 1 a.m. WASHINGTON — An Arkansas lawmaker’s legislation that would overhaul national forest management passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last week, the second time in less than a year that Read More …