Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2009

HR 1 / PL 111-5: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Section 45 tax credit, timber tax/TREE Act, housing credits) HR 594: Save Our Climate Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 622 / S 870: Removing third party sale requirement of the Section 45 tax credit (entire bill) HR 1245 / HR 3760 / S 1230: Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1862: Cap and Dividend Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1903: Responsible Homeowners Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1993 / HR 2606 / HR 2655: First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2543 / S 316: Timber Revitilization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2619: Temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers (entire bill) HR 2626 / S1090: Renewable Energy Parity and Investment Remedy Act (entire bill) HR 3302 / S 1501: Community Forest Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 3548: Worker, Home Ownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (homebuyer tax credit) HR 3590: Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (employer and cellulosic tax credit provisions) HR 3761 / HR 3773 / S 1678: Temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers (entire bill) HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act (employer and cellulosic biofuel tax credit) HR 3985: Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit (entire bill) HR 4066: Making permanent the alternative fuels tax credit (entire bill) HR 4213: American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (timber, alternative fuels, cellulosic fuels and Section 45 tax provisions) HR 4374: Renewable Biomass Fairness Act (entire bill) HR 4849: Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 (cellulosic fuel tax provision) HR 4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (employer tax provisions, cellulosic tax credit provisions) HR 5297: Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010 (tall crude oil provision) HR 5372: Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat any business credit attributable to wind, solar, or biomass electricity production and investment in solar energy property as refundable to the extent the taxpayer makes new wind, solar, and other renewable energy investments (biomass provisions) HR 5623 / PL 111-98: Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 (entire bill) S 1030: Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the reduction in the credit rate for certain facilities producing electricity from renewable resources S 1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 (employer tax provisions) S 2877: Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (entire bill) S 3793: Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010 (timber tax provisions) Issues: Timber Tax/TREE Act, Alternative Fuels Tax Credit, Carbon Tax, Housing Tax Credits, Section 1402(a) of Title XIV of Water Resources Development Act (Harbor Maintenance Tax), Cellulosic Biofuels Tax Credit.

Client expense: $440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

HJR 18: Providing for Congressional disapproval of Interior interagency rules on Endangered Species Act (entire bill) HR 146 / S 22 / PL 111-11: Omnibus Lands Bill (provisions relating to Okla., Ore., Ark. & La.; ESA provisions) HR 1404 / S 561: Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2781 / S 1369: Designate segments of Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System HR 3302 / S 1501: Community Forest Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 3503: Salmon Solutions and Planning Act (entire bill) S 817: Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) Issues: Northern Spotted Owl, Salmon, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Sudden Oak Death Programs, Endangered Species Act Programs, Implementation of Lacey Act Amendments on importation of illegally logged materials, Implementation of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Expansion of Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge

Client expense: $440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Support for legislation (S. 1501, H.R. 3302), to clarify that tax exempt bonds may be used to finance the purchase of land for conservation, notwithstanding limited timber harvesting.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1831, Conservation Easement Incentive Act and S. 812 Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act, to make permanent tax incentives for conservation easements, H.R. 4213-extending that provision for 2010, and IRS enforcement of that provision; H.R. 1328, H.R. 3050, H.R. 3534 & senate proposals, providing estate tax conservation incentives & packages to which these would be attached; H.R. 3302, S. 1501, Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2009, to enact community forestry bonds

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Support for legislation (S. 1501, H.R. 3302), to clarify that tax exempt bonds may be used to finance the purchase of land for conservation, notwithstanding limited timber harvesting.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HJR 18: Providing for Congressional disapproval of Interior interagency rules on Endangered Species Act (entire bill) HR 146 / S 22 / PL 111-11: Omnibus Lands Bill (provisions relating to Okla., Ore., Ark. & La.; ESA provisions) HR 1404 / S 561: Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2781 / S 1369: Designate segments of Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System HR 3302 / S 1501: Community Forest Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 3503: Salmon Solutions and Planning Act (entire bill) S 817: Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) Issues: Northern Spotted Owl, Salmon, Forest Fire Funding & Programs, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Sudden Oak Death Programs, Endangered Species Act Programs, Bonneville Power Administration Salmon Recovery Programs, Implementation of Lacey Act Amendments on importation of illegally logged materials, Implementation of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program

Client expense: $570,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 1 / PL 111-5: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Section 45 tax credit, timber tax/TREE Act, housing credits) HR 594: Save Our Climate Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 622 / S 870: Removing third party sale requirement of the Section 45 tax credit (entire bill) HR 1245 / HR 3760 / S 1230: Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1862: Cap and Dividend Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1903: Responsible Homeowners Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1993 / HR 2606 / HR 2655: First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2543 / S 316: Timber Revitilization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2619: Temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers (entire bill) HR 2626 / S1090: Renewable Energy Parity and Investment Remedy Act (entire bill) HR 3302 / S 1501: Community Forest Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 3548: Worker, Home Ownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (homebuyer tax credit) HR 3590: Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (employer and cellulosic tax credit provisions) HR 3761 / HR 3773 / S 1678: Temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers (entire bill) HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act (employer and cellulosic biofuel tax credit) HR 3985: Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit (entire bill) HR 4066: Making permanent the alternative fuels tax credit (entire bill) HR 4213: American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (timber, alternative fuels, cellulosic fuels and Section 45 tax provisions) HR 4374: Renewable Biomass Fairness Act (entire bill) HR 4849: Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 (cellulosic fuel tax provision) HR 4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (employer tax provisions, cellulosic tax credit provisions) HR 5297: Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010 (tall crude oil provision) HR 5623 / PL 111-98: Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 (entire bill) S 1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 (employer tax provisions) S 2877: Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (entire bill) Issues: Timber Tax/TREE Act, Alternative Fuels Tax Credit, Carbon Tax, Housing Tax Credits, Section 1402(a) of Title XIV of Water Resources Development Act (Harbor Maintenance Tax), Cellulosic Biofuels Tax Credit.

H.R. 1831, Conservation Easement Incentive Act and S. 812 Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act, Amending the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent incentives for donations of conservation easements, and IRS enforcement of this provision; H.R. 1328, H.R. 3050, H.R. 3534 & senate proposals, providing estate tax conservation incentives & packages to which these would be attached; H.R. 3302, S. 1501, Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2009, seeking to enact community forestry bonds

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

HR 1 / PL 111-5: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Section 45 tax credit, timber tax/TREE Act, housing credits) HR 594: Save Our Climate Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 622 / S 870: Removing third party sale requirement of the Section 45 tax credit (entire bill) HR 1245 / HR 3760 / S 1230: Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1862: Cap and Dividend Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1903: Responsible Homeowners Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1993 / HR 2606 / HR 2655: First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2543 / S 316: Timber Revitilization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2619: Temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers (entire bill) HR 2626 / S1090: Renewable Energy Parity and Investment Remedy Act (entire bill) HR 3302 / S 1501: Community Forest Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 3548: Worker, Home Ownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (homebuyer tax credit) HR 3590: Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (employer and cellulosic tax credit provisions) HR 3761 / HR 3773 / S 1678: Temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers (entire bill) HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act (employer and cellulosic biofuel tax credit) HR 3985: Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit (entire bill) HR 4066: Making permanent the alternative fuels tax credit (entire bill) HR 4213: American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (timber, alternative fuels, cellulosic fuels and Section 45 tax provisions) HR 4374: Renewable Biomass Fairness Act (entire bill) HR 4849: Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 (cellulosic fuel tax provision) HR 4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (employer tax provisions, cellulosic tax credit provisions) S 1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 (employer tax provisions) S 2877: Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (entire bill) Issues: Timber Tax/TREE Act, Alternative Fuels Tax Credit, Carbon Tax, Housing Tax Credits, Section 1402(a) of Title XIV of Water Resources Development Act (Harbor Maintenance Tax), Cellulosic Biofuels Tax Credit.

HJR 18: Providing for Congressional disapproval of Interior interagency rules on Endangered Species Act (entire bill) HR 146 / S 22 / PL 111-11: Omnibus Lands Bill (provisions relating to Okla., Ore., Ark. & La.; ESA provisions) HR 1404 / S 561: Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 2781 / S 1369: Designate segments of Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System HR 3302 / S 1501: Community Forest Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 3503: Salmon Solutions and Planning Act (entire bill) S 817: Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009 (entire bill) Issues: Northern Spotted Owl, Salmon, Forest Fire Funding & Programs, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Sudden Oak Death Programs, Endangered Species Act Programs, Bonneville Power Administration Salmon Recovery Programs, Implementation of Lacey Act Amendments on importation of illegally logged materials, Implementation of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program

Client expense: $790,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Support for legislation (S. 1501, H.R. 3302), to clarify that tax exempt bonds may be used to finance the purchase of land for conservation, notwithstanding limited timber harvesting.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 4191 Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act of 2009 / S 2927 Wall Street Fair Share Act, regarding issues on financial transactions tax; HR 2847 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, regarding reporting on foreign accounts, foreign exceptions to registered bond requirements, substitute dividends and dividend equivalent payments, and qualified tax credit bonds; TARP bonus tax proposals; HR 1083 Business Activity Simplification Act, regarding establishment of physical nexus standard; HR 1944 Tax Extenders Act of 2009 / HR 4213, regarding extension of IRS Code 954(h); General issues on solar tax incentives, wire transfer reporting proposals, international tax reform proposals, low income housing credit, and Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee; HR 2989 401K Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act, regarding issues on investment advice; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regarding information reporting on payments to corporations; HR 3302 / S 1501 The Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2009, regarding community forestry bonds; HR 4849 Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 / HR 4213 American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010, regarding new markets tax credits, low income housing credit and Build America Bonds; HR 3439 / S 1341 Close the SILO/LILO Loophole Act of 2009, regarding excise tax on leasing transactions.

Client expense: $940,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1831, Conservation Easement Incentive Act and S. 812 Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act, Amending the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent incentives for donations of conservation easements, and IRS enforcement of this provision; H.R. 1328, H.R. 3050 & H.R. 3534, providing estate tax conservation incentives & packages to which these would be attached;The H.R. 3302, S. 1501, Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2009, seeking to enact community forestry bonds

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

HR 1944, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income; HR 4213 Tax Extenders Act of 2009, on issues regarding new markets tax credit, substitute dividends and dividend equivalent payments, foreign exceptions to registered bond requirements, reporting on foreign accounts, and extension of IRS Code Sec 954 (h); HR 2452 / HR 3548 Worker, Homeownership & Business Assistance Act of 2009 / S 823 Net Operating Loss Carryback Act, issues regarding net operating loss rules; General issues on solar tax incentives, wire transfer reporting proposals, international tax reform proposals, low income housing credit; HR 3548 / S 253 / HR 1119 Fix Housing First Homebuyer Tax Credit Act, regarding issues of homebuyer tax credits; HR 2989 401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act, regarding issues on investment advice; HR 3439 / S 1341 Close the SILO/LILO Loophole Act, regarding excise tax on leasing transactions; HR 4191 Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act / S 2927 Wall Street Fair Share Act, regarding financial transactions tax; HR 3302 / S 1501 Community Forestry Conservation Act regarding community forestry bonds; HR 1083 Business Activity Simplification Act, regarding establishment of physical nexus standard.

Client expense: $1,180,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Develop support for legislation (S. 1501, H.R. 3302), to clarify that tax exempt bonds may be used to finance the purchase of land for conservation, notwithstanding limited timber harvesting.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Reauthorization of the Federal Land Transaction and Facilitation Act (H.R. 3339/S. 1787); National Fish Habitat Conservation Act (S. 1214/H.R. 2565); Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Authorization (S. 479/H.R. 965); Reauthorization of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (S. 690/H.R. 2213); Joint Venture Program Authorization Act (H.R. 2188); Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (H.R. 1916); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Office Reauthorization Bill/Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoys System (S. 1224/H.R. 1771); Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, Title IV, Land and Water Conservation Fund (H.R. 3534); Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2009 (S. 2747); Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2009 (S. 1501/H.R. 3302).

Client expense: $68,563 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

H.R. 1831, Conservation Easement Incentive Act and S. 812 Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act, Amending the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent incentives for donations of conservation easements, and IRS enforcement of this provision; H.R. 1328, H.R. 3050 & H.R. 3534, providing estate tax conservation incentives & packages to which these would be attached;The H.R. 3302, S. 1501, Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2009, seeking to enact community forestry bonds

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Develop support for legislation (S. 1501, H.R. 3302), to clarify that tax exempt bonds may be used to finance the purchase of land for conservation, notwithstanding limited timber harvesting.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE