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Boehner Pressured to Call Vote on 'Death Tax' Repeal
The House Republican freshman class has ratcheted up pressure on Speaker John Boehner to bring full repeal of the federal estate tax — popularly derided as the “death tax” — to a vote on the House floor.
Strongly supported by FLA, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011 has 206 House co-sponsors, including four Democrats, ensuring its likelihood of passage in the GOP-dominated House. On the Senate side, Republican John Thune proposed a version of the same legislation in March of this year. That bill currently has 36 cosponsors.Read More »
News Release
Ocean Policy Plan Could Have Far Reaching Impacts on Private Forest Management
FLA Joins Interest Groups in Speaking Out
On April 12, 2012, the Forest Landowners Association joined eighty-one groups in submitting a letter asking for language to be included in all fiscal year 2013 appropriations bills prohibiting the use of funds to implement the new National Ocean Policy.
The letter was sent to U.S. House Appropriations Committee Chairman, Harold Rogers (KY), as well as the Chairperson of each House Appropriations Subcommittee. The request was made as part of an effort to achieve a pause in policy implementation that would provide more time for oversight and examination of potential impacts. Read More »
2012 National Conference
Rooms are available at the Sawgrass Marriott under the FLA room block for $169 a night plus applicable taxes.
Attendees can call 1-800-457-Golf or go online at Sawgrass Mariott and select Reservations, then enter group code FORFORA for a deluxe guestroom or FORFORD for a standard guestroom by April 30, 2012. Read More »