by Mountain States Lumber | Dec 27, 2019 | Legislative Updates
Package Includes Tax Extenders and Repeal of Health Insurance Tax [Washington, D.C.] Last Friday, President Trump signed two bills passed by Congress which fund the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2020. The National Lumber and Building...
by Mountain States Lumber | Dec 13, 2019 | Legislative Updates
More Work Must be Done to Eliminate Tariffs [Washington, D.C.] Today, the Trump Administration announced that a Phase One trade agreement has been reached between the United States and China. As a part of this deal, the U.S. will cancel a proposed 15 percent tariff on...
by Mountain States Lumber | Nov 25, 2019 | Legislative Updates
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule to make 1.3 million American workers newly eligible for overtime pay, including NLBMDA-recommended provisions that were ultimately approved in a final rule, which are effective January 1,...
by Mountain States Lumber | Oct 1, 2019 | Legislative Updates
Today, the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule that will raise the overtime salary limit for workers from $455 per week to $684 per week,...
by Mountain States Lumber | May 15, 2019 | Legislative Updates
On My 8th, 2019, the members of the Western Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives announced a reintroduction of The Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019. Here’s an excerpt of the announcement from Chief Infrastructure and Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman...
