The 2018 farm bill was passed out of the Agriculture Committee several weeks ago and will be considered this week by the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee is the last stop before the bill goes to the floor. So far, NRMCA and our coalition partners have successfully prevented any amendments that would include the Tall Wood Building Prize Competition. The Senate is producing its own farm bill and will likely consider it in the Senate Agriculture Committee before the end of May. The wood industry is pushing hard to include the Tall Wood Building Prize Competition in the farm bill. This competition is a direct effort to place wood in the tall building market, 85 feet and above, in direct government-supported competition with concrete.
TAKE ACTION: If you have not signed your company on to this letter opposing the Timber Innovation Act and the Tall Wood Building Prize Competition, please click here.
TAKE ACTION: If you have not yet sent your Members of Congress a letter opposing the Tall Wood Building Prize Competition, please click here.
NRMCA urges you to please forward this on to your colleagues, coworkers and suppliers. If you have any questions, please contact Andrew Tyrrell at 321-229-1785.
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association