[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2517 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2517
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve
assistance to community wood facilities, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 31, 2025
Ms. Perez (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, and Ms. Pingree) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and
in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve
assistance to community wood facilities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community Wood Facilities Assistance
Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY WOOD FACILITIES GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 9013 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
(7 U.S.C. 8113) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``energy and wood
innovation'' and inserting ``facilities grant'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), in the matter
preceding subclause (I), by striking ``woody biomass,
including'' and inserting ``primarily forest biomass,
including processing or manufacturing''; and
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Energy and Wood
Innovation'' and inserting ``Facilities Grant'';
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ``Energy and Wood
Innovation'' and inserting ``Facilities Grant'';
(4) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``35'' and
inserting ``50'';
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(2);
(5) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ``exceed--'' and all that follows through
``$1,500,000.'' and inserting ``exceed $5,000,000.'';
(6) in subsection (e)--
(A) by striking paragraph (1);
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as
paragraphs (1) through (7), respectively; and
(C) in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), by
inserting ``or market competitiveness'' after ``cost
effectiveness'';
(7) in subsection (f)--
(A) by striking paragraph (2);
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
(C) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by
striking ``use or retrofitting (or both) of existing
sawmill'' and inserting ``construction, use, or
retrofitting of forest products manufacturing'';
(8) in subsection (g)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``5 megawatts of
thermal energy or combined thermal and electric
energy'' and inserting ``15 megawatts of thermal
energy''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``25 percent''
and inserting ``50 percent''; and
(9) in subsection (h), by striking ``$25,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$50,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030''.
SEC. 3. WOOD INNOVATIONS GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 8643 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C.
7655d) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``innovation'' and
inserting ``innovations'';
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
``Incentivizing Use of Existing Milling'' and inserting
``Expanding Forest Products Manufacturing''; and
(B) by striking ``use or retrofitting (or both) of
existing sawmill'' and inserting ``construction, use,
or retrofitting for forest products manufacturing'';
and
(3) in subsection (d), by inserting ``50 percent of''
before ``the amount''.
<all>