H.R. 2517

119 HR 2517 IH: Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-31
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2517  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025  .
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 .
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 .