S. 2183

119 S2183 IS: Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-06-26
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  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 2183
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  June 26 (legislative day, June 24),
  2025
  Mrs. Shaheen  (for herself,  Ms. Collins , and  Mr.
  Kelly ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
  referred to the  Committee on Agriculture,
  Nutrition, and Forestry
  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), by striking  exceed—  in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (2) 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 .