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
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), 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
.
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
.