HR 2517

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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>