HR 2517

Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025

Summary

Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025 This bill makes changes to grant programs administered by the Forest Service to promote wood products. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2030, modifies, and renames the Community Wood Facilities Grant program. Currently named the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program, this program provides competitive grants to fund a portion of the capital costs for installing community wood energy systems or building innovative wood products facilities.   Modifications to the program include increasing the maximum grant amount per facility, increasing the portion of a project's cost that may be covered by a grant, and changing the grant selection criteria. The bill also modifies the Wood Innovation Grant Program, which provides grants to develop and expand the market for innovative wood products. Specifically, the bill increases the portion of a project's cost that may be covered by such a grant. The bill also modifies both programs to prioritize grants for the construction, use, or retrofitting of forest products manufacturing.

Bill status

Status
In committee
Sponsor
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez [D-WA-3]
Cosponsors
3
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Introduced
2025-03-31
Latest action
2025-04-18: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

Committee referrals

Recent actions

  • 2025-04-18: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
  • 2025-03-31: 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.
  • 2025-03-31: 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.
  • 2025-03-31: Introduced in House
  • 2025-03-31: Introduced in House