Jobs in the Woods Act
Sponsored By: Representative Perez
Introduced
Summary
The Jobs in the Woods Act would create a USDA competitive grant program to build a _forestry workforce pipeline_. It would fund career-pathway training focused on forestry operations and forestry products in small, rural, and low-income areas.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New rural forestry job training grants
Within one year of enactment, USDA would set up a competitive grant program for forestry job training. Nonprofits, states, tribes, local governments, and colleges could apply for $500,000–$2,000,000 grants lasting up to 4 years. Training would focus on forestry operations and forest products. Projects must serve areas that are nonmetropolitan low‑income, have broadband or a plan for it, and have 50,000 people or fewer. USDA would favor plans that address an aging workforce, partner with schools or community colleges, and help place trainees into jobs. Congress would authorize $10 million a year for 2026–2030.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Perez
WA • D
Cosponsors
Rouzer
NC • R
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
ME • D
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
PA • R
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
AL • R
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
ME • D
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Bynum
OR • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Schrier
WA • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Bresnahan
PA • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
McGuire
VA • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]
VA • R
Sponsored 4/2/2026
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