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119-hr-2517119th CongressWALLET

Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]

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Summary

Boosts and broadens federal grants to community wood facilities and forest products manufacturing. This bill would increase annual funding, expand what projects qualify, and make market competitiveness an explicit grant objective.

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  • Communities and manufacturers: Broadens eligible feedstock to 'primarily forest biomass' and allows grants for construction, use, or retrofitting of forest products manufacturing. Raises the per-project threshold from $1.5 million to $5.0 million.
  • Program funding: Raises authorized annual funding for the facilities grant program to $50.0 million for fiscal years 2026–2030, up from $25.0 million previously.
  • Project scale and cost sharing: Increases the energy-capacity cap to 15 megawatts thermal and raises the allowable cost-share from 25 percent to 50 percent. The Wood Innovations Grant is recast to expand forest products manufacturing eligibility and inserts a '50 percent of' clause that affects grant amounts.

*Would increase federal grant spending by authorizing higher annual funding and larger cost-share limits, raising federal outlays compared with current law.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Bigger grants for community wood projects

If enacted, the community wood Facilities Grant would broaden and grow. Eligible projects could be up to 15 megawatts of thermal energy, and the federal share could cover up to 50% (up from 25%). The project cost threshold would rise from $1.5 million to over $5 million, and another program factor would increase from 35 to 50. Projects using primarily forest biomass, including processing and construction or retrofits for forest-products manufacturing, would qualify. The bill would authorize $50 million each year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 and add “market competitiveness” to award reviews; it would also remove one statutory paragraph.

More Wood Innovations grants for manufacturers

If enacted, the Wood Innovations program would allow construction, not just retrofits of existing sawmills, to qualify for grants. It would cover construction, use, or retrofitting for forest-products manufacturing. The bill would also insert “50 percent of” into a funding formula in subsection (d). These changes would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]

WA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]

    WA • R

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

    ME • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2026

Roll Call Votes

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