# 119-hr-2517: Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025

119-hr-2517, Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2517
- Congress: 119
- Title: Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-03-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.*

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Bigger grants for community wood projects: benefit, high. 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…
- More Wood Innovations grants for manufacturers: benefit, medium. 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)…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-1383: Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2517 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2517)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-1383: Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1383)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2517 (as of 2026-04-21).