# 119-hr-6277: SAWMILL Act

119-hr-6277, SAWMILL Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6277
- Congress: 119
- Title: SAWMILL Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-11-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**This bill would create the Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program to** expand rural sawmill capacity to support forest ecological restoration. It would let the U.S. Department of Agriculture guarantee loans for sawmills and wood-processing facilities located near prioritized federal lands so local mills can help lower vegetation-removal costs. - Sawmill owners and operators: Would be eligible for loan guarantees to establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or improve sawmills in rural areas if the facility is within a 250-mile radius of eligible Federal land and would substantially reduce restoration costs. - Federal land restoration managers: Would require the Agriculture Secretary, working with the Interior Secretary, to identify units that are high or very high priority for ecological restoration involving vegetation removal within one year and at least every five years. - Rural communities and local industry: Would aim to boost local wood-processing capacity and jobs by backing loan guarantees up to $220.0 million, subject to conditions the Secretary sets.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (R-MS), 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2026-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] (R-MS), 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Loan guarantees for rural sawmills: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program at the Department of Agriculture. The program would offer up to $220,000,000 in loan guarantees to eligible owners or operators of sawmills or wood-processing facilities in rural areas. To qualify, a facility wo…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-6277 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6277)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6277 (as of 2026-09-21).