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119-s-2183119th CongressWALLET

Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

Introduced

Summary

Expands federal grants to build and modernize community wood and forest-products facilities. Would broaden program scope, increase grant size and project capacity, and require a higher recipient match to prioritize construction and manufacturing over energy-only sawmill retrofits.

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  • Community wood facilities and forest-products manufacturers would be eligible for grants for construction, use, or retrofitting, with a maximum award of $5.0 million and project capacity up to 15 megawatts of thermal energy.
  • Rural communities and local economies would gain support for community-scale processing and manufacturing, with grant awards weighing market competitiveness alongside cost effectiveness.
  • Grant applicants and local partners would face a higher cost share, moving the matching requirement to 50 percent, while annual authorizations would rise to $50.0 million for each year 2026–2030.

*Would increase authorized federal funding for these grant programs to $50.0 million per year through 2030 and shift more costs to recipients via a 50 percent match.*

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New grants for community wood facilities

If enacted, this would refocus and expand Federal grants for community wood and forest-products facilities. It would broaden eligible projects to include construction, use, or retrofitting for forest products manufacturing. Grants could not exceed $5,000,000 each. The program would be funded at $50 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. The program cap would increase from 35 to 50 projects and allowed project size would rise to up to 15 megawatts of thermal energy. Applicants would have to provide a 50% match. Grant awards would also consider market competitiveness alongside cost effectiveness. The related Wood Innovations program would be refocused on manufacturing and a statutory formula would be changed to include "50 percent of" the amount.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

NH • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]

    ME • R

    Sponsored 6/26/2025

  • Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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