Mass Timber Federal Buildings Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
Introduced
Summary
Would create a federal "Made in America" contracting preference for mass timber and other innovative wood products in public buildings. It links procurement priority to U.S. production, verified responsible sourcing, and a required lifecycle assessment of environmental impact.
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- Federal projects and military installations would get priority when construction, alteration, acquisition, or lease contracts use innovative wood products made in the United States and harvested from U.S. forestlands. The General Services Administrator and the Secretary of Defense would apply the preference.
- U.S. innovative wood product facilities would be favored, and contracting officers must seek documentation that material came from "responsible sources" or jurisdictions that follow strong forest management practices.
- Contracts should give added preference to wood from restoration practices, forest work to protect communities from catastrophic wildfire, or from underserved forest owners such as Tribally owned and small family forests.
- New public buildings using innovative wood products would need a cradle-to-gate whole-building lifecycle assessment focused on global warming potential, done within 180 days under ISO 14044 and 14020, with results reported to Congress and made public.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Climate study for mass timber buildings
If enacted, the bill would require the GSA Administrator, with the Agriculture Secretary, to complete a cradle-to-gate whole-building lifecycle assessment for new public buildings that use innovative wood products. The assessment would have to focus on global warming potential and follow ISO 14044 and ISO 14020. The Administrator would need to finish the study within 180 days after enactment. Within 180 days after finishing, the Administrator would send a report to Congress and make the results public.
Federal preference for U.S. mass timber
If enacted, the bill would tell the GSA Administrator and the Secretary of Defense to give priority to public building contracts that use innovative wood products. Those products would need to be made at U.S. innovative wood product facilities and harvested from U.S. forestlands that meet "responsible sources" rules. "Responsible sources" would mean either independent certification to a procurement standard or sourcing from jurisdictions with regulatory programs, including Federal, State, and Tribal lands. Agencies would be asked to prefer products from restoration practices, wildfire-protection forest management, or underserved owners (including Tribally owned and small family forests) and to seek documents that verify where the wood came from. The bill would also treat military installations as public buildings for these rules.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
PA • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 5/29/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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