§7655d — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary may give wood innovation grants each year to eligible groups to help increase use of new wood products. To get a grant, an eligible group must send a proposal when and how the Secretary asks. Eligible entity means an individual; a public or private organization (including a “center of excellence” made of partnerships between forestry, engineering, architecture, or business schools at one or more colleges); or a State, local, or Tribal government. Secretary means the Secretary acting through the Chief of the Forest Service. The Secretary will favor proposals that use or retrofit existing sawmills in counties where last year’s average unemployment rate was more than 1 percent above the national average. Anyone who gets a grant must match it with the same amount of money from non-Federal sources.

Title 7, §7655d

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(a)In this section:

(1)The term “eligible entity” means—

(A)an individual;

(B)a public or private entity (including a center of excellence that consists of 1 or more partnerships between forestry, engineering, architecture, or business schools at 1 or more institutions of higher education); or

(C)a State, local, or Tribal government.

(2)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.

(b)(1)The Secretary, in carrying out the wood innovation grant program of the Secretary described in the notice of the Secretary entitled “Request for Proposals: 2016 Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity” (80 Fed. Reg. 63498 (October 20, 2015)), may make a wood innovation grant to 1 or more eligible entities each year for the purpose of advancing the use of innovative wood products.

(2)To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary a proposal at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.

(c)In selecting among proposals of eligible entities under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall give priority to proposals that include the use or retrofitting (or both) of existing sawmill facilities located in counties in which the average annual unemployment rate exceeded the national average unemployment rate by more than 1 percent in the previous calendar year.

(d)As a condition of receiving a grant under subsection (b), an eligible entity shall provide funds equal to the amount received by the eligible entity under the grant, to be derived from non-Federal sources.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, and not as part of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, which in part comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions “Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 2 of Pub. L. 115–334, set out as a Definition of “Secretary” note under section 9001 of this title. For definition of “innovative wood product”, see section 8641 of Pub. L. 115–334, set out as a note under section 7655c of this title.

§7655d Wood Innovation Grant Program

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Title 7, §7655d

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