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§7655d Wood Innovation Grant Program

Title 7 › CHAPTER 103 — AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION REFORM › SUBCHAPTER III — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Part B — General › § 7655d

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, can award one or more wood innovation grants each year to help increase use of new wood products. Eligible applicants are an individual; a public or private group (including centers of excellence made of partnerships among forestry, engineering, architecture, or business schools); or a State, local, or Tribal government. The program follows the "Request for Proposals: 2016 Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity" (80 Fed. Reg. 63498 (October 20, 2015)). Applicants must send a proposal when and how the Secretary requires and include the needed information. The Secretary must favor projects that use or retrofit existing sawmills in counties where the average annual unemployment rate was more than 1 percent above the national average in the previous calendar year. Grant recipients must match the grant dollar-for-dollar with non‑Federal funds.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §7655d

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(a)Definitions
In this section: (1) Eligible entity
(2)Secretary
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
(b)Grant program
(1)In general
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)Proposals
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)Incentivizing use of existing milling capacity
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)Matching requirement
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.

Legislative History

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.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 7655d

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110