cooperative that is a sugar beet producer received for the 
2025 crop year under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Pro-
gram of the Department of Agriculture as described in 
the press release of the Department of Agriculture on De-
cember 8, 2025 (Release No. 0239.25). 
(c) APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated to the 
Secretary to carry out this section $330,000,000. 
SEC. 5. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALTY CROPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and 
implement a program under which the Secretary will pro-
vide a one-time payment to eligible producers to aid such 
producers in— 
(1) expanding domestic markets for the covered 
specialty crops of such producers; or 
(2) developing new markets for such crops. 
(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible producer seeking pay-
ment under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require. 
(c) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as specified in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall calculate the amount 
of the payment under this section to an eligible pro-
ducer based on the producer’s sales of covered spe-
cialty crops in calendar year 2025. 
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(2) NEW PRODUCERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a new 
producer, the Secretary shall calculate the 
amount of the payment under this section using 
the new producer’s estimate of their sales of 
covered specialty crops in calendar year 2026. 
(B) REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.—A new 
producer shall provide to the Secretary as evi-
dence to support the estimate referred to in 
paragraph (1)— 
(i) a legally binding contract or agree-
ment under which the producer has agreed 
to sell a covered specialty crop during cal-
endar year 2026; or 
(ii) evidence that, at the time of appli-
cation, a covered specialty crop has been 
planted and is expected to be harvested 
and sold in calendar year 2026. 
(3) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The 
maximum 
amount of the payment an eligible producer may re-
ceive under this section shall not exceed $900,000. 
Such maximum amount may be reduced if the 
amount of funds made available to carry out this 
section for a fiscal year is insufficient (as deter-
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mined by the Secretary) to make all payments for 
which applications are submitted under this section. 
(4) REDUCTION
OF
TOTAL
PAYMENT.—The 
amount of the payment an eligible producer may re-
ceive under this section with respect to a covered 
specialty crop shall be reduced by the amount of any 
payment issued by the Secretary to such producer 
for such covered specialty crop (or acres on the farm 
planted to such crop) under the Farmer Bridge As-
sistance Program of the Department of Agriculture 
(as described in the press release of the Department 
of Agriculture on December 8, 2025 (Release No. 
0239.25)). 
(5) PROHIBITION ON DUPLICATE PAYMENTS.— 
An eligible producer may not receive financial assist-
ance under this section and under section 6 with re-
spect to the same losses. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
SPECIALTY
CROP.—The term 
‘‘covered specialty crop’’ means— 
(A) a specialty crop; 
(B) dry edible beans and peas, mushrooms, 
and vegetable seed; 
(C) Christmas trees; 
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(D) any culinary and medicinal herb or 
spice; 
(E) honey, hops, maple sap, tea, coffee, 
turfgrass, and grass seed; and 
(F) such other crop as determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(2) ELIGIBLE PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘eligible 
producer’’ means a producer of covered specialty 
crops (including a new producer) that— 
(A)(i) is in the business of producing cov-
ered specialty crops as of the date on which the 
producer seeks payment under this section; and 
(ii) is entitled to an ownership share and 
shares in the risk of producing a covered spe-
cialty crop that will be sold in the calendar year 
for which payment is sought; 
(B) is— 
(i) a citizen of the United States or 
lawful alien (as defined in section 1400.3 
of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
successor regulations)); 
(ii) a partnership, corporation, limited 
liability company, or other organizational 
structure organized under State law; 
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(iii) an Indian Tribe or Tribal Organi-
zation (as those terms are defined in sec-
tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5304)); or 
(iv) a foreign person that meets the 
requirements specified in section 1400.401 
of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
successor regulations); and 
(C) has an average adjusted gross income 
that— 
(i) is less than $900,000 for the pre-
ceding three tax years; or 
(ii) equals or exceeds $900,000 if the 
producers’s average adjusted gross farm 
income is at least 75 percent of the pro-
ducer’s average adjusted gross income. 
(3) NEW
PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘new pro-
ducer’’ means a producer of covered specialty crops 
who, at the time of application for payment under 
this section— 
(A) began producing specialty crops in ei-
ther of the preceding two crop years but did not 
have sales due to the immaturity of the crop; 
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(B) began producing specialty crops in the 
preceding crop year but did not have a complete 
year of sales; or 
(C) is beginning to grow specialty crops in 
the crop year with respect to which the applica-
tion is submitted. 
(4) SPECIALTY
CROP.—The term ‘‘specialty 
crop’’ has the meaning given such term in section 3 
of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 
(7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108–465). 
(e) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated to the 
Secretary $5,000,000,000 to carry out this section. 
(2) REDUCTION BASED ON OTHER FUNDING.— 
In providing payments under this section, the Sec-
retary shall use an amount equal to the amounts ap-
propriated under paragraph (1) reduced by any 
amount obligated by the Secretary for payments to 
eligible producers of specialty crops under the Farm-
er Bridge Assistance Program of the Department of 
Agriculture (as described in the press release of the 
Department of Agriculture on December 8, 2025 
(Release No. 0239.25)). 
(3) RESCISSION.—Effective on the date that is 
the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date 
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of enactment of this Act, there is rescinded from the 
unobligated balance of the amount appropriated 
under paragraph (1) an amount equal to the amount 
under paragraph (1) reduced by the amount obli-
gated by the Secretary for payments to eligible pro-
ducers of specialty crops under the Farmer Bridge 
Assistance Program of the Department of Agri-
culture (as described in the press release of the De-
partment of Agriculture on December 8, 2025 (Re-
lease No. 0239.25)) for such period. 
SEC. 6. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR QUALIFIED TIMBER 
LOSSES. 
(a) The Secretary shall establish a program under 
which the Secretary shall provide to an eligible entity that 
submits an application under subsection (b)— 
(1) a one-time payment or grant, as determined 
by the Secretary, for qualified timber losses; 
(2) a one-time loan or loan guarantee, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, for purposes of enabling the 
eligible entity to— 
(A) address or offset increases in the tim-
ber-related business operating costs of the eligi-
ble entity during calendar year 2025 due to 
market and economic conditions, as determined 
by the Secretary; or 
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(B) establish, reopen, expand, or improve 
the timber-related operations of the eligible en-
tity; or 
(3) a payment or grant under paragraph (1) 
and a loan or loan guarantee under paragraph (2). 
(b) To be eligible to receive financial assistance under 
the program under subsection (a) an eligible entity shall 
submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(c)(1) The amount of a payment or grant the Sec-
retary provides to an eligible entity under subsection 
(a)(1) shall not exceed the amount that is the lesser of 
the following: 
(A) The amount equal to $40,000 re-
duced by the amount described in para-
graph (3). 
(B) The amount equal to— 
(i) the amount equal to 65 per-
cent of the qualified timber losses of 
the eligible entity; reduced by 
(ii) the amount described in 
paragraph (3). 
(2) The amount of a loan or loan guarantee the 
Secretary provides to an eligible entity under sub-
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section (a)(2) shall not exceed the amount equal to 
$5,000,000 reduced by the amount described in 
paragraph (3). 
(3) The amount described in this paragraph is, 
with respect to an eligible entity, the amount of any 
financial assistance the eligible entity receives with 
respect to calendar year 2025 under the Farmer 
Bridge Assistance Program of the Department of 
Agriculture (as described in the press release of the 
Department of Agriculture on December 8, 2025 
(Release No. 0239.25)) for qualified timber losses. 
(4) An eligible entity may not receive financial 
assistance under this section and under section 5 
with respect to the same losses. 
(d)(1) There is appropriated to the Secretary 
$500,000,000 to carry out this section. 
(2) Of the amount appropriated under para-
graph (1)— 
(A) the Secretary shall use $250,000,000 
to provide payments or grants under subsection 
(a)(1); and 
(B) the Secretary shall use $250,000,000 
to provide loans or loan guarantees under sub-
section (a)(2). 
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(3) If the Secretary determines the amount of 
funds under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph 
(2) is insufficient to provide the financial assistance 
specified in such subparagraphs, the Secretary may 
ratably reduce such assistance. 
(e) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means an entity 
that— 
(A)(i) is in the business of growing, pro-
ducing, harvesting, transporting, or processing 
timber, including for lumber, pulp, and paper, 
as of the date on which the entity submits an 
application under subsection (b), and was in 
business during the prior calendar year; or 
(ii) is entitled to an ownership share, 
and shares in the risk, of timber produc-
tion on private forest land in the United 
States relating to an application under 
subsection (b); and 
(B)(i) in the case of an entity that is an 
individual, is a citizen of the United States or 
lawful alien (as defined in section 1400.3 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-
cessor regulations)); 
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(ii) is a partnership, corporation, co-
operative, limited liability company, or 
other organizational structure organized 
under State law; 
(iii) is an Indian Tribe or Tribal orga-
nization (as those terms are defined in sec-
tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5304)); or 
(iv) is a foreign person that meets the 
requirements specified in section 1400.401 
of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
successor regulations). 
(2) The term ‘‘qualified timber losses’’ means 
the timber-related revenue losses of an eligible entity 
that occurred during calendar year 2025 due to 
market and economic conditions, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
SEC. 7. OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Forest Service an Office of Technology Transfer (re-
ferred to this subsection as the ‘‘Office’’). 
(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Office shall be— 
(1) to expand the commercial impact of the re-
search investments of the Forest Service; and 
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(2) to provide for the commercialization of tech-
nologies that support the mission of the Forest Serv-
ice. 
(c) CHIEF COMMERCIALIZATION OFFICER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed 
by an officer, who shall— 
(A) be known as the ‘‘Chief Commer-
cialization Officer’’; and 
(B) report to the Deputy Chief of the For-
est Service for Research and Development. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—An individual appointed 
to the position of Chief Commercialization Officer 
shall be an individual who, by reason of professional 
background and experience, is specially qualified to 
advise the Chief of the Forest Service and the Dep-
uty Chief of the Forest Service for Research and 
Development on technology transfer at the Forest 
Service. 
(3) DUTIES.—The Chief Commercialization Of-
ficer shall— 
(A) oversee the expenditure of funds allo-
cated for technology transfer within the Forest 
Service; 
(B) represent the Forest Service on— 
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