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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6277 
To establish requirements under which the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall carry out the Timber Production 
Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2025 
Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself and Ms. SEWELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 
the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish requirements under which the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of the Interior shall carry 
out the Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan 
Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting American 
Wood and Mill Infrastructure with Loans for Longevity 
Act’’ or the ‘‘SAWMILL Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TIMBER PRODUCTION EXPANSION GUARANTEED 
LOAN PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means an individual or entity that owns or oper-
ates a sawmill or other wood-processing facility lo-
cated in a rural area (as defined in section 343(a) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a))) of the United States. 
(2) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘eli-
gible Federal land’’ means any unit of Federal land, 
including Indian forest land or rangeland, that has 
been identified by the Secretary, in coordination 
with the Secretary of the Interior, as high or very 
high priority for ecological restoration involving 
vegetation removal under subsection (b). 
(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan 
Program of the Department of Agriculture. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(b) 
IDENTIFICATION
OF
ELIGIBLE
FEDERAL 
LAND.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 5 years 
thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of the Interior, shall— 
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(1) review Federal land under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior; and 
(2) identify units of Federal land that, as deter-
mined by the Secretaries, are high or very high pri-
ority for ecological restoration involving vegetation 
removal. 
(c) LOAN GUARANTEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of the Interior, shall provide 
loan guarantees under the Program to eligible enti-
ties seeking to establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or 
improve a sawmill or other wood-processing facility 
located within a 250-mile radius of, a unit of eligible 
Federal land, if the presence of a sawmill or other 
wood-processing facility would, or does, substantially 
decrease the cost of conducting ecological restoration 
projects involving vegetation removal on the eligible 
Federal land, as determined by the Secretary, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—A loan guarantee under the 
Program shall be provided in accordance with such 
conditions as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary. 
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