I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2517 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve 
assistance to community wood facilities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2025 
Ms. PEREZ (for herself, Mr. NEWHOUSE, and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and 
in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 to improve assistance to community wood facili-
ties, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Community Wood Fa-
cilities Assistance Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY WOOD FACILITIES GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 9013 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8113) is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘EN-
ERGY
AND
WOOD
INNOVATION’’ and inserting 
‘‘FACILITIES GRANT’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), in the matter 
preceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘woody bio-
mass, including’’ and inserting ‘‘primarily forest 
biomass, including processing or manufac-
turing’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Energy 
and Wood Innovation’’ and inserting ‘‘Facilities 
Grant’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Energy and 
Wood Innovation’’ and inserting ‘‘Facilities Grant’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘35’’ and 
inserting ‘‘50’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); 
(5) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘exceed—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘$1,500,000.’’ and inserting ‘‘exceed 
$5,000,000.’’; 
(6) in subsection (e)— 
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(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (8) as paragraphs (1) through (7), re-
spectively; and 
(C) in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), 
by inserting ‘‘or market competitiveness’’ after 
‘‘cost effectiveness’’; 
(7) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(C) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘use or retrofitting (or both) of ex-
isting sawmill’’ and inserting ‘‘construction, 
use, or retrofitting of forest products manufac-
turing’’; 
(8) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5 
megawatts of thermal energy or combined ther-
mal and electric energy’’ and inserting ‘‘15 
megawatts of thermal energy’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘25 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 
(9) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘$25,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2030’’. 
SEC. 3. WOOD INNOVATIONS GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 8643 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (7 U.S.C. 7655d) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘INNO-
VATION’’ and inserting ‘‘INNOVATIONS’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘INCENTIVIZING USE OF EXISTING MILLING’’ 
and inserting ‘‘EXPANDING FOREST PRODUCTS 
MANUFACTURING’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘use or retrofitting (or 
both) of existing sawmill’’ and inserting ‘‘con-
struction, use, or retrofitting for forest products 
manufacturing’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘50 percent 
of’’ before ‘‘the amount’’. 
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