Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2021

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2223 To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve assistance to community wood facilities, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 24, 2021 Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Mr. KELLY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 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- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Wood Fa- 4 cilities Assistance Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. COMMUNITY WOOD FACILITIES GRANT PROGRAM. 6 Section 9013 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest- 7 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8113) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2223.IS S2223 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2223 IS (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘EN- 1 ERGY AND WOOD INNOVATION’’ and inserting 2 ‘‘FACILITIES GRANT’’; 3 (2) in subsection (a)— 4 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), in the matter 5 preceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘woody bio- 6 mass, including’’ and inserting ‘‘primarily forest 7 biomass, including processing or manufac- 8 turing’’; and 9 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Energy 10 and Wood Innovation’’ and inserting ‘‘Facilities 11 Grant’’; 12 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Energy and 13 Wood Innovation’’ and inserting ‘‘Facilities Grant’’; 14 (4) in subsection (c)— 15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘35’’ and 16 inserting ‘‘50’’; 17 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 18 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 19 paragraph (2); 20 (5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘exceed—’’ in 21 the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that fol- 22 lows through the period at the end of paragraph (2) 23 and inserting ‘‘exceed $5,000,000.’’; 24 (6) in subsection (e)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2223.IS S2223 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 2223 IS (A) by striking paragraph (1); 1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 2 through (8) as paragraphs (1) through (7), re- 3 spectively; and 4 (C) in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), 5 by inserting ‘‘or market competitiveness’’ after 6 ‘‘cost effectiveness’’; 7 (7) in subsection (f)— 8 (A) by striking paragraph (2); 9 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 10 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 11 (C) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), 12 by striking ‘‘use or retrofitting (or both) of ex- 13 isting sawmill’’ and inserting ‘‘construction, 14 use, or retrofitting of forest products manufac- 15 turing’’; 16 (8) in subsection (g)— 17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5 18 megawatts of thermal energy or combined ther- 19 mal and electric energy’’ and inserting ‘‘15 20 megawatts of thermal energy’’; and 21 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘25 per- 22 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 23 (9) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘$25,000,000 24 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ and in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2223.IS S2223 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 2223 IS serting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 1 through 2026’’. 2 SEC. 3. WOOD INNOVATIONS GRANT PROGRAM. 3 Section 8643 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 4 2018 (7 U.S.C. 7655d) is amended— 5 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘INNO- 6 VATION’’ and inserting ‘‘INNOVATIONS’’; 7 (2) in subsection (c)— 8 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 9 ‘‘INCENTIVIZING USE OF EXISTING MILLING’’ 10 and inserting ‘‘EXPANDING FOREST PRODUCTS 11 MANUFACTURING’’; and 12 (B) by striking ‘‘use or retrofitting (or 13 both) of existing sawmill’’ and inserting ‘‘con- 14 struction, use, or retrofitting for forest products 15 manufacturing’’; and 16 (3) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘50 percent 17 of’’ before ‘‘the amount’’. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2223.IS S2223 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS