Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2023”.
Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2023
A BILL
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve assistance to community wood facilities, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Community Wood Facilities Grant Program
Section 9013 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8113) is amended—
in the section heading, by striking “Energy and Wood Innovation” and inserting “Facilities Grant”;
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking “woody biomass, including” and inserting “primarily forest biomass, including processing or manufacturing”; and
in paragraph (4), by striking “Energy and Wood Innovation” and inserting “Facilities Grant”;
in subsection (b), by striking “Energy and Wood Innovation” and inserting “Facilities Grant”;
in subsection (c)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “35” and inserting “50”;
by striking paragraph (2); and
by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
in subsection (d), by striking “exceed—” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting “exceed $5,000,000.”;
in subsection (e)—
by striking paragraph (1);
by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as paragraphs (1) through (7), respectively; and
in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), by inserting “or market competitiveness” after “cost effectiveness”;
in subsection (f)—
by striking paragraph (2);
by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking “use or retrofitting (or both) of existing sawmill” and inserting “construction, use, or retrofitting of forest products manufacturing”;
in subsection (g)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “5 megawatts of thermal energy or combined thermal and electric energy” and inserting “15 megawatts of thermal energy”; and
in paragraph (2), by striking “25 percent” and inserting “50 percent”; and
in subsection (h), by striking “$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023” and inserting “$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028”.
Sec. 3 Wood Innovations Grant Program
Section 8643 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 7655d) is amended—
in the section heading, by striking “Innovation” and inserting “Innovations”;
in subsection (c)—
in the subsection heading, by striking “Incentivizing use of existing milling” and inserting “Expanding forest products manufacturing”; and
by striking “use or retrofitting (or both) of existing sawmill” and inserting “construction, use, or retrofitting for forest products manufacturing”; and
in subsection (d), by inserting “50 percent of” before “the amount”.