Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6277
SAWMILL Act
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Introduced 2025-11-21Topic: environment · economy jobs · agriculture foodSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill sets rules for a Department of Agriculture loan guarantee program for sawmills and other wood-processing facilities in rural areas. Within one year, and at least every five years after that, the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior would review federal land and identify areas that are high or very high priority for ecological restoration involving vegetation removal. The Secretary of Agriculture would provide loan guarantees to owners or operators who want to establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or improve a facility within 250 miles of that land, if the facility would substantially lower the cost of restoration work there. Total loan guarantees under the program could not exceed $220 million.
Sponsors
- Dan Newhouse Republican sponsor
- 12 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture. | refer |
| 2025-11-21 | House | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-21 | House | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-21 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-11-21 | Introduced in House | introduce |