A Republican bill with 8 Democratic cosponsors · See all 13 cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill establishes the Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior will coordinate to identify Federal land that is a high or very high priority for ecological restoration requiring vegetation removal. The Secretary of Agriculture will then provide loan guarantees to eligible entities. These entities must own or operate a sawmill or wood-processing facility in a rural area. To qualify, the facility must be within a 250-mile radius of the identified Federal land and help decrease the cost of ecological restoration projects. The total amount for these loan guarantees is capped at $220,000,000.
Yes· 3 of 6
- Scored +6
Would business owners be better off under this?
The bill provides financial assistance through loan guarantees for those owning or operating wood-processing facilities.
- Scored +6
Does this make it easier to run a small business?
The bill provides loan guarantees to help individuals or entities own or operate sawmills and wood-processing facilities.
- Scored +5
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?
The bill incentivizes the establishment and improvement of wood-processing industries within rural areas.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Support for Rural Industry: The bill provides loan guarantees for individuals or entities that own or operate sawmills or wood-processing facilities in rural areas (Section 2(a)(1)). This can help these businesses establish, reopen, retrofit, expand, or improve their facilities (Section 2(c)(1)).
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Cost Reduction for Ecological Restoration: By establishing wood-processing facilities near priority land, the program aims to substantially decrease the cost of conducting ecological restoration projects that involve vegetation removal (Section 2(c)(1)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Financial Limits on Program Scope: The Secretary is authorized to provide a total of not more than $220,000,000 in loan guarantees under the Program (Section 2(c)(3)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — The bill provides financial assistance through loan guarantees for those owning or operating wood-processing facilities. Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The bill incentivizes the establishment and improvement of wood-processing industries within rural areas.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — The bill provides loan guarantees to help individuals or entities own or operate sawmills and wood-processing facilities. Is this likely to create jobs? — The bill provides loan guarantees for entities to establish, reopen, expand, or improve wood-processing facilities, which can facilitate job growth in rural areas.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this invest in rural communities? — The bill targets wood-processing facilities located specifically in rural areas to support their infrastructure. Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The bill supports ecological restoration projects that involve vegetation removal on high-priority Federal lands.
- 8/3/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/19/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/30/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/20/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/22/2026
- 4 Cosponsors added.
- 1/21/2026
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 1/20/2026
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 1/13/2026
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
- 11/21/2025
- 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.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
2 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Janelle BynumDemocrat · Oregon
Jim CostaDemocrat · California
Mike EzellRepublican · Mississippi
Russ FulcherRepublican · Idaho
Val HoyleDemocrat · Oregon
Harriet HagemanRepublican · Wyoming
Trent KellyRepublican · Mississippi
Celeste MaloyRepublican · Utah
Josh RileyDemocrat · New York
David ScottDemocrat · Georgia
Terri SewellDemocrat · Alabama
Shri ThanedarDemocrat · Michigan
Eugene VindmanDemocrat · Virginia