HR5044-118

Introduced

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain activities relating to research for wood products, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 27, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain activities relating to research for wood products, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Education, Agriculture.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H4FE7B478BF134AE89F2584E26261788B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Timber Innovation for Building Rural Communities Act.
  • Section H83198F7BB8CC4FA8A9C658B9E56674AB: 2. Definition of Secretary In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
  • Section HC27C114D2AEE4B38915E06715CF29532: 3. Forest and wood products data provision The Secretary, in collaboration with the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service and in consultation...
  • Section H67D45C754C6F4345AC00B76F37373EAE: 4. Wood innovation grant program Section 8643 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 7655d) is amended— in subsection (d), by inserting 50...
  • Section HC5D943BF4A574DA4AF580AC29B6F48D7: 5. Wood building education accelerator grant program In this section: The term eligible entity means— an engineering, architecture, or design school at an...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain activities relating to research for wood products, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Education, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain activities relating to research for wood products, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Education Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 27, 2023

Ms. Salinas (for herself, Mr. Duarte, Ms. Perez, and Ms. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Education Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"produced and assembled in the United States, with regard to wood materials," §H7EEF5A7189954259ACD44F172DD895A7

that— the wood materials, if manufactured, were manufactured entirely in the United States

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