S2662-118

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 idd29ae90dca25418987d8a1226426a173: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Timber Innovation for Building Rural Communities Act.
  • Section iddb839442961c46728339ef261ed492bf: 2. Definition of Secretary In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
  • Section id5f7e28cd87c4462994085798c1a30412: 3. Forest and wood products data provision The Secretary, in collaboration with the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service and in consultation...
  • Section id85f3950f989f474bb0ed868607cd4490: 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 id58bb67356e4e4308a441b0b9fc6ce71d: 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

Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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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," §id04d50f7944944cbeb890f9ae5a3fd481

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

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