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H.R. 6277119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Jan 13, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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The federal government would guarantee up to $220 million in loans to help rural sawmills build, reopen, or expand near federal lands needing restoration.
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This bill would create a federal loan guarantee program for private sawmills and wood-processing facilities in rural areas. To qualify, a facility must be within 250 miles of federal land identified by the USDA or Department of the Interior as needing ecological restoration.
Rural sawmill owners and wood-processing businesses would be the primary people who could apply. Federal land managers overseeing forest and land restoration would also be affected.
Having a nearby mill could lower the government's cost of ecological restoration work, since removed timber would have a local buyer or processor. The total loan guarantees under this program would be capped at $220 million.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.