October 22, 2026
Mr. Westerman (for himself and Ms. Perez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, Financial Services, Armed Services, and 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
A BILL
To strengthen American wood, and for other purposes.
1. Short title; table of contents; TITLE I—INCENTIVES AND RESEARCH; 101. Expansion of carbon oxide sequestration credit to include solid carbon capture facilities; 102. Credit for mass timber buildings; 103. Establishment of emissions rate for fuels derived from biomass for purposes of clean fuel production credit; 104. Reinstatement of investment and production credits for open- and closed-loop biomass facilities; 105. Renewable biomass definition; 106. Establishment of the Build America Fund; 107. Grants to promote the building of single-family housing using domestically-sourced timber; 108. Defining plant biostimulants; 109. Biochar innovations and opportunities for conservation, health, and advancements in research; 110. Chemical compounds derived from woody biomass; 111. Modification of reforestation expenditure rules; 112. Treatment of reforestation expenditures for qualified natural disasters; TITLE II—TRADE; 201. Trade investigations; 202. Retaliatory measures with respect to discriminatory European Union Rules; 203. Elimination of machine tariffs for mills; TITLE III—REGULATORY CHANGES; 301. Requirement to procure domestic forest products; 302. Hardwood, Softwood, Pulp, and Paper Buy America Act; 303. Revision of national ambient air quality standard for PM2.5; 304. Periodic review of emission standards for sources of hazardous air pollutants; 305. Supply chain study and assessments; 306. Secondary inspections
Credit for mass timber buildings
Treatment of reforestation expenditures for qualified natural disasters