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H.R.6277

SAWMILL Act Supporting American Wood and Mill Infrastructure with Loans for Longevity Act

Introduced·11/21/25

Establishes a loan guarantee program for wood-processing facilities near high-priority federal lands for ecological restoration.

The SAWMILL Act creates a Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program. The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, will provide loan guarantees to eligible entities for sawmills or wood-processing facilities within 250 miles of federal lands identified as high or very high priority for ecological restoration involving vegetation removal. The program aims to decrease the cost of ecological restoration projects. The maximum amount of loan guarantees is set at $220,000,000.

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Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture Committee
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History

Jan 13

House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

Nov 21, 2025

House

Introduced in House

Nov 21, 2025

House

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.