Sec. 203. Urban wood programs
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The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section: The term innovative urban wood product means a wood product that uses wood residues and byproducts from urban forest management, building deconstruction, and other related sources of wood generated in urban areas. The term Secretary means the Secretary, acting through the Research and Development Deputy Area and the State and Private Forestry Deputy Area of the Forest Service.
The term wood product includes— building material made of wood; a durable home product made of wood; and a woody residue used for bioenergy. In this subsection, the term eligible entity means— a unit of State, Tribal, or local government; a land-grant college or university (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 )) or other institution of higher education; a nonprofit organization; and any other entity, as determined by the Secretary.
The Secretary shall establish a program to facilitate the use of innovative urban wood products in incorporated cities and towns in the United States by— conducting performance-driven research and development relating to the potential sources and uses of urban wood products; providing education and technical assistance to eligible entities relating to the potential sources and uses of urban wood products; and awarding grants under paragraph (5). In carrying out the program established under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall obtain input and guidance from, and collaborate with— the wood products industry; conservation organizations; community organizations; and institutions of higher education.
The Secretary shall carry out subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(2)at the Forest Products Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture or through the State and Private Forestry Deputy Area in a manner that meets the needs of municipalities, private companies, trade and technical schools, and other entities that work with urban wood. After obtaining input and guidance from the entities described in paragraph (3), the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to conduct research and development and provide education and technical assistance that— increases the use of urban wood; and provides increased employment opportunities in the urban wood industry and related fields. In carrying out the program established under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall give priority to projects and activities that— identify new products that can be created from urban wood; or improve on existing processes to produce innovative urban wood products with greater efficiency and quality; facilitate improved commercialization of innovative urban wood products; engage unemployed and underemployed persons in disadvantaged communities in worker training, full-time employment, and incubation of new commercial enterprises; and increase the carbon mitigation benefit of the management of urban wood, as measured by the lifecycle environmental footprint of a wood product or production process, beginning with the collection of raw urban wood materials and ending with the manufacturing process. To the maximum extent practicable, the measurable performance goals for the research and development, education, and technical assistance conducted under the program established under paragraph
(2)shall be achievable within a 10-year timeframe beginning on the date of establishment of the program. Beginning in fiscal year 2021, the Secretary shall carry out an annual competition, in accordance with section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3719 ), for— innovative urban wood products and manufacturing processes; or other innovative wood product demonstrations. Of the funds of the Reforestation Trust Fund established under section 303 of Public Law 96–451 ( 16 U.S.C. 1606a ), the Secretary shall use $35,000,000 each fiscal year to carry out this section. . Section 8643 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 7 U.S.C. 7655d ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by redesignating paragraph
(2)as paragraph (3); and by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following: The term innovative urban wood product means a wood product that uses wood residues and byproducts from urban forest management, building deconstruction, and other related sources of wood generated in urban areas. ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking (October 20, 2015)), may and inserting the following: (October 20, 2015))— may ; in subparagraph
(A)(as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: shall, to the maximum extent practicable, award 1 or more wood innovation grants each year to eligible entities for the purpose of advancing the use of innovative urban wood products. ; and in subsection (c), by striking under subsection (b)(2) and inserting for grants under subsection (b)(1)(A) .
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Sec. 203
Urban wood programs
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