SAWMILL Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6277 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6277 To establish requirements under which the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall carry out the Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2025 Mr. Newhouse (for himself and Ms. Sewell) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish requirements under which the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall carry out the Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting American Wood and Mill Infrastructure with Loans for Longevity Act'' or the ``SAWMILL Act''. SEC. 2. TIMBER PRODUCTION EXPANSION GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means an individual or entity that owns or operates a sawmill or other wood-processing facility located in a rural area (as defined in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a))) of the United States. (2) Eligible federal land.--The term ``eligible Federal land'' means any unit of Federal land, including Indian forest land or rangeland, that has been identified by the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, as high or very high priority for ecological r