Timber Innovation Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 4/25/2017
Actions
- 2017-04-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- 2017-03-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- 2017-03-07Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
- 2017-03-07Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
- 2017-03-07Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
- 2017-03-07Introduced in House
- 2017-03-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-07 (00)
Timber Innovation Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), acting through the Research and Development and the State and Private Forestry deputy areas of the Forest Service, to conduct performance-driven research and development, education, and technical assistance to facilitate the use of innovative wood products in wood building construction in the United States. Such activities shall give priority to: (1) improving the commercialization of such products, (2) analyzing the safety of tall wood building materials, (3) calculating and reducing the life cycle environmental footprint of tall wood building construction, and (4) analyzing the potential implications of the use of innovative wood products in building construction on wildlife.
"Tall wood building" means a building designed to be over 85 feet high and constructed with large panelized wood construction, including cross-laminated timber, nail laminated timber, glue laminated timber, laminated strand lumber, and laminated veneer lumber.
USDA shall carry out an annual competition for FY2017-FY2021 for a tall wood building design, or other innovative wood product demonstration, in accordance with the requirements for prize competitions carried out under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.
The Forest Service, in carrying out a wood innovation grant program, may make grants to advance the use of innovative wood products, with priority to grant proposals that include the use or retrofitting of existing sawmill facilities in counties where the average annual unemployment rate exceeded the national average by more than 1% in the previous year.
Cosponsors (20)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- Ralph Abraham (R-LA)
- Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
- Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- RICK LARSEN (D-WA)
- Gregg Harper (R-MS)
- Trent Kelly (R-MS)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- Bruce Poliquin (R-ME)
- SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Neal Dunn (R-FL)
Subjects
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Building construction
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Manufacturing
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
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