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7 U.S.C. § 7655d — Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction

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7 U.S.C. § 7655d — Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction

**(a) In general** The Secretary shall conduct performance-driven research and development, education, and technical assistance for the purpose of facilitating the use of innovative wood products in wood building construction in the United States. **(b) Activities** In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) after receipt of input and guidance from, and collaboration with, the wood products industry, conservation organizations, and institutions of higher education, conduct research and development, education, and technical assistance at the Forest Products Laboratory or through the State and Private Forestry deputy area that meets measurable performance goals for the achievement of the priorities described in subsection (c); and (2) after coordination and collaboration with the wood products industry and conservation organizations, make competitive grants to institutions of higher education to conduct research and development, education, and technical assistance that meets measurable performance goals for the achievement of the priorities described in subsection (c). **(c) Priorities** The research and development, education, and technical assistance conducted under subsection (a) shall give priority to— (1) ways to improve the commercialization of innovative wood products; (2) analyzing the safety of tall wood building materials; (3) calculations by the Forest Products Laboratory of the lifecycle environmental footprint, from extraction of raw materials through the manufacturing process, of tall wood building construction; (4) analyzing methods to reduce the lifecycle environmental footprint of tall wood building construction; (5) analyzing the potential implications of the use of innovative wood products in building construction on wildlife; and

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7 U.S.C. § 8113 — Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program

**(a) Definitions** In this section: (1) **Community wood energy system** (A) *In general* — The term “community wood energy system” means an energy system that— (i) produces thermal energy or combined thermal energy and electricity where thermal is the primary energy output; (ii) services public facilities owned or operated by State or local governments (including schools, town halls, libraries, and other public buildings) or private or nonprofit facilities (including commercial and business facilities, such as hospitals, office buildings, apartment buildings, and manufacturing and industrial buildings); and (iii) uses woody biomass, including residuals— (I) that have not been adulterated with glue or other chemical treatments from wood processing facilities, as the primary fuel; and (II) for which the use of that biomass for energy production does not cause conversion of forests to nonforest use. (B) *Inclusions* — The term “community wood energy system” includes single-facility central heating, district heating systems serving multiple buildings, combined heat and electric systems where thermal energy is the primary energy output, and other related biomass energy systems. (2) **Innovative wood product facility** — The term “innovative wood product facility” means a manufacturing or processing plant or mill that produces— (A) building components or systems that use large panelized wood construction, including mass timber; (B) wood products derived from nanotechnology or other new technology processes, as determined by the Secretary; or (C) other innovative wood products that use low-value, low-quality wood, as determined by the Secretary. (3) **Mass timber** — The term “mass timber” includes— (A) cross-laminated timber

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7 U.S.C. § 9001 — Implementation

**(a) Maintenance of base acres and payment yields** The Secretary shall maintain, for each covered commodity and upland cotton, base acres and payment yields on a farm established under sections 8702 and 8751 of this title, as adjusted pursuant to sections 8711, 8712, 8718, and 8752 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2013, and as adjusted pursuant to sections 9012 and 9013 of this title. **(b) Streamlining** In implementing this chapter and the amendments made by this title,11 See References in Text note below. the Secretary shall— (1) continue to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements, to ensure that— (A) a producer (or an agent of a producer) may report information, electronically (including geospatial data) or conventionally, to the Department of Agriculture, subject to the Secretary— (i) establishing reasonable levels of tolerance that reflect the differences in accuracy between measures of common land units and geospatial data; and (ii) ensuring that discrepancies that occur within the levels of tolerance established under clause (i) shall not be used to penalize a producer (or an agent of a producer) under any program administered by the Department of Agriculture; (B) on the request of a producer (or an agent of a producer), the Department of Agriculture electronically shares with the producer (or agent) in real time and without cost to the producer (or agent) the common land unit data, related farm level data, conservation practices, and other information of the producer through a single Department of Agriculture-wide login; (C) not later than September 30, 2020, the Administrator of the Risk Management Agency and the Administrator of

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7 U.S.C. § 7655d — Wood innovation grant program

Page 2081 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 7656 and Private Forestry deputy area of the Forest Serv- ice. ‘‘(4) TALL WOOD BUILDING.—The term ‘tall wood building’ means a building designed to be— ‘‘(A) constructed with mass timber; and ‘‘(B) more than 85 feet in height.’’ § 7655d. Wood innovation grant program (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Eligible entity The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— (A) an individual; (B) a public or private entity (including a center of excellence that consists of 1 or more partnerships between forestry, engi- neering, architecture, or business schools at 1 or more institutions of higher education); or (C) a State, local, or Tribal government. (2) Secretary The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service. (b) Grant program (1) In general The Secretary, in carrying out the wood in- novation grant program of the Secretary de- scribed in the notice of the Secretary entitled ‘‘Request for Proposals: 2016 Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 63498 (Oc- tober 20, 2015)), may make a wood innovation grant to 1 or more eligible entities each year for the purpose of advancing the use of innova- tive wood products. (2) Proposals To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary a proposal at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. (c) Incentivizing use of existing milling capacity In selecting among proposals of eligible enti- ties under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall give priority to proposals that include the use or retrofitting (or both) of existing sawmill facili- ties located in counties in which the average an- nual unemployment rate exceeded the nation

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