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7 U.S.C. § 7656 — Wood innovation grant program

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7 U.S.C. § 7656 — 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, engineering, 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 innovation grant program of the Secretary described in the notice of the Secretary entitled “Request for Proposals: 2016 Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity” (80 Fed. Reg. 63498 (October 20, 2015)), may make a wood innovation grant to 1 or more eligible entities each year for the purpose of advancing the use of innovative 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 entities under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall give priority to proposals that include the use or retrofitting (or both) of existing sawmill facilities located in counties in which the average annual unemployment rate exceeded the national average unemployment rate by more than 1 percent in the previous calendar year. **(d) Matching requirement** As a condition of receiving a grant under subsection (b), an eligible entity shall provide funds equal to the amount received by the eligible entity under the grant, to be derived from non-Fe

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7 U.S.C. § 7655c — Forestry products advanced utilization research

**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall establish a forestry and forestry products research and extension initiative to develop and disseminate science-based tools that address the needs of the forestry sector and their respective regions, forest and timberland owners and managers, and forestry products engineering, manufacturing, and related interests. **(b) Activities** The initiative described in subsection (a) shall include the following activities: (1) Research conducted for purposes of— (A) wood quality improvement with respect to lumber strength and grade yield; (B) the development of novel engineered lumber products and renewable energy from wood; and (C) enhancing the longevity, sustainability, and profitability of timberland through sound management and utilization. (2) Demonstration activities and technology transfer to demonstrate the beneficial characteristics of wood as a green building material, including investments in life cycle assessment for wood products. (3) Projects designed to improve— (A) forestry products, lumber, and evaluation standards and valuation techniques; (B) lumber quality and value-based, on-forest management techniques; and (C) forestry products conversion and manufacturing efficiency, productivity, and profitability over the long term (including forestry product marketing). **(c) Grants** (1) **In general** — The Secretary shall make competitive grants to carry out the activities described in subsection (b). (2) **Priorities** — In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give higher priority to activities that are carried out by entities that— (A) are multistate, multiinstitutional, or multidisciplinary; (B) have explicit mechanisms to communicate results to producers, forestry industry

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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. § 7656 — Designation of Crisis Management Team

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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