3.0.0 538 2023-01-11T13:36:19Z 2023-01-11T13:36:19Z Senate S 2017-03-07 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-07T18:42:15Z Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 115 2 HR 2018-12-20 Became Public Law No: 115-334. Related bill CRS Timber Innovation Act of 2017 115 1380 HR 2017-04-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. Identical bill CRS 2017-03-07 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2017-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-03-07 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-03-07 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2017-03-07 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-03-07 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2017-03-07 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2017-03-07 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2017-03-07 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-03-07 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2017-03-07 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-03-07 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-03-07 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2017-03-07 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2017-03-08 False S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2017-04-24 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2017-04-27 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2017-09-27 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2017-10-02 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-02-13 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-05-24 False Public Lands and Natural Resources 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 Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-23T19:38:56Z 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.

]]> Timber Innovation Act of 2017 Display Title Timber Innovation Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to clarify research and development for wood products, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Timber Innovation Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s538is/xml/BILLS-115s538is.xml 2017-03-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.