3.0.0 4944 2023-09-01T16:00:27Z 2023-09-01T16:00:27Z Senate S 2022-09-22 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2022-09-29T16:16:38Z Referred to 2022-09-22T20:32:57Z 2022-09-29 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2022-09-22 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2022-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2022-09-22 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2022-09-22 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversight Fires Forests, forestry, trees State and local government operations Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2022-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-31T22:27:06Z Firewood Banks Act of 2022

This bill directs the Department of Energy, in collaboration with the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service, to establish a pilot program to provide heat energy for residences of low-income and disabled individuals with wood-burning stoves. Under the program, trees on federal land shall be made available to firewood banks and federal land may be made available for firewood banks. The bill also directs the Forest Service, using certain funds made available by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to provide financial assistance for operating firewood banks. Cooperatives, nonprofit organizations, and state, local, or tribal governments may apply for financial assistance.

]]> Firewood Banks Act of 2022 Display Title Firewood Banks Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Firewood Banks Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the operation and establishment of, and procurement of supplies for, firewood banks, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4944is/xml/BILLS-117s4944is.xml 2022-09-29 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. 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.