Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act of 2025

This bill updates federal grants that help build and improve community wood and forest product facilities. It expands what projects can get funding—now including building or upgrading places that make wood products, not just fixing up old sawmills—and clarifies a focus on using forest biomass along with related processing or manufacturing. It also makes similar updates to the Wood Innovations Grant Program so it can fund construction, use, or retrofitting for forest products manufacturing.

The bill allows larger wood energy systems and increases the federal share of project costs. It raises the size limit for eligible thermal energy systems from 5 megawatts to 15 megawatts, and increases the cost share from 25% to 50%. It also boosts overall funding to $50,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

• Who is affected: Communities and companies planning forest products manufacturing or wood energy projects.
• What changes: Broader eligible projects (including new construction), larger energy system size (up to 15 MW thermal), higher federal cost share (50%), program name updates, and aligned changes to the Wood Innovations Grant Program.
• When: Funding levels apply to fiscal years 2026–2030.