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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1094
To establish a contracting preference for public buildings that use innovative
wood products in the construction of those buildings, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH24, 2025
Mr. M
ERKLEY(for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. CRAPO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To establish a contracting preference for public buildings
that use innovative wood products in the construction
of those buildings, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mass Timber Federal 4
Buildings Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. MADE IN AMERICA MASS TIMBER. 6
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-1
trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv-2
ices. 3
(2) I
NNOVATIVE WOOD PRODUCT .—The term 4
‘‘innovative wood product’’ has the meaning given 5
the term in section 8641 of the Agriculture Improve-6
ment Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 7655c note; Public Law 7
115–334). 8
(3) I
NNOVATIVE WOOD PRODUCT FACILITY .— 9
The term ‘‘innovative wood product facility’’ has the 10
meaning given the term in section 9013(a) of the 11
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 12
U.S.C. 8113(a)). 13
(4) M
ASS TIMBER.—The term ‘‘mass timber’’ 14
has the meaning given the term in section 8641 of 15
the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 16
7655c note; Public Law 115–334). 17
(5) P
UBLIC BUILDING.— 18
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 19
subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘public building’’ 20
has the meaning given the term in section 21
3301(a) of title 40, United States Code. 22
(B) I
NCLUSION.—The term ‘‘public build-23
ing’’ includes a military installation (as defined 24
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in section 2801(c) of title 10, United States 1
Code). 2
(6) R
ESTORATION PRACTICES .—The term ‘‘res-3
toration practices’’ means forest management prac-4
tices based on forest type that re-establish or en-5
hance ecosystem functions by— 6
(A) modifying or managing the composi-7
tion, structure, and spatial arrangement of for-8
est components for complexity and diversity; 9
and 10
(B) establishing or re-establishing proc-11
esses necessary to make forest and connected 12
aquatic ecosystems ecologically functional, resil-13
ient to disturbance, or adaptive. 14
(7) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 15
the Secretary of Defense. 16
(b) M
ADE INAMERICAMASSTIMBERPUBLIC 17
B
UILDINGSCONTRACTINGPREFERENCE.— 18
(1) C
ONTRACTING PREFERENCE .— 19
(A) I
N GENERAL.—In entering into a con-20
tract for the construction, alteration, acquisi-21
tion, or lease of a public building, the Adminis-22
trator or the Secretary, as applicable, shall give 23
priority to public buildings that use, to the 24
maximum extent achievable as determined by 25
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the Administrator or the Secretary, as applica-1
ble, innovative wood products in the construc-2
tion of those buildings that are— 3
(i) procured from an innovative wood 4
product facility located within the United 5
States; and 6
(ii) harvested from forestlands located 7
within the United States, consistent with 8
responsible sources. 9
(B) R
ESPONSIBLE SOURCES .—For pur-10
poses of subparagraph (A)(ii), innovative wood 11
products produced from responsible sources 12
are— 13
(i) produced according to an inde-14
pendently certified procurement standard; 15
or 16
(ii) from jurisdictions with regulatory 17
or quasi-regulatory programs to implement 18
best management practices, including from 19
Federal, State, and Tribal land. 20
(2) C
ONTRACTS AND PRIORITY .— 21
(A) I
N GENERAL.—In procuring innovative 22
wood products for purposes of carrying out the 23
requirements of paragraph (1), the Adminis-24
trator or the Secretary, as applicable, shall— 25
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(i) consider appropriate contracting 1
options; and 2
(ii) give preference to innovative wood 3
products that are sourced from— 4
(I) restoration practices; 5
(II) forest management actions 6
designed to protect communities and 7
critical infrastructure against cata-8
strophic wildfire; or 9
(III) underserved forest owners, 10
as determined by the Secretary of Ag-11
riculture, including Tribally owned 12
forests and small family forests. 13
(B) D
OCUMENTATION REQUIRED .—For 14
purposing of verifying that an innovative wood 15
product is sourced in accordance with subclause 16
(I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph (A)(ii), the 17
Administrator or the Secretary, as applicable, 18
shall seek appropriate documentation. 19
(3) L
IFECYCLE ASSESSMENT ; REPORT.— 20
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 21
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 22
the Administrator, in consultation with the Sec-23
retary of Agriculture, shall conduct a cradle-to- 24
gate whole-building lifecycle assessment consid-25
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ering the global warming potential, in compli-1
ance with International Organization for Stand-2
ardization standards 14044 and 14020, of new 3
public buildings that use innovative wood prod-4
ucts in the construction of those buildings. 5
(B) R
EPORT.—Not later than 180 days 6
after the date on which the whole-building 7
lifecycle assessment required under subpara-8
graph (A) is completed, the Administrator, in 9
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, 10
shall submit to Congress, and make publicly 11
available, a report describing the results of that 12
assessment. 13
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