S. 2221 119th Congress Senate

SAWMILL Act

Official title: A bill to establish requirements under which the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall carry out the Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program.

Introduced: July 9, 2025 Introduced by: Jeff Merkley Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Jul 9, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Jul 9, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Related & companion bills 2

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 27

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

STIERS LLC
for THE LUMBER MANUFACTORY · Washington · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BRUMIDI GROUP
for RURAL VOICES FOR CONSERVATION COALITION · Oregon · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS
for CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF THE LUMBER MANUFACTORY, INC. · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
THE LUMBER MANUFACTORY, INC.
for THE LUMBER MANUFACTORY, INC. · Washington · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
for THE LUMBER MANUFACTORY, INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
26 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
26 filings
SENATE
26 filings
U.S. Forest Service
16 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
14 filings
White House Office
11 filings
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
8 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
8 filings

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Cosponsors 4