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Washington Watch

Welcome to the Second Session of the 119th Congress.

The Senate is in town this week, but the House is in recess. The key deliverable for the upper chamber is confirming Jay Clayton to become the Director of National Intelligence. The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on this nomination. Confirming Clayton is critical as it opens the door for reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA which lapsed on June 12. Section 702 is a counterterrorism tool that allows the U.S. government to surveil non-U.S. citizens outside the country without a warrant.

In markup action, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will meet Wednesday to consider S. 1547, the America the Beautiful Act. This bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Steve Daines (R-MT) and Angus King (I-ME) seeks to address the maintenance backlog on national parks and public lands across the country. Its main provision would reauthorize the Legacy Restoration Fund through 2033 and increase funding for the LRF to $2 billion per year.

U.S. House

  • The House is in Recess.

U.S. Senate

  • The Senate is in Session.

Cheat Sheet

June 4, 2026

Wood Innovation Grants Included in Fiscal 27 Interior Appropriations Bill: Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The vote was 35-27. The committee-passed measure includes $30 million for the Wood Innovation Grant (WIG) program, which funds cutting edge wood manufacturing projects around the country. The Hardwood Federation team was part of a coalition advocating for a “plus up” to $40 million, but we are pleased with this number and the committee’s recognition that WIG is an important program necessary to spur markets for wood products. The measure also includes $18 million for the Community Wood Energy program, a $3 million increase over the current funding level. Community Wood also provides money for wood manufacturing, but its emphasis is on biomass heating and power projects. This program is critical for building markets for sawmill residuals. One final notable in this bill is language reauthorizing the Hardwood Federation-supported provision directing the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy to recognize forest-based biomass fuels and energy as “carbon neutral” in any environmental or energy policymaking.

Farm Bill Text Imminent: The Hardwood Federation picked up signals this week that the Senate Agriculture Committee may release text of a Farm Bill reauthorization measure sometime next week, which would coincide nicely with our Capitol Hill fly-in. If a committee draft does emerge in the coming days, the Hardwood Federation team will promptly prepare a summary and make that available. Recall, that the House approved its version of a Farm Bill reauthorization measure at the end of April on a 224-200 vote. We remain hopeful that the Senate will act expeditiously and that Congress delivers a final product to the President before the August recess.  

Fly-In Next Week! 

The Federation team looks forward to reporting on Fly-In events in next week’s Cheat Sheet!

Thoughts on the Cheat Sheet? Let us know at Hardwood.Federation@hardwoodfederation.com! 

 



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