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Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026

H.R. 9827 Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2) In committee
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  1. Introduced Jul 22
  2. Committee Jul 22
  3. Passed House Next
  4. Passed Senate Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, Jul 22, 2026Next: House vote
98d ago Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Summary

This bill amends the Clean Air Act to expand the definition of renewable biomass for the renewable fuel standard. It adds new categories of materials that qualify as renewable biomass, including certain vegetation from wildfire risk reduction activities and forest management on federal and non-federal lands.

Sec. 2, Definition of renewable biomass: The bill revises the definition of renewable biomass in the Clean Air Act. It includes materials from forest products manufacturing, such as wood residuals, sawdust, and bark. It also adds trees, shrubs, and parts from non-federal land that is managed under a forest sustainability certification program, classified as forest land for property tax purposes, or certified by the landowner for long-term timber production. For National Forest System and public lands, materials qualify if certified by the Secretary of Agriculture or Interior as by-products from land management activities, fuel reduction treatments, or ecological restoration, not reasonably suitable as sawlogs, and sourced consistently with federal laws and forest plans. Materials from Indian tribe-owned or trust lands are also included. Additionally, vegetation from defensible space around structures or infrastructure, or from wildfire risk reduction activities in the wildland-urban interface, qualifies. The bill allows certifications to be provided by the landowner or the relevant federal agency office, and clarifies that forest plans do not need to expressly identify renewable fuel as an intended end use.

Summary of the bill text as introduced in House (Jul 22, 2026), generated by SecBot from the official bill text; the Library of Congress summary is not yet published.

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