Raphael Warnock

Washington, DC – US Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jim Justice (R-WV), and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced the bipartisan Forest Bioeconomy Act. The legislation would help expand forest product research and build new markets by formally establishing an Office of Technology Transfer at the United States Forest Service and authorize $5 million in appropriations. By expanding product research, this legislation will help create new jobs in rural Georgia. …The Forest Bioeconomy Act would establish a new Mass Timber Science and Education program at colleges and universities across the country to respond to emerging research needs of architects, developers, and the forest products industry. Senator Warnock has been a leader in this space, cosponsoring legislation in 2023 aimed at modernizing and improving the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program to ensure the continued availability of reliable data and carbon analysis.