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Confronting the Climate Crisis Climate Provisions in the Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Spending Bills Democrats in Congress have been fighting to secure transformative federal investments that help fight inflation, lower the cost of living, create jobs, and support working families.

House Democrats and the Appropriations Committee once again advanced federal spending bills that help the middle class, working families, small businesses, and the vulnerable who work hard.
Instead of catering to the biggest corporations and billionaires, we are tackling some of our nation’s biggest challenges including confronting the climate crisis.

Our government funding legislation joins the battle against climate change.

Overall, the 2023 House bills provide more than $117.3 billion to tackle the climate crisis.

Below you will find a bill-by-bill summary of all the climate provisions included in these historic bills.
Interior-Environment Department of the Interior This federal spending bill will create good-paying American jobs through investments in renewable energy development, including offshore wind, and a national initiative to reclaim abandoned mines and cap orphan oil and gas wells.

It confronts the climate crisis by expanding environmental enforcement efforts and launching a renewed focus on land and water conservation.
It dramatically expands environmental justice efforts to address unacceptable pollution in communities of color.

The FY 2023 spending bill includes: • $54 million for the Civilian Climate Corps and supporting partnerships with Tribes, States and local governments, including: o $11 million for the Bureau of Land Management.

o $31 million for the National Park Service.

o $12 million for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.


• $113 million in Rangeland Management within the Bureau of Land Management, including funding for restoring landscapes and conserving lands to combat climate change.

• $197 million in the National Park Service for climate change science, adaptation, and resiliency.

• $12 million for Forestry Management within the Bureau of Land Management, including funding for restoring landscapes and conserving lands to combat climate change.
• $27 million for legacy well remediation in the Bureau of Land Management.

• $191 million for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, a $28 million increase over FY 2022 levels, including: o $52 million for renewable energy, an increase of $15 million over FY22 levels.

o $84 million for environmental assessment, an increase of $5 million over FY22 levels.

o $2 million to develop a carbon storage program.

• A national initiative to reclaim abandoned mines and cap orphan oil and gas wells.
o $169 million for the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fund, an increase of $20 million over FY 2022 levels.

o $19.5 million for Bureau of Land Management abandoned mine land sites.

o $45 million for the Energy Community Revitalization Program, an increase of $40 million over the FY 2022 enacted level.

• The full $900 million is now permanently available from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) as a result of the enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act.
• $54 million for US Fish and Wildlife (USFWS) conservation and restoration activities, including $7.2 million for Marine Mammals with a particular focus on manatees.

• $84 million for USFWS habitat conservation programs, including $14 million for the Coastal Program and $70 million for the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program.

• $41 million for science partnerships; focusing on conservation on a landscape level.

• $235 million for USFWS fish and aquatic conservation programs.
• $85 million for US Geological Survey (USGS) National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers, which includes $10 million for Tribal climate adaptation science.

• $53 million for Tribal Climate Resilience within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), a $28 million increase over FY 2022 levels (an almost 50% increase), including an additional $5 million for Tribal climate adaptation grants.
Environmental Protection Agency • This legislation dramatically expands environmental justice efforts to address unacceptable pollution in communities of color by investing: o $644 million for environmental compliance monitoring and enforcement activities, a $105 million increase over FY 2022 levels.
o $5.177 billion for State and Tribal Assistance Grants, which is an $825.8 million increase over FY22 levels and includes: ▪ $150 million for Diesel Emissions Reductions grants, a $58 million increase over FY22 levels.

▪ $131 million for Brownfields cleanups, a $39 million increase over FY22 levels.

o $1.314 billion for Superfund cleanups, an $81 million increase over FY22 levels.

o $301 million for environmental justice activities, a $201 million increase for FY22 levels.
U.S. Forest Service This funding bill confronts the climate crisis by investing in wildfire and non-fire forest stewardship and science by investing: • $4.89 billion for Forest Service Wildland Fire Management.

2 • $3.95 billion for the Forest Service (non-fire), an increase of $258 million above the FY 2022 enacted level.

This includes: o $37.7 million for Forest Inventory and Analysis with a focus on carbon analysis programs.

o $2 million for the National Agroforestry Center.


o $7.4 million for Climate Hubs.

o $42 million for Urban and Community Forestry and continues direction to prioritize.

environmental justice and urban reforestation.

o $60 million for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund.

o $15 million for Legacy Roads and Trails.
Energy & Water Development U.S. Army Corps of Engineers These investments will help strengthen our nation’s flood risk management infrastructure, critical to protecting communities from more frequent and severe storms, providing a total of $8.889 billion, an increase of $545 million above the FY22 level and $2.288 billion above the request, including: • $160 million, an increase of $54 million above the request, for feasibility studies and project development pertaining to flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts prior to construction.
• $2.475 billion, an increase of $1.254 billion above the request, for project construction.

• $5.15 billion, an increase of $580 million above the FY22 level, for Operation and Maintenance of projects.

• $35 million for Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies and other activities to prepare for and respond to disasters.

• $7.2 million for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program to provide loans for non- federal water infrastructure.
• $11 million to the Planning Assistance to States program, an increase of $2 million above the FY22 level, prioritizing planning-level technical assistance to coastal tribal communities working to relocate homes and critical infrastructure to higher ground to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Bureau of Reclamation This bill addresses the worsening Western drought and other water resource management challenges with $1.9 billion for the Bureau of Reclamation, an increase of $476.7 million above the request.

Department of Energy It also provides $48.2 billion, an increase of $3.3 billion above FY22.
The bill confronts the climate crisis and creates tens of thousands of good-paying jobs with more than $16 billion of transformative investments in clean energy and science, which will help develop clean, affordable, resilient, and secure American energy and deploy these clean energy technologies and the green jobs of tomorrow in communities across the country, including: 3 • A record-level $4 billion for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, $800 million more than FY22.
This funding provides for clean, affordable, and secure energy and ensures American leadership in the transition to a global clean energy economy.

• $8 billion for the Office of Science, $525 million more than FY22, to pursue basic science research in physics, biology, and chemistry to ensure the nation’s global leadership in energy innovation.

• $350 million for the Office of Electricity, $73 million more than FY22.
The funding will advance technologies to increase the resilience and efficiency of the nation’s electricity delivery system and increase its capacity to incorporate more clean energy.

• $550 million for Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), $100 million more than FY22.
This funding supports research aimed at rapidly developing energy technologies that are capable of significantly changing the energy sector to address the nation’s critical economic, environmental, and energy security challenges.

• $880 million for the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, $55 million more than FY22.
This funding advances carbon pollution reduction in hard-to-decarbonize sectors like the industrial sector with carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and direct air capture while facilitating the transition to a net-zero carbon economy and rebuilding a U.S. critical minerals supply chain.

• $1.8 billion for the Office of Nuclear Energy, $125 million more than FY22.
The funding will support research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of advanced nuclear technologies and improve the safety of existing nuclear plants.

• $205 million for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, $19 million more than FY22.

• $75 million for the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, $17 million more than FY22.

This funding will support technical assistance, education, policy analysis, and financial assistance to Tribal nations.
• $100 million for activities at the Department of Energy using the Defense Production Act to accelerate domestic manufacturing of key clean energy technologies, including solar panels and electric grid transformers.

• Funding for Loan Guarantee programs, provides $15 billion in additional loan authority for the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program and provides $8 million in additional credit subsidy for the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program.
Independent Agencies • Appalachian Regional Commission – The bill provides $220 million, an increase of $25 million above the FY22 level.

The Commission funds efforts in the Appalachian Region to promote economic and community development, education and job training, and critical infrastructure.
Commerce-Justice-Science National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) The FY 2023 bill invests in research and analyses to inform climate-resilient designs and technologies, including: 4 • An increase of $20 million for Climate and Energy Measurement, Tools, and Testbeds: o $3.5 million for Forward-Looking Building Standards to identify climate data and projections for sea-level rise and extreme weather events for standard-setting processes such as building codes; o $5 million increase for carbon dioxide removal, utilization, and sequestration research; and o $1.5 million increase for research on wildfires and the Wildland-Urban Interface to inform new building standards that will prevent loss of property.
• $5 million increase to support the circular economy initiatives and research.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Confronts the climate crisis with strong funding for climate resilience and research at NOAA, including: • $254 million for the Climate Program Office in Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), an increase of $54 million above FY22, including: o $10 million to provide actionable climate information to federal agencies and communities to inform decision making on how to adapt to a changing climate; o An increase of $2.5 million to Climate Adaptation Partnerships to help communities plan for and build equitable climate resilience; and o An increase of $23 million to support long-term research and monitoring of hydroclimatological changes in major river basins of the Western United States, known as the Water in the West Initiative.
• $93.5 million for NOAA’s Climate and Weather Research Supercomputing, an increase of $45 million above the FY 2022 level.

• An increase of $3.28 million to support efforts to improve localized models and maps of the future impacts of sea level rise to inform coastal resilience and climate adaptation.

• $89 million for Coastal Zone Management Grants, an increase of $10 million above the FY 2022 enacted level.
• $68 million, an increase of $7 million over FY22 levels, for National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas and $31.2 million, an increase of $1.5 million over FY22 levels, for National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs), to encourage expansion of the networks protecting marine, Great Lakes, and estuarine areas.

• An increase of $39.1 million for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the National Ocean Service to support the President’s initiative to build more offshore wind farms.
• Provides $7 million for NMFS to adapt fishery management practices to include climate change and deliver climate-informed advice for effective management.

• $96.5 million for the National Sea Grant College Program, an increase of $7 million above FY 2022, along with directions to increase coastal resilience activities.

• $19 million for the Ocean Acidification Program, an increase of $3 million above FY 2022.

• $4 million for implementation of the Digital Coast Act.
• $1.402 billion, an increase of $107 million for NOAA’s climate and weather satellites.

• $13.5 million, an increase of $6 million above FY 2022, for Regional Climate Services within National Centers for Environmental Information, including $7.1 million for Regional Climate Centers.

5 • $29.4 million for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale to support research and monitoring as well as for the adoption of risk reduction measures by the fishing industry.
• $40.3 million for NOAA’s Office of Education, an increase of $6.6 million above FY 2022, and directs the prioritization of programs on understanding climate change, adaptation and mitigation, and climate resilience.

• Designating a new NOAA Senior Advisor for Climate as part of NOAA’s executive leadership and providing direction to coordinate the production and delivery of climate services to stakeholders throughout the Nation.
Science Agencies National Science Foundation (NSF) The bill also confronts the climate crisis with strong funding for climate resilience and research, including: • $1.05 billion, an increase of $150 million above FY 2022, for climate science and clean energy research • Support for the expansion of research into: o Harmful Algal Blooms; o Wildfires; o Carbon Dioxide Removal; and o Sustainable Chemistry.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Additionally, this legislation confronts the climate crisis with strong funding for climate resilience and research, including: • $2.33 billion for Earth Science research, $270.1 million more than FY 2022, to enable better scientific information about the Earth and its changing climate, including $8 million for a new space-based initiative for wildfire fighting and detection.
• $950 million for Aeronautics research, $69.3 million more than FY 2022, to continue efforts to improve the environmental sustainability of air travel through increased fuel efficiency and electric flight.

Department of Justice The bill includes an increase of $6.2 million for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Office of Environmental Justice and for efforts to combat the climate crisis.
Agriculture-Rural Development- FDA The FY 2023 bill includes $298.5 million across USDA to address the impacts of climate change.
These investments will tackle the climate crisis in farming and rural communities and fund research to monitor, measure, and mitigate climate change, accelerate climate smart agriculture practices, reduce greenhouse gases, and advance clean energy technologies, including: 6 • Over $160 million for the Rural Energy Savings Program and the Rural Energy for America Program in lending authority and grants to implement durable, cost effective renewable energy systems or other energy efficiency measures for farms, rural businesses, and residences.
• $41 million for Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) climate science and clean energy proposals, including: o $15 million for the long-term agroecosystem research network.

o $5 million for the development of climate resilient crops.

o $5 million for Regional Climate Hub research teams.
• $92.5 million for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Operations, including: o $50 million for equity conservation cooperative agreements which will remove barriers to access from conservation planning and technical assistance by historically underserved groups to address local natural resource issues and encourage the use of climate-smart practices.

o $25 million for climate smart agriculture implementation.
o $1 million for climate smart agriculture at the Plant Materials Center.

o $13.5 million for the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program.

o $3 million for soil health testing.

• $2 million for the Risk Management Agency to increase staffing and capacity to create policies to address climate change.

• $3 million for climate resilience work, including economic research and analysis.
In addition, the bill: • Encourages NRCS to create climate change mitigation bundles within the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), as recommended in the Select Committee’s Climate Action Plan.

• Directs NRCS to fund ongoing work to reduce nutrient loading from agricultural sources that contribute to the growth of harmful algal blooms.

• Provides $100 million for Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations and Watershed Rehabilitation Program.
• Provides $10 million for the Healthy Forest Reserve Program.

• Provides a total of $1.023 billion for NRCS Conservation Operations, including $23 million in Community Project Funding.
Defense This bill will help the United States Department of Defense (DOD) increase climate resilience and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through investments in facilities, readiness, and global security, including: • $2.5 billion for investments in clean energy and climate adaptation to protect facilities, readiness, and global security, as requested.

• $16 billion for Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization.

• $1 billion to respond to the Red Hill fuel spill.
• Increases in Environmental Restoration activities by $300 million above the President’s request for the cleanup of contamination at existing and formerly used Defense sites.

7 Financial Services and General Government The FY 2023 funding bill: Department of Treasury • Includes language supporting the Treasury’s role in assessing and identifying climate-related risk to financial markets and to financial stability in the supervision and regulation of the insurance industry.
General Services Administration (GSA) • Encourages GSA to comply with existing ENERGY STAR and building rating certifications in leasing actions.

• Recommends GSA continue to use green building certifications in the construction of buildings.

• Directs GSA to use data collected on building usage to reduce energy usage in buildings.

• • • Includes $975 million for GSA repairs and alterations to green the federal building inventory.

Includes $100 million for GSA electric vehicle fleet transformation.
Includes $30 million for a Climate and Resilience Fund.

Homeland Security Department-wide Climate Investment and Research The bill includes $165 million for investments related to climate change and the environment, including: • $50 million for renewable energy, climate resilience, sustainability, and energy efficiency projects.

• $2 million to establish a Climate Change Management Office.

• $76 million for electric vehicles and related infrastructure.
• $37 million for the Science and Technology Directorate for the Community Infrastructure and Resilience program, including $20 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Climate (ARPA-C).
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) The bill provides $25.9 billion for FEMA, $1.74 billion above the FY 2022 enacted level, and $775.8 million above the President’s budget request, including: • $19.95 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund for disaster response and recovery efforts, including $2.9 billion for community-level climate resilience projects.

• $557 million for flood hazard mapping and floodplain management.
• $1.92 billion for other federal assistance related to emergency and disaster preparedness and response, including: o $415 million for the base State Homeland Security Grant Program.

o $615 million for the Urban Area Security Initiative.

o $370 million for the Emergency Management Performance Grant program.

8 o $160.4 million for Community Project Funding grants for pre-disaster mitigation projects under the Stafford Act (cost effective grants to reduce the risks of future natural disasters).
o $40 million for the Next Generation Warning System to improve the capabilities of public broadcasters to send critical emergency and civil defense warnings.

o $12 million for Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants.

o $312.1 million for education, training, and exercises.

Labor-HHS-Education Department of Labor The FY 2023 funding bill creates and sustains good-paying American jobs through investments in job training, including: • $15 million for the Civilian Climate Corps.
• $10 million for the Veterans’ Clean Energy Training Program.

Department of Health and Human Services The bill also confronts the health and wellbeing issues felt from the climate crisis by providing a total of $124.2 billion, an increase of $15.6 billion above FY 2022 levels, including: • $209 million for carrying out an aspect of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health.

• $75 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Climate and Health Program.
• $34 million for CDC Environmental and Health Outcome Tracking Network.

• $4 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

• $3 million for the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity.
Military Construction & Veterans Affairs Department of Defense The investments included in this bill will help DOD increase climate resilience, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, limit environmental impact, and recover from intensifying natural disasters as a result of climate change through investments in facilities, readiness, and global security with $1.1 billion, an increase of $409 million above FY 2022, including: • $40 million for the Army; $40 million for the Navy and Marine Corps; $40 million for the Air Force; and $15 million for Defense-Wide for military installation resiliency in order to address critical resiliency requirements, particularly related to current and future risks from extreme weather and anticipated or unanticipated changes in environmental conditions.
• Directs DOD to update the Unified Facilities Criteria, prioritize low-carbon materials, enhance military installation resilience, and conduct a feasibility study on creating a standalone program to support stormwater management projects.

• $653 million for the Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program.

• $360 million for natural disaster recovery, a result of worsening disasters from climate change.
9 Department of Veterans Affairs The bill also: • Includes $2 billion for VA Construction projects, which includes ensuring safe and sustainable modern facilities.

• Encourages VA to explore options to reduce emissions and waste at medical facilities and report on these efforts.

• Supports installation of zero-emission vehicle charging infrastructure on VA campuses.
State and Foreign Operations The FY 2023 State and Foreign Operations bill recommends more than $3.9 billion to address the climate crisis and other environmental issues, including: Department of State Bilateral programs: $1.6 billion • $420 million for biodiversity, $35 million above the FY 2022 level; of which $140 million for wildlife trafficking, $15 million above the FY 2022 level.

• $300 million for sustainable landscapes, $115 million above the FY 2022 level.
• $450 million for adaptation programs, $180 million above the FY 2022 level.

• $390 million for clean energy programs, $130 million above the FY 2022 level.

• $60 million for ocean plastics and other marine debris and waste management infrastructure, $10 million above the FY 2022 level.

• $20 million for implementing the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act, $5 million above the FY 2022 level.
• New loan guarantee authority for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and $60 million under Economic Support Fund for SIDS.

Multilateral programs: $2.3 billion • $1.6 billion for the Green Climate Fund.

• $150.2 million for the Global Environment Facility.

• $350 million to Clean Technology Fund to combat the climate crisis and help countries scale up low carbon technologies, $225 million above the FY 2022 level.
• $100 million for contributions to the Adaptation Fund and the Least Developed Countries Fund to help countries adapt to new climate realities caused by climate change.

International Organizations and Programs (IO&P): • • $64 million to the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund.

• $21 million to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change/UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

• $10.2 million to the UN Environment Program.

• $7 million for International Conservation Programs.
• $1 million to the World Meteorological Organization.

10 • $325,000 to the International Maritime Organization.
Transportation-Housing & Urban Development Department of Transportation (DOT) The bill invests in climate-ready transportation infrastructure and creates and leverages tens of thousands of additional jobs in construction and related industries by: • Directing DOT to identify opportunities to prioritize resilience, equity, environmental justice, regional efforts, and robust stakeholder engagement.
• Encouraging the integration of resilient construction and land management practices into every new • • construction or major rehabilitation project funded by DOT.

Investing more than $520 million across DOT programs to reduce transportation emissions, increase resiliency, and address climate change.
Includes $12 million for an additional 22 positions to support the Administration’s commitment to making vehicles more environmentally sustainable by establishing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and medium- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency standards.
The bill invests in resilient, clean, multimodal transportation by: o Providing $55 million for the new Healthy Streets Program to reduce flooding, improve air quality, and mitigate the urban heat island effect at bus stops and on pedestrian walkways within disadvantaged communities.

o Better connecting active transportation systems within and between communities by providing $100 million for the new Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program.
o Reducing injuries and fatalities for all road users, including pedestrians and cyclists, with an additional o $100 million for the Safe Streets and Roads for All grants.

Investing $75 million in additional grants for low or no emission buses and an additional $50 million for urban and rural ferries to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
o Providing $50 million for a new Integrated Smart Mobility Grant program to improve safety, o accessibility, air quality, and equity in access to community services and economic opportunities.

Including $775 million for RAISE grants and directing DOT to prioritize planning grants for transit, transit-oriented development, multimodal, passenger rail, and pedestrian projects, and to invest in a variety of transportation modes, like transit, passenger rail, bicycle and pedestrian, and multimodal projects.
o Supporting research to address climate change and reduce emissions across DOT, investing more than $10 million, and an additional $10 million for the new Transportation Resilience and Adaptation Centers of Excellence.

o Advancing cleaner transportation by investing $11 million in electric vehicles to be used by DOT.
o Investing in public transit, passenger rail, and freight rail to reduce single occupancy trips, improve the movement of goods, and lower greenhouse gas emission footprints, including: o $3 billion for Capital Investment Grants for new fixed-guideway transit projects; o $2.3 billion for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, state-supported, and long-distance passenger rail service; o $630 million for the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant program; and o $555 million for the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail grant program.
11 The bill prioritizes aviation climate research and sustainability projects by: o Funding FAA research to reduce the environmental impact of aviation, including: o $45 million for the Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program to reduce noise and emissions at its source – the aircraft engine; o $35.5 million for the Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT) to evaluate technologies for reducing noise, improving air quality, increasing energy efficiency, and producing sustainable aviation fuels at a commercial scale; o $12.4 million to support the research and certification of unleaded aviation gasoline; and o $41 million to improve airport technology, including wildlife mitigation and solar airfield lighting.
o Funding is also available in the form of grants to airports for the Airport Zero Emissions Vehicle and Infrastructure program and the Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) program.

The bill supports our water highways and ports by: o Providing $14.8 million for the America’s Marine Highway Program, which increases the use of our o Nation’s navigable waterways, uses less energy, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Directs DOT to give preference to projects that reduce air emissions and vehicle miles traveled.

Investing $300 million in grants to improve port facilities and the transportation networks and flows of cargo in, around, and through ports, including projects that reduce port air emissions and environmental impacts and improve resiliency.
o Supporting research, development, and demonstration of emerging technologies and practices to improve the environmental sustainability of the maritime industry, providing $6 million.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) This bill grows opportunity through affordable housing, including funding to improve housing sustainability, health, and safety by: • Directing HUD to identify opportunities to prioritize resilience, equity, environmental justice, regional efforts, and robust stakeholder engagement.

• Encouraging the integration of resilient construction and land management practices into every new construction or major rehabilitation project funded by HUD.
• Providing more than $1.1 billion across HUD programs to improve energy and water efficiency, increase resiliency in public and low-income housing, and reduce the carbon footprint.

Investing $75 million to make public housing more energy efficient and increase resiliency.

• • Providing HUD $10 million to establish a pilot program to support recycling and zero-waste programs in • public housing.
Including $500 million for manufactured housing preservation and revitalization, which can be used to fund critical infrastructure and resiliency projects and address the weatherization and energy efficiency needs of manufactured homes and communities.

• Urging the Department to take immediate steps to update energy standards to reduce operating expenses for HUD-owned and operated properties.
• Directing HUD to evaluate ways to reduce housing energy consumption by increasing energy efficiency through various methods to help ease the energy bill burden for low- and moderate-income residents.

12 • Directing HUD to include activities that improve water or energy efficiency or increase resilience to natural hazards as eligible projects for the $150 million in Native American Housing Block Grants Competitive and $70 million in Indian community development block grant programs.
Investing $450 million in the Choice Neighborhood Initiative, which revitalizes severely distressed public or HUD-assisted housing into high-quality, energy efficient, mixed-income housing.

• • Providing $5 million to continue a HUD-DOE partnership to weatherize and eliminate health hazards for low-income households.

• Directing HUD to prioritize research and technology funding for the Office of Innovation for climate adaptation and resiliency innovation.
Initiating an analysis of relocation options for households at risk of natural hazards.

• • Providing $60 million for a new competitive grants program for economic development that improve community resiliency such as the redevelopment of shopping malls, brownfields or grayfield redevelopment including foreclosed, vacant, contaminated, abandoned, or blighted properties, obsolete manufactured housing or otherwise underutilized commercial or industrial properties.
Legislative Branch The FY 2023 Legislative Branch spending bill: • Commends the Architect of the Capitol on its work to leverage new energy technologies and maximize the integration of clean renewable and alternative energy sources through the Legislative Branch facilities.

• Encourages both Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office to continue their work on science and technology issues.

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