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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3621 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Climate Adaptation Science Center and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers 

to respond to the effects of extreme weather events and climate trends, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2022 

Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. HEINRICH, Mrs. MURRAY, 

Ms. SMITH, and Ms. WARREN) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National 

Climate Adaptation Science Center and Regional Climate 

Adaptation Science Centers to respond to the effects 

of extreme weather events and climate trends, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Climate Adaptation 

5 Science Centers Act’’ or the ‘‘CASC Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ADAPTATION.—The term ‘‘adaptation’’ 

4 means— 

5 (A) the process of adjustment to— 

6 (i) actual or expected climate; and 

7 (ii) the effects of extreme weather, cli8 mate trends, and climate variability; and 

9 (B) protection, management, and conserva10 tion efforts designed to maintain or enhance the 

11 ability of people, fish, wildlife, plants, land, eco12 systems, and water of the United States to 

13 withstand, adjust to, or recover from the effects 

14 of extreme weather, climate trends, and climate 

15 variability. 

16 (2) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ 

17 means the Advisory Committee on Climate and Nat18 ural Resource Sciences established under section 

19 6(b)(1). 

20 (3) CONSORTIUM INSTITUTION.—The term 

21 ‘‘consortium institution’’ means an institution of 

22 higher education, State cooperative institution, State 

23 agency, Indian Tribe, Tribal College or University, 

24 historically Black college or university, Tribal orga25 nization, Native Hawaiian organization, minority26 serving institution, or other educational institution 


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1 or organization, Federal agency, public or private or2 ganization, individual, or any other party within 

3 each Regional Center other than the United States 

4 Geological Survey and the host institution. 

5 (4) CULTURAL RESOURCE.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘cultural re7 source’’ means a feature or value relating to 

8 cultural heritage. 

9 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘cultural re10 source’’ includes— 

11 (i) a biological species with cultural 

12 heritage or ceremonial importance; and 

13 (ii) a historic or prehistoric site, trail, 

14 structure, inscription, artwork, or artifact 

15 that is— 

16 (I) located on Federal land; or 

17 (II) representative of the culture 

18 of Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiians, 

19 or Native American Pacific Islanders. 

20 (5) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

21 means the Department of the Interior. 

22 (6) ECOSYSTEM SERVICE.—The term ‘‘eco23 system service’’ means a benefit that an ecosystem 

24 provides humans and human society, including clean 


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1 air, clean water, and other economically important 

2 services. 

3 (7) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI4 VERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically Black colleges or 

5 university’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘part B 

6 institution’’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 

7 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 

8 (8) HOST INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘host insti9 tution’’ means the non-Federal lead organization 

10 within each Regional Center. 

11 (9) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

12 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 

13 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

14 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

15 (10) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

16 The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

17 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 

18 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

19 (11) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

20 term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti21 tution described in paragraphs (2) through (7) of 

22 section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

23 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 


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1 (12) NATIONAL CENTER.—The term ‘‘National 

2 Center’’ means the National Climate Adaptation 

3 Science Center established under section 3(a). 

4 (13) NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER.— 

5 The term ‘‘Native American Pacific Islander’’ means 

6 any descendent of the aboriginal people of any island 

7 in the Pacific Ocean that is a territory of the United 

8 States. 

9 (14) NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term ‘‘Native 

10 Hawaiian’’ means any individual who is a descend11 ant of the aboriginal people who, prior to 1778, oc12 cupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that 

13 now constitutes the State of Hawaii. 

14 (15) NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION.—The 

15 term ‘‘Native Hawaiian organization’’ means any or16 ganization that— 

17 (A) serves and represents the interests of 

18 Native Hawaiians; 

19 (B) has as a primary and stated purpose 

20 the provision of services to Native Hawaiians; 

21 and 

22 (C) has expertise in Native Hawaiian af23 fairs, including— 

24 (i) the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and 


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1 (ii) Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Ha2 wai’i Nei. 

3 (16) NATURAL RESOURCES.—The term ‘‘nat4 ural resources’’ has the meaning given the term in 

5 section 11.14 of title 43, Code of Federal Regula6 tions (or successor regulations). 

7 (17) REGIONAL CENTER.—The term ‘‘Regional 

8 Center’’ means a Regional Climate Adaptation 

9 Science Center established under section 3(a). 

10 (18) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

11 means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 

12 the Director of the United States Geological Survey. 

13 (19) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 

14 (A) each of the several States of the 

15 United States; 

16 (B) the District of Columbia; 

17 (C) American Samoa; 

18 (D) Guam; 

19 (E) the Commonwealth of the Northern 

20 Mariana Islands; 

21 (F) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

22 and 

23 (G) the United States Virgin Islands. 

24 (20) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 

25 term ‘‘Tribal College or University’’ has the meaning 


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1 given the term in section 316(b) of the Higher Edu2 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 

3 (21) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘Trib4 al organization’’ means— 

5 (A) the recognized governing body of any 

6 Indian Tribe; or 

7 (B) any legally established organization of 

8 members of an Indian Tribe that— 

9 (i) is controlled, sanctioned, or char10 tered by the recognized governing body of 

11 an Indian Tribe; or 

12 (ii)(I) is democratically elected by the 

13 adult members of the Indian community to 

14 be served by the organization; and 

15 (II) includes the maximum participa16 tion of members of Indian Tribes in all 

17 phases of the activities of the organization. 

18 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL 

19 CLIMATE ADAPTATION SCIENCE CENTERS. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in collabora22 tion with States, Indian Tribes, and other partner 

23 organizations, shall establish a program, to be 

24 known as the ‘‘National and Regional Climate Adap25 tation Science Centers’’— 


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1 (A) to provide scientific expertise to man2 agers of natural resources, cultural resources, 

3 and ecosystem services for the purpose of in4 forming decisions that aid adaptation to a 

5 changing climate and extreme weather events; 

6 and 

7 (B) that includes a National Climate Ad8 aptation Science Center and Regional Climate 

9 Adaptation Science Centers, which shall be ad10 ministered by the United States Geological Sur11 vey. 

12 (2) CHIEF; DIRECTORS.— 

13 (A) CHIEF.—The Chief of the National 

14 Center shall be an employee of the United 

15 States Geological Survey. 

16 (B) DIRECTORS.— 

17 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each Regional Cen18 ter shall have a Federal Director and a 

19 Host Institution Director who shall work 

20 cooperatively to further the mission of the 

21 Regional Center. 

22 (ii) FEDERAL DIRECTOR.—A Federal 

23 Director of a Regional Center shall be an 

24 employee of the United States Geological 


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1 Survey who reports directly to the Chief of 

2 the National Center. 

3 (b) DUTIES OF THE NATIONAL CENTER.—In collabo4 ration with Federal agencies, States, Indian Tribes, Tribal 

5 organizations, Native Hawaiians, Native Hawaiian organi6 zations, Native American Pacific Islanders, and other 

7 partner organizations, the National Center shall— 

8 (1) serve as the national office for the Regional 

9 Centers; 

10 (2) provide leadership and guidance on adminis11 tration, partnerships, information management, and 

12 communications; 

13 (3) develop and facilitate coordination among 

14 the Regional Centers; 

15 (4) coordinate with other Federal agencies 

16 working on similar research and activities; 

17 (5) conduct research on cross-regional and na18 tional science priorities; 

19 (6) support Regional Centers that— 

20 (A) are hosted at an institution of higher 

21 education, or a consortium of institutions of 

22 higher education or other research institutions, 

23 within the region of each Regional Center; 

24 (B) are collaborations between the Federal 

25 Director and the Host Institution Director and 


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1 the staff of the Federal Director and the Host 

2 Institution Director to address the broad sci3 entific mission and goals defined by the Na4 tional Center— 

5 (i) in a manner that is relevant to the 

6 specific geographic region of the Regional 

7 Center; and 

8 (ii) in cooperation with State and 

9 local governments, Indian Tribes, Tribal 

10 organizations, Native Hawaiians, Native 

11 Hawaiian organizations, Native American 

12 Pacific Islanders, and other entities within 

13 that region; 

14 (C) promote research, education, training, 

15 and advisory service activities and broad and 

16 prompt dissemination of knowledge and tech17 niques; and 

18 (D) receive funding at the host institution 

19 through cooperative agreements, contracts, and 

20 grants under section 4; and 

21 (7) acting through the Chief of the National 

22 Center, with respect to the Regional Centers— 

23 (A)(i) evaluate and assess the performance 

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1 fications established by the Secretary under this 

2 section; and 

3 (ii) based on the evaluation and assess4 ment under clause (i), determine if the pro5 grams of the Regional Center are well managed 

6 and carry out high-quality research, education, 

7 training, and advisory service activities; and 

8 (B) subject to the availability of appropria9 tions, allocate funding among Regional Centers 

10 for— 

11 (i) the conduct of regionally relevant 

12 research, education, training, and advisory 

13 service activities in each of the regions; 

14 (ii) encouraging collaborations among 

15 Regional Centers to address regional and 

16 national priorities established under this 

17 section; 

18 (iii) ensuring successful implementa19 tion and operation of Regional Centers; 

20 (iv) to the maximum extent consistent 

21 with other provisions of this Act, the provi22 sion of a stable base of funding in support 

23 of the Regional Centers; and 

24 (v) the encouragement and promotion 

25 of coordination and cooperation between 


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1 the research, education, training, and advi2 sory service activities of the Department 

3 and the activities of the host and consor4 tium institutions. 

5 (c) AUTHORITIES OF THE NATIONAL CENTER.—The 

6 National Center may— 

7 (1) procure the services of appropriate public 

8 and private agencies and institutions and other 

9 qualified persons to conduct the work of the Na10 tional Center; and 

11 (2) operate and fund a network of not fewer 

12 than 9 Regional Centers that shall address the im13 pacts of climate trends and variability, including ex14 treme weather events, on natural resources, cultural 

15 resources, and ecosystem services. 

16 (d) DESIGNATION OF THE REGIONAL CENTERS.— 

17 (1) EXISTING REGIONAL CENTER DESIGNA18 TIONS.—Any institution or consortium of institu19 tions designated as the host institution of a Regional 

20 Center before the date of enactment of this Act shall 

21 not have to reapply for designation as a Regional 

22 Center if the Chief of the National Center deter23 mines that the institution or consortium of institu24 tions meets the guidelines established under para25 graph (2). 


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1 (2) REVIEWS OF THE REGIONAL CENTERS.— 

2 The Chief of the National Center, in consultation 

3 with the Committee, shall establish guidelines relat4 ing to the activities and responsibilities of the Re5 gional Centers, including— 

6 (A) requirements for the merit review of 

7 the Regional Centers; 

8 (B) guidelines for the circumstances in 

9 which a host institution may be discontinued as 

10 a host institution; 

11 (C) the schedule for merit reviews, in ac12 cordance with scheduling criteria developed 

13 under this paragraph; and 

14 (D) the process to select a new host insti15 tution. 

16 (3) CHANGES TO CONSORTIUM INSTITUTIONS.— 

17 The Chief of the National Center, in consultation 

18 with the Federal Director and Host Institution Di19 rector of a Regional Center, may add or remove a 

20 consortium institution at any time to address re21 gional and national priorities established under this 

22 section. 

23 (4) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—A com24 mittee, subcommittee, or working group appointed 

25 by a Federal Director of a Regional Center shall not 


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1 be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

2 U.S.C. App.). 

3 (e) DUTIES OF THE REGIONAL CENTERS.—In col4 laboration with Federal and State natural resources agen5 cies and departments, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, 

6 Native Hawaiians, Native Hawaiian organizations, Native 

7 American Pacific Islanders, Tribal Colleges or Univer8 sities, historically Black Colleges or Universities, minority9 serving institutions, institutions of higher education, other 

10 research or educational institutions, and other partner or11 ganizations, a Regional Center shall develop research, edu12 cation, training, and advisory service priorities regarding 

13 the impacts of climate trends and variability on natural 

14 and cultural resource management in the region covered 

15 by the Regional Center for the purpose of climate adapta16 tion. 

17 SEC. 4. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS, 

18 GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND 

19 INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS. 

20 (a) AUTHORITY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 

22 into contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and 

23 interagency agreements with a host institution or 

24 consortium institution to further the research, edu25 cation, training, and advisory service activities of the 


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1 Department or partners of the Department relating 

2 to impacts of climate trends and variability. 

3 (2) EFFECT.—The authority under paragraph 

4 (1)— 

5 (A) supplements any other authority pro6 vided under any other law relating to the De7 partment; and 

8 (B) does not limit or repeal any existing 

9 authorities of the Department. 

10 (b) LEGAL INSTRUMENTS.—The Secretary may use 

11 a contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or interagency 

12 agreement as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship 

13 between the Secretary and a host institution or consortium 

14 institution to carry out the duties under section 3 without 

15 regard to— 

16 (1) any requirements for competition; 

17 (2) section 6101 of title 41, United States 

18 Code; or 

19 (3) subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324 of 

20 title 31, United States Code. 

21 (c) PARTICIPATION OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Not22 withstanding any other provision of law, any Federal 

23 agency may participate in a cooperative agreement under 

24 this section by contributing funds through the National 

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1 ment mutually agree that the objectives of the agreement 

2 would further the authorized programs of the contributing 

3 agency. 

4 (d) TITLE TO ASSETS.—The Secretary may vest in 

5 a contractor or recipient title to expendable and non6 expendable assets, including equipment, supplies, and 

7 other tangible personal property, if— 

8 (1) the contractor or recipient purchases the as9 sets with funds from a contract, grant, cooperative 

10 agreement, or interagency agreement; and 

11 (2) the Secretary considers the vesting of title 

12 to be in furtherance of the research, education, 

13 training, and advisory service objectives of the De14 partment. 

15 (e) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—In any case in which a 

16 contract is let or a grant is made to an organization to 

17 perform services benefitting more than 1 Indian Tribe, the 

18 approval of each Indian Tribe shall be a prerequisite to 

19 the letting or making of the contract or grant. 

20 SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION. 

21 Each department, agency, or other instrumentality of 

22 the Federal Government that is engaged in or concerned 

23 with, or that has authority over, matters relating to nat24 ural resources, cultural resources, ecosystem services, or 

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1 cies of the United States Global Change Research Pro2 gram— 

3 (1) may make available, on a reimbursable 

4 basis or otherwise, any personnel (with the consent 

5 of the personnel and without prejudice to the posi6 tion and rating of the personnel), service, or facility 

7 that the Chief of the National Center determines to 

8 be necessary to carry out any provision of section 3; 

9 (2) shall, on a written request from the Sec10 retary, furnish any available data or other informa11 tion that the Secretary determines to be necessary to 

12 carry out any provision of section 3; 

13 (3) shall cooperate with the National Center, 

14 Regional Centers, and duly authorized officials of 

15 the National Center or Regional Centers; and 

16 (4) may transfer budgetary resources or other17 wise enter into interagency agreements, including for 

18 funding, facilities, computational resources, data, or 

19 other tangible or intangible resources, between the 

20 National Center or Regional Centers to aid collabo21 rative work among Federal agencies, if approved by 

22 the Chief of the National Center and the head of the 

23 applicable Federal agency. 


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1 SEC. 6. COMMITTEES. 

2 (a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH COMMITTEES.—The 

3 Chief of the National Center may establish committees or 

4 working groups and procedures to facilitate public partici5 pation in the advisory process, such as a national advisory 

6 committee for the National Center, stakeholder advisory 

7 committees and science implementation panels for the Re8 gional Centers, and working groups for review of competi9 tive or noncompetitive proposals. 

10 (b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

11 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act and pursuant 

13 to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

14 App.), the Secretary shall establish an Advisory 

15 Committee on Climate and Natural Resource 

16 Sciences. 

17 (2) MEMBERS.—The Committee shall have not 

18 fewer than 15 members, including members that are 

19 employees of or represent the following: 

20 (A) An Indian Tribe. 

21 (B) A Tribal organization. 

22 (C) A Native Hawaiian organization. 

23 (D) A State or local government. 

24 (E) A Host institution of a Regional Cen25 ter. 

26 (F) A nongovernmental organization. 


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1 (G) An academic institution. 

2 (H) An organization of the private sector. 

3 (3) CHAIR; VICE CHAIR.— 

4 (A) CHAIR.—The Secretary shall appoint a 

5 Committee Chair from among the members of 

6 the Committee. 

7 (B) VICE CHAIR.—The Committee shall se8 lect 1 voting member of the Committee to serve 

9 as the Vice Chair, who shall act as Chair in the 

10 absence or incapacity of the Chair. 

11 (4) DUTIES.—The Committee shall identify and 

12 recommend priorities for ongoing research needs on 

13 the issues described in section 3(e) to inform the re14 search priorities of the National Center. 

15 (5) TERM.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

17 subparagraph (C), the term of office of a voting 

18 member of the Committee shall be not more 

19 than 3 years. 

20 (B) CONSECUTIVE TERMS.—No member of 

21 the Committee may serve more than 2 consecu22 tive terms as a voting member of the Com23 mittee. 


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1 (C) EXTENSION.—The Chair may extend 

2 the term of office of a voting member of the 

3 Committee by not more than 1 year. 

4 (D) PARTIAL TERM.—A member that is 

5 appointed to a partial or full term on the Com6 mittee may be reappointed for 1 additional full 

7 term as a member on the Committee. 

8 (6) NOMINATIONS.—Not less frequently than 

9 once each year, the Secretary shall publish a notice 

10 in the Federal Register soliciting nominations for 

11 membership on the Committee. 

12 (c) COMMITTEES; WORKING GROUPS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—At the direction of the Sec14 retary, the Chief of the National Center may estab15 lish committees or working groups to provide input 

16 on the science priorities, implementation of science 

17 programs, review of competitive and noncompetitive 

18 proposals, and evaluation of processes, procedures, 

19 and outcomes of the National Center and the Re20 gional Centers. 

21 (2) MEMBERS.—A committee or working group 

22 established under paragraph (1) shall, to the extent 

23 practicable, include members from the Federal Gov24 ernment, State government, institutions of higher 

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1 nizations, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and 

2 Native Hawaiian organizations. 

3 (3) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary 

4 may establish procedures to facilitate public partici5 pation in the advisory process under this subsection, 

6 including— 

7 (A) providing advance notice of meetings; 

8 (B) providing adequate opportunity for 

9 public input and comment; 

10 (C) maintaining appropriate records; and 

11 (D) making a record of the proceedings of 

12 meetings available for public inspection. 

13 (4) IMPLEMENTATION; AVAILABILITY OF

14 RECORDS.—The Secretary shall ensure that— 

15 (A) the procedures described in paragraph 

16 (3) are adopted and implemented; and 

17 (B) the records described in paragraph (3) 

18 are accurately maintained and available for 

19 public inspection. 

20 (5) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—A committee or work22 ing group established under paragraph (1) shall 

23 not be considered to be an advisory committee 

24 under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

25 U.S.C. App.). 


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1 (B) ADVICE.—Seeking advice and input 

2 under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to the 

3 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

4 App.). 

5 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec7 retary to carry out this Act— 

8 (1) $97,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

9 (2) $109,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

10 (3) $121,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

11 (4) $133,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 

12 (5) $145,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 

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