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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3879 

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate regulations on regional and interregional transmission planning, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 17, 2022 

Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. SMITH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Ms. WARREN) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 

promulgate regulations on regional and interregional 

transmission planning, 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 ‘‘Connecting Hard-to5 reach Areas with Renewably Generated Energy Act of 

6 2022’’ or the ‘‘CHARGE Act of 2022’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) current transmission planning is fractured 

2 across many jurisdictions, prioritizes incumbent enti3 ties and highly localized transmission, and fails to 

4 identify cost-effective solutions for 21st century 

5 needs; 

6 (2) the historical structure, regulations, and in7 centives of the electric power system lead to under8 planning and under-investment in the regional and 

9 interregional transmission lines that are needed for 

10 a reliable and resilient grid; 

11 (3) much of the existing transmission infra12 structure of the United States is in need of signifi13 cant upgrade or replacement; 

14 (4) the energy sector of the United States is at 

15 a critical juncture, with a rapidly changing power 

16 generation mix and new public policy mandates; 

17 (5) it is imperative to proactively plan for elec18 tricity transmission in the future, including by tak19 ing into account long-term changes to demand and 

20 load growth; 

21 (6) renewable energy resources must be incor22 porated into the grid efficiently in order to meet 

23 State and Federal decarbonization goals; 


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1 (7) the public desires, and has a right to, elec2 tricity data that is transparent, organized, and ac3 cessible; 

4 (8) having reliable and diverse sources of elec5 tricity generation is a foundational need for the en6 tire economy; 

7 (9) climate change has increased the frequency 

8 and intensity of severe weather events that affect the 

9 grid; 

10 (10) it is in the national interest to implement 

11 policies that provide effective electric infrastructure 

12 to save consumers money, avoid preventable damage, 

13 ensure energy reliability, and save lives; 

14 (11) the Federal Government has a responsi15 bility to combat rising transmission costs and ensure 

16 customers receive just and reasonable rates for elec17 tricity; and 

18 (12) industry experience, scientific studies, and 

19 modern examples of reformed electricity trans20 mission provide confidence that new public policies 

21 and regulatory guidance will achieve more efficient 

22 and beneficial planning than the status quo. 

23 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this Act: 


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1 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

2 means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 

3 (2) INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR.—The 

4 term ‘‘Independent System Operator’’ has the mean5 ing given the term in section 3 of the Federal Power 

6 Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 

7 (3) INTERCONNECTION CUSTOMER.—The term 

8 ‘‘interconnection customer’’ means an individual or 

9 entity that has submitted to the owner or operator 

10 of a transmission facility or transmission system a 

11 request to interconnect a generation project or en12 ergy storage project that is subject to the jurisdic13 tion of the Commission. 

14 (4) INTERREGIONAL TRANSMISSION PLANNING

15 PROCESS.—The term ‘‘interregional transmission 

16 planning process’’ means a joint process by trans17 mission providers in 2 or more adjacent transmission 

18 planning regions to evaluate electric energy trans19 mission needs. 

20 (5) LOAD-SERVING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘load21 serving entity’’ has the meaning given the term in 

22 section 217(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

23 824q(a)). 

24 (6) PRICING NODE.—The term ‘‘pricing node’’ 

25 means a specific electrical bus location on the grid 


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1 where an injection or withdrawal of power is mod2 eled. 

3 (7) REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION.— 

4 The term ‘‘Regional Transmission Organization’’ 

5 has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the 

6 Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 

7 (8) TRANSMISSION FACILITY.—The term 

8 ‘‘transmission facility’’ means a facility that is used 

9 for the transmission of electric energy in interstate 

10 commerce. 

11 (9) TRANSMISSION PLANNING REGION.—The 

12 term ‘‘transmission planning region’’ means a region 

13 for which electric energy transmission planning is 

14 appropriate, as determined by the Commission, such 

15 as a region established pursuant to the guidance in 

16 the final rule of the Commission entitled ‘‘Trans17 mission Planning and Cost Allocation by Trans18 mission Owning and Operating Public Utilities’’ (76 

19 Fed. Reg. 49842 (August 11, 2011)). 

20 (10) TRANSMISSION PROVIDER.—The term 

21 ‘‘transmission provider’’ means a public utility (as 

22 defined in section 201(e) of the Federal Power Act 

23 (16 U.S.C. 824(e))) that owns, operates, or controls 

24 1 or more transmission facilities. 


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1 SEC. 4. TRANSMISSION PLANNING AND COST ALLOCATION. 

2 (a) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 18 months after 

3 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 

4 promulgate a final rule that establishes transmission plan5 ning processes and cost-allocation processes that— 

6 (1) ensure that transmission providers— 

7 (A) engage in formalized interregional 

8 transmission planning processes and inter9 connection-wide transmission planning proc10 esses, in conjunction with transmission planning 

11 processes within transmission planning regions; 

12 (B) harmonize interregional transmission 

13 planning processes and interconnection-wide 

14 transmission planning processes with other 

15 transmission planning regions, such as by using 

16 a joint model on a consistent timeline with a 

17 unified set of minimum requirements regarding 

18 needs, input assumptions, and benefit metrics; 

19 (C) include as part of planning and cost20 allocation processes the use of grid-enhancing 

21 transmission technologies and nontransmission 

22 alternatives that increase delivery of power over 

23 transmission networks, including, at a min24 imum— 

25 (i) dynamic line ratings; 

26 (ii) topology optimization; 


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1 (iii) power flow control; 

2 (iv) advanced conductors; and 

3 (v) storage-as-transmission; 

4 (D) conduct interregional and interconnec5 tion-wide planning regularly and not less fre6 quently than once every 3 years; 

7 (E) conduct system-wide planning based 

8 on a range of possible future load and genera9 tion scenarios; and 

10 (F) are required to incorporate in a trans11 mission planning process the full scope of bene12 fits of transmission investment, including, at a 

13 minimum— 

14 (i) reduced costs of electric energy to 

15 customers, including reduced costs associ16 ated with lower quantities of necessary ca17 pacity, ancillary services, and reserve mar18 gins; 

19 (ii) access to resources in neighboring 

20 transmission planning regions; 

21 (iii) the transmission of renewable en22 ergy or the ability of renewable energy to 

23 connect to the grid; 


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1 (iv) improvements in reliability, resil2 ience, and flexibility of the grid, including, 

3 at a minimum— 

4 (I) reduced loss of load prob5 ability; 

6 (II) increased resource diversity; 

7 (III) increased climate hardening; 

8 and 

9 (IV) increased ability to maintain 

10 functionality during regionally appro11 priate weather conditions and severe 

12 weather scenarios; 

13 (v) leveraging resources across cli14 matological patterns or time zones to ac15 count for resource availability and weather 

16 patterns; 

17 (vi) avoidance, to the maximum extent 

18 practicable, of sensitive environmental 

19 areas and cultural heritage sites; 

20 (vii) reasonable and economical use of 

21 existing rights-of-way; 

22 (viii) market facilitation benefits, in23 cluding, at a minimum, increased competi24 tiveness, liquidity, and integrity of broader 

25 geographic markets; 


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1 (ix) avoided costs and deferred cost 

2 savings, including reduced generation costs 

3 and reduced future transmission invest4 ment costs; 

5 (x) the integration of grid-enhancing 

6 technologies; 

7 (xi) meeting local, State, and Federal 

8 policy goals, including goals established in 

9 decarbonization, climate, and clean energy 

10 laws (including regulations); 

11 (xii) protections to maintain just and 

12 reasonable rates for customers; and 

13 (xiii) any other production costs sav14 ings or other economic benefits from pro15 posed transmission projects; 

16 (2) require that regional and interregional cost17 allocation methodologies allocate costs on the basis 

18 of the multiple benefits described in clauses (i) 

19 through (xiii) of paragraph (1)(F); 

20 (3) incorporate a 10- to 20-year future resource 

21 mix for each load-serving entity and State, which 

22 may require a load-serving entity to make publicly 

23 available the resource plans of the load-serving enti24 ty if, in the determination of the Commission, those 

25 plans are not adequately described in publicly stated 


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1 plans in Securities and Exchange Commission fil2 ings, State agency filings, and power purchase con3 tracts; 

4 (4) prioritize interregional cost-benefit consider5 ations over regional cost-benefit considerations; 

6 (5) require transmission providers to maximize 

7 the use of portfolio-based cost allocations; 

8 (6) in cases in which costs and benefits are dif9 ficult to quantify, may allocate transmission invest10 ment costs among transmission system customers in 

11 proportion to— 

12 (A) in the case of regional projects, the 

13 share of electricity of each customer in the re14 gion; or 

15 (B) in the case of interregional projects, 

16 the share of electricity of each customer in each 

17 applicable region; and 

18 (7) to the extent practicable, prevent trans19 mission providers from using cost-allocation meth20 odologies that— 

21 (A) discourage distributed generation, en22 ergy efficiency, demand response, or storage if 

23 more economic than transmission; 

24 (B) are constrained by consideration only 

25 of benefits that are easy to allocate; or 


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1 (C) undermine previous cost-allocation 

2 agreements for projects already in operation. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL CONFERENCE.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the rulemaking 

5 process under subsection (a), the Commission may 

6 convene a technical conference to consider implemen7 tation details, as the Commission determines to be 

8 appropriate. 

9 (2) PARTICIPATION.— 

10 (A) LEADERSHIP.—A technical conference 

11 convened under paragraph (1) may be led by 

12 the members of the Commission. 

13 (B) PARTICIPATION.—The Commission 

14 may invite to participate in a technical con15 ference convened under paragraph (1) rep16 resentatives of residential ratepayers, trans17 mission providers, environmental justice and eq18 uity groups, Tribal communities, Independent 

19 System Operators, Regional Transmission Or20 ganizations, consumer protection groups, renew21 able energy advocates, State utility commission 

22 and energy offices, and such other entities as 

23 the Commission determines appropriate. 

24 (C) TIMELINE.—The Commission may es25 tablish and enforce a timeline for a technical 


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1 conference convened under paragraph (1) that 

2 discourages actions by participants that may 

3 unnecessarily delay the conference. 

4 (3) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Commission may 

5 provide an opportunity for public comment on the 

6 topics considered by a technical conference convened 

7 under paragraph (1). 

8 (c) OFFICE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Com9 mission shall consult the Office of Public Participation 

10 during the rulemaking process under subsection (a), in11 cluding with respect to— 

12 (1) guidance on public participation require13 ments; 

14 (2) communications with the public concerning 

15 transmission planning that may impact local com16 munities and land owners, including Tribal, indige17 nous, and environmental justice communities; and 

18 (3) minimum data transparency and access re19 quirements. 

20 (d) JOINT FEDERAL-STATE TASK FORCE ON ELEC21 TRIC TRANSMISSION.—The Commission may consult the 

22 Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission 

23 in any actions that— 

24 (1) involve shared Federal and State regulatory 

25 authority and processes; or 


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1 (2) would benefit from a combined Federal and 

2 State perspective. 

3 SEC. 5. INTERREGIONAL MINIMUM TRANSFER REQUIRE4 MENTS. 

5 (a) ELECTRIC RELIABILITY.—Section 215(i)(2) of 

6 the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(i)(2)) is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘or transmission’’. 

8 (b) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 18 months after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 

10 promulgate a final rule that establishes a minimum trans11 fer capability that— 

12 (1) shall govern minimum transfer require13 ments between transmission planning regions; 

14 (2) achieves reliability and resilience standards 

15 during plausible extreme weather scenarios; 

16 (3) optimizes efficiency of delivering renewable 

17 energy to demand centers; and 

18 (4) incorporates the best available science relat19 ing to energy transmission, climatological patterns, 

20 climate change causes and impacts, grid reliability, 

21 and grid resiliency, including study results from the 

22 Department of Energy or National Laboratories (as 

23 defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 

24 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)). 


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1 SEC. 6. DATA TRANSPARENCY. 

2 Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et 

3 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 224. DATA TRANSPARENCY. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall require all 

6 public utilities and other entities subject to the jurisdiction 

7 of the Commission to make hourly operating data trans8 parent and accessible to the public, including— 

9 ‘‘(1) as original source data posted in a timely 

10 manner; and 

11 ‘‘(2) through coordination with an online data12 base operated by the Administrator of the Energy 

13 Information Administration. 

14 ‘‘(b) DATA.—Data made publicly available under sub15 section (a) shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) be organized and easy to understand; 

17 ‘‘(2) be centralized and provided in usable for18 mats, including an application programming inter19 face; 

20 ‘‘(3) be available free of charge or at-cost; 

21 ‘‘(4) be published in a timely manner; 

22 ‘‘(5) include generation by fuel type; and 

23 ‘‘(6) include average and hourly, or more fre24 quent if technologically feasible, marginal green25 house gas emissions per megawatt hour of electricity 


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1 generated within the metered boundaries of each en2 tity and for each pricing node. 

3 ‘‘(c) COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS.—The Commission 

4 may identify and reduce regulatory barriers to the devel5 opment of commercial products that use the data made 

6 publicly available under subsection (a) in order to provide 

7 verifiable emissions reductions, including short- and long8 term nodal congestion products. 

9 ‘‘(d) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts oth10 erwise made available to the Administrator of the Energy 

11 Information Administration, there is appropriated to the 

12 Administrator of the Energy Information Administration 

13 for fiscal year 2023, out of any funds in the Treasury not 

14 otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000 to develop and oper15 ate the database described in subsection (a)(2), to remain 

16 available until expended.’’. 

17 SEC. 7. PROMOTING COMPETITION FOR GENERATION. 

18 Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et 

19 seq.) (as amended by section 6) is amended by adding at 

20 the end the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 225. DUE REGARD FOR FAIR COMPETITION. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to effectively protect 

23 against the exercise of market power through affiliate 

24 abuse, the Commission shall require that any new genera25 tion described in subsection (b) is procured through a 


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1 competitive process and without any right of first refusal 

2 for an incumbent utility, subject to subsection (c). 

3 ‘‘(b) NEW GENERATION DESCRIBED.—The new gen4 eration referred to in subsection (a) is new generation that 

5 is— 

6 ‘‘(1) above a Commission-determined size 

7 threshold; 

8 ‘‘(2) above a Commission-determined cost mate9 riality threshold; and 

10 ‘‘(3) ultimately used to sell power in interstate 

11 commerce. 

12 ‘‘(c) EXEMPTION.—New generation that is procured 

13 through a process administered by a Regional Trans14 mission Organization or an Independent System Operator 

15 is exempted from the requirements of subsection (a).’’. 

16 SEC. 8. STATE SUBSIDIES. 

17 Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et 

18 seq.) (as amended by section 7) is amended by adding at 

19 the end the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 226. STATE SUBSIDIES. 

21 ‘‘In order to promote competition in wholesale mar22 kets, reliability, and affordability, the Commission shall 

23 not use price mitigation methods to counteract the effects 

24 of State subsidies for renewable energy resources.’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. OFFICE OF TRANSMISSION. 

2 Part III of the Federal Power Act is amended by in3 serting after section 317 (16 U.S.C. 825p) the following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 318. OFFICE OF TRANSMISSION. 

5 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be established in 

6 the Commission an office, to be known as the ‘Office of 

7 Transmission’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Office’). 

8 ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be administered 

9 by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Chairman 

10 of the Commission. 

11 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Director of the Office shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) review transmission plans submitted by 

13 public utilities in accordance with the regional and 

14 interregional transmission planning processes, in15 cluding the processes established pursuant to section 

16 206; 

17 ‘‘(2) coordinate transmission-related matters of 

18 the Commission, as the Commission determines ap19 propriate; 

20 ‘‘(3) carry out the responsibilities of the Com21 mission under section 216, in coordination with the 

22 Office of Energy Projects of the Commission; 

23 ‘‘(4) review opportunities for innovation in 

24 transmission planning and operation, including de25 ployment of grid-enhancing technologies, advanced 

26 conductors, and other approaches; and 


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1 ‘‘(5) provide oversight of interregional trans2 mission planning activities.’’. 

3 SEC. 10. INTERCONNECTION. 

4 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations, 

6 or revise existing regulations— 

7 (1) to prohibit a public utility from requiring an 

8 interconnection customer to exclusively or dispropor9 tionately fund, without reimbursement, the costs of 

10 any network upgrade identified as necessary for the 

11 interconnect request of the interconnection customer; 

12 (2) to encourage cost-sharing models that re13 flect the broad set of benefits and beneficiaries for 

14 any network upgrades identified as needed in an 

15 interconnection or affected system study, subject to 

16 the requirement that the model adheres to any re17 quirements established under paragraph (1); and 

18 (3) to alleviate interconnection backlogs and re19 duce informational and procedural barriers in inter20 connection, which may include— 

21 (A) the establishment of an interconnection 

22 analysis center within the Office of Trans23 mission established under section 318 of the 

24 Federal Power Act; and 


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1 (B) consultation with staff and the use of 

2 other resources of the Department of Energy. 

3 SEC. 11. INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION MONITOR. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, for the purpose of moni6 toring the planning and operation of transmission facilities 

7 in transmission planning regions, the Commission shall— 

8 (1)(A) require each transmission planning re9 gion to establish an independent entity to monitor 

10 the planning and operation of transmission facilities 

11 in the transmission planning region; and 

12 (B) establish a council, to be known as the 

13 ‘‘Council of Transmission Monitors’’— 

14 (i) to provide oversight of each inde15 pendent entity established pursuant to subpara16 graph (A); and 

17 (ii) to ensure interregional collaboration 

18 and consistency; or 

19 (2) establish an independent entity to monitor 

20 the planning and operation of transmission facilities 

21 in all transmission planning regions. 

22 (b) ROLE OF TRANSMISSION MONITOR.—An inde23 pendent entity described in paragraph (1)(A) or (2) of 

24 subsection (a) shall, as applicable— 


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1 (1) review the operation of applicable trans2 mission planning regions for inefficiency and prac3 tices that may lead to unjust and unreasonable 

4 rates; 

5 (2) review transmission planning processes; 

6 (3) review costs of transmission facilities, in7 cluding identifying inefficiencies among local, re8 gional, and interregional planning; 

9 (4) provide examples and advice to transmission 

10 providers on appropriate regional transmission oper11 ations, planning, and cost-allocation processes; and 

12 (5) identify situations in which, with respect to 

13 a transmission planning process— 

14 (A) nonwire alternatives may be more cost15 effective than transmission; 

16 (B) grid-enhancing technologies may be 

17 appropriate; or 

18 (C) high-capacity, interregional lines may 

19 be— 

20 (i) more cost-effective; or 

21 (ii) a more appropriate reliability and 

22 resilience alternative. 

23 SEC. 12. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

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1 lish an advisory committee (referred to in this section as 

2 the ‘‘committee’’) to make recommendations on— 

3 (1) oversight and governance of Independent 

4 System Operators or Regional Transmission Organi5 zations; 

6 (2) stakeholder participation best practices— 

7 (A) that ensure transparency, account8 ability, independence, oversight, and fair rep9 resentation; and 

10 (B) the purpose of which are to promote 

11 competition, reliability, and affordability in all 

12 transmission planning regions; 

13 (3) enhancing transparency and open decision14 making in regions not classified as Independent Sys15 tem Operators or Regional Transmission Organiza16 tions; and 

17 (4) the requirements of governing boards within 

18 Independent System Operators or Regional Trans19 mission Organizations. 

20 (b) REPRESENTATION.—The committee shall be com21 posed of not more than 30 members, including— 

22 (1) at least 2 representatives of end-use cus23 tomers; 

24 (2) at least 1 representative of transmission 

25 providers; 


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1 (3) at least 2 representatives of environmental 

2 justice and equity groups; 

3 (4) at least 1 representative of Tribal commu4 nities; 

5 (5) at least 1 representative of Independent 

6 System Operators; 

7 (6) at least 1 representative of Regional Trans8 mission Organizations; 

9 (7) at least 1 representative of consumer pro10 tection groups; 

11 (8) at least 2 representatives of renewable en12 ergy advocates; 

13 (9) at least 1 representative of State commis14 sions; 

15 (10) at least 1 representative of public power 

16 entities; 

17 (11) at least 1 representative of marketers; and 

18 (12) at least 1 representative of generators. 

19 (c) FACA APPLICABILITY.—The Federal Advisory 

20 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the com21 mittee. 

22 SEC. 13. APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 

24 appropriated to the Commission for fiscal year 2023, out 

25 of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 


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1 $200,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry 

2 out— 

3 (1) sections 4, 5, and 10; and 

4 (2) the amendment made by section 9. 

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