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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7131 

To promote economic growth and recovery throughout the Great Lakes region, 

to restore and to protect America’s principal source of fresh water, 

which holds twenty percent of the world’s freshwater, making it the 

largest system in the world, to foster innovation and to advance worldclass workforce, education, training, and adjustment institutions for better jobs in the Great Lakes region, to strengthen and to expand the 

core U.S. manufacturing and industrial base, and the required energy 

systems to sustain and to power production, and to work with the 

Federal Government and provinces of Canada on our mutual Great 

Lakes challenges including the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2022 

Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. TONKO, Ms. MOORE

of Wisconsin, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. MORELLE, and Ms. 

STEVENS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined 

by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 

within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To promote economic growth and recovery throughout the 

Great Lakes region, to restore and to protect America’s 

principal source of fresh water, which holds twenty percent of the world’s freshwater, making it the largest 

system in the world, to foster innovation and to advance 

world-class workforce, education, training, and adjustment institutions for better jobs in the Great Lakes 


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region, to strengthen and to expand the core U.S. manufacturing and industrial base, and the required energy 

systems to sustain and to power production, and to work 

with the Federal Government and provinces of Canada 

on our mutual Great Lakes challenges including the 

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway, 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 ‘‘Great Lakes Authority 

5 Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The 8 States that comprise the United 

9 States portion of the Great Lakes watershed contain 

10 the core of America’s commercial and industrial 

11 base. 

12 (2) The Department of Homeland Security de13 fines these industries as ‘‘America’s Critical Manu14 facturing Sector’’. 

15 (3) The total economy for the United States 

16 Great Lakes region generated $3.1 trillion in gross 

17 domestic product while employing 25.8 million peo18 ple and supporting $1.3 trillion in wages. 

19 (4) Maritime commerce supports more than 

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1 erates annual binational economic benefits of $35 

2 billion in economic activity ($26 billion in the United 

3 States), $10.5 billion in personal income and local 

4 consumption expenditures in the United States), and 

5 $4.6 billion in Federal, State, and local tax revenue 

6 in the United States. 

7 (5) The Great Lakes region’s 5 Great Lakes— 

8 Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior—are 

9 the source of 21 percent of the world’s surface fresh 

10 water and 84 percent of North America’s fresh 

11 water, making it the largest freshwater system in 

12 the world. 

13 (6) Since the early 1980s, the inequalities be14 tween the few and the many, the coasts and the in15 terior, and the developed and underdeveloped regions 

16 of the United States have widened. 

17 (7) The United States has closed 91,000 fac18 tories and lost 5 million manufacturing jobs since 

19 NAFTA was enacted in 1993 and since China joined 

20 the World Trade Organization in 2000. The 8-State 

21 Great Lakes region lost 1.5 million of those jobs— 

22 that is, 30 percent. 

23 (8) The losses of factories and jobs, in turn, 

24 have greatly weakened the fiscal capacity of the 

25 Great Lakes region’s State and local governments. A 


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1 measure of this fiscal crisis is found in the high mu2 nicipal indebtedness of the region’s cities, as well as 

3 debt burdens due to Federal Government mandates. 

4 (9) When workers’ jobs are outsourced or elimi5 nated by increased foreign competition, entire com6 munities feel the impact. Communities throughout 

7 the Great Lakes, including communities of color, 

8 have struggled to rebuild the economic conditions 

9 that once supported thriving working and middle 

10 class lives for their residents. 

11 (10) The loss of factories and jobs has hollowed 

12 out entire communities, leading to the spread of 

13 blight, pollution and vacant and abandoned prop14 erties that destabilize rural, suburban and urban 

15 communities across the Great Lakes region. 

16 (11) The Great Lakes States have not kept 

17 pace with innovation. Specifically, in 1990, 51,000 

18 United States patents were issued and in 2020 the 

19 United States Patent and Trademark Office granted 

20 188,000—an increase of 265 percent, but not a sin21 gle State in the Great Lakes region reached the na22 tional average by 2020. 

23 (12) The Great Lakes region faces numerous 

24 ecological threats, including invasive species, toxic 


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1 algae, erosion, development, waste plastics, and toxic 

2 pollutants, among other sources. 

3 (13) Heavy power demands across the region 

4 require a dependable baseload energy supply with a 

5 highly skilled workforce. Today, the region has 17 

6 nuclear reactors at 15 sites in operation. Nuclear 

7 power provides 15 percent of the electricity for Ohio 

8 and Wisconsin, 23 percent for Minnesota, 29 percent 

9 for Michigan, 33 percent for New York, 41 percent 

10 for Pennsylvania, and 53 percent for Illinois; how11 ever, competitive pressures from massive, new nat12 ural gas supplies have created financial pressures 

13 that can make nuclear power less competitive and 

14 more expensive. 

15 (14) Building back better in the Great Lakes 

16 region is a challenge that requires an empowered 

17 and well-financed Great Lakes Authority. 

18 (15) The Great Lakes Authority can support 

19 sustained growth and innovation through public and 

20 private sector initiatives and collaboration with re21 gional stakeholders. 

22 SEC. 3. GREAT LAKES AUTHORITY. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle VI of title 40, United 

24 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘CHAPTER 185—GREAT LAKES AUTHORITY 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘18501. Purpose. 

‘‘18502. Definitions. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

‘‘18510. Establishment; members. 

‘‘18511. Meetings; decisions. 

‘‘18512. Functions. 

‘‘18513. Administrative powers and expenses. 

‘‘18514. Information. 

‘‘18515. Regional development plan. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

‘‘18520. Authority to provide financial assistance. 

‘‘18521. Revolving loan fund. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—NATIONAL ENERGY RECYCLING AND CONSERVATION

LABORATORY

‘‘18530. National Energy Recycling and Conservation Laboratory. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

‘‘18540. Authorization of appropriations. 

2 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 ‘‘§ 18501. Purpose 

4 ‘‘The purpose of this chapter shall be to establish the 

5 Great Lakes Authority to— 

6 ‘‘(1) promote economic development and job 

7 creation and to create world-class workforce edu8 cation, training, and adjustment institutions to spur 

9 economic growth, especially in communities that 

10 have been disproportionately affected by the out11 sourcing of jobs; 

12 ‘‘(2) restore and to protect the principal source 

13 of surface fresh water in North America; 


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1 ‘‘(3) foster innovation to strengthen and expand 

2 the core United States manufacturing and industrial 

3 base and promote cleaner and more sustainable 

4 power production; 

5 ‘‘(4) establish and administer funding mecha6 nisms to finance clean energy, green infrastructure, 

7 water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure, and 

8 broadband infrastructure projects in the Great 

9 Lakes region; 

10 ‘‘(5) create a regional development plan; 

11 ‘‘(6) promote affordable access to energy and 

12 broadband services in the Great Lakes region; and 

13 ‘‘(7) provide technical assistance to entities re14 ceiving financial assistance from the Great Lakes 

15 Authority. 

16 ‘‘§ 18502. Definitions 

17 ‘‘In this chapter: 

18 ‘‘(1) APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.—The term 

19 ‘apprenticeship program’ means an apprenticeship 

20 program registered under the Act of August 16, 

21 1937 (commonly known as the ‘National Apprentice22 ship Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 

23 et seq.). 

24 ‘‘(2) BOND.—The term ‘bond’ means any bond 

25 issued in accordance with this chapter if— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the proceeds from the sale of the 

2 bond are to be used for expenditures incurred 

3 after the date of issuance with respect to any 

4 eligible project, subject to such rules as the 

5 Great Lakes Authority may provide; 

6 ‘‘(B) the bond is issued in registered form; 

7 ‘‘(C) the bond has such terms and carries 

8 interest in such an amount as determined by 

9 the Authority; and 

10 ‘‘(D) payments of interest and principal 

11 with respect to the bond is the obligation of the 

12 Authority and is backed by the full faith and 

13 credit of the United States. 

14 ‘‘(3) BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE

15 PROJECT.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘broadband 

17 infrastructure project’ means any project for 

18 the planning, design, construction, mainte19 nance, or enhancement of any cables, fiber op20 tics, wiring, wireless facility (including any pole, 

21 tower, base station, or other structure, whether 

22 or not such structure has an existing antenna 

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1 vanced telecommunications capability (as such 

2 term is defined in section 706(d) of the Tele3 communications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 

4 1302(d)) and as specified by the Federal Com5 munications Commission as part of the annual 

6 inquiry conducted under section 706(b) of such 

7 Act (47 U.S.C. 1302(b))). 

8 ‘‘(B) ANNUAL INQUIRY.—For purposes of 

9 subparagraph (A), the term ‘annual inquiry’ 

10 means the most recent inquiry that concluded 

11 before the date on which an eligible entity sub12 mits an application for assistance under this 

13 chapter for a broadband infrastructure project. 

14 ‘‘(4) CLEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE

15 PROJECT.—The term ‘clean energy infrastructure 

16 project’ means a project that demonstrates 1 or 

17 more of the following technologies: 

18 ‘‘(A) Solar. 

19 ‘‘(B) Wind. 

20 ‘‘(C) Geothermal. 

21 ‘‘(D) Direct air capture. 

22 ‘‘(E) Diverse clean hydrogen sources. 

23 ‘‘(F) Clean, low-carbon fuels. 

24 ‘‘(G) Hydropower. 

25 ‘‘(H) Wave energy technologies. 


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1 ‘‘(I) Fossil-fueled electricity generation 

2 with carbon capture, utilization, and sequestra3 tion. 

4 ‘‘(J) Thermal energy capture systems or 

5 other regional energy infrastructure systems. 

6 ‘‘(K) Energy storage, including pumped 

7 storage hydropower and compressed air storage. 

8 ‘‘(L) Advanced nuclear technologies. 

9 ‘‘(M) Biomass. 

10 ‘‘(N) Any technology that supports a tech11 nology described in subparagraphs (A) through 

12 (M), including micro-grid, electric grid infra13 structure, or other regional infrastructure sys14 tems. 

15 ‘‘(O) Any other technology that is similar 

16 to, or a successor to, the technologies described 

17 in subparagraphs (A) through (N), as deter18 mined by the Authority. 

19 ‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en20 tity’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) a State or a political subdivision 

22 thereof; 

23 ‘‘(B) a public agency or publicly chartered 

24 authority established by 1 or more States; 


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1 ‘‘(C) a special purpose district with a 

2 transportation, energy, environmental, or eco3 nomic development function; 

4 ‘‘(D) an Indian Tribe (as such term is de5 fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determina6 tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

7 5304), without regard to capitalization), or a 

8 consortium of Indian Tribes; 

9 ‘‘(E) a multistate or multijurisdictional 

10 group of entities described in subparagraphs 

11 (A) through (D); 

12 ‘‘(F) an institution of higher education (as 

13 such term is defined in section 101(a) of the 

14 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

15 1001(a)); 

16 ‘‘(G) a nonprofit entity; and 

17 ‘‘(H) an entity described in subparagraphs 

18 (A) through (G) jointly with a private entity or 

19 group of private entities. 

20 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE PROJECT.—The term ‘eligible 

21 project’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) a project carried out in the Great 

23 Lakes region that is a— 

24 ‘‘(i) wastewater infrastructure project; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) clean energy infrastructure 

2 project; 

3 ‘‘(iii) port infrastructure project; 

4 ‘‘(iv) broadband infrastructure 

5 project; 

6 ‘‘(v) green infrastructure project; 

7 ‘‘(vi) lead abatement project; 

8 ‘‘(vii) water infrastructure project; or 

9 ‘‘(viii) weatherization project; and 

10 ‘‘(B) any of the following activities carried 

11 out in the Great Lakes region: 

12 ‘‘(i) The acquisition or development of 

13 land and improvements of such land for 

14 use for public works, public service, or de15 velopment facilities. 

16 ‘‘(ii) The acquisition, construction, re17 habilitation, alteration, expansion, or im18 provement of development facilities, includ19 ing related machinery and equipment. 

20 ‘‘(iii) Preparation for events that may 

21 cause economic, social, health, or infra22 structure failures or contribute to inequi23 ties in the Great Lakes region, including 

24 development of mechanisms to respond to 

25 such events. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) The development of, and rein2 vestment in, land banks in the Great 

3 Lakes region. 

4 ‘‘(v) The protection and restoration of 

5 the environmental resources of the Great 

6 Lakes region, including increasing the re7 silience of facilities in the Great Lakes re8 gion to protect against threats to such fa9 cilities such as harmful algal blooms, 

10 invasive species, rising water levels, pollu11 tion, and coastal erosion. 

12 ‘‘(vi) The development of plans to in13 crease the adoption of emerging tech14 nologies in rail, maritime, and surface 

15 transportation systems (including medium 

16 and heavy duty clean fueling corridors) of 

17 the Great Lakes region, including multi18 modal transportation and technologies that 

19 significantly reduce greenhouse gas emis20 sions. 

21 ‘‘(vii) Promotion of workforce edu22 cation and training programs in the Great 

23 Lakes region that can support a project 

24 described in subparagraph (A), including 

25 programs that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) promote access to— 

2 ‘‘(aa) apprenticeship pro3 grams across skilled trades lead4 ing to publicly certified inte5 grated certificates; and 

6 ‘‘(bb) community college 

7 credit, associate, bachelor, and 

8 advanced degrees; 

9 ‘‘(II) support a major, seamless, 

10 nationally relevant workforce training 

11 program for vehicle conversion, repair, 

12 and innovation for mechanics and en13 gineers; and 

14 ‘‘(III) are funded by State boards 

15 and local boards. 

16 ‘‘(7) GREAT LAKES AUTHORITY; AUTHORITY.— 

17 The terms ‘Great Lakes Authority’ and ‘Authority’ 

18 mean the Great Lakes Authority established under 

19 this chapter. 

20 ‘‘(8) GREAT LAKES REGION.—The term ‘Great 

21 Lakes region’ means areas in the watershed of the 

22 Great Lakes and the Great Lakes System (as such 

23 terms are defined in section 118(a)(3) of the Fed24 eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

25 1268(a)(3))), in each of the following States: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Illinois. 

2 ‘‘(B) Indiana. 

3 ‘‘(C) Michigan. 

4 ‘‘(D) Minnesota. 

5 ‘‘(E) New York. 

6 ‘‘(F) Ohio. 

7 ‘‘(G) Pennsylvania. 

8 ‘‘(H) Wisconsin. 

9 ‘‘(9) GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.—The 

10 term ‘green infrastructure project’ means any 

11 project for the planning, design, construction, main12 tenance, or enhancement of green infrastructure (as 

13 such term is defined in section 502 of the Federal 

14 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362)), in15 cluding through the use of any technology that the 

16 Authority determines to be consistent with the pur17 poses of this chapter. 

18 ‘‘(10) LAND BANK.—The term ‘land bank’ 

19 means a government entity, agency, or program, or 

20 a special purpose nonprofit entity formed by 1 or 

21 more units of government in accordance with a State 

22 or local land bank enabling law, that has been des23 ignated by 1 or more State or local governments to 

24 acquire, steward, dispose of, or repurpose vacant, 


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1 abandoned, or other problem properties in accord2 ance with locally determined priorities and goals. 

3 ‘‘(11) LOAN GUARANTEE.—The term ‘loan 

4 guarantee’ has the meaning given the term in sec5 tion 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 

6 (2 U.S.C. 661a). 

7 ‘‘(12) LOCAL BOARD; STATE BOARD.—The 

8 terms ‘local board’ and ‘State board’ have the mean9 ings given such terms in section 3 of the Workforce 

10 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

11 ‘‘(13) LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.—The 

12 term ‘local development district’ means any of the 

13 following entities for which the Governor of the 

14 State in which the entity is located, or the appro15 priate State officer, certifies to the Authority that 

16 the entity has a charter or authority that includes 

17 the economic development of counties or parts of 

18 counties or other political subdivisions within the 

19 Great Lakes region: 

20 ‘‘(A) A nonprofit incorporated body orga21 nized or chartered under the law of the State 

22 in which such nonprofit incorporated body is lo23 cated. 

24 ‘‘(B) A nonprofit agency or instrumentality 

25 of a State or local government. 


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1 ‘‘(C) A nonprofit agency or instrumentality 

2 created through an interstate compact. 

3 ‘‘(D) A nonprofit association or combina4 tion of entities described in this paragraph. 

5 ‘‘(14) PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.—The 

6 term ‘port infrastructure project’ means construc7 tion, reconstruction, environmental rehabilitation of 

8 a port facility, or the acquisition of land, property, 

9 or equipment— 

10 ‘‘(A) that is— 

11 ‘‘(i) within the boundary of a port; 

12 ‘‘(ii) outside the boundary of a port, 

13 but directly related to port operations; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) an intermodal connection to a 

15 port; and 

16 ‘‘(B) will be used to improve the safety, ef17 ficiency or reliability of the loading or unloading 

18 of goods or passengers at a port. 

19 ‘‘(15) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘resilience’ 

20 means, with respect to a facility, the ability to— 

21 ‘‘(A) anticipate, prepare for, or adapt to 

22 conditions; 

23 ‘‘(B) withstand, respond to, or recover rap24 idly from disruptions; 


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1 ‘‘(C) resist hazards or withstand impacts 

2 from disruptions; 

3 ‘‘(D) reduce the magnitude, duration, or 

4 impact of a disruption; or 

5 ‘‘(E) have the absorptive capacity, adaptive 

6 capacity, and recoverability to decrease vulner7 ability to a disruption. 

8 ‘‘(16) SEVERELY AND PERSISTENTLY DIS9 TRESSED AREA.—The term ‘severely and persistently 

10 distressed area’ means an area— 

11 ‘‘(A) with a high proportion of residential 

12 and commercial properties that are vacant due 

13 to foreclosure, eviction, abandonment, or other 

14 causes; 

15 ‘‘(B) with racial disparities in homeowner16 ship rates; 

17 ‘‘(C) with population loss; 

18 ‘‘(D) where economic inequities have grown 

19 substantially due to job dislocation and out20 sourcing; and 

21 ‘‘(E) in the case of a census tract located 

22 within a metropolitan area, where the median 

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1 dian family income or the metropolitan area 

2 median family income. 

3 ‘‘(17) WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.— 

4 The term ‘water infrastructure project’ means a 

5 project or activity described in section 603(c) of the 

6 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

7 1383(c)). 

8 ‘‘(18) WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE

9 PROJECT.—The term ‘wastewater infrastructure 

10 project’ means a project for the planning, design, 

11 construction, maintenance, or enhancement of a 

12 treatment works (as such term is defined in section 

13 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

14 U.S.C. 1292) to intercept, transport, control, treat, 

15 or reuse municipal combined sewer overflows, sani16 tary sewer overflows, or stormwater. 

17 ‘‘(19) WEATHERIZATION PROJECT.—The term 

18 ‘weatherization project’ means a project that, 

19 through the use of weatherization materials (as such 

20 term is defined in section 412 of the Energy Con21 servation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6862)), 

22 weatherizes dwelling units that are energy ineffi23 cient. 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—ORGANIZATION AND 

2 ADMINISTRATION 

3 ‘‘§ 18510. Establishment; members 

4 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 

5 Great Lakes Authority to carry out the purposes of this 

6 chapter. 

7 ‘‘(b) MEMBERS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Great Lakes Authority 

9 shall be composed of 9 individuals as follows: 

10 ‘‘(A) 1 Chairperson, to be appointed by the 

11 President, with the advice and consent of the 

12 Senate. 

13 ‘‘(B) 1 member from each State in the 

14 Great Lakes region, to be appointed by the 

15 Governor of each such State. 

16 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—To be eligible to be ap17 pointed as the Chairperson or a member of the 

18 Great Lakes Authority, an individual shall meet the 

19 following qualifications: 

20 ‘‘(A) The individual shall be a citizen of 

21 the United States and, in the case of a member 

22 appointed under paragraph (1)(B), a legal resi23 dent of the State for which such member is ap24 pointed to represent. 


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1 ‘‘(B) The individual shall have manage2 ment expertise relative to a large for profit or 

3 nonprofit corporate, government, or academic 

4 institution in the field of study or industries re5 lated to— 

6 ‘‘(i) clean energy; 

7 ‘‘(ii) green infrastructure; 

8 ‘‘(iii) water infrastructure; 

9 ‘‘(iv) wastewater infrastructure; or 

10 ‘‘(v) broadband infrastructure. 

11 ‘‘(C) The individual may not be an em12 ployee of the Great Lakes Authority. 

13 ‘‘(D) The individual shall affirm that such 

14 individual does not have any financial interest 

15 in the industries described in subparagraph (B). 

16 ‘‘(E) The individual may not be employed 

17 by, hold any official relation to, or be financially 

18 interested in any company or other entity en19 gaged in the manufacture, business, control, or 

20 sale of technologies related to the industries de21 scribed in subparagraph (B). 

22 ‘‘(F) The individual shall affirm support 

23 for the purposes of the Great Lakes Authority, 

24 including being a national leader in the indus25 tries described in subparagraph (B). 


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1 ‘‘(3) PARTY AFFILIATION.—Including the 

2 Chairperson, there may not be more than 5 mem3 bers from the same political party. 

4 ‘‘(c) CHAIRPERSON.— 

5 ‘‘(1) INITIAL APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 

6 60 days after the date of enactment of this chapter, 

7 the President shall appoint the Chairperson. 

8 ‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chairperson 

9 shall be responsible for the executive and adminis10 trative operation of the Great Lakes Authority, in11 cluding chairing meetings and functions of the Great 

12 Lakes Authority, with respect to the supervision of 

13 personnel employed by, or assigned to, the Author14 ity. 

15 ‘‘(d) VICE CHAIRPERSON.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The members of the Au17 thority shall select a Vice Chairperson from the 

18 State members described in subsection (b)(1)(B) by 

19 a majority vote. 

20 ‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON VACANCY.—The Vice Chair21 person shall serve as acting Chairperson when the 

22 position of the Chairperson is vacant. 

23 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Vice Chairperson 

24 selected under paragraph (1) may not be a resident 

25 of the same State as the Chairperson. 


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1 ‘‘(4) TERM.—The Vice Chairperson selected 

2 under paragraph (1) shall serve a term of not more 

3 than 2 years. 

4 ‘‘(e) TERM AND VACANCIES.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Great 

6 Lakes Authority shall be appointed for a term of 5 

7 years, except as provided in paragraph (2), and such 

8 term shall begin upon appointment of such member. 

9 ‘‘(2) VACANCIES.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any member ap11 pointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 

12 expiration of the term for which the member’s 

13 predecessor was appointed shall be appointed 

14 only for the remainder of such term. 

15 ‘‘(B) INTERIM SERVICE.—A member may 

16 serve after the expiration of such member’s 

17 term until a successor has taken office, and if 

18 the Chairperson has taken the oath of office, 

19 may not continue to serve after the expiration 

20 of the session of Congress that begins after the 

21 expiration of the fixed term of office of the suc22 cessor. 

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1 bers to exercise all the powers of the Great 

2 Lakes Authority. 

3 ‘‘(f) REMOVAL.—Members of the Authority may be 

4 removed by the President only for inefficiency, neglect of 

5 duty, or malfeasance in office. 

6 ‘‘(g) OPERATIONS.—The Authority shall begin oper7 ations upon the appointment of the Chairperson and at 

8 least 2 State members described in subsection (b)(1)(B). 

9 ‘‘(h) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.— 

10 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Chairperson shall 

11 appoint an Executive Director of the Great Lakes 

12 Authority, who shall meet the qualifications de13 scribed in subsection (b)(2). 

14 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Executive Director shall be 

15 responsible for— 

16 ‘‘(A) carrying out the administrative duties 

17 of the Great Lakes Authority; 

18 ‘‘(B) directing the staff of the Authority; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(C) any other duties as the members of 

21 the Authority may assign. 

22 ‘‘(3) TENURE.—The Executive Director shall 

23 serve at the pleasure of the Chairperson. 

24 ‘‘(i) PERSONNEL; COMPENSATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) PERSONNEL.—The Chairperson and each 

2 State member of the Great Lakes Authority may se3 lect and supervise personnel as personal staff for 

4 such Chairperson or member. 

5 ‘‘(2) COMPENSATION.—The Great Lakes Au6 thority may appoint and fix the compensation of the 

7 Executive Director and other personnel as necessary 

8 to enable the Authority to carry out its functions, 

9 except that the compensation shall not exceed the 

10 maximum rate of basic pay for the Senior Executive 

11 Service under section 5382 of title 5, including any 

12 applicable locality-based comparability payment that 

13 may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of 

14 title 5. 

15 ‘‘(j) OFFICES.—The Great Lakes Authority— 

16 ‘‘(1) shall establish a permanent office and 

17 headquarters located in close proximity to the center 

18 of the Great Lakes region, near the mouth of the 

19 largest watershed of any of the rivers feeding the 

20 Great Lakes System; 

21 ‘‘(2) may maintain an office in the District of 

22 Columbia; and 

23 ‘‘(3) may establish field offices at other loca24 tions throughout the Great Lakes region, as the Au25 thority determines appropriate. 


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1 ‘‘§ 18511. Meetings; decisions 

2 ‘‘(a) MEETINGS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) INITIAL MEETING.—The Authority shall 

4 conduct an initial meeting not later than 30 days 

5 after the Authority begins operations under section 

6 18510(g). 

7 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.—The Authority 

8 shall conduct at least 1 meeting every 6 months, and 

9 may conduct meetings by electronic means as the 

10 Authority considers advisable, including meetings to 

11 decide matters requiring an affirmative vote. 

12 ‘‘(b) DECISIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL.—Policy 

14 decisions by the Great Lakes Authority require the 

15 affirmative, majority vote of the members of the Au16 thority. 

17 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—The Great Lakes Au18 thority, to the extent practicable, may consult with 

19 the Federal and State agencies having an interest in 

20 a particular matter, including transportation plan21 ning entities in the Great Lakes region. 

22 ‘‘(c) QUORUM.— 

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1 thority to make, modify, or revise any policy deci2 sion. 

3 ‘‘(2) EFFECT OF QUORUM REQUIREMENT.—The 

4 quorum requirement under paragraph (1) shall not 

5 apply until at least 5 members of the Authority have 

6 been appointed. 

7 ‘‘(d) POLICY DECISION DEFINED.—In this section, 

8 the term ‘policy decision’ means a decision regarding— 

9 ‘‘(1) the approval of an annual budget for the 

10 Authority; 

11 ‘‘(2) the approval of the regional development 

12 plan established under section 18515; 

13 ‘‘(3) any conflict of interest policy that is appli14 cable to members of the Board and employees of the 

15 Authority and is submitted to Congress; 

16 ‘‘(4) the approval of compensation for personnel 

17 of the Authority; and 

18 ‘‘(5) the creation of committees of members of 

19 the Authority. 

20 ‘‘§ 18512. Functions 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the purposes of 

22 this chapter, the Great Lakes Authority shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) develop, on a continuing basis, comprehen24 sive and coordinated economic and workforce devel25 opment programs through State boards and local 


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1 boards and establish priorities under such programs, 

2 giving consideration to other Federal, State, Tribal, 

3 and local planning in the Great Lakes region; 

4 ‘‘(2) review and study, in cooperation with the 

5 appropriate agencies and economic and workforce 

6 development programs, including State boards and 

7 local boards, in the Great Lakes region and, when 

8 appropriate, recommend modifications or additions 

9 to such programs to increase the effectiveness of 

10 such programs in the Great Lakes region; 

11 ‘‘(3) seek to coordinate the economic develop12 ment activities of, and the use of economic develop13 ment resources by, Federal agencies in the Great 

14 Lakes region, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Department of Energy; 

16 ‘‘(B) the Department of the Interior; 

17 ‘‘(C) the Department of Transportation; 

18 ‘‘(D) the Department of Commerce; 

19 ‘‘(E) the Environmental Protection Agen20 cy; 

21 ‘‘(F) the National Oceanic and Atmos22 pheric Administration; 

23 ‘‘(G) the National Aeronautics and Space 

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1 ‘‘(I) the Coast Guard; 

2 ‘‘(J) the Department of Health and 

3 Human Services; 

4 ‘‘(K) the Federal Communications Com5 mission; 

6 ‘‘(L) the Department of Agriculture; 

7 ‘‘(M) the Department of Education; 

8 ‘‘(N) the Department of Labor; and 

9 ‘‘(O) any other Federal agency the Author10 ity determines appropriate; 

11 ‘‘(4) promote coordination with the Government 

12 of Canada, including its provinces and local govern13 mental entities located near the Great Lakes region; 

14 ‘‘(5) formulate and recommend, where appro15 priate, interstate compacts and other forms of inter16 state cooperation to work with State and local agen17 cies in developing appropriate model legislation; 

18 ‘‘(6) support Tribal and local governments in 

19 the Great Lakes region that have incurred signifi20 cant municipal debt; 

21 ‘‘(7) encourage the formation and support of 

22 local development districts; 

23 ‘‘(8) conduct and sponsor investigations, re24 search, and studies, including an inventory and anal25 ysis of the economic resources of the Great Lakes 


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1 region, and, in cooperation with Federal, State, 

2 Tribal, and local agencies, sponsor demonstration 

3 projects designed to foster regional productivity and 

4 growth; 

5 ‘‘(9) encourage private investment in industrial, 

6 commercial, and recreational projects in the Great 

7 Lakes region; 

8 ‘‘(10) encourage the use of eco-industrial devel9 opment technologies and approaches; 

10 ‘‘(11) support broadband access and adoption 

11 in the Great Lakes region; 

12 ‘‘(12) serve as a focal point and coordinating 

13 unit for programs and regional planning organiza14 tions in the Great Lakes region; and 

15 ‘‘(13) provide a forum for consideration of eco16 nomic and environmental problems of the Great 

17 Lakes region and proposed solutions to such prob18 lems, including promoting conservation and estab19 lishing and using, as appropriate, special advisory 

20 councils and public conferences. 

21 ‘‘(b) NEEDS AND GOALS OF SUBREGIONAL AREAS.— 

22 In carrying out its functions under this section, the Great 

23 Lakes Authority shall identify the characteristics of, and 

24 may distinguish between the economic needs and goals of, 

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1 including the respective watersheds of each of the Great 

2 Lakes. 

3 ‘‘(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Great Lakes Author4 ity may make recommendations to the President, Gov5 ernors, and appropriate Tribal and local officials of States 

6 in the Great Lakes region with respect to— 

7 ‘‘(1) the expenditure of amounts by Federal, 

8 State, and local agencies in the Great Lakes region 

9 in the fields of natural resources, agriculture, edu10 cation, technology, advanced manufacturing, train11 ing, health and welfare, and other fields related to 

12 the purposes of this chapter; and 

13 ‘‘(2) additional Federal, State, and local legisla14 tion or administrative actions as the Great Lakes 

15 Authority considers necessary to further the pur16 poses of this chapter. 

17 ‘‘§ 18513. Administrative powers and expenses 

18 ‘‘(a) POWERS.—To carry out its duties under this 

19 subtitle, the Authority may— 

20 ‘‘(1) adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws and regu21 lations governing the conduct of its business and the 

22 performance of its functions; 

23 ‘‘(2) request the head of any Federal agency to 

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1 tion of the head of the agency that the Authority 

2 may need for carrying out its functions, each detail 

3 to be without loss of seniority, pay, or other em4 ployee status; 

5 ‘‘(3) arrange for the services of personnel from 

6 any State or local government, subdivision or agency 

7 of a State or local government, or intergovernmental 

8 agency; 

9 ‘‘(4) make arrangements, including contracts, 

10 with any participating State government for inclu11 sion in a suitable retirement and employee benefit 

12 system of Great Lakes Authority personnel who may 

13 not be eligible for, or continue in, another govern14 mental retirement or employee benefit system; or 

15 otherwise provide for coverage of such personnel; 

16 ‘‘(5) accept, use, and dispose of gifts or dona17 tions of services or any property; 

18 ‘‘(6) enter into and perform contracts, leases 

19 (including the lease of office space for any term), co20 operative agreements, or other transactions, nec21 essary in carrying out its functions, on terms as it 

22 may consider appropriate, with any person, depart23 ment, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Gov24 ernment, or State or political subdivision, agency, or 

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1 ‘‘(7) provide technical assistance to entities re2 ceiving financing from the Great Lakes Authority; 

3 ‘‘(8) serve as a liaison between Congress, the 

4 executive branch, and State and local governments, 

5 and to represent the interests of the Great Lakes 

6 Authority; and 

7 ‘‘(9) take other actions and incur other ex8 penses as may be necessary or appropriate. 

9 ‘‘(b) EXPENSES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) CHAIRPERSON STAFF EXPENSES.—The ex11 penses of the Chairperson and the staff of the 

12 Chairperson of the Authority shall be paid solely by 

13 the Federal Government. 

14 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

16 under paragraph (1), 50 percent of the admin17 istrative expenses of the Great Lakes Authority 

18 shall be paid by the States participating in the 

19 Great Lakes Authority. 

20 ‘‘(B) STATE SHARES.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The share of ad22 ministrative expenses of the Great Lakes 

23 Authority to be paid by the States shall be 

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1 ‘‘(ii) DELINQUENT STATES.—In the 

2 case of a State that is delinquent in paying 

3 the share of administrative expenses for 

4 such State under this paragraph— 

5 ‘‘(I) no assistance under this 

6 chapter may be provided to the gov7 ernment of such State; and 

8 ‘‘(II) the member representing 

9 such State may not participate in the 

10 Great Lakes Authority or vote in any 

11 proposed action to be taken by the 

12 Authority. 

13 ‘‘(iii) ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE RE14 CIPIENTS LOCATED IN DELINQUENT

15 STATE.—An eligible entity located in, or 

16 carrying out an eligible project in, a State 

17 described in clause (ii), that is not the gov18 ernment of such State, or a political sub19 division thereof, may receive financial as20 sistance from the Great Lakes Authority. 

21 ‘‘§ 18514. Information 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To obtain information needed to 

23 carry out its duties, the Great Lakes Authority shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) hold hearings, sit and act at times and 

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1 otherwise reproduce and distribute so much of its 

2 proceedings and reports on the proceedings as the 

3 Authority may deem advisable; 

4 ‘‘(2) arrange for the head of any Federal, 

5 State, or local agency to furnish to the Great Lakes 

6 Authority information as may be available to, or pro7 curable by, such agency; and 

8 ‘‘(3) keep accurate and complete records of its 

9 doings and transactions which shall be made avail10 able for public inspection and audit and examination 

11 by the Comptroller General of the United States. 

12 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTER OATHS.—The Chairperson of 

14 the Authority may administer oaths when the Au15 thority decides that testimony shall be taken or evi16 dence received under oath. 

17 ‘‘(2) FURNISH INFORMATION.—The head of any 

18 Federal, State, or local agency, to the extent not 

19 otherwise prohibited by law, may carry out sub20 section (a)(2). 

21 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Great Lakes Authority 

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1 ‘‘(2) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Great 

2 Lakes Authority shall develop and publish regula3 tions specifying minimum guidelines for public par4 ticipation, including regular public hearings held 

5 throughout the Great Lakes region, which shall in6 clude Tribal communities. 

7 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPA8 TION.—In establishing any plans or programs under 

9 this chapter, the Great Lakes Authority shall iden10 tify how public comments were considered in the de11 velopment and implementation of such plans or pro12 grams. 

13 ‘‘§ 18515. Regional development plan 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

15 the date on which the Great Lakes Authority begins oper16 ations under section 18510(g), the Authority shall develop 

17 a regional development plan (in this section referred to 

18 as the ‘plan’) that— 

19 ‘‘(1) identifies priorities, major development ob20 jectives, and strategic guidelines for eligible projects 

21 in the Great Lakes region; 

22 ‘‘(2) establishes budgetary guidelines for the 

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1 ‘‘(3) identifies responsibilities between the 

2 Great Lakes Authority, the Federal Government, 

3 and State and local governments for the develop4 ment of infrastructure in the Great Lakes region. 

5 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) INITIAL SUBMISSION.—Upon developing 

7 the plan under subsection (a), the Authority shall 

8 submit the plan to the Committees on Appropria9 tions and Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Committees on 

11 Appropriations and Environment and Public Works 

12 of the Senate. 

13 ‘‘(2) BIENNIAL UPDATES.—Not later than 2 

14 years after the date on which the plan is submitted 

15 under paragraph (1), and every 2 years thereafter, 

16 the Authority shall review, update, and submit such 

17 plan to the committees described in paragraph (1). 

18 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—In developing and 

19 updating the plan under this section, the Authority shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) consult with— 

21 ‘‘(A) the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 

22 for Economic Development; 

23 ‘‘(B) the Chief of Engineers; 

24 ‘‘(C) the Secretaries of Transportation and 

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1 ‘‘(D) the Governors of each of the States 

2 in the Great Lakes region; 

3 ‘‘(E) regional planning organizations; and 

4 ‘‘(F) any other stakeholders that the Au5 thority considers appropriate, including Tribes; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(2) consider the Great Lakes coastal resiliency 

8 study carried out by the Secretary of the Army 

9 under section 729 of the Water Resources Develop10 ment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2267a), as required by 

11 section 1219 of the America’s Water Infrastructure 

12 Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3811). 

13 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 

14 ‘‘§ 18520. Authority to provide financial assistance 

15 ‘‘In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the 

16 Great Lakes Authority may— 

17 ‘‘(1) make loans on such terms as the Authority 

18 may determine to be appropriate to assist eligible 

19 entities in the financing, development, or operation 

20 of an eligible project; 

21 ‘‘(2) make loan guarantees on such terms as 

22 the Authority may determine to be appropriate to 

23 assist eligible entities in the financing or refinancing 

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1 ‘‘(3) issue bonds and provide financing to eligi2 ble entities to carry out eligible projects from 

3 amounts made available from the issuance of such 

4 bonds; 

5 ‘‘(4) make grants, cooperative agreements, and 

6 contracts with eligible entities to carry out eligible 

7 projects; and 

8 ‘‘(5) provide technical assistance to entities re9 ceiving financing from the Great Lakes Authority. 

10 ‘‘§ 18521. Revolving loan fund 

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Great 

12 Lakes Fund (in this section referred to as the ‘Fund’). 

13 ‘‘(b) SOURCE OF AMOUNTS IN FUND.—Amounts 

14 made available to the Great Lakes Authority to carry out 

15 this section shall be deposited in the Fund. 

16 ‘‘(c) USE OF AMOUNTS IN FUND.—The Great Lakes 

17 Authority shall use the Fund as a revolving fund to make 

18 grants and loans from the Fund, under terms and condi19 tions the Great Lakes Authority may prescribe, to eligible 

20 entities to carry out eligible projects. 

21 ‘‘(d) UNUSED AMOUNTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund not 

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1 or other obligations the Federal Government guaran2 tees as to principal and interest. 

3 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—General ex4 penses of administration of this section may be 

5 charged to the Fund. 

6 ‘‘(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding funds under 

7 this section, the Great Lakes Authority shall consider the 

8 following with respect to a project proposed to be carried 

9 out with such funds: 

10 ‘‘(1) The relationship of the project to overall 

11 regional development and poverty alleviation, includ12 ing consideration of whether a project will be carried 

13 out in a severely and persistently distressed area. 

14 ‘‘(2) The population and area to be served by 

15 the project, including the per capita market income 

16 and the unemployment rates in such area. 

17 ‘‘(3) The relative financial resources available 

18 to an eligible entity that seeks to undertake the 

19 project. 

20 ‘‘(4) The relevance of the project in relation to 

21 other projects proposed to be carried out with a 

22 grant under this section. 

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1 ‘‘(6) The potential for the project to improve, 

2 on a continuing basis, opportunities for employment, 

3 including opportunities for individuals in populations 

4 with the highest unemployment rates, the average 

5 level of income, or the economic and social develop6 ment of the area served by the project, including 

7 areas where the median income has decreased due to 

8 significant job losses. 

9 ‘‘(7) The extent to which the project design 

10 provides for detailed outcome measurements by 

11 which the project may be evaluated. 

12 ‘‘(8) Whether the project is identified as a pri13 ority in the regional development plan under section 

14 18515. 

15 ‘‘(9) Whether the project is also funded by a re16 gional commission established under this title or a 

17 Federal agency and the possibility of partnering and 

18 sharing costs with such commission or agency to 

19 carry out the project. 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—NATIONAL ENERGY 

2 RECYCLING AND CONSERVATION LABORATORY 

3 ‘‘§ 18530. National Energy Recycling and Conserva4 tion Laboratory 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a National 

6 Energy Recycling and Conservation Laboratory (in this 

7 section referred to as the ‘Laboratory’) to perform— 

8 ‘‘(1) advanced research projects related to en9 ergy recycling technologies, including hydrogen, ther10 mal heat extraction, biomass and waste conversion, 

11 geothermal, water recycling, and methane capture; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(2) any research, development, and related 

14 functions as the Great Lakes Authority may deter15 mine to be necessary or appropriate to carry out the 

16 purposes of the Great Lakes Authority. 

17 ‘‘(b) PARTNERSHIPS; COORDINATION.—In carrying 

18 out the research, development, or other related functions 

19 under this section, the Laboratory may coordinate with 

20 the Department of Energy or enter into partnerships with 

21 any nuclear power plant in the United States. 

22 ‘‘(c) LOCATION.—The Great Lakes Authority shall 

23 select a location for the Laboratory that is— 

24 ‘‘(1) in close proximity to the center of the 

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1 watershed of any of the rivers feeding the Great 

2 Lakes region; 

3 ‘‘(2) in close proximity to a nuclear power 

4 plant; 

5 ‘‘(3) in an area with heavy industry and manu6 facturing; 

7 ‘‘(4) in an area with a high proportion of resi8 dential and commercial properties that are vacant 

9 due to foreclosure, eviction, abandonment, or other 

10 causes; 

11 ‘‘(5) in an area with racial disparities in home12 ownership rates; 

13 ‘‘(6) in an area with population loss; 

14 ‘‘(7) in an area where economic inequities have 

15 grown substantially due to job dislocation and out16 sourcing; and 

17 ‘‘(8) in the case of a census tract located within 

18 a metropolitan area, where the median family in19 come for such census tract does not exceed 80 per20 cent of the greater of statewide median family in21 come or the metropolitan area median family in22 come. 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—AUTHORIZATION OF 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 ‘‘§ 18540. Authorization of appropriations 

4 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

5 this chapter— 

6 ‘‘(a) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

7 ‘‘(b) $50,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 

9 for subtitle VI of title 40, United States Code, is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘185. Great Lakes Authority .........................................................18501’’. 

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