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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3362 

To amend the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency to provide competitive grants to publicly funded 

schools to implement effective technologies to reduce air pollutants (as 

defined in section 302 of the Clean Air Act), including greenhouse 

gas emissions, in accordance with that Act. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 13, 2010 

Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator 

of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide competitive grants to publicly funded schools to implement 

effective technologies to reduce air pollutants (as defined 

in section 302 of the Clean Air Act), including greenhouse gas emissions, in accordance with that Act. 

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 ‘‘Sustainable Schools 

5 Pollution Reduction Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS POLLUTION REDUCTION 

2 GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 Section 105 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7405) 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(f) SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS POLLUTION REDUC6 TION GRANT PROGRAM.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

8 ‘‘(A) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; SECONDARY

9 SCHOOL.—The terms ‘elementary school’ and 

10 ‘secondary school’ have the meanings given the 

11 terms, respectively, in section 9101 of the Ele12 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

13 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

14 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE SCHOOL.—The term ‘eligi15 ble school’ means— 

16 ‘‘(i) a public elementary school or a 

17 public secondary school; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) a school district that encom19 passes a public elementary school or a pub20 lic secondary school. 

21 ‘‘(C) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ 

22 means the sustainable schools pollution reduc23 tion program established by paragraph (2)(A). 

24 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM.— 

25 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab26 lished within the Environmental Protection 


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1 Agency a sustainable schools pollution reduction 

2 program. 

3 ‘‘(B) GRANTS.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out 

5 the program, for each of fiscal years 2011 

6 through 2015, the Administrator shall pro7 vide competitive grants to eligible schools 

8 for use in implementing effective tech9 nologies to reduce air pollutants, including 

10 greenhouse gas emissions. 

11 ‘‘(ii) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF

12 GRANTEES.—The Administrator shall pro13 vide criteria for selection for grants under 

14 the program, including criteria that en15 sure— 

16 ‘‘(I) implementation of clean 

17 technologies that reduce air pollution 

18 and greenhouse gas emissions, and 

19 offer additional benefits, such as— 

20 ‘‘(aa) reduction of water 

21 consumption or water pollution; 

22 ‘‘(bb) promotion of distrib23 uted renewable energy tech24 nologies, such as solar, small25 scale or community-scale wind, 


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1 geothermal, biomass, and other 

2 energy technologies; or 

3 ‘‘(cc) demonstration of new 

4 and innovative technologies; and 

5 ‘‘(II) prioritization of projects 

6 that provide opportunities for student 

7 involvement in the project to be fund8 ed, including— 

9 ‘‘(aa) project installation; 

10 ‘‘(bb) project data moni11 toring; and 

12 ‘‘(cc) incorporation of the 

13 project into classroom curricula. 

14 ‘‘(iii) CATEGORIES OF GRANTS AND

15 MATCHING FUNDS.—Of the grant funds 

16 provided under the program— 

17 ‘‘(I) not less than 40 percent 

18 shall be provided in amounts not to 

19 exceed $50,000 for each grant, with 

20 no required matching share; and 

21 ‘‘(II) the remaining funds shall 

22 be provided— 

23 ‘‘(aa) in amounts of not less 

24 than $50,000 but not to exceed 

25 $100,000 for each grant, with a 


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1 required non-Federal share of 20 

2 percent; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) in amounts that ex4 ceed $100,000 but not to exceed 

5 $200,000, with a required non6 Federal share of 50 percent. 

7 ‘‘(C) REPORTS.—Not later than 18 months 

8 after the date on which funds are made avail9 able to carry out this subsection, and annually 

10 thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to 

11 Congress a report evaluating the implementa12 tion of the program, including, at a minimum, 

13 a description of— 

14 ‘‘(i) the number of grant applications 

15 received; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the number of grants funded, in17 cluding the amount of each grant funded; 

18 ‘‘(iii) the types of technologies funded; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iv) the environmental, educational, 

21 and financial benefits to eligible schools re22 ceiving the grants. 

23 ‘‘(D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA24 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro25 priated to carry out this subsection such sums 


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1 as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 

2 through 2015.’’. 

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