the State and national levels for continuing edu-
cation by practicing professionals and the general 
public in green economy fields. 
(4) Youth corps organizations to engage in 
community-based climate mitigation and adaptation 
work that includes a substantive educational compo-
nent. 
(b) CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION OFFICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be, within the 
Office of Education of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration, an Office of Climate 
Change Education to administer the grant program 
required by subsection (a). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Office of Climate 
Change Education shall annually consult with other 
relevant agencies of the Federal Government to de-
termine ways in which grant making under sub-
section (a) can enhance and support other national 
climate education and training and environmental 
justice goals. 
(3) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES.— 
The Office of Climate Change Education shall en-
sure that 40 percent of all funds appropriated for 
grants under paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection 
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(a) are directed into environmental justice commu-
nities. 
(4) COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE.—The Office of 
Climate Change Education shall establish commu-
nities of practice with respect to each of paragraphs 
(1) through (4) of subsection (a) in order to accel-
erate learning. 
SEC. 6. REPORT. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Adminis-
trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration shall submit to Congress a report that evaluates 
the scientific merits, educational effectiveness, and broad-
er effects of activities carried out under this Act. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration to carry out this Act $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2026. 
(b) ALLOCATION
OF AMOUNTS
FOR GRANT PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to 
carry out the grant program required by section 5(a) 
shall be allocated as follows: 
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(A) 50 percent for grants made under 
paragraph (1) of such section. 
(B) 30 percent for grants made under 
paragraph (2) of such section. 
(C) 10 percent for grants made under 
paragraph (3) of such section. 
(D) 10 percent for grants made under 
paragraph (4) of such section. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—If amounts appropriated to 
carry out the grant program required by section 5(a) 
do not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year, the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may 
use in that fiscal year— 
(A) 60 percent of such amounts for grants 
made under paragraph (1) of such section; and 
(B) 40 percent of such amounts for grants 
made under paragraph (2) of such section. 
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