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(iii) single-family homes; and 
(C) located within or easily accessible to 
places of work, provided that such electric vehi-
cle charging infrastructure is accessible no 
fewer than 5 days per week. 
(b) COST SHARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amount of a grant awarded under 
this section for a project shall not exceed 80 percent 
of project costs. 
(2) SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.—The amount of a 
grant awarded under this section for a project that 
involves, as a primary focus, single-family homes 
shall not exceed 60 percent of project costs. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Not more than 15 percent of the 
amount awarded for grants under this section in a fiscal 
year shall be awarded for projects that involve, as a pri-
mary focus, single-family homes. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants and providing 
technical assistance under this section, the Secretary shall 
give priority to projects that— 
(1) provide the greatest benefit to the greatest 
number of people within an underserved or dis-
advantaged community; 
(2) incorporate renewable energy resources; 
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(3) maximize local job creation, particularly 
among low-income, women, and minority workers; or 
(4) utilize or involve locally owned small and 
disadvantaged businesses, including women and mi-
nority-owned businesses. 
(e) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a grant or 
technical assistance under the EV Charging Equity 
Program, an entity shall be— 
(A) an individual or household that is the 
owner of where a project will be carried out; 
(B) a State, local, Tribal, or Territorial 
government, or an agency or department there-
of; 
(C) an electric utility, including— 
(i) a municipally owned electric utility; 
(ii) a publicly owned electric utility; 
(iii) an investor-owned utility; and 
(iv) a rural electric cooperative; 
(D) a nonprofit organization or institution; 
(E) a public housing authority; 
(F) an institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); 
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(G) a local small or disadvantaged busi-
ness; or 
(H) a partnership between any number of 
eligible entities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (G). 
(2) UPDATES.—The Secretary may add to or 
otherwise revise the list of eligible entities under 
paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that such 
an addition or revision would be beneficial to in-
creasing deployment and accessibility of electric ve-
hicle charging infrastructure in underserved or dis-
advantaged communities. 
(f) PUBLIC NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR APPLICA-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Reg-
ister, and such other publications as the Secretary con-
siders to be appropriate, a notice and request for applica-
tions to carry out projects under the EV Charging Equity 
Program. 
(g) EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the EV 
Charging Equity Program, the Secretary shall estab-
lish an education and outreach component of such 
Program to ensure that information regarding such 
Program and the benefits and opportunities for elec-
tric vehicle charging is made available to individuals 
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and relevant entities that live within or serve under-
served or disadvantaged communities. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—At a minimum, the edu-
cation and outreach component of the EV Charging 
Equity Program established under this subsection 
shall include— 
(A) the development and dissemination of 
an electric vehicle charging resource guide that 
is— 
(i) maintained electronically on a 
website; 
(ii) available to the public, free of 
charge; and 
(iii) directed specifically towards indi-
viduals and relevant entities that live with-
in or serve underserved or disadvantaged 
communities; 
(B) targeted outreach towards, and coordi-
nated public outreach with, relevant local, 
State, and Tribal entities, nonprofit organiza-
tions, and institutions of higher education, that 
are located within or serve underserved or dis-
advantaged communities; and 
(C) any other such forms of education or 
outreach as the Secretary determines appro-
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priate to increase awareness of and access to 
the EV Charging Equity Program. 
(h) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the EV Charging Equity Program is established 
under this section, and not less frequently than once every 
2 years after that, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate, and make publicly available, a 
report on the status of the EV Charging Equity Program, 
including a list and description of projects that have re-
ceived grant awards or technical assistance, and of the 
funding or assistance provided to such projects. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$96,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 20113. ENSURING PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR UNDER-
SERVED 
AND 
DISADVANTAGED 
COMMU-
NITIES. 
In administering a relevant program, the Secretary 
shall, to the extent practicable, invest or direct available 
and relevant programmatic resources so that such pro-
gram— 
(1) promotes electric vehicle charging infra-
structure; 
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