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any project carried out in whole or in part with 
funds made available under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) PROHIBITION ON PARTIAL LINE RE-
PLACEMENT.—None of the funds made avail-
able under this subsection may be used for par-
tial lead service line replacement if, at the con-
clusion of the service line replacement, drinking 
water is delivered to a household, or to a prop-
erty under the jurisdiction of a local educational 
agency, through a publicly or privately owned 
portion of a lead service line. 
‘‘(B) NO
HOMEOWNER
CONTRIBUTION.— 
Any recipient of funds made available under 
this subsection shall offer to replace any pri-
vately owned portion of the lead service line at 
no cost to the private owner. 
‘‘(6) STATE CONTRIBUTION.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (e), agreements under paragraph (1) shall 
not require that the State deposit in the State loan 
fund from State moneys any contribution before re-
ceiving funds pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
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$4,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2031. Such sums shall remain available 
until expended. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—To the ex-
tent amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under this subsection in any fiscal year are not 
appropriated in that fiscal year, such amounts 
are authorized to be appropriated in a subse-
quent fiscal year. Such sums shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘disadvantaged community’ has the mean-
ing given such term in subsection (d)(3). 
‘‘(B) ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘environmental justice com-
munity’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 601 of the CLEAN Future Act. 
‘‘(C) LEAD
SERVICE
LINE.—The term 
‘lead service line’ means a pipe and its fittings, 
which are not lead free (as defined in section 
1417(d)), that connect the drinking water main 
to the building inlet.’’. 
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(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1452(m)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12(m)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘(a)(2)(G) and 
(t)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(2)(G), (t), and (u)’’. 
Subtitle D—Climate Public Health 
Protection 
SEC. 641. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) climate change is real; 
(2) human activity significantly contributes to 
climate change; 
(3) climate change negatively impacts health; 
(4) climate change disproportionately impacts 
communities of color and low-income communities; 
and 
(5) the Federal Government, in cooperation 
with international, State, Tribal, and local govern-
ments, concerned public, private, and Native Amer-
ican organizations, and citizens, should use all prac-
ticable means and measures— 
(A) to assist the efforts of public health 
and health care professionals, first responders, 
health care systems, States, the District of Co-
lumbia, territories, municipalities, and Native 
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American and local communities to incorporate 
measures to prepare public health and health 
care systems to respond to the impacts of cli-
mate change; 
(B) to ensure— 
(i) that the Nation’s public health and 
health care professionals have sufficient in-
formation to prepare for and respond to 
the adverse health impacts of climate 
change; 
(ii) the application of scientific re-
search in advancing understanding of— 
(I) the health impacts of climate 
change; and 
(II) strategies to prepare for and 
respond to the health impacts of cli-
mate change; 
(iii) the identification of communities 
and populations vulnerable to the health 
impacts of climate change, including in-
fants, children, pregnant women, the elder-
ly, individuals with disabilities or pre-
existing illnesses, low-income populations, 
and unhoused individuals, and the develop-
ment of strategic response plans to be car-
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ried out by public health and health care 
professionals for those communities; 
(iv) the improvement of health status 
and health equity through efforts to pre-
pare for and respond to climate change; 
and 
(v) the inclusion of health impacts in 
the development of climate change re-
sponses; 
(C) to encourage further research, inter-
disciplinary 
partnership, 
and 
collaboration 
among stakeholders in order to— 
(i) understand and monitor the health 
impacts of climate change; 
(ii) improve public health knowledge 
and response strategies to climate change; 
(iii) identify actions and policies that 
are beneficial to health and that mitigate 
climate health impacts; and 
(iv) develop strategies to address 
water-, food-, and vector-borne infectious 
diseases and other public health emer-
gencies; 
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(D) to enhance preparedness activities, and 
health care and public health infrastructure, re-
lating to climate change and health; 
(E) to encourage each and every commu-
nity to learn about the impacts of climate 
change on health; and 
(F) to assist the efforts of developing na-
tions to incorporate measures to prepare public 
health and health care systems to respond to 
the impacts of climate change. 
SEC. 642. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS. 
Nothing in this subtitle limits the authority provided 
to or responsibility conferred on any Federal department 
or agency by any provision of any law (including regula-
tions) or authorizes any violation of any provision of any 
law (including regulations), including any health, energy, 
environmental, transportation, or any other law or regula-
tion. 
SEC. 643. NATIONAL STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this subtitle as the 
‘‘Secretary’’), on the basis of the best available 
science, and in consultation pursuant to paragraph 
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(B) provide opportunity for public input 
and consultation with Indian Tribes and Native 
American organizations. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) NATIONAL STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
and in collaboration with other Federal agencies as 
appropriate, shall, on the basis of the best available 
science, and in consultation with the entities de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2), publish a national stra-
tegic action plan under paragraph (2) to guide the 
climate and health program and assist public health 
and health care professionals in preparing for and 
responding to the impacts of climate change on pub-
lic health in the United States and other nations, 
particularly developing nations. 
(2) ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH SYSTEM CAPAC-
ITY.—The national strategic action plan shall in-
clude an assessment of the health system capacity of 
the United States to address climate change includ-
ing— 
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(A) identifying and prioritizing commu-
nities and populations vulnerable to the health 
impacts of climate change; 
(B) providing outreach and communication 
aimed at public health and health care profes-
sionals and the public to promote preparedness 
and response strategies; 
(C) providing for programs across Federal 
agencies to advance research related to the im-
pacts of climate change on health; 
(D) identifying and assessing existing pre-
paredness and response strategies for the health 
impacts of climate change; 
(E) prioritizing critical public health and 
health care infrastructure projects; 
(F) providing modeling and forecasting 
tools of climate change health impacts, includ-
ing local impacts where possible; 
(G) establishing academic and regional 
centers of excellence; 
(H) providing technical assistance and sup-
port for preparedness and response plans for 
the health threats of climate change in States, 
municipalities, territories, Indian Tribes, and 
developing nations; and 
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(I) developing, improving, integrating, and 
maintaining domestic and international disease 
surveillance systems and monitoring capacity to 
respond to health-related impacts of climate 
change, including on topics addressing— 
(i) water-, food-, and vector-borne in-
fectious diseases and climate change; 
(ii) pulmonary effects, including re-
sponses to aeroallergens and toxic expo-
sures; 
(iii) cardiovascular effects, including 
impacts of temperature extremes; 
(iv) air pollution health effects, includ-
ing heightened sensitivity to air pollution; 
(v) harmful algal blooms; 
(vi) mental and behavioral health im-
pacts of climate change; 
(vii) the health of migrants, refugees, 
displaced persons, and vulnerable commu-
nities; 
(viii) the implications for communities 
and populations vulnerable to the health 
effects of climate change, as well as strate-
gies for responding to climate change with-
in these communities; 
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(ix) Tribal, local, and community- 
based health interventions for climate-re-
lated health impacts; 
(x) extreme heat and weather events, 
including drought; 
(xi) decreased nutritional value of 
crops; and 
(xii) disruptions in access to routine 
and acute medical care. 
(3) CLIMATE
AND
HEALTH
PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention, and in col-
laboration with other Federal agencies, as appro-
priate, shall ensure that the climate and health pro-
gram established under this section addresses pri-
ority health actions including the following: 
(A) Serve as a credible source of informa-
tion on the physical, mental, and behavioral 
health consequences of climate change for the 
United States population and globally. 
(B) Track data on environmental condi-
tions, disease risks, and disease occurrence re-
lated to climate change. 
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(C) Expand capacity for modeling and 
forecasting health effects that may be climate- 
related. 
(D) Enhance the science base to better un-
derstand the relationship between climate 
change and health outcomes. 
(E) Identify locations and population 
groups at greatest risk for specific health 
threats and effects, such as increased heat 
stress, degraded air and water quality, food- or 
water-related infections, vector-borne illnesses, 
pulmonary and cardiovascular effects, mental 
and behavioral health effects, and food, water, 
and nutrient insecurity. 
(F) Communicate the health-related as-
pects of climate change, including risks and as-
sociated costs and ways to reduce them, to the 
public, decision makers, public health profes-
sionals, and health care providers. 
(G) Develop partnerships with other gov-
ernment agencies, the private sector, non-
governmental organizations, universities, and 
international organizations to more effectively 
address domestic and global health aspects of 
climate change. 
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(H) Provide leadership to State and local 
governments, community leaders, health care 
professionals, nongovernmental organizations, 
environmental justice networks, faith-based 
communities, the private sector, and the public, 
domestically 
and 
internationally, 
regarding 
health protection from climate change effects. 
(I) Develop and implement preparedness 
and response plans for health threats such as 
heat waves, severe weather events, and infec-
tious diseases. 
(J) Provide technical advice and support to 
State and local health departments, the private 
sector, and others in developing and imple-
menting national and global preparedness meas-
ures related to the health effects of climate 
change. 
(K) Promote workforce development by 
helping to ensure the training of a new genera-
tion of competent, experienced public health 
and health care professionals to respond to the 
health threats posed by climate change. 
(c) PERIODIC ASSESSMENT
AND REVISION.—Not 
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary shall periodi-
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cally assess, and revise as necessary, the national strategic 
action plan under subsection (b)(1) and the climate and 
health program under subsection (b)(1), to reflect new in-
formation collected pursuant to the implementation of the 
national strategic action plan and program and otherwise, 
including information on— 
(1) the status of critical environmental health 
indicators and related human health impacts; 
(2) the impacts of climate change on public 
health; and 
(3) advances in the development of strategies 
for preparing for and responding to the impacts of 
climate change on public health. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION
THROUGH
HHS.—The 
Secretary shall exercise the Secretary’s authority 
under this Act and other Federal statutes to achieve 
the goals and measures of the national strategic ac-
tion plan and climate and health program. 
(2) OTHER
PUBLIC
HEALTH
PROGRAMS
AND 
INITIATIVES.—The Secretary and Federal officials of 
other relevant Federal agencies shall administer 
public health programs and initiatives authorized by 
laws other than this Act, subject to the requirements 
of such laws, in a manner designed to achieve the 
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goals of the national strategic action plan and cli-
mate and health program. 
SEC. 644. ADVISORY BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall, pursuant 
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), 
establish a permanent science advisory board to be com-
prised of not less than 10 and not more than 20 members. 
(b) APPOINTMENT
OF MEMBERS.—The Secretary 
shall appoint the members of the science advisory board 
from among individuals who— 
(1) are recommended by the President of the 
National Academy of Sciences and the President of 
the National Academy of Medicine; and 
(2) have expertise in essential public health and 
health care services, including those related to vul-
nerable populations, climate change, and other rel-
evant disciplines. 
(c) EXPERIENCE.—In appointing the members of the 
science advisory board, the Secretary shall ensure that the 
science advisory board includes members with practical or 
lived experience with relevant issues. 
(d) FUNCTIONS.—The science advisory board shall— 
(1) provide scientific and technical advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary on the domestic 
and international impacts of climate change on pub-
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lic health, populations and regions particularly vul-
nerable to the effects of climate change, and strate-
gies and mechanisms to prepare for and respond to 
the impacts of climate change on public health; and 
(2) advise the Secretary regarding the best 
science available for purposes of issuing the national 
strategic action plan and conducting the climate and 
health program. 
SEC. 645. CLIMATE CHANGE HEALTH PROTECTION AND 
PROMOTION REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall offer to enter 
into an agreement with the National Academies, under 
which the National Academies will prepare periodic re-
ports to aid public health and health care professionals 
in preparing for and responding to the adverse health ef-
fects of climate change that— 
(1) review scientific developments on health im-
pacts of climate change; and 
(2) recommend changes to the national stra-
tegic action plan and climate and health program. 
(b) SUBMISSION.—The agreement under subsection 
(a) shall require a report to be submitted to Congress and 
the Secretary and made publicly available not later than 
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 
4 years thereafter. 
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Subtitle E—Public Health Air 
Quality Infrastructure 
SEC. 651. HEALTH EMERGENCY AIR TOXICS MONITORING. 
(a) MONITORING.—Not later than 365 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
carry out a program to administer or conduct, pursuant 
to authority provided under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7401 et seq.), including section 114 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 7414), the best available form of fenceline moni-
toring of stationary sources of hazardous air pollutants 
that are on the list developed under subsection (c). 
(b) PUBLICATION OF RESULTS.—The Administrator 
shall publish and maintain the results of all fenceline mon-
itoring conducted under the program under subsection (a) 
on the website of the Environmental Protection Agency 
for a period of at least 5 years. 
(c) LIST OF SOURCES.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Administrator shall 
develop a list of stationary sources of hazardous air 
pollutants that includes— 
(A) the 25 high-priority facilities listed in 
Appendix A of the Environmental Protection 
Agency’s Office of Inspector General Report 
#20–N–0128 (March 31, 2020); and 
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(B) at least another 25 major sources or 
synthetic area sources. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator may 
include a stationary source on the list developed 
under paragraph (1) only if the source— 
(A) emits at least one of the pollutants de-
scribed in paragraph (3); 
(B) is— 
(i) located in, or within 3 miles of, a 
census tract with— 
(I) a cancer risk of at least 100- 
in-1 million; or 
(II) a chronic non-cancer hazard 
index that is above 1 based on the 
most recent National Air Toxics As-
sessment; or 
(ii) in a source category with— 
(I) a cancer risk that is at least 
50-in-1 million; 
(II) a total organ-specific hazard 
index for chronic non-cancer risk that 
is greater than 1; or 
(III) 
an 
acute 
risk 
hazard 
quotient that is greater than 1; and 
(C) is— 
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(i) classified in one or more of North 
American Industry Classification System 
codes 322, 324, 325; or 
(ii) required to prepare and implement 
a risk management plan pursuant to sec-
tion 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7412(r)) and had an accidental re-
lease required to be reported during the 
previous 3 years pursuant to section 68.42 
or 68.195 of title 40 Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (as in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act). 
(3) POLLUTANTS.—The pollutants described in 
this paragraph are ethylene oxide, chloroprene, ben-
zene, 1,3-butadiene, and formaldehyde. 
(d) METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), in carrying out the program under sub-
section (a), the Administrator shall— 
(A) for each stationary source on the list 
developed under subsection (c)(1), employ, as 
necessary to monitor the pollutants described in 
subsection (c)(3) emitted by such stationary 
source, at least— 
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(i) Method 325A and Method 325B; 
and 
(ii) Method TO–15; and 
(B) for each of the 10 stationary sources 
on such list that either emit the greatest volume 
of pollutants described in subsection (c)(3), or 
cause the greatest health risk as determined by 
the Administrator based on a residual risk as-
sessment 
performed 
pursuant 
to 
section 
112(f)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7412(f)(2)) or based on the most recent Na-
tional Air Toxics Assessment due to such emis-
sions individually, as a group, or cumulatively 
with all hazardous air pollutants emitted by 
such sources, and for any other stationary 
source on such list for which application of the 
methods described in subparagraph (A) alone 
will not be sufficient to monitor and report any 
such pollutants that are emitted by such sta-
tionary source, employ— 
(i) optical remote sensing technology 
to provide real-time measurements of air 
pollutant concentrations along an open- 
path; or 
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(ii) other monitoring technology with 
the ability to provide real-time spatial and 
temporal data to understand the type and 
amount of emissions. 
(2) UPDATES.— 
(A) METHOD 325A AND METHOD 325B.—If 
the Administrator determines it necessary to 
update Method 325A and Method 325B to im-
plement this section, the Administrator shall 
update such Method 325A and Method 325B 
not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(B) NEW TEST METHOD.—If the Adminis-
trator determines it necessary to approve a new 
test method to implement this section, the Ad-
ministrator shall finalize such a method not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall report 
on the results of the program carried out under subsection 
(a), including— 
(1) the results of fenceline monitoring imple-
mented under the program under subsection (a); 
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(2) any enforcement, regulatory, or permitting 
actions taken based on such fenceline monitoring; 
and 
(3) whether the Administrator proposes to con-
tinue fenceline monitoring at any or all of the sta-
tionary sources on the list developed under sub-
section (c)(1), or to implement fenceline monitoring 
of any additional stationary sources as determined 
under subsection (f). 
(f) 
DETERMINATION
REGARDING
ADDITIONAL 
SOURCES.—Not later than 6 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall make a deter-
mination, and publish such determination in the Federal 
Register, on whether to add fenceline monitoring for any 
stationary sources to— 
(1) ensure compliance of such stationary 
sources with existing emission standards under sec-
tion 112 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412); 
(2) prevent accidental releases; or 
(3) protect the health of the communities most 
exposed to the emissions of hazardous air pollutants 
from such stationary sources to the greatest extent 
possible. 
(g) DETERMINATION REGARDING EMISSION FAC-
TORS.—Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment 
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of this Act, the Administrator shall complete an evaluation 
and promulgate a determination whether any existing 
emission factors must be updated to better reflect or ac-
count for the results of fenceline monitoring data collected 
pursuant to Method 325A or 325B or the program under 
subsection (a). 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$73,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 652. COMMUNITY AIR TOXICS MONITORING. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall pro-
mulgate regulations pursuant to section 112(d) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(d)) for each source cat-
egory described in subsection (b), that— 
(1) require all sources in such source category 
to implement the best available form of continuous 
emissions monitoring and fenceline monitoring to as-
sure compliance with the emission standards for haz-
ardous air pollutants; 
(2) for facilities in such source category that 
are required to submit risk management plans under 
section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, to prevent acci-
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dental releases and provide for effective emergency 
response; 
(3) establish a corrective action level at the 
fenceline for at least the top 3 hazardous air pollut-
ants that drive the cancer, chronic non-cancer, or 
acute risk for the source category; and 
(4) require a root cause analysis and con-
sequences if such corrective action level is exceeded. 
(b) SOURCE CATEGORIES.—The source categories de-
scribed in this subsection shall include each category or 
subcategory of major sources or area sources containing— 
(1) at least one of the stationary sources of 
hazardous air pollutants that are on the list devel-
oped under section 651(c); 
(2) major sources or area sources identified in 
the most recent National Emissions Inventory of the 
Environmental Protection Agency as emitting ethyl-
ene oxide, chloroprene, 1,3-butadiene, benzene, or 
formaldehyde; 
(3) chemical, petrochemical, or plastics manu-
facturing sources or marine vessel loading oper-
ations; and 
(4) any other major sources of fugitive haz-
ardous air pollutant emissions for which the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency is subject to a court- 
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ordered or statutory deadline, engaged in a reconsid-
eration proceeding, or subject to a court remand to, 
not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, review and determine whether to revise 
the emissions standards that apply to such sources. 
(c) DETERMINATION OF BEST AVAILABLE FORM OF 
MONITORING.—The Administrator, in consultation with 
the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, the Of-
fice of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, and the 
Office of Environmental Justice, shall, for purposes of the 
regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (a), deter-
mine the best available form of continuous emissions mon-
itoring and fenceline monitoring and shall ensure the 
methods required are at least as stringent as Method 
325A and Method 325B. 
(d) METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES.—For all sta-
tionary sources in the source categories under subsection 
(b), the Administrator shall, in the regulations promul-
gated pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(1) require application, implementation, or em-
ployment of— 
(A) Method TO–15 or optical remote sens-
ing technology to provide real-time measure-
ments of air pollutant concentrations along an 
open-path; or 
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(B) other monitoring technology with the 
ability to provide real-time spatial and temporal 
data to understand the type and amount of 
emissions; or 
(2) provide an explanation of why application of 
Method TO–15 or the technologies described in 
paragraph (1) is not necessary— 
(A) to assure compliance with the emission 
standards established under the regulations 
promulgated pursuant to subsections (d) and 
(f) of section 112 of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7412), as applicable; or 
(B) to protect the public health. 
(e) PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH.—In promulgating 
the corrective action level for each of the hazardous air 
pollutants described in subsection (a)(3), the Adminis-
trator shall take a precautionary approach to ensure that, 
if the monitored concentration at the fenceline hits a level 
that has potential to cause any person to experience im-
paired quality of life, become ill, or die from cancer or 
any other chronic or acute health impairment related to 
short- or long-term air pollution exposure (including any 
fetal exposure that begins in utero), that the facility must 
reduce its emissions to prevent such harm. 
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(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$17,500,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 653. CRITERIA POLLUTANT/NAAQS MONITORING NET-
WORK. 
(a) DEPLOYMENT
OF NCORE MULTIPOLLUTANT 
MONITORING STATIONS.—The Administrator shall re-
quire the deployment of an additional 80 NCore multi-
pollutant monitoring stations. 
(b) DEADLINE.—Not later than 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall en-
sure all NCore multipollutant monitoring stations required 
to be deployed under subsection (a) are installed and inte-
grated into the air quality monitoring system established 
pursuant to section 319 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7619). 
(c) MONITORING RESULTS.—Monitoring results from 
NCore multipollutant stations deployed pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be used for purposes of comparison to 
national ambient air quality standards, and for such other 
purposes as the Administrator determines will promote the 
protection of public health from air pollution. 
(d) LOCATIONS.— 
(1) VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.— 
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(A) CENSUS TRACTS.—The Administrator 
shall ensure that at least 40 of the NCore 
multipollutant monitoring stations required 
under subsection (a) are sited in census tracts 
that each meet one or more of the following cri-
teria: 
(i) The rates of childhood asthma, 
adult asthma, chronic obstructive pul-
monary disease, heart disease, or cancer 
are higher than the national average for 
such condition in the census tract. 
(ii) The percentage of people living 
below the poverty level, that are above age 
18 without a high school diploma, or that 
are unemployed, is higher than the na-
tional average in the census tract. 
(iii) Two or more major sources (as 
defined in section 501(2) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7661(2))) are located with-
in the census tract and adjacent census 
tracts combined. 
(iv) COVID–19 death rates are at 
least 10 percent higher than the national 
average in the census tract. 
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(v) There is a higher than average 
population in the census tract of vulnerable 
or sensitive individuals who may be at 
greater risk than the general population of 
adverse health effects from exposure to one 
or more air pollutants for which national 
ambient air quality standards have been 
established pursuant to the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), including in-
fants, children, pregnant women, workers, 
the elderly, or individuals living in an envi-
ronmental justice community. 
(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than 1 of the 
NCore multipollutant monitoring stations de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) may be sited with-
in the same metropolitan statistical area, mu-
nicipality, or county. 
(2) SITING DETERMINATIONS.—In determining 
and approving sites for NCore multipollutant moni-
toring stations required under subsection (a), the 
Administrator shall— 
(A) invite proposals from or on behalf of 
residents of a community for the siting of such 
stations in such community; 
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(B) prioritize siting of such stations in 
census tracts or counties with per capita death 
rates from COVID–19 that are at least 10 per-
cent higher than the national average, as of the 
date of enactment of this Act or the date of the 
proposal; and 
(C) prior to making siting determinations, 
provide public notice of proposed siting loca-
tions and provide an opportunity for public 
comment for at least 30 days thereafter— 
(i) in the Federal Register, by email 
to persons who have requested notice of 
proposed siting determinations; by news re-
lease; and 
(ii) by posting on the public website of 
the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall— 
(1) in coordination with the States, complete an 
assessment, which includes public input, on the sta-
tus of all ambient air quality monitors that are part 
of Federal, State, or local networks and used for de-
termining compliance with national ambient air 
quality standards to determine whether each such 
monitor is operational; and 
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(2) report to Congress, and publish on the pub-
lic website of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
a list of all non-operational monitors and an accom-
panying schedule and plan to restore all such mon-
itors into full operation within one year. 
(f) FUNDING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $61,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to re-
main available until expended. 
(2) USES.—The Administrator— 
(A) may use amounts made available to 
carry this section to— 
(i) directly to deploy NCore multi-
pollutant 
monitoring 
stations 
required 
under subsection (a); or 
(ii) make grants under section 105 of 
the Clean Air Act to State and local gov-
ernments for deployment and operation of 
such NCore multipollutant monitoring sta-
tions; and 
(B) shall use at least 5 percent, but not 
more than 10 percent, of amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section to perform main-
tenance and repairs necessary to restore to op-
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eration to currently non-operational monitors 
located in nonattainment areas for ozone or 
PM2.5. 
SEC. 654. SENSOR MONITORING. 
(a) DEPLOYMENT OF AIR QUALITY SENSORS.—Not 
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall deploy at least 1,000 air qual-
ity sensors, that each cost $2,000 or less, in census tracts 
or counties with per capita death rates from COVID–19 
that are at least 10 percent higher than the national aver-
age as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) POLLUTANTS.—Each sensor deployed pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall measure ozone, PM2.5, or sulfur 
dioxide. The Administrator shall determine which pollut-
ant or pollutants to monitor based on the pollution sources 
affecting the area in which the sensor is to be deployed. 
(c) PRIORITY.—The Administrator shall give priority 
for deployment of sensors pursuant to subsection (a) to 
census tracts or counties that— 
(1) lack SLAMS for the pollutant or pollutants 
that sensors would be deployed to measure; 
(2) have, or are substantially impacted by, sig-
nificant emissions of ozone, PM2.5, or sulfur diox-
ide; and 
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(3) are not part of an area designated as non-
attainment under the Clean Air Act for the air pol-
lutant or pollutants to be monitored. 
(d) CONTRACTS.—The Administrator shall contract 
with qualified nonprofit organizations and State and local 
air pollution control agencies to execute deployment of the 
monitors in a manner that will ensure representative 
measurement of ambient air quality, and provide the pub-
lic with real-time online access to the data collected. 
(e) DETERMINATION AND INSTALLATION.—Not later 
than 6 months after one year of monitoring with sensors 
deployed pursuant to subsection (a) has been completed, 
the Administrator shall determine whether data from the 
sensor or sensors deployed in a census track or county 
show air pollution levels during such year reached 98 per-
cent of the national ambient air quality standard for any 
of the air pollutants described in subsection (b), and not 
later than 6 months after such determination, the Admin-
istrator shall ensure that Federal Reference Method mon-
itors or Federal Equivalent Method monitors are installed 
and in operation within the census tract or county for each 
pollutant that reached or exceeded the 98 percent level. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 655. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES RE-
SEARCH GRANT PROGRAMS. 
(a) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL 
HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Direc-
tor of the National Institutes of Health, in coordination 
with the National Center for Environmental Research at 
the Environmental Protection Agency, shall carry out a 
Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Dispari-
ties Research grant program. Such program shall estab-
lish and support no fewer than 10 research centers with 
5 year awards to— 
(1) conduct basic and applied research on envi-
ronmentally driven health disparities; 
(2) establish, develop, or expand collaborations 
with other researchers and organizations involved in 
environmental health disparities and affected com-
munities; 
(3) disseminate scientific knowledge to other re-
searchers and members of affected communities; 
(4) recruit and mentor investigators to conduct 
environmental health disparities research, including 
investigators from health disparities populations; 
and 
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(5) other activities, as determined by the Direc-
tor. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this pro-
gram $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2027. 
SEC. 656. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) ACCIDENTAL
RELEASE.—The term ‘‘acci-
dental release’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7412(r)). 
(3) AREA
SOURCE; EXISTING
SOURCE; HAZ-
ARDOUS
AIR
POLLUTANT; MAJOR
SOURCE; NEW 
SOURCE; STATIONARY SOURCE.—Except as otherwise 
provided, 
the 
terms 
‘‘area 
source’’, 
‘‘existing 
source’’, ‘‘hazardous air pollutant’’, ‘‘major source’’, 
‘‘new source’’, and ‘‘stationary source’’ have the 
meaning given such terms in section 112(a) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(a)). 
(4) 
COVID–19.—The 
term 
‘‘COVID–19’’ 
means the novel coronavirus disease 2019 that is the 
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subject of the declaration of a public health emer-
gency by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 27, 2020. 
(5) METHOD 325A.—The term ‘‘Method 325A’’ 
means the Air Emission Measurement Center pro-
mulgated test method titled ‘‘Volatile Organic Com-
pounds from Fugitive and Area Sources: Sampler 
Deployment and VOC Sample Collection’’. 
(6) METHOD 325B.—The term ‘‘Method 325B’’ 
means the Air Emission Measurement Center pro-
mulgated test method titled ‘‘Volatile Organic Com-
pounds from Fugitive and Area Sources: Sampler 
Preparation and Analysis.’’ 
(7) METHOD TO–15.—The term ‘‘Method TO– 
15’’ means the test method titled ‘‘Determination of 
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) In Air Col-
lected In Specially-Prepared Canisters And Analyzed 
By Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/ 
MS)’’ published in Compendium of Methods for the 
Determination of Toxic Organic Compounds in Am-
bient Air, Second Edition. 
(8) NCORE AND SLAMS.—The terms ‘‘NCore’’ 
and ‘‘SLAMS’’ have the meaning given such terms 
in section 58.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regula-
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tions (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act). 
(9) SYNTHETIC
AREA
SOURCE.—The term 
‘‘synthetic area source’’ has the meaning given ‘‘syn-
thetic minor HAP source’’ in section 49.152 of title 
40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regu-
lations). 
TITLE VII—SUPER POLLUTANTS 
Subtitle A—Methane 
SEC. 701. CONTROLLING METHANE EMISSIONS FROM THE 
OIL AND NATURAL GAS SECTOR. 
(a) NATIONAL GOALS.—The goals of this section are 
to steadily reduce the quantity of United States methane 
emissions from the oil and natural gas sector such that— 
(1) in calendar year 2025, the quantity of 
United States methane emissions from the oil and 
natural gas sector is at least 65 percent below cal-
endar year 2012 emissions; and 
(2) in calendar year 2030, the quantity of 
United States methane emissions from the oil and 
natural gas sector is at least 90 percent below cal-
endar year 2012 emissions. 
(b) REGULATIONS
TO
MEET
THE
NATIONAL 
GOALS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Using existing authority of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Adminis-
trator shall issue regulations pursuant to section 
111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) to con-
trol methane emissions from the oil and natural gas 
sector to achieve the national goals established in 
subsection (a). 
(2) COVERED SOURCES.—The regulations pro-
mulgated pursuant to this subsection shall apply to 
sources of methane from every segment of oil and 
natural gas systems, including oil and natural gas 
production, processing, transmission, distribution, 
and storage. 
(3) MEETING THE GOAL FOR 2025.— 
(A) DEADLINE FOR ISSUANCE.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and no later than December 31, 2022, 
the Administrator shall finalize regulations pur-
suant to section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7411) to achieve the national goal estab-
lished in subsection (a)(1). 
(B) CONTENTS.—The regulations required 
by subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 
(i) The regulations shall provide for 
the establishment, implementation, and en-
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forcement of standards of performance for 
existing sources and guidelines for States. 
(ii) The regulations shall require 
States to submit plans in accordance with 
section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7411(d)) no later than 30 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(iii) The regulations shall provide for 
the Administrator to prescribe, not later 
than 42 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, a plan in accordance with 
such section 111(d)— 
(I) for a State that fails to sub-
mit a plan by the deadline specified in 
clause (ii); or 
(II) for a State for which the Ad-
ministrator disapproves the State 
plan. 
(4) MEETING THE GOAL FOR 2030.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2023, the Administrator shall finalize 
regulations pursuant to section 111 of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) to achieve the 
national goal established in subsection (a)(2). 
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(B) CONTENTS.—The regulations required 
by subparagraph (A) shall provide for the es-
tablishment, implementation, and enforcement 
of standards of performance for new sources 
and existing sources, and guidelines for States, 
that include requirements for— 
(i) new and existing natural gas 
transmission and distribution pipelines to 
reduce methane emissions by application of 
the best system of venting and leakage re-
duction; 
(ii) new sources, and existing sources, 
with equipment that handles liquefied nat-
ural gas to reduce methane emissions from 
that equipment by application of the best 
system of emission reduction; and 
(iii) new and existing offshore petro-
leum and natural gas production facilities 
to reduce methane emissions by application 
of the best system of emission reduction. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
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(2) The term ‘‘existing source’’ means an exist-
ing source (as defined in section 111(a) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a))). 
(3) The term ‘‘new source’’ means a new source 
(as defined in section 111(a) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7411(a))). 
(4) The term ‘‘standard of performance’’ has 
the meaning given to such term in section 111(a) of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)). 
SEC. 702. CONTROLLING FLARING. 
(a) REGULATION OF ROUTINE FLARING.—Using ex-
isting authority of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
the Administrator shall propose no later than December 
31, 2021, and finalize no later than December 31, 2022— 
(1) regulations pursuant to section 111(b) of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) for the estab-
lishment, implementation, and enforcement of stand-
ards of performance for new sources that prohibit 
routine flaring of natural gas from such sources; and 
(2) regulations pursuant to section 111(d) of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(d)) for the estab-
lishment, implementation, and enforcement of stand-
ards of performance for sources, and guidelines for 
States, that require existing sources to— 
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(A) reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 
routine flaring such that nationwide flaring is 
reduced by at least 80 percent below 2017 lev-
els no later than 2025; and 
(B) reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 
routine flaring such that nationwide flaring is 
reduced by 100 percent below 2017 levels no 
later than 2028. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) The term ‘‘existing source’’ means an exist-
ing source as defined in section 111(a) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)). 
(3) The term ‘‘new source’’ means a new source 
as defined in section 111(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7411(a)). 
(4) The term ‘‘routine flaring’’— 
(A) means flaring of natural gas during 
normal oil and natural gas production oper-
ations in the absence of sufficient facilities to 
reinject the produced gas, utilize it onsite, or 
dispatch it to a market; and 
(B) does not include safety flaring. 
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(5) The term ‘‘safety flaring’’ means flaring of 
natural gas that is required to ensure safe operation 
of the facility due to some unforeseen condition. 
SEC. 703. EMERGING OIL AND NATURAL GAS GREENHOUSE 
GAS EMISSION REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—As soon as possible after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall estab-
lish a technology commercialization program to reduce 
greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and natural gas sec-
tor, and to improve existing technologies and practices to 
reduce such emissions. 
(b) PRIORITY.—In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to projects 
that develop and bring to market approaches to reduce 
carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas system com-
pression, including the use of electrification. 
(c) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—In carrying out the 
program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall carry 
out science-based activities to pursue— 
(1) improved efficiency of natural gas pipeline 
systems, including gas gathering systems and gas 
transmission systems, in order to reduce compressor 
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fuel consumption in these systems, through improved 
technology and operational practice; and 
(2) lowered barriers to electrification of com-
pression in pipeline systems. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 704. IMPROVING THE NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION 
SYSTEM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy shall estab-
lish a grant program to provide financial assistance to 
States to offset the incremental rate increases paid by low- 
income households resulting from the implementation of 
infrastructure replacement, repair, and maintenance pro-
grams that are approved by the rate-setting entity and de-
signed to accelerate the necessary replacement, repair, or 
maintenance of natural gas distribution systems. 
(b) DATE OF ELIGIBILITY.—Awards may be provided 
under this section to offset rate increases described in sub-
section (a) occurring on or after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary shall collabo-
rate with States to prioritize the distribution of grants 
made under this section. At a minimum, the Secretary 
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shall consider prioritizing the distribution of grants to 
States which have— 
(1) authorized or adopted enhanced infrastruc-
ture replacement programs or innovative rate recov-
ery mechanisms, such as infrastructure cost trackers 
and riders, infrastructure base rate surcharges, de-
ferred regulatory asset programs, and earnings sta-
bility mechanisms; and 
(2) a viable means for delivering financial as-
sistance to low-income households. 
(d) AUDITING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
The Secretary shall establish auditing and reporting re-
quirements for States with respect to the performance of 
eligible projects funded pursuant to grants awarded under 
this section. 
(e) PREVAILING WAGES.—All laborers and mechanics 
employed by contractors or subcontractors in the perform-
ance of construction, alteration, or repair work assisted, 
in whole or in part, by a grant under this section shall 
be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 
similar construction in the locality as determined by the 
Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of 
chapter 31 of title 40. With respect to the labor standards 
in this subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall have the 
authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan 
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Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 
section 3145 of title 40. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INNOVATIVE
RATE
RECOVERY
MECHA-
NISMS.—The term ‘‘innovative rate recovery mecha-
nisms’’ means rate structures that allow State public 
utility commissions to modify tariffs and recover 
costs of investments in utility replacement incurred 
between rate cases. 
(2) 
LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLD.—The 
term 
‘‘low-income household’’ means a household that is 
eligible to receive payments under section 2605(b)(2) 
of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)). 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $250,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2031. 
SEC. 705. GRANTS FOR COMPOSTING AND ANAEROBIC DI-
GESTION 
FOOD 
WASTE-TO-ENERGY 
PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle G of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6971 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 7011. GRANTS FOR COMPOSTING AND ANAEROBIC DI-
GESTION 
FOOD 
WASTE-TO-ENERGY 
PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator shall establish a 
grant program to award grants to States eligible to receive 
the grants under subsection (b)(1) to construct large-scale 
composting or anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy 
projects. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE STATES.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to 
receive a grant under this section, a State shall— 
‘‘(A) have in effect a plan to limit the 
quantity of food waste that may be disposed of 
in landfills in the State; and 
‘‘(B) provide to the Administrator— 
‘‘(i) a written commitment that the 
State has read and agrees to comply with 
the Food Recovery Hierarchy of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, particularly 
as applied to apparently wholesome food 
(as defined in section 22(b) of the Child 
Nutrition 
Act 
of 
1966 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1791(b))) that may be provided to or re-
ceived by the State; and 
‘‘(ii) a written end-product recycling 
plan that provides for the beneficial use of 
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the material resulting from any anaerobic 
digestion food waste-to-energy operation 
with respect to which the loan or grant is 
made, in a manner that meets all applica-
ble Federal, State, and local laws that pro-
tect human health and the environment. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—A grant under subsection 
(a) may not be used for an anaerobic digester that 
uses solely manure as undigested biomass. 
‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—The Administrator shall 
give preference to grants under subsection (a) for 
anaerobic digesters that use primarily nonedible 
food, crop waste, or nonedible food and crop waste 
as undigested biomass. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. 
‘‘(d) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘State’ means each State of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, each territory or possession of the United 
States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
7010 the following: 
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‘‘Sec. 7011. Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-en-
ergy projects.’’. 
Subtitle B—Black Carbon 
SEC. 711. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) The term ‘‘black carbon’’ means the pri-
mary light absorbing aerosols, as defined by the Ad-
ministrator, based on the best available science. 
SEC. 712. REDUCTION OF BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS. 
(a) BLACK CARBON ABATEMENT REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall, in consultation with other appropriate 
Federal agencies, submit to Congress a report re-
garding black carbon emissions. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) An update of the information that was 
included in the report submitted to Congress by 
the Environmental Protection Agency titled 
‘‘Report to Congress on Black Carbon’’ (March 
2012), and a summary of current information 
and research that identifies— 
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(i) an inventory of the major sources 
of black carbon emissions in the United 
States, including— 
(I) an estimate of the quantity of 
current and projected future black 
carbon emissions; and 
(II) the net climate forcing of 
such emissions from such sources, in-
cluding consideration of co-emissions 
of other pollutants; 
(ii) effective and cost-effective control 
technologies, operations, and strategies for 
additional domestic black carbon emissions 
reductions, such as diesel retrofit tech-
nologies on existing onroad, nonroad, and 
stationary engines, programs to address 
residential cookstoves and heating stoves, 
programs to address forest and agri-
culture-based burning, and programs to 
address ports, international shipping, and 
aviation; 
(iii) potential metrics and approaches 
for quantifying the climatic effects of black 
carbon emissions, including the radiative 
forcing and warming effects of such emis-
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sions, that may be used to compare the cli-
mate benefits of different mitigation strat-
egies, including an assessment of the un-
certainty in such metrics and approaches; 
and 
(iv) the public health and environ-
mental benefits associated with additional 
controls for black carbon emissions. 
(B) Recommendations regarding— 
(i) development of additional emis-
sions monitoring techniques and capabili-
ties, modeling, and other black carbon-re-
lated areas of study; 
(ii) areas of focus for additional study 
of technologies, operations, and strategies 
with the greatest potential to reduce emis-
sions of black carbon and associated public 
health, economic, and environmental im-
pacts associated with these emissions; and 
(iii) actions, in addition to those iden-
tified by the Administrator pursuant to 
subsections (b) and (c), that the Federal 
Government may take to encourage or re-
quire reductions in black carbon emissions. 
(b) DOMESTIC BLACK CARBON MITIGATION.— 
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(1) PROPOSED
REGULATIONS
OR
FINDING.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator, taking into consider-
ation the public health and environmental impacts of 
black carbon emissions, including the effects on 
global and regional warming, the Arctic, and other 
snow and ice-covered surfaces, shall propose— 
(A) a finding that regulations that have 
been promulgated as of the date of enactment 
of this Act pursuant to such authorities ade-
quately reduce emissions of black carbon by 70 
percent relative to 2013 levels by 2025; or 
(B) regulations under the authorities of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) (as 
such authorities exist as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act) to reduce emissions of 
black carbon by 70 percent relative to 2013 lev-
els by 2025. 
(2) FINAL
REGULATIONS
OR
FINDING.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate— 
(A) a final finding described in paragraph 
(1)(A); or 
(B) final regulations described in para-
graph (1)(B). 
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(3) PARTICIPATION
BY
INDIGENOUS
POPU-
LATIONS.—The Administrator shall allow indigenous 
populations in the Arctic and other communities 
disproportionally affected by black carbon emissions 
to participate in the regulatory action under this 
subsection through negotiated rulemaking or an 
equivalent mechanism. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL BLACK CARBON MITIGATION 
ASSISTANCE REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-
trator, in coordination with the Secretary of State 
and other appropriate Federal officials, shall trans-
mit a report to the Congress— 
(A) on the amount, type, and direction of 
all present United States financial, technical, 
and related assistance to foreign countries to 
reduce, mitigate, and otherwise abate black car-
bon emissions; and 
(B) identifying opportunities and rec-
ommendations pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(2) OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES.—The report re-
quired under this subsection shall identify opportuni-
ties and recommendations, including action under 
existing statutory and regulatory authorities, to 
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achieve significant black carbon emission reductions 
in foreign countries through technical assistance or 
other approaches to— 
(A) promote sustainable solutions to bring 
clean, efficient, safe, and affordable stoves, 
fuels, or both stoves and fuels to residents of 
developing countries that are reliant on solid 
fuels such as wood, dung, charcoal, coal, or 
crop residues for home cooking and heating, so 
as to help reduce the public health, environ-
mental, and economic impacts of black carbon 
emissions from these sources by— 
(i) identifying key regions for large- 
scale demonstration efforts, and key part-
ners in each such region; and 
(ii) developing for each such region a 
large-scale implementation strategy with a 
goal of collectively reaching 100,000,000 
homes over 5 years with interventions that 
will— 
(I) increase stove efficiency by 
over 50 percent (or such other goal as 
determined by the Administrator); 
(II) reduce emissions of black 
carbon by over 60 percent (or such 
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other goal as determined by the Ad-
ministrator); and 
(III) reduce the incidence of se-
vere pneumonia in children under 5 
years old by over 30 percent (or such 
other goal as determined by the Ad-
ministrator); 
(B) make technological improvements to 
diesel engines and provide greater access to 
fuels that emit less or no black carbon; 
(C) reduce unnecessary agricultural or 
other biomass burning where feasible alter-
natives exist; 
(D) reduce the amount of heavy fuel oil 
used by ships by switching to alternative fuels 
or installing technological improvements; 
(E) reduce unnecessary fossil fuel burning 
that produces black carbon where feasible alter-
natives exist; 
(F) reduce other sources of black carbon 
emissions; and 
(G) improve capacity to achieve greater 
compliance with existing laws to address black 
carbon emissions. 
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(3) CONSULTATION WITH ARCTIC COMMUNITIES 
AND ARCTIC COUNCIL.—The Administrator shall— 
(A) require that communities most vulner-
able to the impacts of black carbon, including 
Arctic indigenous communities, are consulted 
throughout the process of developing and trans-
mitting the report required by this subsection; 
and 
(B) encourage observers of the Arctic 
Council (including India and China) to adopt 
mitigation plans consistent with the findings 
and recommendations of the Arctic Council’s 
‘‘Framework for Action on Black Carbon and 
Methane’’. 
TITLE VIII—ECONOMYWIDE 
POLICIES 
Subtitle A—State Climate Plans 
SEC. 801. STATE CLIMATE PLANS. 
The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding after title VI the following new title: 
‘‘TITLE VII—STATE CLIMATE 
PLANS 
‘‘SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
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‘‘(1) 2030 CARBON DIOXIDE STANDARD.—The 
term ‘2030 carbon dioxide standard’ means a stand-
ard which requires each State to achieve covered 
emissions of carbon dioxide within such State by 
January 1, 2031, at a level to be established by the 
Administrator in consideration of the emission re-
ductions needed to achieve the national interim goal 
declared by section 101(1) of the CLEAN Future 
Act. 
‘‘(2) 2040 CARBON DIOXIDE STANDARD.—The 
term ‘2040 carbon dioxide standard’ means a stand-
ard which requires each State to achieve covered 
emissions of carbon dioxide within such State by 
January 1, 2041, at a level to be established by the 
Administrator pursuant to section 705. 
‘‘(3) 2040 METHANE
STANDARD.—The term 
‘2040 methane standard’ means a standard which 
requires each State to achieve covered emissions of 
methane within such State by January 1, 2041, at 
a level that is at least 95 percent below such State’s 
calendar year 2012 emissions of methane. 
‘‘(4) 
CARBON
DIOXIDE
EQUIVALENT.—The 
term ‘carbon dioxide equivalent’ means, with respect 
to a greenhouse gas, the quantity of such gas that 
has a global warming potential equivalent to 1 met-
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ric ton of carbon dioxide, as determined pursuant to 
table A–1 of subpart A of part 98 of title 40, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(5) COVERED EMISSIONS.— 
‘‘(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
term ‘covered emissions’ means carbon dioxide 
and methane emitted by or attributed to 
sources in a State. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘covered emissions’ includes 
carbon dioxide and methane emissions that are 
biogenic emissions from agriculture and land- 
use practices only if such emissions consist of 
emissions from burning woody biomass to gen-
erate electricity either for sale to the grid or for 
onsite industrial use. 
‘‘(6) ELECTRIC GENERATING UNIT.—The term 
‘electric generating unit’ means a steam generating 
unit, integrated gasification combined cycle, or sta-
tionary combustion turbine that meets the following 
conditions, as applicable: 
‘‘(A) Serves a generator or generators con-
nected to a utility power distribution system 
with a nameplate capacity greater than 25 MW- 
net. 
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‘‘(B) Has a base load rating greater than 
260 Gigajoules per hour (250 million British 
Thermal Units per hour) heat input of fossil 
fuel (either alone or in combination with any 
other fuel). 
‘‘(C) Has stationary combustion turbines 
that are either a combined cycle or combined 
heat and power combustion turbine. 
‘‘(7) GREENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘greenhouse 
gas’ means each of the following: 
‘‘(A) Carbon dioxide. 
‘‘(B) Methane. 
‘‘(C) Nitrous oxide. 
‘‘(D) Sulfur hexafluoride. 
‘‘(E) Hydrofluorocarbons. 
‘‘(F) Perfluorocarbons. 
‘‘(G) Any other anthropogenic gas des-
ignated as a greenhouse gas by the Adminis-
trator or required to be reported under part 98 
of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(8) NATIONAL
CLIMATE
STANDARD.—The 
term ‘national climate standard’ means a standard 
which requires each State to achieve net-zero cov-
ered emissions measured in carbon dioxide equiva-
lents within such State, after annual accounting for 
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sources, negative emissions, and sinks of covered 
emissions consistent with the reporting of emissions 
required by this title by January 1, 2051. 
‘‘(9) NEGATIVE EMISSIONS.—The term ‘nega-
tive emissions’ means greenhouse gases permanently 
removed from the atmosphere, other than biogenic 
removals through land-use and forestry practices. 
‘‘(10) SINK.—The term ‘sink’ means a reservoir 
of greenhouse gases removed from the atmosphere 
through land-use and forestry practices. 
‘‘SEC. 702. INVENTORIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this title, each State shall submit 
to the Administrator, with respect to the preceding cal-
endar year, a comprehensive, accurate inventory of— 
‘‘(1) covered emissions, measured in metric tons 
of carbon dioxide equivalent, attributed to the com-
bustion of fuels sold within such State during the re-
spective calendar year; 
‘‘(2) actual covered emissions not reported pur-
suant to paragraph (1) from all sources emitting at 
least 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent 
during the respective calendar year located in such 
State; 
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‘‘(3) actual covered emissions not reported pur-
suant to paragraph (1) or (2) from electric gener-
ating units during the respective calendar year lo-
cated in such State; 
‘‘(4) sinks located in such State during the re-
spective calendar year, measured in metric tons of 
carbon dioxide equivalent; 
‘‘(5) negative emissions located in such State 
during the respective calendar year, measured in 
metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent; and 
‘‘(6) such other data on sources, negative emis-
sions, and sinks of covered emissions that the Ad-
ministrator determines necessary to facilitate the im-
plementation of this title and the achievement and 
maintenance of the standards established under this 
title. 
‘‘(b) EXISTING DATA.—The States may rely on data 
reported pursuant to part 98 of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or successor regulations), in developing an 
inventory under this section, as appropriate. 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator 
shall provide technical assistance to the States to aid in 
compliance with the requirements of this section. 
‘‘(d) UPDATES.—Not later than June 30 of the third 
calendar year after the date of enactment of this title, and 
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by June 30 of each year thereafter, each State shall sub-
mit an updated inventory under this section to the Admin-
istrator for the preceding calendar year. 
‘‘(e) SINKS.— 
‘‘(1) METHODOLOGY.—The Administrator shall 
develop, in accordance with national inventory ac-
counting guidelines under the United Nations 
Framework Convention on Climate Change, a meth-
odology to quantify, in metric tons of carbon dioxide 
equivalent, the greenhouse gases removed from the 
atmosphere and sequestered in sinks in the States. 
‘‘(2) PROCESS.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), the Administrator— 
‘‘(A) shall, not later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of this title, issue such meth-
odology by proposed regulation; 
‘‘(B) shall, not later than 2 years after 
issuing such proposed regulation, promulgate 
such methodology by final regulation; and 
‘‘(C) may from time to time revise such 
methodology. 
‘‘(3) DELAY IN REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
Notwithstanding the deadlines in subsections (a) and 
(d), the reporting requirement of subsection (a)(4) 
and subsection (d) with respect to sinks shall not 
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take effect until June 30 of the second calendar year 
following the promulgation of the final methodology 
required by paragraph (2)(B). 
‘‘SEC. 703. GRANTS FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator shall make grants 
to air pollution control agencies to assist with the reason-
able costs of developing a State climate plan or plan revi-
sion pursuant to this title. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $200,000,000. 
‘‘SEC. 704. CLIMATE PLAN PLANNING PERIODS. 
‘‘(a) ADOPTION AND SUBMISSION.—Each State shall 
adopt and submit to the Administrator a climate plan 
which— 
‘‘(1) provides for achieving, by January 1, 
2051, the national climate standard; 
‘‘(2) provides for achieving the 2030 carbon di-
oxide standard; 
‘‘(3) provides for achieving the 2040 carbon di-
oxide standard; and 
‘‘(4) provides for achieving the 2040 methane 
standard. 
‘‘(b) PLANNING
PERIOD.—For purposes of this 
title— 
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‘‘(1) planning period 1 shall be through cal-
endar year 2030; 
‘‘(2) planning period 2 shall be for calendar 
years 2031 through 2040; and 
‘‘(3) planning period 3 shall be for calendar 
years 2041 through 2050. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION DEADLINES.—Each State shall 
submit the plan required by subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) for planning period 1, not later than 3 
years after the date of enactment of this title; 
‘‘(2) for planning period 2, not later than De-
cember 31, 2028; and 
‘‘(3) for planning period 3, not later than De-
cember 31, 2038. 
‘‘SEC. 705. REGULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than 12 months after the date of 
enactment of this title, promulgate regulations to 
implement section 702 which may include revisions, 
as the Administrator determines appropriate, to part 
98 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to facili-
tate the reporting of all emissions relevant or nec-
essary to implement this title; and 
‘‘(2) not later than— 
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‘‘(A) 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this title, promulgate final regulations 
to carry out this title for planning period 1; 
‘‘(B) January 1, 2027, revise such final 
regulations for planning period 2; and 
‘‘(C) January 1, 2037, revise such final 
regulations for planning period 3. 
‘‘(b) MODEL CONTROL STRATEGIES.—The regula-
tions required by subsection (a)(2) shall include model 
control strategies established by the Administrator, after 
notice and opportunity for comment, that States may 
choose to adopt in climate plans under section 704, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(1) the climate pollution phaseout control pro-
gram under subsection (c); 
‘‘(2) a performance-based fuels standard under 
subsection (d); 
‘‘(3) a carbon removal control strategy under 
subsection (e); 
‘‘(4) energy efficiency control strategies under 
subsection (f); 
‘‘(5) provisions to adopt and enforce, pursuant 
to section 177, California’s standards relating to 
control of emissions from new motor vehicles or new 
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motor vehicle engines, including California’s zero- 
emissions vehicle regulations; and 
‘‘(6) any other program which, in the judgment 
of the Administrator, will facilitate the expeditious 
progress of the States toward achieving the stand-
ards established under this title. 
‘‘(c) CLIMATE
POLLUTION
PHASEOUT
CONTROL 
PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall establish a model cli-
mate pollution phaseout control program that— 
‘‘(1) is administered by the Administrator, with 
decisions on matters such as the limit on the aggre-
gated quantity of covered emissions to be determined 
after the deadline to submit the plan for planning 
period 1; 
‘‘(2) addresses covered emissions and covers, at 
a minimum, all sources that are— 
‘‘(A) located in a State participating in the 
model program; and 
‘‘(B) emitting 25,000 tons or more of car-
bon dioxide equivalent per year; 
‘‘(3) determines the number of allowances avail-
able each calendar year, with each allowance author-
izing the emission of 1 ton of carbon dioxide equiva-
lent; 
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‘‘(4) sets a limit on the aggregated quantity of 
covered emissions from sources described in para-
graph (2) and reduces such limit annually in a man-
ner consistent with facilitating achievement of the 
standards established under this title by the States 
participating in the model program; 
‘‘(5) provides optional formulas that States par-
ticipating in the model program may choose to use 
in allocating allowances within the respective State; 
and 
‘‘(6) allows States and sources subject to the 
program which hold an allowance or offset credit to, 
without restriction, sell, exchange, transfer, hold for 
compliance, or request that the Administrator retire 
the allowance or credit. 
‘‘(d) PERFORMANCE-BASED FUELS STANDARD.— 
The Administrator shall establish a model performance- 
based fuels standard— 
‘‘(1) that is based on the average lifecycle 
greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy, of fuels 
sold or introduced into commerce, as determined by 
the Administrator after considering the aggregate 
quantity of greenhouse gas emissions (including di-
rect emissions and significant indirect emissions, 
such as significant emissions from land-use changes) 
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related to the full fuel life cycle, including all stages 
of fuel and feedstock production and distribution, 
from feedstock generation or extraction through the 
distribution and delivery to, and use of, the finished 
fuel by the ultimate consumer; 
‘‘(2) that covers fuels including, at a minimum, 
transportation fuels; 
‘‘(3) whose objective is to reduce the greenhouse 
gas emissions intensity of covered fuels to facilitate 
achieving the standards established under this title; 
‘‘(4) that requires each fuel provider to dem-
onstrate compliance with the standard; 
‘‘(5) that provides for the generation of credits 
for fuels produced or imported that achieve lower 
greenhouse gas emissions intensity than is required 
by the performance-based fuel standard and allows 
for banking and trading such credits; and 
‘‘(6) that determines the appropriate amount of 
credits and appropriate conditions, if any, on the 
timing of disbursement, duration, trading, and use 
of credits. 
‘‘(e) CARBON REMOVAL CONTROL STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, shall establish 
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a model carbon removal control strategy to facilitate 
practices and activities that result in net-negative 
greenhouse gas emissions through natural and tech-
nological solutions. 
‘‘(2) PRACTICES AND ACTIVITIES.—The model 
strategy under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) shall limit creditable projects to those 
that reduce, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gas 
emissions through practices proven to be effec-
tive; and 
‘‘(B) may include— 
‘‘(i) 
agricultural, 
grassland, 
and 
rangeland management; 
‘‘(ii) forestry and land use activities; 
‘‘(iii) manure management and dis-
posal; 
‘‘(iv) wastewater and landfill manage-
ment; 
‘‘(v) direct air capture of greenhouse 
gas emissions and sequestration; and 
‘‘(vi) carbon dioxide capture and se-
questration. 
‘‘(3) METHODOLOGIES
AND
PROTOCOLS.—To 
ensure the environmental integrity of the model pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
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include methodologies and protocols for, with respect 
to greenhouse gas reductions— 
‘‘(A) quantification, including for aggre-
gated projects; 
‘‘(B) verification; 
‘‘(C) reporting; 
‘‘(D) record-keeping; 
‘‘(E) audits; and 
‘‘(F) mitigation of leakage. 
‘‘(4) PREFERENCE.—The model program under 
paragraph (1) shall require that greenhouse gas re-
ductions are additional and permanent. 
‘‘(f) ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONTROL STRATEGIES.— 
The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Energy, shall establish model strategies for carbon dioxide 
mitigation using energy efficiency for participating States 
to facilitate demand-side energy management to reduce 
energy use from electricity and fuels used for space and 
water heating for industrial, commercial, and residential 
consumers, which may include— 
‘‘(1) an energy efficiency resource standard; 
‘‘(2) a demand response program, including 
time-based rates or other forms of financial incen-
tives and direct load control programs; 
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‘‘(3) adoption and enforcement of energy- and 
water-savings model building codes; 
‘‘(4) programs to promote energy efficient ret-
rofits of existing buildings; 
‘‘(5) incentives, rebates, and other financing op-
tions for adoption of cost-effective energy savings 
technologies, including ENERGY STAR products, 
with provisions to ensure that low-income commu-
nities can access these incentives, rebates, and other 
financing options; 
‘‘(6) programs to promote cost-effective fuel- 
switching of residential and commercial building 
space heating and water heating loads; 
‘‘(7) programs to support adoption and certifi-
cation to ISO 50001 (or any successor standard) or 
a comparable energy management system; and 
‘‘(8) practices to measure, verify, and report en-
ergy savings achieved. 
‘‘(g) SUBSEQUENT PLANNING PERIODS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements of the 
regulations under subsection (a)(2) that apply to 
planning period 1 shall continue to apply to subse-
quent planning periods, as applicable. 
‘‘(2) PLANNING PERIOD 2.— 
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‘‘(A) TARGETS.—The regulations under 
subsection (a)(2) for planning period 2 shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) requirements for maintenance of 
the 2030 carbon dioxide standard; 
‘‘(ii) establishment of, and require-
ments and guidance relevant to, the 2040 
carbon dioxide standard; and 
‘‘(iii) requirements and guidance rel-
evant to the 2040 methane standard. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS FOR 2040 CARBON 
DIOXIDE STANDARD.—In determining the 2040 
carbon dioxide standard, the Administrator 
shall take into consideration— 
‘‘(i) the best available science on the 
needed pace of reducing greenhouse gas 
emissions to limit global warming to 1.5° 
Celsius; 
‘‘(ii) the international commitments 
by the United States to address climate 
change, so as to ensure that such standard 
is, at a minimum, consistent with such 
commitments; 
‘‘(iii) the degree of progress consid-
ered necessary by calendar year 2040 to 
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maximize the likelihood that there is an 
economically and technically feasible path 
forward from such date to achieve the na-
tional climate standard; and 
‘‘(iv) the projected emissions reduc-
tions from every State’s plan under this 
title and projected emissions reductions 
from all other enforceable domestic green-
house gas reduction measures. 
‘‘(3) PLANNING
PERIOD
3.—The regulations 
under subsection (a)(2) for planning period 3 shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) requirements for maintenance of the 
2040 carbon dioxide standard and the 2040 
methane standard; and 
‘‘(B) such other provisions as the Adminis-
trator determines necessary for the achievement 
of the national climate standard. 
‘‘(h) RULEMAKINGS.—In exercising any requirement 
or authority in this title to act by regulation, the Adminis-
trator shall comply with the requirements of section 
307(d). 
‘‘(i) GUIDELINES, INTERPRETATIONS, AND INFORMA-
TION.—In order to facilitate submission by the States of 
adequate and approvable plans consistent with the applica-
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ble requirements of this title, the Administrator shall, as 
appropriate and from time to time, issue written guide-
lines, interpretations, and information to the States which 
shall be available to the public. 
‘‘SEC. 706. STATE CLIMATE PLAN CONTENTS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRED CONTENTS.—Each climate plan or 
revision thereto submitted by a State under this title shall 
be adopted by the State after reasonable notice and public 
hearing. Each such climate plan shall— 
‘‘(1) include enforceable emission limitations 
and other control measures, means, or techniques 
(including economic incentives such as fees, market-
able permits, and auctions of emissions rights), as 
well as schedules and timetables for compliance, as 
may be necessary or appropriate to meet the applica-
ble requirements of this title; 
‘‘(2) provide for establishment and operation of 
appropriate devices, methods, systems, and proce-
dures necessary to— 
‘‘(A) monitor, compile, and analyze data on 
covered emissions, negative emissions, and 
sinks; and 
‘‘(B) upon request, make such data avail-
able to the Administrator; 
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‘‘(3) include a program to provide for the en-
forcement of the emission limitations and other con-
trol measures, means, or techniques described in 
paragraph (1); 
‘‘(4) provide necessary assurances that— 
‘‘(A) the State (or, except where the Ad-
ministrator determines inappropriate, the gen-
eral purpose local government or governments, 
or a regional agency designated by the State or 
general purpose local government or govern-
ments)— 
‘‘(i) will have adequate personnel, 
funding, and authority under State law to 
carry out such climate plan; and 
‘‘(ii) is not prohibited by any Federal 
or State law from carrying out such cli-
mate plan or any portion thereof; 
‘‘(B) the State will apply the requirements 
of section 128 to any board or body that ap-
proves permits or enforcement orders under this 
title; and 
‘‘(C) where the State relies on a local or 
regional government, agency, or instrumentality 
for the implementation of any plan provision, 
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the State will be responsible for ensuring ade-
quate implementation of such plan provision; 
‘‘(5) require, as may be prescribed by the Ad-
ministrator— 
‘‘(A) the installation, maintenance, and re-
placement of equipment, and the implementa-
tion of other necessary steps, by owners or op-
erators of stationary sources to monitor emis-
sions from sources of covered emissions; 
‘‘(B) periodic reports on the nature and 
amounts of emissions and emissions-related 
data from such sources; and 
‘‘(C) correlation of such reports by the 
State with the standards established pursuant 
to this title, which reports shall be available on 
the internet for public inspection; 
‘‘(6) provide for revision of such climate plan— 
‘‘(A) from time to time as may be nec-
essary to take account of revisions of the stand-
ards established under this title or the avail-
ability of improved or more expeditious methods 
of achieving such standards; and 
‘‘(B) whenever the Administrator finds on 
the basis of information available to the Admin-
istrator that the climate plan is substantially 
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inadequate to achieve any of the standards es-
tablished under this title or to otherwise comply 
with any additional requirements established 
under this title; and 
‘‘(7) provide for consultation and participation 
by local political subdivisions affected by the climate 
plan. 
‘‘(b) JUST AND EQUITABLE TRANSITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State climate plan under 
this title shall contain a just and equitable transition 
element that addresses how the State will— 
‘‘(A) improve public health, resilience, and 
environmental outcomes, especially for rural 
communities, low-income communities, commu-
nities 
of 
color, 
indigenous 
communities, 
deindustrialized communities, and climate-im-
pacted communities that are or are likely to be 
disproportionately affected by climate change or 
other pollution; and 
‘‘(B) ensure fairness and equity for work-
ers and communities affected by the implemen-
tation of this title. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the terms ‘community of color’, ‘in-
digenous community’, and ‘low-income commu-
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nity’ have the meaning given such terms in sec-
tion 601 of the CLEAN Future Act; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘climate-impacted commu-
nities’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 1621 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 
‘‘(c) CONTINGENCY MEASURES.—A State climate 
plan under this title shall provide for the implementation 
of specific measures that— 
‘‘(1) will apply if the State fails to timely 
achieve an applicable standard under this title; and 
‘‘(2) will apply by operation of the plan without 
further action by the State or the Administrator. 
‘‘SEC. 707. EPA ACTION ON PLAN SUBMISSIONS. 
‘‘(a) COMPLETENESS OF PLAN SUBMISSIONS.— 
‘‘(1) COMPLETENESS
CRITERIA.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of the enactment of 
this title, the Administrator shall promulgate min-
imum criteria that any State climate plan or plan 
revision submitted under this title must meet before 
the Administrator is required to act on such submis-
sion. The criteria shall be limited to the information 
necessary to enable the Administrator to determine 
whether the submission complies with this title. 
‘‘(2) COMPLETENESS FINDING.—Not later than 
60 days after the Administrator’s receipt of a State 
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climate plan or plan revision under this title, the Ad-
ministrator shall determine whether the minimum 
criteria promulgated pursuant to paragraph (1) have 
been met. If the Administrator fails to determine 
whether a State climate plan or plan revision sub-
mitted under this title meets such minimum criteria 
by the date that is 6 months after receipt of the sub-
mission, such plan or plan revision is deemed to 
meet such minimum criteria. 
‘‘(3) EFFECT
OF
FINDING
OF
INCOMPLETE-
NESS.—Where the Administrator determines under 
paragraph (2) that a plan or plan revision (or part 
thereof) submitted under this title does not meet the 
minimum criteria promulgated pursuant to para-
graph (1), the Administrator shall treat such plan or 
plan revision (or, in the Administrator’s discretion, 
part thereof) as having not been submitted. 
‘‘(b) DEADLINE FOR ACTION.—Not later than 12 
months after a determination by the Administrator (or a 
determination deemed by operation of law) under sub-
section (a) that a State has submitted a plan or plan revi-
sion (or, in the Administrator’s discretion, part thereof) 
that meets the minimum criteria promulgated pursuant to 
subsection (a), the Administrator shall act on the submis-
sion in accordance with subsection (c). 
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‘‘(c) FULL
AND PARTIAL APPROVAL
AND DIS-
APPROVAL.—In the case of any submission of a plan or 
plan revision on which the Administrator is required to 
act under subsection (b), the Administrator— 
‘‘(1) shall approve such plan or plan revision as 
a whole if it meets all of the applicable requirements 
of this title; 
‘‘(2) if a portion of the plan or plan revision 
meets all the applicable requirements of this title, 
may approve the plan or plan revision in part and 
disapprove the plan or plan revision in part; and 
‘‘(3) shall not treat the plan revision as meeting 
the requirements of this title until the Administrator 
approves the entire plan revision as complying with 
the applicable requirements of this title. 
‘‘(d) CALLS FOR PLAN REVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Whenever the Adminis-
trator finds that the applicable climate plan for any 
State is substantially inadequate to achieve any ap-
plicable standard established under this title or to 
maintain the national climate standard, or to other-
wise comply with any requirement of this title, the 
Administrator shall require the State to revise the 
plan as necessary to correct all such inadequacies. 
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‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Administrator shall 
notify the State of such inadequacies, and may es-
tablish reasonable deadlines (not to exceed 12 
months after the date of such notice) for the submis-
sion of such plan revisions. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Such findings and 
notice shall be public. 
‘‘(e) PLAN REVISIONS.—The Administrator shall not 
approve a revision of a climate plan if the revision would 
interfere with— 
‘‘(1) any applicable requirement concerning 
achievement of a standard established under this 
title; or 
‘‘(2) any other applicable requirement of this 
title. 
‘‘(f) CORRECTIONS.—Whenever the Administrator 
determines that the approval or disapproval of any plan 
or plan revision (or part thereof) under this section was 
in error, the Administrator may in the same manner as 
the approval or disapproval, revise such action as appro-
priate without requiring any further submission from the 
State. Such determination and the basis thereof shall be 
provided to the State and public. 
‘‘(g) PLAN REVISIONS REQUIRED IN RESPONSE TO 
FINDING OF PLAN INADEQUACY.—Any plan revision that 
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is required to be submitted in response to a finding by 
the Administrator pursuant to subsection (d) shall correct 
the plan inadequacy (or inadequacies) specified by the Ad-
ministrator and meet all other applicable plan require-
ments of this title. 
‘‘(h) REPORTS.—The Administrator may require a 
State to submit reports relating to emissions reductions, 
vehicle miles traveled, congestion levels, and any other in-
formation the Administrator determines necessary to as-
sess the development, effectiveness, need for revision, or 
implementation of any plan or plan revision required 
under this title. 
‘‘(i) COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT.—Not later than 5 
years after the date of enactment of this title, and every 
3 years thereafter, the Administrator shall assemble and 
publish a comprehensive document for each State setting 
forth all requirements of the applicable climate plan for 
such State and shall publish notice in the Federal Register 
of the availability of each such document. 
‘‘(j) INDIAN TRIBES.—If an Indian tribe submits a 
climate plan under this title to the Administrator pursuant 
to section 301(d), the Administrator shall review the plan 
in accordance with the provisions of this section for review 
of a State plan, except as otherwise provided by a regula-
tion consistent with the requirements of this title promul-
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gated pursuant to section 301(d)(2). When such plan be-
comes effective in accordance with the regulations promul-
gated under section 301(d), the plan shall become applica-
ble to all areas (except as expressly provided otherwise in 
the plan) located within the exterior boundaries of the res-
ervation, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent and 
including rights-of-way running through the reservation. 
‘‘SEC. 708. METROPOLITAN PLANNING AND TRANSPOR-
TATION CONSEQUENCES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (c) and (d) of sec-
tion 176 shall apply with respect to a climate plan under 
section 704 to the same extent and in the same manner 
as such subsections apply with respect to an implementa-
tion plan under section 110. 
‘‘(b) REFERENCES.—In applying subsection (a) of 
this section, references in subsection (c) or (d) of section 
176 to national ambient air quality standards shall be 
treated as references to the standards established under 
this title. 
‘‘SEC. 709. JOINT PLANNING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Two or more States may jointly 
submit climate plans or components thereof to achieve the 
standards established under this title— 
‘‘(1) for all of the submitting States; or 
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‘‘(2) for specific economic sectors in the submit-
ting States. 
‘‘(b) EVALUATION
OF JOINT SUBMISSIONS.—The 
Administrator shall treat States that submit climate plans 
or components jointly pursuant to subsection (a) as a sin-
gle jurisdiction when— 
‘‘(1) evaluating the adequacy of the joint plan 
or component under this title; and 
‘‘(2) determining under section 711 whether the 
States have achieved the applicable standards estab-
lished under this title. 
‘‘SEC. 710. MAINTENANCE PLANS. 
‘‘(a) PLAN REVISION.—Each State that submits to 
the Administrator a request for designation as having 
achieved the national climate standard shall submit a revi-
sion to the State climate plan for maintaining the national 
climate standard for at least 10 years after such designa-
tion. 
‘‘(b) SUBSEQUENT PLAN REVISION.—Not later than 
8 years after the Administrator designates a State as 
achieving the national climate standard, the State shall 
submit to the Administrator an additional revision to the 
State climate plan for maintaining the national climate 
standard for 10 years after the expiration of the 10-year 
period referred to in subsection (a). 
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‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL MEASURES.—Each plan revision 
submitted under this section shall include in the revision 
such additional measures, if any, as may be necessary to 
ensure maintenance of the national climate standard. 
‘‘(d) CONTINGENCY PROVISIONS.—Each plan revi-
sion submitted under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) contain such contingency provisions as the 
Administrator determines necessary to ensure that 
the State will promptly correct any violation of the 
national climate standard which occurs after the 
designation under section 711 of the State as achiev-
ing such standard; and 
‘‘(2) include in such contingency provisions a 
requirement that the State will implement all meas-
ures with respect to the control of covered emissions 
which were contained in the State climate plan be-
fore such designation. 
‘‘SEC. 711. ACHIEVEMENT OF STANDARDS. 
‘‘(a) DETERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As expeditiously as prac-
ticable after any date by which a State is required 
to achieve a standard established under this title, 
but not later than 12 months after such date, the 
Administrator shall determine whether each State 
achieved the applicable standard by that date. 
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‘‘(2) REVISION.—The Administrator may revise 
or supplement a determination under paragraph (1) 
at any time based on more complete information or 
analysis concerning the State’s inventory under sec-
tion 702. 
‘‘(b) DESIGNATION.—The Administrator may, upon 
request by a State, designate the State as having achieved 
a standard established under this title, if— 
‘‘(1) the Administrator determines under sub-
section (a) that the State has achieved the applicable 
standard; 
‘‘(2) the Administrator has fully approved the 
climate plan required by this title for the State; 
‘‘(3) the Administrator determines that reduc-
tion in covered emissions is due to permanent and 
enforceable reductions in emissions resulting from 
implementation of the climate plan and applicable 
Federal laws or regulations and other permanent 
and enforceable reductions; 
‘‘(4) if applicable, the Administrator has fully 
approved under section 710 a revision by the State 
to a climate plan for maintaining the national cli-
mate standard; and 
‘‘(5) the State has met all requirements applica-
ble under this title. 
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‘‘(c) ACCOUNTING.—The Administrator shall promul-
gate regulations setting forth the manner by which the 
Administrator will determine under subsection (a) whether 
a State has achieved a standard established under this 
title. Such regulations shall provide that the Administrator 
shall account for offsets possessed and submitted by a 
State for purposes of demonstrating achievement of the 
national climate standard. In determining whether a State 
has achieved the national climate standard, the Adminis-
trator shall account for negative emissions and sinks. 
‘‘SEC. 712. NOTICE OF FAILURE TO ACHIEVE A STANDARD. 
‘‘Not later than 30 days after making a determina-
tion under section 711 that a State has failed to timely 
achieve a standard established under this title, the Admin-
istrator shall publish a notice in the Federal Register con-
taining such determination. 
‘‘SEC. 713. CONSEQUENCES FOR FAILURE TO ACHIEVE 
STANDARDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State shall submit a revision 
to its climate plan in accordance with this section not later 
than 1 year after— 
‘‘(1) the Administrator publishes a notice under 
section 712 of a determination that such State has 
failed to timely achieve a standard established under 
this title; or 
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‘‘(2) such State submits an inventory under sec-
tion 702 demonstrating that it has failed to timely 
achieve a standard established under this title, irre-
spective of whether the Administrator has published 
a notice of such failure under section 712. 
‘‘(b) FAILURE TO ACHIEVE 2030 CARBON DIOXIDE 
STANDARD.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED REVISION.—If a State fails to 
timely achieve the 2030 carbon dioxide standard as 
described in subsection (a), the State shall submit a 
plan revision to its State climate plan that— 
‘‘(A) provides for achieving the 2030 car-
bon dioxide standard; 
‘‘(B) provides for, from the date of such 
submission until achieving the 2030 carbon di-
oxide standard, an annual reduction in covered 
emissions within the State of not less than 5 
percent of the amount of such emissions as re-
ported in the calendar year 2030 inventory sub-
mitted by the State; and 
‘‘(C) ensures that the revised plan requires 
that— 
‘‘(i) a permit must be obtained for the 
construction and operation of any new or 
modified source of covered emissions in the 
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State that emits 25,000 tons or more per 
year of carbon dioxide equivalent; 
‘‘(ii) the owner or operator of— 
‘‘(I) such a modified source must 
offset its increased covered emissions 
attributable to such each such modi-
fication by obtaining emissions reduc-
tions from the same source or other 
sources in the same State on a 2-to- 
1 ratio of emissions reductions to in-
creased covered emissions by tonnage; 
and 
‘‘(II) such a new source must off-
set its covered emissions by obtaining 
emissions reductions from the same 
source or other sources in the same 
State on a 2-to-1 ratio of emissions 
reductions to covered emissions by 
tonnage; 
‘‘(iii) such covered emissions reduc-
tions must be, by the time a new or modi-
fied source described in clause (i) com-
mences operation, in effect and enforce-
able; 
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‘‘(iv) emissions reductions required 
under any Federal or State law other than 
this title are not creditable as emissions re-
ductions for purposes of the offset require-
ment under this paragraph; and 
‘‘(v) any emissions reductions required 
pursuant to this paragraph as a pre-
condition of the issuance of a permit are 
federally enforceable before such permit 
may be issued. 
‘‘(2) CESSATION.—The requirements of this 
subsection cease to apply with respect to a State de-
scribed in paragraph (1) once such State has— 
‘‘(A) achieved the 2030 carbon dioxide 
standard and received a designation of such 
achievement under section 711; and 
‘‘(B) obtained the Administrator’s approval 
of a climate plan for the State for planning pe-
riod 2, including a satisfactory demonstration 
that the plan will result in achieving the 2040 
carbon dioxide standard. 
‘‘(c) FAILURE TO ACHIEVE 2040 CARBON DIOXIDE 
STANDARD.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED REVISION.—If a State fails to 
timely achieve the 2040 carbon dioxide standard as 
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described in subsection (a), the State shall submit a 
plan revision for the applicable State climate plan 
that— 
‘‘(A) provides for achievement of the 2040 
carbon dioxide standard; 
‘‘(B) provides for, from the date of such 
submission until achievement of the 2040 car-
bon dioxide standard, an annual reduction in 
covered emissions within the State of not less 
than 10 percent of the amount of such emis-
sions as reported in the calendar year 2040 in-
ventory submitted by the State; and 
‘‘(C) ensures that the revised plan includes 
each requirement listed in subsection (b)(1)(C), 
except that the reference to any 2-to-1 ratio in 
such subsection shall be treated as a reference 
to a 3-to-1 ratio for purposes of this subsection. 
‘‘(2) CESSATION.—The requirements of this 
subsection cease to apply with respect to a State de-
scribed in paragraph (1) once such State has— 
‘‘(A) achieved the 2040 carbon dioxide 
standard and received a designation of such 
achievement under section 711; and 
‘‘(B) obtained the Administrator’s approval 
of the climate plan for the State for planning 
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period 3, including a satisfactory demonstration 
that the plan will result in achieving the na-
tional climate standard. 
‘‘(d) FAILURE TO ACHIEVE 2040 METHANE STAND-
ARD.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED REVISION.—If a State fails to 
timely achieve the 2040 methane standard as de-
scribed in subsection (a), the State shall submit a 
plan revision for the applicable State climate plan 
that— 
‘‘(A) provides for achievement of the 2040 
methane standard; and 
‘‘(B) provides for, from the date of such 
submission until achievement of the 2040 meth-
ane standard, an annual reduction in covered 
emissions of methane within the State of not 
less than 5 percent of the amount of such emis-
sions as reported in the calendar year 2040 in-
ventory submitted by the State. 
‘‘(2) CESSATION.—The requirements of this 
subsection cease to apply with respect to a State de-
scribed in paragraph (1) once such State has— 
‘‘(A) achieved the 2040 methane standard 
and received a designation of such achievement 
under section 711; and 
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‘‘(B) obtained the Administrator’s approval 
of the climate plan for the State for planning 
period 3, including a satisfactory demonstration 
that the plan will result in achieving the na-
tional climate standard. 
‘‘(e) FAILURE TO ACHIEVE NATIONAL CLIMATE 
STANDARD.—If a State fails to timely achieve the national 
climate standard as described in subsection (a), the State 
shall submit a plan revision for the applicable State cli-
mate plan that— 
‘‘(1) provides for achievement of the national 
climate standard; and 
‘‘(2) provides for, from the date of such submis-
sion until achievement of the national climate stand-
ard, an annual reduction in covered emissions within 
the State of not less than 10 percent of the amount 
of such emissions as reported in the calendar year 
2050 inventory submitted by the State. 
‘‘(f) MEASURES TO INCLUDE.—A plan revision re-
quired by this section shall include such additional meas-
ures as the Administrator may reasonably by regulation 
prescribe, including measures that can be feasibly imple-
mented in the State in light of technological achievability, 
costs, and any non-air quality and other air quality-related 
health and environmental impacts. 
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‘‘SEC. 714. RACE TO NET-ZERO GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator 
shall establish a grant program to be known as the Race 
to Net-Zero Grant Program. 
‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Sources that paid a carbon fee 
under section 715 for the current or preceding fiscal year 
may apply for and receive funds under the grant program 
established under subsection (a) in order to facilitate the 
achievement of the standards under this title through the 
reduction of covered emissions, through the following ac-
tivities: 
‘‘(1) Any project that the Administrator deter-
mines will directly reduce covered emissions at the 
source receiving the grant, including any such 
project for improving energy efficiency. 
‘‘(2) Implementation of the practices and activi-
ties included in the carbon removal model control 
strategy under section 705(e). 
‘‘(3) Implementation of zero-emissions trans-
portation technology development and deployment 
strategies, including deployment of— 
‘‘(A) zero-emission vehicles, including light- 
, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles; and 
‘‘(B) distribution and delivery infrastruc-
ture to support zero-emissions vehicle charging 
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and refueling, including improvements to elec-
trical grid infrastructure. 
‘‘(4) Electrification of residential and commer-
cial energy uses that results in the reduced demand 
for natural gas, heating oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, or 
propane. 
‘‘(5) Emissions reductions from industrial 
sources. 
‘‘(6) Reduction, capture, and use of landfill gas. 
‘‘(c) ACTION BY GRANTEES.—A source that receives 
funds under this section shall maintain such records on 
the use of such funds, including evidence of compliance 
with the provisions of this section, as the Administrator 
may require. 
‘‘(d) GUIDELINES
AND CRITERIA.—The Adminis-
trator may issue such guidelines and criteria for the grant 
program under this section as the Administrator deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(e) DAVIS-BACON.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law and in a manner consistent with other provi-
sions in this section, to receive funding under this section, 
a source shall provide reasonable assurances that all labor-
ers and mechanics employed by contractors and sub-
contractors on projects funded directly by or assisted in 
whole or in part by and through the Federal Government 
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pursuant to this section, will be paid wages at rates not 
less than those prevailing on projects of a character simi-
lar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor 
in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 
40, United States Code. With respect to the labor stand-
ards specified in this subsection, the Secretary of Labor 
shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 
U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States 
Code. 
‘‘SEC. 715. FEDERAL BACKSTOP CARBON FEE. 
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) STATES IN WHICH FEE APPLIES.—A car-
bon fee under this section shall only be assessed and 
collected with respect to covered emissions in— 
‘‘(A) a State that does not submit a cli-
mate plan or plan revision required under this 
title by the applicable deadline; and 
‘‘(B) a State for which the Administrator 
disapproves, in whole or in part, the climate 
plan or any plan revision required under this 
title. 
‘‘(2) TIMING.—A carbon fee under this section 
shall be assessed and collected— 
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‘‘(A) with respect to a State described in 
paragraph (1)(A), beginning 180 days after the 
applicable deadline described in such para-
graph; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to a State described in 
paragraph (1)(B), beginning 180 days after 
publication of the notice of disapproval. 
‘‘(b) CARBON FEE.—Subject to subsection (a), the 
Administrator shall annually assess and collect a carbon 
fee from— 
‘‘(1) each terminal used for bulk storage of, and 
each distributor of, fuels that are described in sec-
tion 702(a)(1), as determined by the Administrator, 
based on the amount of covered emissions attrib-
utable to the combustion of such fuels sold or trans-
ferred by the terminal or distributor for delivery in 
each State in which the fee is being assessed; and 
‘‘(2) each source of covered emissions that is 
described in paragraph (2) or (3) of section 702(a) 
based on the amount of covered emissions attrib-
utable to such source in the inventory submitted 
pursuant to section 702 by a State in which the fee 
is being assessed. 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF THE CARBON FEE.—Not later than 
90 days after a triggering event described in subsection 
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(a)(1) occurs with respect to a State, the Administrator 
shall set the amount of a carbon fee to be collected under 
subsection (b). Such amount shall be equal to— 
‘‘(1) the number of metric tons of covered emis-
sions, measured in carbon dioxide equivalent that 
are attributable, as described in subsection (b), to 
the terminal used for bulk storage of fuels, dis-
tributor of fuels, or source of covered emissions; 
multiplied by 
‘‘(2) a dollar amount which modeling predicts 
with a high degree of confidence will reduce covered 
emissions in the State so as to put the State on a 
trajectory to timely achieve the standards estab-
lished under this title. 
‘‘(d) EXEMPTION AND REFUND.—The Administrator 
shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure a carbon fee under this section is 
not assessed and collected with respect to any non-
emitting use within the State in which the fee is 
being assessed; and 
‘‘(2) provide for the refund of any carbon fee 
paid under this section with respect to a nonemitting 
use within the State in which the fee is being as-
sessed. 
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‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY.—All carbon fees collected under 
this section shall be available for, and used solely to fund, 
the program under section 714, without further appropria-
tion and without fiscal year limitation. 
‘‘SEC. 716. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Nothing in this title affects the authorities and obli-
gations of the Administrator and the States under other 
titles of this Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that 
contribute to air pollution which may reasonably be antici-
pated to endanger public health or welfare in the United 
States or other nations.’’. 
Subtitle B—Clean Energy and 
Sustainability Accelerator 
SEC. 811. CLEAN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY ACCEL-
ERATOR. 
Title XVI of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–58, as amended) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle C—Clean Energy and 
Sustainability Accelerator 
‘‘SEC. 1621. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subtitle: 
‘‘(1) ACCELERATOR.—The term ‘Accelerator’ 
means the Clean Energy and Sustainability Accel-
erator established under section 1622. 
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‘‘(2) BOARD.—The term ‘Board’ means the 
Board of Directors of the Accelerator. 
‘‘(3) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.—The term 
‘chief executive officer’ means the chief executive of-
ficer of the Accelerator. 
‘‘(4) CLIMATE-IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES.—The 
term ‘climate-impacted communities’ includes— 
‘‘(A) communities of color, which include 
any geographically distinct area the population 
of color of which is higher than the average 
population of color of the State in which the 
community is located; 
‘‘(B) communities that are already or are 
likely to be the first communities to feel the di-
rect negative effects of climate change; 
‘‘(C) 
distressed 
neighborhoods, 
dem-
onstrated by indicators of need, including pov-
erty, childhood obesity rates, academic failure, 
and rates of juvenile delinquency, adjudication, 
or incarceration; 
‘‘(D) low-income communities, defined as 
any census block group in which 30 percent or 
more of the population are individuals with low 
income; 
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‘‘(E) low-income households, defined as a 
household with annual income equal to, or less 
than, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) an amount equal to 80 percent of 
the median income of the area in which the 
household is located, as reported by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment; and 
‘‘(ii) 200 percent of the Federal pov-
erty line; 
‘‘(F) Tribal communities; 
‘‘(G) persistent poverty counties, defined 
as any county that has had a poverty rate of 20 
percent or more for the past 30 years as meas-
ured by the 2000, 2010, and 2020 decennial 
censuses; 
‘‘(H) communities disproportionately af-
fected by environmental pollution and other 
hazards that can lead to negative public health 
effects; and 
‘‘(I) communities that are economically re-
liant on fossil fuel-based industries. 
‘‘(5) CLIMATE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
The term ‘climate resilient infrastructure’ means 
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any project that builds or enhances infrastructure so 
that such infrastructure— 
‘‘(A) is planned, designed, and operated in 
a way that anticipates, prepares for, and adapts 
to changing climate conditions; and 
‘‘(B) can withstand, respond to, and re-
cover rapidly from disruptions caused by these 
climate conditions. 
‘‘(6) ELECTRIFICATION.—The term ‘electrifica-
tion’ means the installation, construction, or use of 
end-use electric technology that replaces existing fos-
sil-fuel-based technology. 
‘‘(7) ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—The term ‘energy 
efficiency’ means any project, technology, function, 
or measure that results in the reduction of energy 
use required to achieve the same level of service or 
output prior to the application of such project, tech-
nology, function, or measure, or substantially re-
duces greenhouse gas emissions relative to emissions 
that would have occurred prior to the application of 
such project, technology, function, or measure. 
‘‘(8) FUEL SWITCHING.—The term ‘fuel switch-
ing’ means any project that replaces a fossil-fuel- 
based heating system with an electric-powered sys-
tem or one powered by biomass-generated heat. 
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‘‘(9) GREEN
BANK.—The term ‘green bank’ 
means a dedicated public or nonprofit specialized fi-
nance entity that— 
‘‘(A) is designed to drive private capital 
into market gaps for low- and zero-emission 
goods and services; 
‘‘(B) uses finance tools to mitigate climate 
change; 
‘‘(C) does not take deposits; 
‘‘(D) is funded by government, public, pri-
vate, or charitable contributions; and 
‘‘(E) invests or finances projects— 
‘‘(i) alone; or 
‘‘(ii) in conjunction with other inves-
tors. 
‘‘(10) QUALIFIED PROJECTS.—The term ‘quali-
fied projects’ means the following kinds of tech-
nologies and activities that are eligible for financing 
and investment from the Clean Energy and Sustain-
ability Accelerator, either directly or through State, 
Territorial, and local green banks funded by the 
Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator: 
‘‘(A) Renewable energy generation, includ-
ing the following: 
‘‘(i) Solar. 
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‘‘(ii) Wind. 
‘‘(iii) Geothermal. 
‘‘(iv) Hydropower. 
‘‘(v) Ocean and hydrokinetic. 
‘‘(vi) Fuel cell. 
‘‘(B) 
Building 
energy 
efficiency, 
fuel 
switching, and electrification. 
‘‘(C) Industrial decarbonization. 
‘‘(D) Grid technology such as trans-
mission, distribution, and storage to support 
clean energy distribution, including smart-grid 
applications. 
‘‘(E) Agriculture and forestry projects that 
reduce net greenhouse gas emissions. 
‘‘(F) Clean transportation, including the 
following: 
‘‘(i) Battery electric vehicles. 
‘‘(ii) Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 
‘‘(iii) Hydrogen vehicles. 
‘‘(iv) Other zero-emissions fueled vehi-
cles. 
‘‘(v) Related vehicle charging and 
fueling infrastructure. 
‘‘(G) Climate resilient infrastructure. 
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‘‘(H) Any other key areas identified by the 
Board as consistent with the mandate of the 
Accelerator as described in section 1623. 
‘‘(11) RENEWABLE
ENERGY
GENERATION.— 
The term ‘renewable energy generation’ means elec-
tricity created by sources that are continually replen-
ished by nature, such as the sun, wind, and water. 
‘‘SEC. 1622. ESTABLISHMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this subtitle, there shall be estab-
lished a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Clean 
Energy and Sustainability Accelerator. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The Accelerator shall not be an 
agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(c) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.—The full faith and 
credit of the United States shall not extend to the Accel-
erator. 
‘‘(d) NONPROFIT STATUS.—The Accelerator shall 
maintain its status as an organization exempt from tax-
ation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
1 et seq.). 
‘‘SEC. 1623. MANDATE. 
‘‘The Accelerator shall make the United States a 
world leader in combating the causes and effects of climate 
change through the rapid deployment of mature tech-
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nologies and scaling of new technologies by maximizing 
the reduction of emissions in the United States for every 
dollar deployed by the Accelerator, including by— 
‘‘(1) providing financing support for invest-
ments in the United States in low- and zero-emis-
sions technologies and processes in order to rapidly 
accelerate market penetration; 
‘‘(2) catalyzing and mobilizing private capital 
through Federal investment and supporting a more 
robust marketplace for clean technologies, while 
avoiding competition with private investment; 
‘‘(3) enabling climate-impacted communities to 
benefit from and afford projects and investments 
that reduce emissions; 
‘‘(4) providing support for workers and commu-
nities impacted by the transition to a low-carbon 
economy; 
‘‘(5) supporting the creation of green banks 
within the United States where green banks do not 
exist; and 
‘‘(6) causing the rapid transition to a clean en-
ergy economy without raising energy costs to end 
users and seeking to lower costs where possible. 
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‘‘SEC. 1624. FINANCE AND INVESTMENT DIVISION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the Accel-
erator a finance and investment division, which shall be 
responsible for— 
‘‘(1) the Accelerator’s greenhouse gas emissions 
mitigation efforts by directly financing qualifying 
projects or doing so indirectly by providing capital to 
State, Territorial, and local green banks; 
‘‘(2) originating, evaluating, underwriting, and 
closing the Accelerator’s financing and investment 
transactions in qualified projects; 
‘‘(3) partnering with private capital providers 
and capital markets to attract coinvestment from 
private banks, investors, and others in order to drive 
new investment into underpenetrated markets, to in-
crease the efficiency of private capital markets with 
respect to investing in greenhouse gas reduction 
projects, and to increase total investment caused by 
the Accelerator; 
‘‘(4) managing the Accelerator’s portfolio of as-
sets to ensure performance and monitor risk; 
‘‘(5) ensuring appropriate debt and risk mitiga-
tion products are offered; and 
‘‘(6) overseeing prudent, noncontrolling equity 
investments. 
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‘‘(b) PRODUCTS AND INVESTMENT TYPES.—The fi-
nance and investment division of the Accelerator may pro-
vide capital to qualified projects in the form of— 
‘‘(1) senior, mezzanine, and subordinated debt; 
‘‘(2) credit enhancements including loan loss re-
serves and loan guarantees; 
‘‘(3) aggregation and warehousing; 
‘‘(4) equity capital; and 
‘‘(5) any other financial product approved by 
the Board. 
‘‘(c) STATE, TERRITORIAL, AND
LOCAL
GREEN 
BANK CAPITALIZATION.—The finance and investment di-
vision of the Accelerator shall make capital available to 
State, Territorial, and local green banks to enable such 
banks to finance qualifying projects in their markets that 
are better served by a locally based entity, rather than 
through direct investment by the Accelerator. 
‘‘(d) INVESTMENT COMMITTEE.—The debt, risk miti-
gation, and equity investments made by the Accelerator 
shall be— 
‘‘(1) approved by the investment committee of 
the Board; and 
‘‘(2) consistent with an investment policy that 
has been established by the investment committee of 
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the Board in consultation with the risk management 
committee of the Board. 
‘‘SEC. 1625. START-UP DIVISION. 
‘‘There shall be within the Accelerator a Start-up Di-
vision, which shall be responsible for providing technical 
assistance and start-up funding to States and other polit-
ical subdivisions that do not have green banks to establish 
green banks in those States and political subdivisions, in-
cluding by working with relevant stakeholders in those 
States and political subdivisions. 
‘‘SEC. 1626. ZERO-EMISSIONS FLEET AND RELATED INFRA-
STRUCTURE FINANCING PROGRAM. 
‘‘Not later than 1 year after the date of establishment 
of the Accelerator, the Accelerator shall explore the estab-
lishment of a program to provide low- and zero-interest 
loans, up to 30 years in length, to any school, metropolitan 
planning organization, or nonprofit organization seeking 
financing for the acquisition of zero-emissions vehicle 
fleets or associated infrastructure to support zero-emis-
sions vehicle fleets. 
‘‘SEC. 1627. PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AND REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) EMISSIONS REDUCTION MANDATE.—In invest-
ing in projects that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, the 
Accelerator shall maximize the reduction of emissions in 
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the United States for every dollar deployed by the Accel-
erator. 
‘‘(b) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PRIORITIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to address envi-
ronmental justice needs, the Accelerator shall, as ap-
plicable, prioritize the provision of program benefits 
and investment activity that are expected to directly 
or indirectly result in the deployment of projects to 
serve, as a matter of official policy, climate-impacted 
communities. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM PERCENTAGE.—The Accelerator 
shall ensure that over the 30-year period of its char-
ter 40 percent of its investment activity is directed 
to serve climate-impacted communities. 
‘‘(c) CONSUMER PROTECTION.— 
‘‘(1) PRIORITIZATION.—Consistent with the 
mandate under section 1623 to maximize the reduc-
tion of emissions in the United States for every dol-
lar deployed by the Accelerator, the Accelerator shall 
prioritize qualified projects according to benefits 
conferred on consumers and affected communities. 
‘‘(2) CONSUMER
CREDIT
PROTECTION.—The 
Accelerator shall ensure that any residential energy 
efficiency or distributed clean energy project in 
which the Accelerator invests directly or indirectly 
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complies with the requirements of the Consumer 
Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), in-
cluding, in the case of a financial product that is a 
residential mortgage loan, any requirements of title 
I of that Act relating to residential mortgage loans 
(including any regulations promulgated by the Bu-
reau of Consumer Financial Protection under sec-
tion 
129C(b)(3)(C) 
of 
that 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
1639c(b)(3)(C))). 
‘‘(d) LABOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Accelerator shall en-
sure that laborers and mechanics employed by con-
tractors and subcontractors in construction work fi-
nanced directly by the Accelerator will be paid wages 
not less than those prevailing on similar construction 
in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of 
Labor under sections 3141 through 3144, 3146, and 
3147 of title 40, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT.—The Accel-
erator shall ensure that projects financed directly by 
the 
Accelerator 
with 
total 
capital 
costs 
of 
$100,000,000 or greater utilize a project labor 
agreement. 
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‘‘SEC. 1628. EXPLORATION OF ACCELERATED CLEAN EN-
ERGY TRANSITION PROGRAM. 
‘‘Not later than 1 year after the date on which the 
Accelerator is established, the Board shall explore the es-
tablishment of an accelerated clean energy transition pro-
gram— 
‘‘(1) to expedite the transition within the power 
sector to zero-emissions power generation facilities 
or assets; and 
‘‘(2) to simultaneously invest in local economic 
development in communities affected by this transi-
tion away from carbon-intensive facilities or assets. 
‘‘SEC. 1629. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Accelerator shall operate 
under the direction of a Board of Directors, which shall 
be composed of 7 members. 
‘‘(b) INITIAL COMPOSITION AND TERMS.— 
‘‘(1) SELECTION.—The initial members of the 
Board shall be selected as follows: 
‘‘(A) APPOINTED MEMBERS.—Three mem-
bers shall be appointed by the President, with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, of whom 
no more than two shall belong to the same po-
litical party. 
‘‘(B) ELECTED MEMBERS.—Four members 
shall be elected unanimously by the 3 members 
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appointed and confirmed pursuant to subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(2) TERMS.—The terms of the initial members 
of the Board shall be as follows: 
‘‘(A) The 3 members appointed and con-
firmed under paragraph (1)(A) shall have initial 
5-year terms. 
‘‘(B) Of the 4 members elected under 
paragraph (1)(B), 2 shall have initial 3-year 
terms, and 2 shall have initial 4-year terms. 
‘‘(c) SUBSEQUENT COMPOSITION AND TERMS.— 
‘‘(1) SELECTION.—Except for the selection of 
the initial members of the Board for their initial 
terms under subsection (b), the members of the 
Board shall be elected by the members of the Board. 
‘‘(2) DISQUALIFICATION.—A member of the 
Board shall be disqualified from voting for any posi-
tion on the Board for which such member is a can-
didate. 
‘‘(3) TERMS.—All members elected pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall have a term of 5 years. 
‘‘(d) QUALIFICATIONS.—The members of the Board 
shall collectively have expertise in— 
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‘‘(1) the fields of clean energy, electric utilities, 
industrial decarbonization, clean transportation, re-
siliency, and agriculture and forestry practices; 
‘‘(2) climate change science; 
‘‘(3) finance and investments; and 
‘‘(4) environmental justice and matters related 
to the energy and environmental needs of climate- 
impacted communities. 
‘‘(e) RESTRICTION ON MEMBERSHIP.—No officer or 
employee of the Federal or any other level of government 
may be appointed or elected as a member of the Board. 
‘‘(f) QUORUM.—Five members of the Board shall 
constitute a quorum. 
‘‘(g) BYLAWS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall adopt, and 
may amend, such bylaws as are necessary for the 
proper management and functioning of the Accel-
erator. 
‘‘(2) OFFICERS.—In the bylaws described in 
paragraph (1), the Board shall— 
‘‘(A) designate the officers of the Accel-
erator; and 
‘‘(B) prescribe the duties of those officers. 
‘‘(h) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy on the Board shall 
be filled through election by the Board. 
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‘‘(i) INTERIM APPOINTMENTS.—A member elected to 
fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term 
for which the predecessor of that member was appointed 
or elected shall serve for the remainder of the term for 
which the predecessor of that member was appointed or 
elected. 
‘‘(j) REAPPOINTMENT.—A member of the Board may 
be elected for not more than 1 additional term of service 
as a member of the Board. 
‘‘(k) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.—A member of the 
Board whose term has expired may continue to serve on 
the Board until the date on which a successor member 
is elected. 
‘‘(l) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—The Board shall 
appoint a chief executive officer who shall be responsible 
for— 
‘‘(1) hiring employees of the Accelerator; 
‘‘(2) establishing the 2 divisions of the Accel-
erator described in sections 1624 and 1625; and 
‘‘(3) performing any other tasks necessary for 
the day-to-day operations of the Accelerator. 
‘‘(m) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Accelerator shall 
establish an advisory committee (in this subsection 
referred to as the ‘advisory committee’), which shall 
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be composed of not more than 13 members ap-
pointed by the Board on the recommendation of the 
president of the Accelerator. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERS.—Members of the advisory com-
mittee shall be broadly representative of interests 
concerned with the environment, production, com-
merce, finance, agriculture, forestry, labor, services, 
and State Government. Of such members— 
‘‘(A) not fewer than 3 shall be representa-
tives of the small business community; 
‘‘(B) not fewer than 2 shall be representa-
tives of the labor community, except that no 2 
members may be from the same labor union; 
‘‘(C) not fewer than 2 shall be representa-
tives of the environmental nongovernmental or-
ganization community, except that no 2 mem-
bers may be from the same environmental orga-
nization; 
‘‘(D) not fewer than 2 shall be representa-
tives of the environmental justice nongovern-
mental organization community, except that no 
2 members may be from the same environ-
mental organization; 
‘‘(E) not fewer than 2 shall be representa-
tives of the consumer protection and fair lend-
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ing community, except that no 2 members may 
be from the same consumer protection or fair 
lending organization; and 
‘‘(F) not fewer than 2 shall be representa-
tives of the financial services industry with 
knowledge of and experience in financing trans-
actions for clean energy and other sustainable 
infrastructure assets. 
‘‘(3) MEETINGS.—The advisory committee shall 
meet not less frequently than once each quarter. 
‘‘(4) DUTIES.—The advisory committee shall— 
‘‘(A) advise the Accelerator on the pro-
grams undertaken by the Accelerator; and 
‘‘(B) submit to the Congress an annual re-
port with comments from the advisory com-
mittee on the extent to which the Accelerator is 
meeting the mandate described in section 1623, 
including any suggestions for improvement. 
‘‘(n) CHIEF RISK OFFICER.— 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—Subject to the approval 
of the Board, the chief executive officer shall appoint 
a chief risk officer from among individuals with ex-
perience at a senior level in financial risk manage-
ment, who— 
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‘‘(A) shall report directly to the Board; 
and 
‘‘(B) shall be removable only by a majority 
vote of the Board. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The chief risk officer, in coordi-
nation with the risk management and audit commit-
tees established under section 1632, shall develop, 
implement, and manage a comprehensive process for 
identifying, assessing, monitoring, and limiting risks 
to the Accelerator, including the overall portfolio di-
versification of the Accelerator. 
‘‘SEC. 1630. ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) CAPITALIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent and in the 
amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, 
the Secretary of Energy shall transfer to the Accel-
erator— 
‘‘(A) $50,000,000,000 on the date on 
which the Accelerator is established under sec-
tion 1622; and 
‘‘(B) $10,000,000,000 on October 1 of 
each of the 5 fiscal years following that date. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
For purposes of the transfers under paragraph (1), 
there are authorized to be appropriated— 
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‘‘(A) $50,000,000,000 for the fiscal year in 
which the Accelerator is established under sec-
tion 1622; and 
‘‘(B) $10,000,000,000 for each of the 5 
succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(b) CHARTER.—The Accelerator shall establish a 
charter, the term of which shall be 30 years. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS AND RECYCLING.—To the ex-
tent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropria-
tions Acts, the Accelerator— 
‘‘(1) may use funds transferred pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1) to carry out this subtitle, including 
for operating expenses; and 
‘‘(2) shall retain and manage all repayments 
and other revenue received under this subtitle from 
financing fees, interest, repaid loans, and other types 
of funding to carry out this subtitle, including for— 
‘‘(A) operating expenses; and 
‘‘(B) recycling such payments and other 
revenue for future lending and capital deploy-
ment in accordance with this subtitle. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Accelerator shall submit on a 
quarterly basis to the relevant committees of Congress a 
report that describes the financial activities, emissions re-
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ductions, and private capital mobilization metrics of the 
Accelerator for the previous quarter. 
‘‘(e) RESTRICTION.—The Accelerator shall not accept 
deposits. 
‘‘(f) COMMITTEES.—The Board shall establish com-
mittees and subcommittees, including— 
‘‘(1) an investment committee; and 
‘‘(2) in accordance with section 1631— 
‘‘(A) a risk management committee; and 
‘‘(B) an audit committee. 
‘‘SEC. 1631. ESTABLISHMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT COM-
MITTEE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To assist the Board in fulfilling 
the duties and responsibilities of the Board under this sub-
title, the Board shall establish a risk management com-
mittee and an audit committee. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF RISK MAN-
AGEMENT COMMITTEE.—Subject to the direction of the 
Board, the risk management committee established under 
subsection (a) shall establish policies for and have over-
sight responsibility for— 
‘‘(1) formulating the risk management policies 
of the operations of the Accelerator; 
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‘‘(2) reviewing and providing guidance on oper-
ation of the global risk management framework of 
the Accelerator; 
‘‘(3) developing policies for— 
‘‘(A) investment; 
‘‘(B) enterprise risk management; 
‘‘(C) monitoring; and 
‘‘(D) 
management 
of 
strategic, 
reputational, regulatory, operational, develop-
mental, environmental, social, and financial 
risks; and 
‘‘(4) developing the risk profile of the Accel-
erator, including— 
‘‘(A) a risk management and compliance 
framework; and 
‘‘(B) a governance structure to support 
that framework. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUDIT COM-
MITTEE.—Subject to the direction of the Board, the audit 
committee established under subsection (a) shall have 
oversight responsibility for— 
‘‘(1) the integrity of— 
‘‘(A) the financial reporting of the Accel-
erator; and 
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‘‘(B) the systems of internal controls re-
garding finance and accounting; 
‘‘(2) the integrity of the financial statements of 
the Accelerator; 
‘‘(3) the performance of the internal audit func-
tion of the Accelerator; and 
‘‘(4) compliance with the legal and regulatory 
requirements related to the finances of the Accel-
erator. 
‘‘SEC. 1632. OVERSIGHT. 
‘‘(a) EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT.—The inspector general 
of the Department of Energy shall have oversight respon-
sibilities over the Accelerator. 
‘‘(b) REPORTS AND AUDIT.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Accelerator shall 
publish an annual report which shall be transmitted 
by the Accelerator to the President and the Con-
gress. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.—The ac-
counts of the Accelerator shall be audited annually. 
Such audits shall be conducted in accordance with 
generally accepted auditing standards by inde-
pendent certified public accountants who are cer-
tified by a regulatory authority of the jurisdiction in 
which the audit is undertaken. 
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‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUDITS.—In addition to the 
annual audits under paragraph (2), the financial 
transactions of the Accelerator for any fiscal year 
during which Federal funds are available to finance 
any portion of its operations may be audited by the 
Government Accountability Office in accordance with 
such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by 
the Comptroller General of the United States.’’. 
Subtitle C—Clean Energy 
Workforce 
PART 1—OFFICE OF ECONOMIC IMPACT, 
DIVERSITY, AND EMPLOYMENT 
SEC. 821. NAME OF OFFICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 211 of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7141) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘MINOR-
ITY ECONOMIC IMPACT’’ and inserting ‘‘ECONOMIC 
IMPACT, DIVERSITY, AND EMPLOYMENT’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Office of Mi-
nority Economic Impact’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of 
Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Department of Energy Organization Act is 
amended by amending the item relating to section 211 to 
read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 211. Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment.’’. 
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SEC. 
822. 
ENERGY 
WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT 
PRO-
GRAMS. 
Section 211 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7141) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall 
establish and carry out the programs described in sections 
824 and 825 of the CLEAN Future Act.’’. 
SEC. 823. AUTHORIZATION. 
Subsection (h) of section 211 of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7141), as redesig-
nated by section 822 of this subtitle, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘not to exceed $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, not 
to exceed $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, and not to ex-
ceed $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1981. Of the amounts so 
appropriated each fiscal year, not less than 50 percent 
shall be available for purposes of financial assistance 
under subsection (e).’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.’’. 
PART 2—ENERGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 824. ENERGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations for such purpose, the Secretary, acting 
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through the Director of the Office of Economic Impact, 
Diversity, and Employment, shall establish and carry out 
a comprehensive, nationwide program to improve edu-
cation and training for jobs in energy-related industries 
in order to increase the number of skilled workers trained 
for such jobs. 
(b) DIRECT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program 
established under subsection (a), the Secretary may 
provide— 
(A) financial assistance awards, technical 
assistance, and other assistance the Secretary 
determines appropriate, to educational institu-
tions and covered organizations and programs, 
including those serving unemployed energy 
workers; and 
(B) internships, fellowships, traineeships, 
and apprenticeships at the Department of En-
ergy, including at the Department of Energy 
national laboratories. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to subsection (c), 
the Secretary shall distribute assistance described in 
paragraph (1) in a manner proportional to the needs 
of energy-related industries and demand for jobs in 
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energy-related industries, consistent with informa-
tion developed under subsection (e). 
(c) PRIORITY.—In carrying out the program estab-
lished under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) prioritize the education and training of indi-
viduals from underrepresented communities for jobs 
in energy-related industries, including in providing 
internships, fellowships, traineeships, apprentice-
ships, and employment at the Department of En-
ergy, including at the Department of Energy na-
tional laboratories; and 
(2) in providing research grants and technical 
assistance to educational institutions, give priority to 
minority-serving institutions. 
(d) COLLABORATION AND OUTREACH.—In carrying 
out the program established under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) collaborate with— 
(A) to the maximum extent possible, State 
workforce development boards, to maximize pro-
gram efficiency; 
(B) educational institutions and covered 
organizations and programs; 
(C) energy-related industries and covered 
organizations and programs to increase the op-
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portunities for, and enrollment of, students and 
other candidates, including students of minor-
ity-serving institutions and unemployed energy 
workers, to participate in industry internships, 
fellowships, traineeships, and apprenticeships; 
and 
(D) Federal-State Regional Commissions, 
including the Appalachia Regional Commission, 
the Delta Regional Authority, the Denali Com-
mission, the Northern Border Regional Com-
mission, the Northern Great Plains Regional 
Commission, and the Southeast Crescent Re-
gional Commission; and 
(2) conduct outreach activities to— 
(A) encourage individuals from underrep-
resented communities and unemployed energy 
workers to enter into the STEM fields; and 
(B) encourage and foster collaboration, 
mentorships, and partnerships among energy- 
related industries, and covered organizations 
and programs, that provide effective training 
programs for jobs in energy-related industries 
and educational institutions that seek to estab-
lish these types of programs in order to share 
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best practices and approaches that best suit 
local, State, and national needs. 
(e) CLEARINGHOUSE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In carrying out the pro-
gram established under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary, in collaboration with the Commissioner of the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Secretary of Com-
merce, the Director of the Bureau of the Census, 
and energy-related industries, shall establish a clear-
inghouse to— 
(A) develop, maintain, and update informa-
tion and other resources, by State and by re-
gion, on— 
(i) training programs for jobs in en-
ergy-related industries; and 
(ii) the current and future workforce 
needs of energy-related industries, and job 
opportunities in such energy-related indus-
tries, including identification of jobs in en-
ergy-related industries for which there is 
the greatest demand; and 
(B) act as a resource for educational insti-
tutions and covered organizations and programs 
that would like to develop and implement train-
ing programs for such jobs. 
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(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually 
publish a report on the information and other re-
sources developed, maintained, and updated on the 
clearinghouse established under paragraph (1). 
(f) GUIDELINES TO DEVELOP SKILLS FOR AN EN-
ERGY INDUSTRY WORKFORCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program 
established under subsection (a), the Secretary, in 
collaboration with the Secretary of Education, the 
Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, and 
the National Science Foundation, shall develop vol-
untary guidelines or best practices for educational 
institutions to help provide students with the skills 
necessary for jobs in energy-related industries, in-
cluding jobs in— 
(A) the energy efficiency industry, includ-
ing jobs in energy efficiency (including architec-
ture, design, and construction of new energy ef-
ficient buildings), conservation, weatherization, 
retrofitting, inspecting, auditing, and software 
development; 
(B) the renewable energy industry, includ-
ing jobs in the development, engineering, manu-
facturing, and production of energy from re-
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newable energy sources (such as solar, hydro-
power, wind, and geothermal energy); 
(C) the community energy resiliency indus-
try, including jobs in the installation of rooftop 
solar, in battery storage, and in microgrid tech-
nologies; 
(D) the fuel cell and hydrogen energy in-
dustry; 
(E) the advanced automotive technology 
industry, including jobs relating to electric vehi-
cle batteries, connectivity and automation, and 
advanced combustion engines; 
(F) the manufacturing industry, including 
jobs as operations technicians, in operations 
and design in additive manufacturing, 3-D 
printing, and advanced composites and ad-
vanced aluminum and other metal alloys, and in 
industrial energy efficiency management sys-
tems, including power electronics, and other in-
novative technologies; 
(G) the chemical manufacturing industry, 
including jobs in construction (such as welders, 
pipefitters, and tool and die makers), as instru-
ment and electrical technicians, machinists, 
chemical process operators, engineers, quality 
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and safety professionals, and reliability engi-
neers; 
(H) the utility industry, including jobs in 
smart grid technology, cybersecurity manage-
ment, and the generation, transmission, and 
distribution of electricity and natural gas, such 
as electricians and utility dispatchers, techni-
cians, operators, lineworkers, engineers, sci-
entists, and information technology specialists; 
(I) the alternative fuels industry, including 
jobs in biofuel and bioproducts development and 
production; 
(J) the pipeline industry, including jobs in 
pipeline construction and maintenance and jobs 
as engineers and technical advisors; 
(K) the nuclear energy industry, including 
jobs as scientists, engineers, technicians, mathe-
maticians, and security personnel; 
(L) the oil and gas industry, including jobs 
as scientists, engineers, technicians, mathemati-
cians, petrochemical engineers, and geologists; 
and 
(M) the coal industry, including jobs as 
coal miners, engineers, developers and manufac-
turers of state-of-the-art coal facilities, tech-
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nology vendors, coal transportation workers and 
operators, and mining equipment vendors. 
(2) INPUT.—The Secretary shall solicit input 
from energy-related industries in developing guide-
lines or best practices under paragraph (1). 
(3) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION 
INITIATIVES.—The guidelines or best practices devel-
oped under paragraph (1) shall include grade-spe-
cific guidelines for elementary schools and secondary 
schools for teaching energy efficiency technology, ar-
chitecture, design, and construction of new energy- 
efficient buildings and building energy retrofits, 
manufacturing efficiency technology, community en-
ergy resiliency, and conservation initiatives. 
(4) STEM EDUCATION.—The guidelines or best 
practices developed under paragraph (1) shall pro-
mote STEM education in educational institutions as 
it relates to job opportunities in energy-related in-
dustries listed under such paragraph. 
(5) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any 
other officer or employee of the Federal Government 
to require or coerce a State, local educational agen-
cy, or educational institution to adopt or carry out 
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the guidelines or best practices developed under 
paragraph (1). 
(g) CONSOLIDATION.—To the extent practicable, the 
Secretary shall, to avoid duplication of efforts, carry out 
the Equity in Energy Initiative of the Department of En-
ergy, the Minority Educational Institution Student Part-
nership Program of the Department of Energy, and any 
other program of the Department of Energy that the Sec-
retary determines appropriate, through the program es-
tablished under subsection (a). 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. 
SEC. 825. ENERGY WORKFORCE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations for such purpose, the Sec-
retary, acting through the Director of the Office of 
Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment, shall 
establish and carry out a program to provide grants 
to eligible entities to pay the eligible wages of, or eli-
gible stipends for, individuals during the time period 
that such individuals are receiving training to work 
for an eligible business. 
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(2) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
consultation with eligible businesses, shall establish 
guidelines that identify— 
(A) criteria for wages and stipends to meet 
to be eligible for purposes of the program estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (1); and 
(B) training that is eligible for purposes of 
the program established pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘eligible 
business’’ means a business that provides services 
related to— 
(A) renewable electric energy generation, 
including solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, 
and other renewable electric energy generation 
technologies; 
(B) energy efficiency, including energy-effi-
cient lighting, heating, ventilation, and air con-
ditioning, air source heat pumps, advanced 
building materials, insulation and air sealing, 
and other high-efficiency products and services, 
including auditing and inspection, architecture, 
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design, and construction of new energy efficient 
buildings and building energy retrofits; 
(C) grid modernization or energy storage, 
including smart grid, microgrid and other dis-
tributed energy solutions, demand response 
management, and home energy management 
technology; 
(D) advanced fossil energy technology, in-
cluding— 
(i) advanced resource development; 
(ii) carbon capture, storage, and use; 
(iii) low-carbon power systems; 
(iv) efficiency improvements that sub-
stantially reduce emissions; and 
(v) direct air capture; 
(E) nuclear energy, including research, de-
velopment, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication relating to nuclear energy; 
(F) cybersecurity for the energy sector, in-
cluding infrastructure, emergency planning, co-
ordination, response, and restoration; 
(G) alternative fuels, including biofuel and 
bioproduct development and production; 
(H) advanced automotive technology, in-
cluding electric vehicle batteries, connectivity 
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and automation, and advanced combustion en-
gines; or 
(I) fuel cell and hybrid fuel cell generation. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) an eligible business; or 
(B) a labor organization, nonprofit organi-
zation, or qualified youth or conservation corps, 
that provides training to individuals to work for 
an eligible business, or works on behalf of any 
such eligible business. 
(3) ELIGIBLE STIPEND.—The term ‘‘eligible sti-
pend’’ means a stipend that meets the criteria iden-
tified pursuant to the guidelines established under 
subsection (a)(2). 
(4) ELIGIBLE
WAGES.—The term ‘‘eligible 
wages’’ means wages that meet the criteria identified 
pursuant to the guidelines established under sub-
section (a)(2). 
(c) USE OF GRANTS.— 
(1) ELIGIBLE
WAGES.—An eligible business 
with— 
(A) 20 or fewer employees may use a grant 
provided under the program established under 
subsection (a) to pay up to— 
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(i) 45 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by the eligible business; and 
(ii) 90 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by an entity other than the eli-
gible business; 
(B) 21 to 99 employees may use a grant 
provided under the program established under 
subsection (a) to pay up to— 
(i) 37.5 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by the eligible business; and 
(ii) 75 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by an entity other than the eli-
gible business; and 
(C) 100 employees or more may use a 
grant provided under the program established 
under subsection (a) to pay up to— 
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(i) 25 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by the eligible business; and 
(ii) 50 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by an entity other than the eli-
gible business. 
(2) STIPEND.—An eligible entity may use a 
grant provided under the program established under 
subsection (a) to pay up to 100 percent of an eligi-
ble stipend for an individual for the duration of the 
applicable training for such individual. 
(d) PRIORITY
FOR TARGETED COMMUNITIES.—In 
providing grants under the program established under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to an eligi-
ble entity that— 
(1) recruits or trains individuals who are— 
(A) from the community that the eligible 
entity serves; and 
(B)(i) from underrepresented communities; 
or 
(ii) unemployed energy workers; and 
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(2) will provide individuals receiving training 
with the opportunity to obtain or retain employment 
at an eligible business. 
(e) LIMIT.—An eligible entity may not receive more 
than $100,000 under the program established under sub-
section (a) per fiscal year. 
(f) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress, annually for each year the program established 
under subsection (a) is carried out, a report on such pro-
gram, including— 
(1) an assessment of such program for the pre-
vious year, including the number of jobs filled by in-
dividuals trained pursuant to such program; and 
(2) recommendations on how to improve such 
program. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$70,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. 
SEC. 826. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice-
ship’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 
Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 
‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chap-
ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
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(2) 
COVERED
ORGANIZATIONS
AND
PRO-
GRAMS.—The term ‘‘covered organizations and pro-
grams’’ means local workforce development boards, 
State workforce development boards, nonprofit orga-
nizations, qualified youth or conservation corps, 
labor organizations, pre-apprenticeship programs, 
and apprenticeship programs. 
(3) EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘‘educational institution’’ means an elementary 
school, secondary school, or institution of higher 
education. 
(4) ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
AND
SECONDARY 
SCHOOL.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ have the meanings given such terms 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(5) ENERGY-RELATED
INDUSTRY.—The term 
‘‘energy-related industry’’ includes the energy effi-
ciency industry, renewable energy industry, commu-
nity energy resiliency industry, fuel cell and hydro-
gen energy industry, advanced automotive tech-
nology industry, chemical manufacturing industry, 
electric utility industry, gas utility industry, alter-
native fuels industry, pipeline industry, nuclear en-
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ergy industry, oil and gas industry, and coal indus-
try. 
(6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), except 
that such term does not include institutions de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (C) of subsection 
(a)(1) of such section 102. 
(7) JOBS IN ENERGY-RELATED INDUSTRIES.— 
The term ‘‘jobs in energy-related industries’’ in-
cludes manufacturing, engineering, construction, and 
retrofitting jobs in energy-related industries. 
(8) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘labor 
organization’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 152). 
(9) 
LOCAL
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT 
BOARD.—The term ‘‘local workforce development 
board’’ means a local board, as defined in section 3 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(10) MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti-
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tution of higher education that is of one of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A Hispanic-serving institution (as de-
fined in section 502(a) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a))). 
(B) A Tribal College or University (as de-
fined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b))). 
(C) An Alaska Native-serving institution 
(as defined in section 317(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b))). 
(D) A Native Hawaiian-serving institution 
(as defined in section 317(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b))). 
(E) A Predominantly Black Institution (as 
defined in section 318(b) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e(b))). 
(F) A Native American-serving nontribal 
institution (as defined in section 319(b) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1059f(b))). 
(G) An Asian American and Native Amer-
ican Pacific Islander-serving institution (as de-
fined in section 320(b) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b))). 
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(H) A part B institution (as defined in 
section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061)). 
(11) 
PRE-APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘pre-apprenticeship program’’— 
(A) means a program or set of strategies 
that is designed to prepare individuals to enter 
and succeed in an apprenticeship program; and 
(B) includes training and training cur-
riculum aligned with apprenticeship and indus-
try standards to teach participants necessary 
industry-related skills and competencies. 
(12) QUALIFIED
YOUTH
OR
CONSERVATION 
CORPS.—The term ‘‘qualified youth or conservation 
corps’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
203(11) of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 
U.S.C. 1722(11)). 
(13) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Energy. 
(14) 
STATE
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT 
BOARD.—The term ‘‘State workforce development 
board’’ means a State board, as defined in section 
3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
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(15) 
STEM.—The 
term 
‘‘STEM’’ 
means 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 
(16) 
UNDERREPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES.— 
The term ‘‘underrepresented communities’’ includes 
religious and ethnic minorities, women, veterans, in-
dividuals with disabilities, individuals who are 
socioeconomically disadvantaged, individuals who are 
or were foster children, and formerly incarcerated 
individuals. 
Subtitle D—National Security 
SEC. 831. CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL SECURITY STRAT-
EGY. 
It is the policy of the Federal Government to ensure 
that the current impacts of climate change, and those an-
ticipated in the coming decades, be identified and consid-
ered in the development and implementation of relevant 
national security doctrine, policies, and plans. 
SEC. 832. COORDINATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND NA-
TIONAL SECURITY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Security Advi-
sor and the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy, acting jointly, shall establish an interagency 
working group, to be known as the Climate and National 
Security Working Group, to coordinate the development 
of a strategic approach to identify, assess, and share infor-
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mation on current and projected climate-related impacts 
on national security interests and to inform the develop-
ment of national security doctrine, policies, and plans. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Working Group, in close col-
laboration with the United States Global Change Research 
Program, shall— 
(1) identify the U.S. national security priorities 
that are within the scope of the mission of the 
Working Group; 
(2) develop recommendations for requirements 
for climate and social science data and intelligence 
analyses, as appropriate, that support national secu-
rity interests; 
(3) catalog climate science data, intelligence 
analyses, and other products and programs that sup-
port or should be considered in the development of 
national security doctrine, policy, and plans, includ-
ing— 
(A) climate and social science data reposi-
tories and analytical platforms; 
(B) climate modeling, simulation, and pro-
jection capabilities; and 
(C) information-sharing tools and re-
sources supporting climate risk analyses and as-
sessments, such as the Climate Data Initiative, 
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the Climate Resilience Toolkit, the Global 
Change Information System, and the National 
Climate Assessment; 
(4) identify information and program gaps that 
limit consideration of climate change-related impacts 
in developing national security doctrine, policies, and 
plans and provide descriptions of these gaps to Fed-
eral science agencies and the United States intel-
ligence community to inform future research require-
ments and priorities, including collection priorities 
on climate data, models, simulations, and projec-
tions; 
(5) facilitate the production and exchange of 
climate data and information with relevant stake-
holders, including the United States intelligence 
community, and private sector partners, as appro-
priate; 
(6) produce, as appropriate, and make available 
science-informed intelligence assessments to agencies 
having responsibilities in the development of national 
security doctrine, policies, and plans in order to 
identify 
climate 
change-related 
impacts 
and 
prioritize actions related thereto; 
(7) establish, by consensus, guidance for Work-
ing Group members on coordinating, sharing, and 
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exchanging climate science data among the mem-
bers, and with the National Science and Technology 
Council; 
(8) provide a venue for enhancing the under-
standing of the links between climate change-related 
impacts and national security interests and dis-
cussing the opportunities for climate mitigation and 
adaptation activities to address national security 
issues; 
(9) work to improve the Federal Government’s 
capability and capacity to characterize greenhouse 
gas sources and sinks accurately at subcontinental 
scales; 
(10) recommend research guidelines, in coordi-
nation with the National Science and Technology 
Council, concerning the Federal Government’s abil-
ity to detect climate intervention activities; 
(11) develop, by consensus, guidance for Work-
ing Group members on building climate resilience in 
countries vulnerable to climate change-related im-
pacts; 
(12) take into account defined requirements 
and current capabilities described in paragraphs (2) 
and (3) of this subsection to facilitate the consider-
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ation of climate change-related impacts into national 
security doctrine, policies, and plans; 
(13) have classified and unclassified capabili-
ties, as required and appropriate, to consolidate and 
make available climate change-related impact infor-
mation, intelligence analyses, and assessments for 
access and use by Working Group member agencies; 
(14) identify the most current information on 
regional, country, and geographic areas most vulner-
able to current and projected impacts of climate var-
iability in the near term, midterm, and long term (as 
defined in section 834), in order to support assess-
ments of national security implications of climate 
change, and identify areas most vulnerable to these 
impacts during these timeframes; 
(15) develop recommendations for the Secretary 
of State to help ensure that the work of United 
States embassies, including their planning processes, 
is informed by relevant climate change-related anal-
yses; and 
(16) coordinate on the development of quan-
titative models, predictive mapping products, and 
forecasts to anticipate the various pathways through 
which climate change may affect public health as an 
issue of national security. 
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(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The members of the Work-
ing Group shall include the following officials and 
representatives (or their designees): 
(A) The National Security Advisor. 
(B) The Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy. 
(C) The representatives, appointed by the 
National Security Advisor and the Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
(acting jointly), at the Assistant Secretary or 
equivalent level, of— 
(i) the Department of State; 
(ii) the Department of the Treasury; 
(iii) the Department of Defense; 
(iv) the Department of Justice; 
(v) the Department of the Interior; 
(vi) the Department of Agriculture; 
(vii) the Department of Commerce; 
(viii) the Department of Health and 
Human Services; 
(ix) the Department of Transpor-
tation; 
(x) the Department of Energy; 
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(xi) the Department of Homeland Se-
curity; 
(xii) the United States Agency for 
International Development; 
(xiii) the Environmental Protection 
Agency; 
(xiv) the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration; 
(xv) the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence; 
(xvi) the U.S. Mission to the United 
Nations; 
(xvii) the Office of Management and 
Budget; 
(xviii) the Council on Environmental 
Quality; 
(xix) the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration; and 
(xx) any other agency or office as des-
ignated by the co-chairs. 
(2) CO-CHAIRS.—The National Security Advisor 
and the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy, or their designees, shall co-chair the 
Working Group. 
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(d) ACTION PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall, 
by consensus, develop an action plan, that— 
(1) identifies specific steps that are required to 
perform its functions; 
(2) includes specific objectives, milestones, 
timelines, and identification of agencies responsible 
for completion of all actions described therein; 
(3) includes recommendations to inform the de-
velopment of agency implementation plans, as de-
scribed in section 833; and 
(4) shall be submitted to the co-chairs and the 
appropriate congressional committees, including— 
(A) the House Committee on Oversight 
and Reform; 
(B) the Senate Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs; 
(C) the Senate Committee on Armed Serv-
ices; 
(D) the House Committee on Armed Serv-
ices; 
(E) the House Committee on Natural Re-
sources; 
(F) the Senate Committee on Environment 
and Public Works; and 
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(G) the House Committee on Energy and 
Commerce. 
SEC. 833. FEDERAL AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 150 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the departments and agen-
cies listed in section 832(c) shall each develop an appro-
priate implementation plan supporting the policy described 
in section 831. Such implementation plans may be classi-
fied, as required, to meet specific agency requirements. 
(b) CONTENTS OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.—Im-
plementation plans shall consider for inclusion a descrip-
tion of how the respective departments and agencies will 
accomplish the following: 
(1) Identifying, sustaining, and strengthening 
climate-related data repositories, tools, and modeling 
products that inform climate change-related impacts 
on national security. 
(2) Identifying climate change-related risks to 
departments and agency missions, and risks that 
may be caused by departments and agency policies, 
programs, and actions concerning international de-
velopment objectives, fragility, and regional stability. 
(3) Pursuing departments and agency adapta-
tion strategies and methods that address climate 
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change-related impacts on national security and 
homeland defense. 
(4) 
Identifying 
and 
implementing 
climate 
change-related 
information-sharing 
opportunities 
and arrangements through international develop-
ment activities, military-to-military engagements, 
and government-to-government climate-related data 
exchanges. 
(5) Identifying economic considerations arising 
from the impacts of climate change globally and the 
resulting specific impacts on national security, in-
cluding macroeconomic analyses and data-sharing 
mechanisms. 
(6) Identifying the potential impact of climate 
change on human mobility, including migration and 
displacement, and the resulting impacts on national 
security. 
(7) Identifying climate change-related impacts 
on global water, food security, and nutrition and the 
resulting impacts on national security, and recom-
mending actions to mitigate these impacts. 
(8) Identifying climate change-related global 
health security concerns affecting humans, animals, 
and plants, and developing options to address them. 
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(9) Developing a department or agency-specific 
approach to address climate-related hazards and 
threats to national security. 
(10) Determining and acting on climate change- 
related threats to infrastructure at the asset, sys-
tem, and regional level and acting to strengthen the 
safety, security, and resilience of infrastructure crit-
ical to national security. 
(11) Incorporating climate change-related im-
pact information and considerations into department 
and agency technical and executive education and 
training programs. 
(c) REPORTS.—Federal agencies shall update their 
implementation plans required by this section not less 
than annually. 
SEC. 834. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) ADAPTATION.—The term ‘‘adaptation’’ re-
fers to the adjustment in natural or human systems 
in anticipation of or in response to a changing envi-
ronment in a way that effectively uses beneficial op-
portunities or reduces negative effects. 
(2) CLIMATE.—The term ‘‘climate’’ refers to 
the prevailing meteorological conditions over a pe-
riod of several decades, including the typical fre-
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quency and duration of extreme storms, heat waves, 
precipitation, droughts, cloudiness, winds, ocean 
temperatures, and other events that a region is like-
ly to encounter. 
(3) CLIMATE
CHANGE.—The term ‘‘climate 
change’’ refers to detectable changes in one or more 
climate system components over multiple decades, 
including— 
(A) changes in the average temperature of 
the atmosphere or ocean; 
(B) changes in regional precipitation, 
winds, and cloudiness; and 
(C) changes in the severity or duration of 
extreme weather, including droughts, floods, 
and storms. 
(4) CLIMATE MODELING.—The term ‘‘climate 
modeling’’ refers to the mathematical representation 
of the set of interdependent components of the cli-
mate system, including the atmosphere and ocean, 
cryosphere, ecology, land use, natural greenhouse 
gas emissions, and anthropogenic greenhouse emis-
sions. 
(5) FRAGILITY.—The term ‘‘fragility’’ refers to 
a condition that results from a dysfunctional rela-
tionship between state and society and the extent to 
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which that relationship fails to produce policy out-
comes that are considered effective or legitimate. 
(6) GLOBAL
HEALTH
SECURITY.—The term 
‘‘global health security’’— 
(A) refers to activities required, both 
proactive and reactive, to minimize vulnerability 
to acute public health events that endanger the 
collective health of populations living across 
geographical regions and international bound-
aries; and 
(B) includes the efforts of the Global 
Health Security Agenda to establish capacity to 
prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats, 
whether naturally occurring, deliberate, or acci-
dental. 
(7) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given to 
that term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
(8) NATIONAL SECURITY.—The term ‘‘National 
security’’ refers to the protection of the Nation and 
its people and interests. 
(9) NEAR TERM, MIDTERM, AND LONG TERM.— 
The terms ‘‘near term’’, ‘‘midterm’’, and ‘‘long 
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term’’ mean current to 10 years, 10 to 30 years, and 
more than 30 years, respectively. 
(10) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘‘resilience’’ re-
fers to the ability— 
(A) to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to 
changing conditions; and 
(B) to withstand, respond to, and recover 
rapidly from disruptions. 
(11) WORKING
GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working 
Group’’ means the Climate and National Security 
Working Group established pursuant to section 
832(a). 
Subtitle E—Ensuring Just and 
Equitable Climate Action 
SEC. 841. WORKER PROTECTIONS. 
(a) USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFAC-
TURED GOODS.—(1) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be used for a 
project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or 
repair of a public building or public work unless all of the 
iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project 
are produced in the United States. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the head of the Federal depart-
ment or agency involved finds that— 
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(A) applying paragraph (1) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(B) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured 
goods are not produced in the United States in suffi-
cient and reasonably available quantities and of a 
satisfactory quality; or 
(C) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured 
goods produced in the United States will increase 
the cost of the overall project by more than 25 per-
cent. 
(3) If the head of a Federal department or agency 
determines that it is necessary to waive the application 
of paragraph (1) based on a finding under paragraph (2), 
the head of the department or agency shall publish in the 
Federal Register a detailed written justification as to why 
the provision is being waived. 
(4) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(b) DAVIS-BACON.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law and in a manner consistent with other provi-
sions in this Act, all laborers and mechanics employed by 
contractors and subcontractors on projects funded directly 
by or assisted in whole or in part by and through the Fed-
eral Government pursuant to this Act shall be paid wages 
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at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a 
character similar in the locality as determined by the Sec-
retary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chap-
ter 31 of title 40, United States Code. With respect to 
the labor standards specified in this section, the Secretary 
of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth 
in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 
1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United 
States Code. 
(c) PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS.—(1) In award-
ing any contract in implementing this Act, a Federal de-
partment or agency may, on a project-by-project basis, re-
quire the use of a project labor agreement by a contractor 
where use of such an agreement will— 
(A) advance the Federal Government’s interest 
in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal pro-
curement, producing labor-management stability, 
and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations 
governing safety and health, equal employment op-
portunity, labor and employment standards, and 
other matters; and 
(B) be consistent with law. 
(2) If a Federal department or agency determines 
under paragraph (1) that the use of a project labor agree-
ment will satisfy the criteria in subparagraphs (A) and 
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(B) of that paragraph, the department or agency may, if 
appropriate, require that every contractor or subcon-
tractor on the project agree, for that project, to negotiate 
or become a party to a project labor agreement with one 
or more appropriate labor organizations. 
(3) In this section, the term ‘‘project labor agree-
ment’’ means a prehire collective bargaining agreement 
with one or more labor organizations that establishes the 
terms and conditions of employment for a specific con-
struction project and is an agreement described in section 
8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
158(f)). 
SEC. 842. FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COM-
MUNITIES. 
The President shall ensure that not less than 40 per-
cent of funds made available pursuant to this Act are used 
to support activities that directly benefit environmental 
justice communities. 
Subtitle F—Climate Risk 
Disclosures 
SEC. 851. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) climate change poses a significant and in-
creasing threat to the growth and stability of the 
economy of the United States; 
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(2) many sectors of the economy of the United 
States and many American businesses are exposed 
to climate-related risk, which may include exposure 
to— 
(A) the physical impacts of climate change, 
including the rise of the average global tem-
perature, 
accelerating 
sea-level 
rise, 
desertification, ocean acidification, intensifica-
tion of storms, increase in heavy precipitation, 
more frequent and intense temperature ex-
tremes, more severe droughts, and longer wild-
fire seasons; 
(B) the economic disruptions and security 
threats that result from the physical impacts 
described in subparagraph (A), including con-
flicts over scarce resources, conditions condu-
cive to violent extremism, the spread of infec-
tious diseases, and forced migration; 
(C) the transition impacts that result as 
the global economy transitions to a clean and 
renewable energy, low-emissions economy, in-
cluding financial impacts as climate change fos-
sil fuel assets becoming stranded and it be-
comes uneconomic for companies to develop fos-
sil fuel assets as policymakers act to limit the 
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worst impacts of climate change by keeping the 
rise in average global temperature to 1.5 de-
grees Celsius above pre-industrial levels; and 
(D) actions by Federal, State, Tribal, and 
local governments to limit the worst effects of 
climate change by enacting policies that keep 
the global average surface temperature rise to 
1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels; 
(3) assessing the potential impact of climate-re-
lated risks on national and international financial 
systems is an urgent concern; 
(4) companies have a duty to disclose financial 
risks that climate change presents to their investors, 
lenders, and insurers; 
(5) the Securities and Exchange Commission 
has a duty to promote a risk-informed securities 
market that is worthy of the trust of the public as 
families invest for their futures; 
(6) investors, lenders, and insurers are increas-
ingly demanding climate risk information that is 
consistent, comparable, reliable, and clear; 
(7) including standardized, material climate 
change risk and opportunity disclosure that is useful 
for decision makers in annual reports to the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission will increase trans-
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parency with respect to risk accumulation and expo-
sure in financial markets; 
(8) requiring companies to disclose climate-re-
lated risk exposure and risk management strategies 
will encourage a smoother transition to a clean and 
renewable energy, low-emissions economy and guide 
capital allocation to mitigate, and adapt to, the ef-
fects of climate change and limit damages associated 
with climate-related events and disasters; and 
(9) a critical component in fighting climate 
change is a transparent accounting of the risks that 
climate change presents and the implications of con-
tinued inaction with respect to climate change. 
SEC. 852. DISCLOSURES RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 
Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(s) 
DISCLOSURES
RELATING
TO
CLIMATE 
CHANGE.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 1.5 DEGREE
SCENARIO.—The term 
‘1.5 degree scenario’ means a scenario that 
aligns with greenhouse gas emissions pathways 
that aim for limiting global warming to 1.5 de-
grees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. 
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‘‘(B) 
APPROPRIATE
CLIMATE
PRIN-
CIPALS.—The term ‘appropriate climate prin-
cipals’ means— 
‘‘(i) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; 
‘‘(ii) the Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration; 
‘‘(iii) the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget; 
‘‘(iv) the Secretary of the Interior; 
‘‘(v) the Secretary of Energy; and 
‘‘(vi) the head of any other Federal 
agency, as determined appropriate by the 
Commission. 
‘‘(C) BASELINE
SCENARIO.—The term 
‘baseline scenario’ means a widely recognized 
analysis scenario in which levels of greenhouse 
gas emissions, as of the date on which the anal-
ysis is performed, continue to grow, resulting in 
an increase in the global average temperature 
of 1.5 degrees Celsius or more above pre-indus-
trial levels. 
‘‘(D) CARBON
DIOXIDE
EQUIVALENT.— 
The term ‘carbon dioxide equivalent’ means the 
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number of metric tons of carbon dioxide emis-
sions with the same global warming potential as 
one metric ton of another greenhouse gas, as 
determined under table A–1 of subpart A of 
part 98 of title 40, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, as in effect on the date of enactment of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(E) CLIMATE
CHANGE.—The term ‘cli-
mate change’ means a change of climate that 
is— 
‘‘(i) attributed directly or indirectly to 
human activity that alters the composition 
of the global atmosphere; and 
‘‘(ii) in addition to natural climate 
variability observed over comparable time 
periods. 
‘‘(F) COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF FOS-
SIL
FUELS.—The term ‘commercial develop-
ment of fossil fuels’ includes— 
‘‘(i) 
exploration, 
extraction, 
proc-
essing, exporting, transporting, refining, 
and any other significant action with re-
spect to oil, natural gas, coal, or any by-
product thereof or any other solid or liquid 
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