I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7024 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to estab-
lish a program to award grants to eligible entities to purchase, and 
as applicable install, zero emissions port equipment and technology, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 27, 2020 
Ms. BARRAGA´N (for herself, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
RASKIN, Mr. CASE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
HASTINGS, Ms. BONAMICI, and Ms. LEE of California) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to establish a program to award grants to eligible 
entities to purchase, and as applicable install, zero emis-
sions port equipment and technology, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Climate Smart Ports 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CLIMATE SMART PORTS GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 
shall establish a program to award grants to eligible enti-
ties to purchase, and as applicable install, zero emissions 
port equipment and technology. 
(b) USE OF GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may use a 
grant awarded under this section to purchase, and 
as applicable install, zero emissions port equipment 
and technology. 
(2) PROHIBITED USE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may 
not use a grant awarded under this section to 
purchase or install fully automated cargo han-
dling equipment or terminal infrastructure that 
is designed for fully automated cargo handling 
equipment. 
(B) HUMAN-OPERATED
ZERO
EMISSIONS 
PORT EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY.—Nothing 
in subparagraph (A) prohibits an eligible entity 
from using a grant awarded under this section 
to purchase human-operated zero emissions 
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port equipment and technology or infrastruc-
ture that supports such human-operated zero 
emissions port equipment and technology. 
(3) COST SHARE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), an eligible entity may not 
use a grant awarded under this section to cover 
more than 70 percent of the cost of purchasing, 
and as applicable installing, zero emissions port 
equipment and technology. 
(B) CERTAIN GRANTS.—With respect to a 
grant in an amount equal to or greater than 
$3,000,000, an eligible entity may use such 
grant to cover not more than 85 percent of the 
cost of purchasing and installing zero emissions 
port equipment and technology if such eligible 
entity certifies to the Administrator that— 
(i) such grant will be used, at least in 
part, to employ laborers or mechanics to 
install zero emissions port equipment and 
technology; and 
(ii) such eligible entity is a party to a 
project labor agreement or requires that 
each subgrantee of such eligible entity, and 
any subgrantee thereof at any tier, that 
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