Legislative Blog

J.B. Williams, J.D.

Inflation Reduction Act - Appropriations

A Blog about Build Back Better 2021

A Bit of Background

The following backgrounds help summarize the author's views on both the general topic: Federal and more specifically Build Back Better 2021 as it relates to that topic.

Brief Summary of Federal

This should be a fairly limited bills area for management the overall structures like highways, military, federal buildings, federal laws, and the like. However it has become the micro manager of all micro managers. They get involved in areas that no federal government should be involved in, and shift more power upward. This has led to each party trying to run over the other party in the eyes of the voters, all the while doing everything possible to maintain their power. They do this by holding onto all of the money, and claiming they know best how it should be spent. But they run debts so badly that no one should be looking to them as an example of anything other than the way to overspend and go further into debt.

Summary of Build Back Better 2021

Shortly after passing the House, Congress went on break and this bill appeared to die. Here is hoping it remains dead. Sadly it was brought back, renamed the Inflation Reduction Act, tweaked a little and passed. It did not reduce inflation - anyone with a brain knew it would not. And now the Congressional Budget Office has said it actually increased inflation. But wait because the spending under this bill is on-going.

Blog Summary

Total $427,855,805,500 (over $427.85 BILLION) appropriated in this bill alone. Some appropriations are short term in a year or 2, but others are until 2031. Of course, saying it is there until 2031 does not mean it will be nor limit it's spending per year. It could be spend in much less time, and then more money could be allocated. There are those on the list that are not likely to get much, if any, additional spending are spending for doing reports or recommendations for how to fix something or other. Amazingly many of the reports could take years to complete, all the while allowing the parties to cajole the outcome to be in the direction they wish. This often equates to who pays the most to get the outcome they want. And the outcome they want will be more than they spend in tax payer dollars to do something.

Another observation is that the government often creates entities that will make recommendations or over see things, but they give them names that make them appear like they are not an arm of the government. They are doing this more and more, and delving into financial areas as well. You can figure it out if you can trace their money back to funding from the federal government. Take Amtrak for instance. They say they are not federal and they are independent. But their funding comes from the federal government. Without tax payer funding, Amtrak (on their income alone) is operating in the red year after year. It's an entity that without federal funding (your money) would go away. Other rail systems manage without federal funding but not Amtrak. If we stopped funding them, then perhaps some one would take over that could run a net positive, profitable business.

$365 Million is allocated for environmental reviews. I imagine this will equate to substantially more funding in the future to enact what the review sees. $3 Billion to convert the post office to all electric vehicles. There is even $50 Million to address air pollution at schools. Now since I don't know how much air pollution schools create, it seems odd to designate funding here. I'm sure there is air pollution around schools that needs to be addressed, but it should be directly addressed. But saying you are giving funding to schools to address air pollution sounds so much better. And it could potentially get you additional funding because otherwise it's like saying you don't care about schools.

Inflation Reduction Act - Appropriations

Published: 2022-11-06

Build Back Better renamed the Inflation Reduction Act

now 273 page - was 2,468 pages long.

Total $427,855,805,500 (over $427.85 BILLION) - By the way, this is in addition to all the other spending already appropriated. Some is in addition to money already allocated for that particular item.

Title II - Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry - Total $42,734,450,000 (over $42.7 BILLION)

Subtitle B - Conservation. To carry out Commodity Credit Corporation, environmental quality incentives program - Total $19,450,000,000 ($19.45 BILLION)

• $250,000,000 ($250 Million) for 2023
• $1,750,000,000 ($1.75 BILLION) for 2024
• $3,000,000,000 ($3 BILLION) for 2025
• • $3,450,000,000 ($3,45 BILLION) for 2026 and
  • for Food Security Act increasing from $25,000,000 ($25 Million) to $50,000,000 ($50 Million) and
  • and to prioritize proposals that utilize diet and feed management to reduce methane emissions
• To Carry out Commodity Credit Corporation conservation stewardship program
  • $250,000,000 ($250 Million) for 2023
  • $500,000,000 ($500 Million) for 2024
  • $1,000,000,000 ($1 BILLION) for 2025
  • $1,500,000,000 ($1.5 BILLION) for 2026
• To Carry out Commodity Credit Corporation agricultural conservation easement program to reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions associated with land in the program
  • $100,000,000 ($100 Million) for 2023
  • $200,000,000 ($200 Million) for 2024
  • $500,000,000 ($500 Million) for 2025
  • $600,000,000 ($600 Million) for 2026 and
  • regional partnerships
    • $250,000,000 ($250 Million) for 2023
    • $800,000,000 ($800 Million) for 2024
    • $1,500,000,000 ($1.5 BILLION) for 2025
    • $2,400,000,000 ($2.4 BILLION)for 2026
  • Made available for fiscal year 2022 and remain so through September 30, 2031:
    • $1,000,000,000 ($1 BILLION) for conservation technical assistance
    • $300,000,000 ($300 Million) to quantify carbon sequestration and carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions
• For Administrative Costs - $100,000,000 ($100 Million) to remain available through September 30, 2028

Subtitle C - Rural Development and Agriculture Credit. - Total $18,284,450,000 (over $18.28 BILLION)

• Additional funding for Electric Loands for renewable energy - $1,000,000,000 ($1 BILLION) through September 30, 2031
• Rural energy for America program - So in total this fund is $1,721,632,500 (just over $1.7 BILLION)
  • $820,250,000 for 2022 through September 30, 2031 and
  • $180,276,500 for each year from 2023 through 2027, and to remain available through September 30, 2031 (that is $901,382,500 - or just under $1 BILLION.)
• Underutilized renewable energy technologies - So in total this fund is $303,817,500 (over $303 Million).
  • $144,750,000 for 2022 through September 30, 2031 and
  • $31,813,500 for each year from 2023 through 2027, and to remain available through September 30, 2031 (that is $159,067,500 in addition.)
• Biofuel infrastructure and agricultural product market expansion - $500,000,000 ($500 Million) to remain available through September 30, 2031
• USDA assistance for rural electric cooperatives. (The few I know using a rural electric coop have said that their rates have gone up astronomically in the past 2 years, more so that the rates they see others paying. But generally when the government pours in money to help, it leads to increases in costs to consumers not decreases. Which in turn, leads to people saying the government needs to help more and there are more increases. Much like how colleges have become. Students are rarely ever liable for their own loans that they agreed to take out, understanding that they were not going to be able to get rid of them in bankruptcy. But hey the colleges all know that the government will bail them out, the colleges get richer and the government continues the cycle. And everyone who is paying taxes sees their tax bills go up for a debt they didn't agree to, as more and more individuals drop out of owing at all. This leads to more cries of free stuff. It isn't free, those paying taxes are paying for it in dollars and we are all paying for it as our entire system breaks down and becomes less and less stable.)
  • $9,700,000,000 ($9.7 BILLION) to remain available through September 30, 2031
• Additional USDA rural development - $100,000,000 ($100 Million) to remain available through September 30, 2031
• Farm Loan relief for borrowers - $3,100,000,000 ($3.1 BILLION) to remain available through September 30, 2031
• USDA Assistance for underserved farmers, ranchers, and foresters. For those living in high poverty areas.
  • $125,000,000 ($125 Million) to remain available through September 30, 2031 and
  • $250,000,000 ($250 Million) for land loss assistance and
  • $10,000,000 ($10 Million) to address racial equity issues and
  • $250,000,000 ($250 Million) for supplemental agricultural research, education and extension and
  • $2,200,000,000 ($2.2 BILLION) for those that have experienced discrimination prior to January 1, 2021 and
  • $24,000,000 ($24 Million) for administrative costs

Subtitle D - Forestry. - Total $5,000,000,000 ($5 BILLION)

• National Forest System Restoration $2,700,000,000 ($2.7 BILLION)
  • $1,800,000,000 ($1.8 BILLION) for hazardous fuels reduction projects
  • $200,000,000 ($200 Million) for vegetation management projects
  • $100,000,000 ($100 Million) for environmental reviews
  • $50,000,000 ($50 Million) for protection of old-growth forests
  • non-federal forest land-owners: - Total $550,000,000 ($550 Million)
    • $150,000,000 ($150 Million) for competitive grants for climate mitigation or forest resilience practices for underserved forest landowners
    • $150,000,000 ($150 Million) for support the participation of underserved forest landowners in emerging private markets for climate mitigation and forest resilience
    • $100,000,000 ($100 Million) for support for forest landowners who own less than 2,500 acres of forest landowners in emerging private markets for climate mitigation and forest resilience
    • $50,000,000 ($50 Million) for states and other eligible entities to provide payments to owners of private forest land to provide measurable increases in carbon sequestration and storage beyond customary practices on comparable land
    • $100,000,000 ($100 Million) wood innovation grant program, including construction of new facilities that advance the purposes of the program and for hauling material removed to reduce hazardous fuels
• State and private forestry conservation programs - Total $2,200,000,000 ($2.2 BILLION)
  • $700,000,000 ($700 Million) for acquisition of land and interests in land
  • $1,500,000,000 ($1.5 BILLION) for tree planting and related activities
• Administrative costs. $100,000,000 ($100 Million)

Title III - Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs - Total $602,500,000 ($602.5 Million)

• Enhanced Use of Defense Production Act - $500,000,000 ($500 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2028
• Improving Energy Efficiency and Water Efficiency or Climate Resilience of Affordable Housing. $837,500,000 ($837.5 Million) through September 30, 2028 for loans and grants that improve energy and water efficiency, enhance indoor air quality, implement the use of zero-emission electricity generation, low-emission building materials, energy storage, or building electrification or address climate change.
• $60,000,000 ($60 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2030 for expenses for contracts administered by the Secretary
• $42,500,000 ($42.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2030 for energy and water benchmarking of properties

Title IV - Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation - Total $3,607,000,000 ($3.607 BILLION)

• Coastal communities and climate resilience. - Total $2,600,000,000 ($2.6 BILLION)
  • $2,600,000,000 ($2.6 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats, resources, Pacific salmon and other marine fisheries, to enable storm preprations for extreme storms and climate change, and support natural resources, and related administrative costs.
• Facilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration and national marine sanctuaries - Total $200,000,000 ($200 Million)
  • $150,000,000 ($150 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for construction of new facilities, and replacements, piers, marine operation facilities and fisheries
  • $50,000,000 ($50 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for construction of facilities to support the National Marine Sanctuary system
• NOAA efficient and effective reviews - Total $20,000,000 ($20 Million)
  • $20,000,000 ($20 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 to conduct more efficient, accurate and timely reviews for planning, permitting and approval processes through hiring and training personnel, purchase of technical and scientific services and equipment, and improve agency transparency, accountability and public engagement
• Oceanic and Atmospheric research and forecasting - Total $200,000,000 ($200 Million)
  • $150,000,000 ($150 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 to accelerate advances and improvements in research, observation systems, modeling, forecasting, assessments, and dissemination of information to the public
  • $50,000,000 ($50 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for grants to fund climate research
• Computing capacity and research for weather, oceans, climate - Total $190,000,000 ($190 Million)
  • $190,000,000 ($190 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for procurement of additional high-performance computing, data processing capacity, data management, and storage assets
• Acquisition of hurricane forecasting aircraft - Total $100,000,000 ($100 Million)
  • $100,000,000 ($100 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for acquisition of hurricane hunter aircraft
• Alternative Fuel and low-emission aviation technology - Total $297,000,000 ($297 Million)
  • $244,530,000 ($244.53 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for production, transportation, blending, or storage of sustainable aviation fuel
  • $46,530,000 ($46.53 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for low-emission aviation technologies
  • $5,940,000 ($5.94 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for grants under this section

Title V - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Total $327,428,400,000 (over $327 BILLION)

Subtitle A - Energy - Total $321,239,000,000 ($21.239 BILLION)

• Home energy performance-based, whole-house rebates. $4,300,000,000 ($4.3 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for grants to state to develop and implement HOMES rebate program.
• High-efficiency electric home rebate program. $4,275,000,000 ($4.275 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for grants to state to develop and implement high-efficiency electric home rebate program.
• State based home energy efficiency contractor training. $200,000,000 ($200 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to provide financial assistance for training and education to contractors involved in installation of home energy efficiency and electrification improvements.
• $1,000,000,000 ($1 BILLION) here - Assistance for latest and zero building energy code adoption. $330,000,000 ($330 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2029 for activities under Energy Policy and Conservation Act b and $670,000,000 ($670 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2029 for activities under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act c.
• DOE Loan and grant programs. $40,000,000,000 ($40 BILLION) for loans to remain available until September 30, 2026; and $3,600,000,000 ($3.6 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for costs of guarantees on loans.
• Advanced Technologies vehicle manufacturing. $3,000,000,000 ($3 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2028 for loans for updating manufacturing facilities that produce vehicles that are low or zero exhaust emissions greenhouse gases (Now let's not worry about the issues caused in getting the items to the plants, regardless of if the overall greenhouse emissions increase, as long as the vehicle that is being produced is low or zero exhaust. And it doesn't matter if the vehicle will not last as long as other vehicles, thereby producing yet more greenhouse gases to produce the replacement vehicle. I'm all for advancements, as long as the industry is making the advancements in means that makes sense and is being welcomed by all, rather than forced upon people. It seems that every time the government forces things they inevitably lead to large negative consequences. But I'm sure the industry is smart enough this time to protect themselves from lawsuits down the road. I mean why not, the pharmaceutical industry has figured that out. You cannot sue for damages caused by vaccines/shots, you may only place a claim with the government and they get to decide if there is any basis for relief. That sounds a lot like signing off on your right to court, which for everyone besides the government is considered illegal.)
• Domestic manufacturing conversion grants. $2,000,000,000 ($2 BILLION) to remain available through September 30, 2031 for grants for domestic production of hybrid, plug-in electric hybrid, plug-in electric drive and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. (By the way, this is another way they will lower the cost of electric or hybrid vehicles. This will mean that lower-income individuals more quickly succumb to purchasing these because they cannot afford a new non-electric/non-hybrid.)
• Energy infrastructure reinvestment financing. Total $255,000,000,000 ($255 BILLION)
  • $5,000,000,000 ($5 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for activities under the Energy Policy Act
  • $250,000,000,000 ($250 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for guarantee loans under Energy Policy Act
• Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program. $75,000,000 ($75 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2028 for guarantee loans under Energy Policy Act.
• Electric transmission - Total $2,860,000,000 ($2.86 BILLION)
  • $2,000,000,000 ($2 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2030 for transmission facility financing
  • $760,000,000 ($760 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2029 for grants for siting interstate electricity transmission lines
  • $100,000,000 ($100 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for interregional and offshore wind electricity transmission planning, modeling, and analysis
• Industrial - $5,812,000,000 ($5.812 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 to provide financial assistance for reduction of greenhouse gases through retrofits, upgrades, etc to facilities or studies to prepare for same. $300,000,000 ($300 Million can be retained for administrative costs)
• Other Energy Matters - in total here $2,717,000,000 ($2.717 BILLION)
  • $20,000,000 ($20 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for oversight by the Department of Energy
  • $133,240,000 ($133.240 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 for science laboratory infrastructure projects
  • $303,656,000 ($303.656 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 for high energy physics construction
  • $280,000,000 ($280 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 for fusion energy science construction
  • $217,000,000 ($217 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 for nuclear physics construction
  • $163,791,000 ($163.791 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 for advanced scientific computing research facilities
  • $294,500,000 ($294.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 for basic energy sciences projects
  • $157,813,000 ($157.813 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 for isotope research and development facilities
  • $150,000,000 ($150 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 for infrastructure and general plant projects carried out by the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
  • $150,000,000 ($150 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 for infrastructure and general plant projects carried out by the Office of Nuclear Energy
  • $150,000,000 ($150 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 for infrastructure and general plant projects carried out by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  • $100,000,000 ($100 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for program elements of Energy Act of 2020, parts A-C
  • $500,000,000 ($500 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for program elements of Energy Act of 2020. parts D-H
  • $100,000,000 ($100 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 support the availability of high-assay low-enriched uranium for civilian domestic usage research and development

Subtitle B - Natural Resources - Total $5,824,400,000 (over $5.82 BILLION)

• Public Lands - Total $1,200,000,000 ($1.2 BILLION)
  • $250,000,000 ($250 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for conservation, protection, and resiliency of lands and resources administered by the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management
  • $250,000,000 ($250 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for conservation, ecosystem and habitat restoration projects
  • $500,000,000 ($500 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2030 to hire new employees
  • $200,000,000 ($200 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 to carry out deferred maintenance projects
• Drought Response and Preparedness - Total $4,575,000,000 ($4.575 BILLION)
  • $550,000,000 ($550 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for grants, contracts, or financial assistance agreements for disadvantage communities for up to 100% of the cost of planning, design or construction of water projects
  • $25,000,000 ($25 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for design, study and implementation of projects to cover water conveyance facilities with solar panels to generate renewable energy or for other solar projects that increase water efficiency and assist in clean energy goals
  • $25,000,000 ($25 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for the design, study, and implementation of projects to cover water conveyance facilities with solar panels (canals)
  • $4,000,000,000 ($4 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for grants and financial assistance to public entities and Indian tribes to mitigate impacts of drought in the Reclamation states with priority to Colorado River Basin
• Insular Affairs - Total $15,900,000 ($15.9 Million)
  • $15,000,000 ($15 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 to provide technical assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaption, and resilience
  • $900,000 to remain available until September 30, 2026 for administrative expenses
• Offshore Wind - Granting of leases on the offshore shelf for offshore wind that shall begin no later than September 20, 2025
• Fossil Fuel Resources - The government increased their royalties from at least 12 1/2 per cent to at least 16 2/3 percent, while the top remained at 18 3/4 percent. The also increased the acre rental fee from $1.50 to $3 per acre for the first 2 years, and $5 per acre for 6 more years, and then to not less than $15 per acre thereafter. Don't be fooled, this is just the government taking money out of your pocket. The price of end goods, including fuel/heating, will increase because the federal government is indirectly taking your money and will act as if the oil/gas industry is gouging you.
• United States Geological Survey - $23,500,000 ($23.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to produce, collect, disseminate and use 3D elevation data
• Other Natural Resources - $10,000,000 ($10 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for oversight of Interior Office of Inspector General for Interior activities

Subtitle C - Environmental Reviews - Total $365,000,000 ($365 Million)

• Department of Energy - $115,000,000 ($115 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for hiring and training of personnel, development of programmatic environmental documents and procurement of technical or scientific services for environmental reviews, development of environmental data, community and stakeholder engagement, and purchase of new equipment for environmental analysis
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - $100,000,000 ($100 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for hiring and training of personnel, development of programmatic environmental documents and procurement of technical or scientific services for environmental reviews, development of environmental data, community and stakeholder engagement, and purchase of new equipment for environmental analysis
• Department of Interior - $150,000,000 ($150 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for hiring and training of personnel, development of programmatic environmental documents and procurement of technical or scientific services for environmental reviews, development of environmental data, community and stakeholder engagement, and purchase of new equipment for environmental analysis

Title VI - Committee On Environmental and Public Works - Total $49,145,995,500 (over $49.15 BILLION)

Subtitle A - Total $37,457,245,500 (over $37.45 BILLION)

• Air Pollution - Total $31,245,500,000 (over $31.24 BILLION)
  • Heavy Duty Vehicles - Total of $1,000,000,000 ($1 BILLION)
    • $600,000,000 ($600 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for clean heavy-duty vehicles
    • $400,000,000 ($400 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to make awards that propose to replace eligible vehicles to serve communities located in an air quality area as nonattainment for any air pollutant
  • Reduce air pollution at ports - Total of $3,000,000,000 ($3 BILLION)
    • $2,250,000,000 ($2.25 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2027 to purchase or install zero-emission port equipment; to conduct any relevant planning or permitting with such purchase or installation; and to develop qualified climate action plans (I foresee most of these funds being spent for action plans - code for we paid some people that we wanted to pay to say things we wanted them to say.)
    • $750,000,000 ($750 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2027 to carry out activities stated above for nonattainment for an air pollutant.
  • Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund - Total $26,970,000,000 ($26.97 BILLION spending in just 2 years)
    • $7,000,000,000 ($7 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2024 (yes that is just 2 years of spending $7 BILLION) for grants and loans to enable low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy or benefit from zero-emission technologies (code for we'll do stuff and claim it will help a low-income or disadvantaged community but the major help will be to people like us)
    • $11,970,000,000 ($11.97 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2024 for grants
    • $8,000,000,000 ($8 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2024 for financial assistance and technical assistance in low-income and disadvantaged communities for greenhouse gas reduction
• Diesel Emissions Reductions - $60,000,000 ($60 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for grants, rebates, and loans to identify and reduce diesel emissions resulting from goods movement facilities, and vehicles servicing goods movement facilities, in low-income and disadvantage communities
• Funding to address Air Pollution - Total $167,500,000 ($167.5 Million)
  • $117,500,000 ($117.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for grants and other activities to deploy, integrate, support and maintain fenceline monitoring, screening air monitoring, national air toxics trend stations, and other air toxics monitoring
  • $50,000,000 ($50 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to expand national ambient air quality monitoring network and replace/ repair existing monitors
• Air quality sensors in low-income and disadvantaged communities - $3,000,000 ($3 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to deploy, integrate, and operate air quality sensors in low-income and disadvantaged communities
• Emissions from Wood heaters - $15,000,000 ($15 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to testing to address emissions from wood heaters (In 2021, wood and wood waste made about 2.1% of US energy consumption. Majority of that was commercial. Lumber and paper mills use waste to produce steam and electricity, which saves them money and reduces their reliance on other fuels. In 2021, residential energy use for wood was 2.2% of the total electric consumption. In total about 2.2 million homes use wood as their main source of heat. Now that's a lot of $ per household that is using it primarily for heating.)
• Methane monitoring - $20,000,000 ($20 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for monitoring methane emissions
• Clean Air Act Grants - $25,000,000 ($25 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for grants
• Greenhouse gas and zero-emission standards for mobile sources - $5,000,000 ($5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to adopt and implement greenhouse gas and zero-emission standards for mobile sources
• Funding to Address Air Pollution at Schools - Total $50,000,000 ($50 Million)
  • $37,500,000 ($37.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants at schools in low-income and disadvantaged communities.
  • $12,500,000 ($12.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for technical assistance to schools in low-income and disadvantaged communities to address environmental issues; develop school quality plans; and identify and mitigate ongoing air pollution hazards (I'm a bit confused as I doubt they think that the schools themselves are creating air quality issues, but then again, maybe they think they are. But if not than this would best be resolved by focusing on the surrounding air pollutant issues directly as the school would not have the power to do so. Then again, perhaps this is meant to be spent on converting buses to all electric and finding ways to use air conditioning that is zero-emissions.)
• Low Emissions Electricity Program - Total $87,000,000 ($87 Million)
  • $17,000,000 ($17 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for consumer-related education
  • $17,000,000 ($17 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 education and technical assistance within low-income and disadvantaged communities to reduce greenhouse gas emission
  • $17,000,000 ($17 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for industry-related outreach and technical assistance
  • $17,000,000 ($17 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for outreach and technical assistance with States, Tribal and local governments
  • $1,000,000 ($1 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 reduced greenhouse gas emissions that result from changes in domestic electricity generation (This is the very reason that so many utility companies are adding more solar and wind power, and also the reason they are all becoming less reliable.)
  • $18,000,000 ($18 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to ensure that greenhose gas emissions are achieved through use of existing authorities
• Funding for Section 211(O) of the Clean Air Act (This is the Renewable Fuel Standard) - Total $15,000,000 ($15 Million)
  • $5,000,000 ($5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to test and protocol development
  • $10,000,000 ($10 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for investments in advanced biofuels
• Funding for Implementation of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act - Total $38,500,000 ($38.5 Million)
  • $20,000,000 ($20 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for monitoring and reporting under 42 U.S.C. 7675 (a) through (i) and (k)
  • $3,500,000 ($3.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for implementation and compliance tools
  • $15,000,000 (15 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for competitive grants for reclaim and innovative destruction technologies
• Funding for Enforcement Technology and Public Information - Total $25,000,000 ($25 Million)
  • $18,000,000 ($18 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 update the Integrated Compliance Information System of the EPA
  • $3,000,000 ($3 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for grants to States, Indian tribes, and air pollution agencies to update their systems to ensure communications with EPA
  • $4,000,000 ($4 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to acquire software for EPA, States, Indian tribes, and air pollution agencies
• Greenhouse Gas Corporate Reporting - $5,000,000 ($5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to support enhanced standardization and transparency of corporate climate action commitments and plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Environmental Product Declaration Assistance - $250,000,000 ($250 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for development and standardization and reporting criteria for environmental product declarations that include measurements of embodied greenhouse gas emissions of the material or product associated with all relevant stages of production, use and disposal (It would be great if they provided truthful information regarding this for "renewable" energy products and did it soon. I expect that they will discount much of the information regarding items that they consider "green" in much the same way they claim this act is an Inflation Reduction Act.)
• Methane Emissions Reduction Program - Total $1,550,000,000 ($1.55 BILLION)
  • $850,000,000 ($850 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2028 for technical and financial assistance to owners and operators of applicable facilities to prepare and submit greenhouse gas reports
  • $700,000,000 ($700 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2028 for incentives for methane mitigation
• Greenhouse Gas Air Pollution Plans and Implementation Grants - Total $5,000,000,000 ($5 BILLION)
  • $250,000,000 ($250 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 grant to at least 1 entity for costs of developing a plan for the reduction of greenhouse gas air pollution (I wander if some had an entity in mind to receive this grant. I'm sure they'll say exactly what those pushing for them to get it as they want it to.)
  • $4,750,000,000 ($4.75 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for competitive grants to implement what was paid for under the above (This is rather confusing because they have until September 30, 2026 to issue the grant to determine the plan but only have until the same date to issue grants to implement the plan. I foresee them spending all of the money, or most, and having developed nothing at all because the plan will not even be completed. So there will be more money spent post 2026 to actually implement the plan. And I imagine the number will increase for inflation by at least 5%.)
• Environmental Protection Agency Efficient, Accurate and Timely Reviews - $40,000,000 ($40 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for the development of efficient, accurate and timely reviews (I have never viewed any government agency as efficient nor timely, and of late, never accurate either. They are only accurate if you compare it to what they are expected to say compared to what they actually say. Then they are at least 90% accurate.)
• Low-embodied carbon Labeling for construction materials - $100,000,000 ($100 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for administrative costs of EPA to identify and label construction materials and products that have substantially lower levels of embodied greenhouse gas emissions with all relevant stages of production, use and disposal

Subtitle B - Hazardous Materials - Total $3,000,000,000 ($3 BILLION)

• Environmental and climate justice block grants
  • $2,800,000,000 ($2.8 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for grants that benefit disadvantage communities, including community-led air pollution monitoring; mitigating climate and health risks from urban heat islands, extreme heat, wood heater emissions, and wildfire events; climate resiliency and adaptation; reducing indoor toxics and pollution; facilitating engagement of disadvantaged communities in groups, workshops
  • $200,000,000 ($200 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for technical assistance

Subtitle C - United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Total $246,250,000 ($246.25 Million)

• Endangered Species Recovery - $125,000,000 ($125 Million) to remain available until expended for developing and implementing recovery plans
• Funding for US Fish and Wildlife Services to address weather events - $121,250,000 ($121.25 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for rebuilding and restoring the National Wildlife Refuge System

Subtitle D - Council on Environmental Quality - Total $62,500,000 ($62.5 Million)

• Environmental and climate data collection - $32,500,000 ($32.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026
• Council on Environmental Quality efficient and effective environmental reviews - $30,000,000 ($30 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 to train personnel, develop programmatic environmental documents, and develop tools, guidance and techniques to improve stakeholder and community engagement (So spending $30 Million to convince the masses at large to believe what it is they want you to believe.)

Subtitle E - Transportation and Infrastructure - Total $8,380,000,000 ($8.38 BILLION)

• Neighborhood access and equity grant program - Total $3,155,000,000 ($3.155 BILLION)
  • $1,893,000,000 ($1.893 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 to improve walkability, safety, and affordable transportation access
  • $1,262,000,000 ($1.262 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for economically disadvantage communities to improve walkability, safety, and affordable transportation access
• Assistance for Federal buildings - $250,000,000 ($250 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 to convert facilities to high-performance green buildings
• Use of Low-carbon Materials - $2,150,000,000 ($2.15 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for the Federal Building Fund (So no, they do not plan on converting the facilities with $250 Million above. I'm guessing that is there for overages and to claim they need more funding after they spend the $2.15 BILLION here within 4 years.)
• General Services Administration emerging technologies - $975,000,000 ($975 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for federal buildings for emerging and sustainable technologies
• Environmental Review Implementation Funds - $100,000,000 ($100 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for surface transportation projects
• Low-carbon transportation material grants - $2,000,000,000 ($2 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2026 to not include lanes for single occupant passenger vehicles

Title VII - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Total $3,915,000,000 ($3.915 BILLION)

• $500,000,000 ($500 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2028 to carry out sustainability and environmental programs
• United States Postal Service Clean Fleets - Total $3,000,000,000 ($3 BILLION)
  • $1,290,000,000 ($1.29 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for zero-emissions delivery vehicles
  • $1,710,000,000 ($1.71 BILLION) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for infrastructure to support zero-emission delivery vehicles
• United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General - $15,000,000 ($15 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for oversight
• Government Accountability Office Oversight - $25,000,000 ($25 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 expenses of oversight of above
• Office of Management and Budget Oversight - $25,000,000 ($25 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for expenses of oversight and tracking labor, equity and environmental standards
• FEMA Building Materials Program - $350,000,000 ($350 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for permitting improvement steering council environmental review improvement fund

Title VIII - Committee on Indian Affairs - Total $422,500,000 ($422.5 Million)

• $220,000,000 ($220 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for Tribal climate and resilience and adaptation programs
• $10,000,000 ($10 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for fish hatchery operations and maintenance
• $5,000,000 ($5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for administrative costs
• Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience - Total $25,000,000 ($25 Million)
  • $23,500,000 ($23.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for the Native Hawaiian Community for climate resilience
  • $1,500,000 ($1.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for administrative costs
• Tribal Electrification Program - Total $150,000,000 ($150 Million)
  • $145,500,000 ($145.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for electricity to unelectrical Tribal homes through zero-emissions systems, transitioning electrified homes to zero-emissions systems, and associated home repairs and retrofitting
  • $4,500,000 ($4.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2031 for administrative costs
• Emergency drought relief for tribes - $12,500,000 ($12.5 Million) to remain available until September 30, 2026 for near-term drought relief actions

 

J.B. Williams, J.D.

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