Schumer-Manchin Deal Includes $62 Billion In New Grants

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE & CLIMATE RESILIENCE: $22,974,000,000

$2.8 billion to nonprofits that benefit disadvantaged communities:

• Investments in low or zero-emission technologies and infrastructure, including workforce development in the green energy sector.

• Community-led pollution monitoring, prevention, and remediation.

• Mitigation of climate and health risks from urban heat islands, extreme heat, wood heater emissions, and wildfire events.

• Development and implementation of climate resilience and adaptation projects.

• Reduction of indoor toxins and air pollution.

• Engagement of disadvantaged communities in public decisions through advisory groups and rulemakings.

$23.5 million in grants and contracts for climate resilience activities to support Native Hawaiian communities.

$121 million in grants and contracts to rebuild and restore National Wildlife Refuge System habitats through:

• Studying invasive species.

• Improving the resiliency of and reducing the damage caused by climate-induced weather events.

ZERO-EMISSIONS TECH IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES: $20,030,000,000

• $11.97 billion in grants to support the rapid deployment of low and zero-emission technologies.

• $8 billion in grants for projects to provide financial and technical assistance to low-income communities.

• $60 million in general support to identify and reduce diesel emissions in low-income communities.

TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: $3,760,000,000

• $760 million to develop a covered interstate electric transmission line.

• $3 billion* to improve local transportation access and safety, including projects to:

  • Improve the walkability, safety, and affordability of local transportation

  • Retrofit or replace outdated surface transportation infrastructure

  • Build or improve complete streets, multi-use trails, regional greenways, and active transportation networks.

  • Provide affordable access to essential services and destinations.

  • Address and remediate negative consequences of inconvenient infrastructure in disadvantaged communities through the construction of:

    • Noise barriers

    • Technology to reduce transportation-related air pollution

    • Stormwater management systems

    • Infrastructure to mitigate “urban heat island hot spots” within and around transportation facilities

    • Safety improvements for drivers and pedestrians

    • Improve air, heat, and water quality monitoring systems for underserved communities

  • *$1.1 billion is reserved for economically disadvantaged communities.

FORESTRY: $2,755,000,000

• $150 million for climate mitigation and forest resilience practices.

• $150 million for underserved forest landowners in emerging markets.

• $100 million for small forest landowners (fewer than 2,500 acres) in emerging markets.

• $50 million for carbon sequestration on private forest land.

• $100 million for wood innovation grants, including the construction of new wood innovation facilities and mechanisms to transport hazardous fuels.

• Each grant is worth up to $5,000,000 with a cost-sharing requirement between 20-50%, though the Secretary of Agriculture may waive the requirement.

• $700 million through the Forest Legacy Program to support land acquisition for carbon sequestration or to benefit underserved communities.

• $1.5 billion for tree planting, particularly to benefit underserved communities.

AVIATION: $291,000,000

• $244.5 million for the production, transportation, blending, and storage of sustainable aviation fuel.

• $46.5 million for low-emission aviation research and development.

AIR POLLUTION: $16,093,000,000

PORTS:

• $2.25 billion in grants and rebates to purchase or install zero-emission technology at ports and $750 million specifically to ports located in non-attainment areas (locations considered to have air quality worse than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards).

• $7 billion in pass-through grants from state and local governments to low-income communities to access zero-emissions technologies.

GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION:

• $850 million in general support to reduce methane and other greenhouse gas emissions.

• $250 million to develop greenhouse gas air pollution reduction plans.

• $4.75 billion to execute the greenhouse gas air pollution reduction plans.

MONITORING:

• $117.5 million to monitor toxic air pollutants.

• $50 million to update and expand the national ambient air quality monitoring network.

• $3 million to “deploy, integrate, and operate air quality sensors in low-income and disadvantaged communities.”

• $15 million to address emissions from wood heaters.

• $20 million to monitor methane emissions.

SCHOOLS: $37.5 million to monitor and reduce air pollution at schools in disadvantaged communities.

MORE FROM THE EPA: $268,000,000

• $15 million for reclamation and destruction technologies as part of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act.

• $3 million to states, tribes, and air pollution control agencies to improve communication with the EPA’s Integrated Compliance Information System.

• $250 million in grants and technical assistance to support the development of environmental product declarations for construction materials and products.