Sec. 283. Need-based water, broadband, and electric grid infrastructure investment program
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The Administrator shall award to eligible counties capitalization grants for the purpose of establishing a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund under section 1452(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a) ). The Administrator shall provide to eligible counties long-term, low-interest loans for large water infrastructure projects that are not eligible for funding from a State revolving loan fund, in accordance with the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.).
The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide to eligible counties loans and loan guarantees under the broadband initiatives program established under title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.) to expand the access to, and quality of, broadband service across the rural United States. The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall award to eligible counties grants for purposes of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program established under section 6001(a) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( 47 U.S.C. 1305(a) ), including providing access to, and improving, broadband service to underserved areas of the United States.
The Secretary shall award to eligible counties grants for expenses necessary for— electricity delivery and energy reliability activities to modernize the electric grid, including activities relating to— demand-responsive equipment; enhanced security and reliability of energy infrastructure; energy storage research, development, demonstration, and deployment; facilitating recovery from disruptions to the energy supply; and high-voltage transmission lines to bring utility-scale hydro, wind, solar, and geothermal generation to demand centers; and implementation of the programs authorized under title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 17381 et seq.).
In carrying out this section, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and State and local workforce development boards established under sections 101 and 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3111 , 3122), shall determine the percentage of funds made available to allocate to each agency carrying out a loan or grant program under subsections
(a)through (e). To the maximum extent practicable, in selecting grant and loan applicants under this section, the heads of the agencies carrying out the grant and loan programs shall consult and coordinate with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. There shall be used to carry out this section from the Climate Fund $7,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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- 42 USC 300j–12(a)
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Sec. 283
Need-based water, broadband, and electric grid infrastructure investment program
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