Sec. 502. Insular Area National Program Office
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There is established within the Environmental Protection Agency an office, to be known as the Insular Area National Program Office. The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Administrator and compensated at a rate equal to that of level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. The Director shall— direct, coordinate, implement, and monitor programs of the Environmental Protection Agency to— build, enhance, and strengthen infrastructure in Insular Areas to withstand natural disasters; expand renewable energy and energy efficiency in Insular Areas; and provide technical assistance in Insular Areas. centralize and align all ongoing Environmental Protection Agency efforts in the Insular Areas.
The Director shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on the status of all projects undertaken and grants approved by the Office. For the Insular Area National Program Office, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026. Any funding made available to Insular Areas by the Office shall not be subject to a non-Federal share funding requirement.