Sec. 4. Grant program
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The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall carry out a competitive grant and cost-sharing agreement program for eligible entities to carry out projects located in the United States to produce, transport, blend, or store sustainable aviation fuel. In selecting an eligible entity to receive a grant or cost-share agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider— the anticipated public benefits of a project proposed by the eligible entity; the potential to increase the domestic production and deployment of sustainable aviation fuel; the potential greenhouse gas emissions from such project; the potential for creating new jobs in the United States; the potential net greenhouse gas emissions impact of different feedstocks to produce sustainable aviation fuel on a lifecycle basis, which shall include potential direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions (including resulting from changes in land use); and the proposed utilization of non-Federal contributions by the eligible entity.
There is authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section. Not later than October 1, 2027, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report describing the results of the grant program under this section.
The report shall include the following: A description of the entities and projects that received grants or other cost-sharing agreements under this section. A detailed explanation for why each entity received the type of funding disbursement such entity did. A description of whether the program is leading to an increase in the production and deployment of sustainable aviation fuels and whether that increase is enough to keep the United States on track to achieve the goals described in section 2 of this Act.
A description of the economic impacts resulting from the funding to and operation of the project. In this section, the term eligible entity means— a State or local government other than an airport sponsor; an air carrier; an airport sponsor; and a person or entity engaged in the production, transportation, blending or storage of sustainable aviation fuel in the United States or feedstocks in the United States that could be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel.