Sec. 401. Assistance to Environmental Justice Communities

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For each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2022, the amounts appropriated under subsection

(b)shall be apportioned as follows: For the low-income home energy assistance program established under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 ( 42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq. ), 33 percent of such amounts, of which 3 percent shall be allocated to Indian Tribes. For the weatherization assistance program implemented under part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq. ), 24 percent of such amounts. For awarding competitive grants under the State Energy Program established under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq. ) to State energy offices to promote distributed energy resources, microgrids, community solar, energy efficiency, energy resilience, and building electrification in environmental justice communities (as defined in section 102(a)), 13 percent of such amounts. For grants under the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program and the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program (as those programs are in existence on the date of enactment of this Act) of the Environmental Protection Agency, 3 percent of such amounts. For enforcement activities of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 113 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7413 ), 3 percent of such amounts. For grants under the low or no emission grant program under subsection

(c)of section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, 8 percent of such amounts, subject to the requirement that the amounts are used only to finance eligible projects under that subsection with respect to zero emission vehicles (as defined in paragraph

(1)of that subsection). For grants under subtitle G of title VII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16131 et seq. ), 6 percent of such amounts. For the urban and community forestry program under section 9 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2105 ), 0.5 percent of such amounts. For the Environmental Workforce and Job Training Grants program established under section 104(k)(7) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9604(k)(7) ), 1 percent of such amounts. For the Environmental Career Worker Training Program of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences established pursuant to section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ( 29 U.S.C. 655 note; Public Law 99–499 ), 1 percent of such amounts. For grants under the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program under subpart 1 of part E of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067 et seq. ), 1 percent of such amounts. For grants for public works and economic development under section 201 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3141 ), 2 percent of such amounts. For assistance provided under the microloan program established under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(m) ), 1 percent of such amounts. For the Minority Business Development Agency, 0.5 percent of such amounts. For grants under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program established under section 502 of Public Law 95–134 ( 42 U.S.C. 4368b ), 2 percent of such amounts. For grants under the Tribal Climate Resilience Program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1 percent of such amounts. To carry out the purposes of this section, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated amounts equal to the fees received into the Treasury under subchapter E of chapter 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 102 of this Act, less any amounts refunded or paid under— sections 4691(c), 4692(e), and 4695(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; section 6428C of such Code; section 401(g) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; and sections 201(b), 202, 301, 302, 303(b), and 304 of this Act.

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