Sec. 4. Use of Defense Production Act of 1950 authorities to support domestic industrial base and manufacturing capabilities for renewable energy technologies
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Section 106 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4516 ) is amended— by inserting
(a)before For purposes ; and by adding at the end the following: The designation of energy as a strategic and critical material under subsection
(a)includes the designation of covered energy-efficiency and renewable energy systems and technologies (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Security and Independence Act of 2022 ) as strategic and critical materials. . In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000,000 to the President to carry out subsection (c). Amounts appropriated under paragraph
(1)shall remain available until September 30, 2032. The President shall use the authorities under titles I and III and section 708(c) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq. ) to establish, maintain, protect, or restore the domestic industrial base and manufacturing capabilities for covered energy-efficiency and renewable energy systems and technologies, including by providing loan guarantees, loans, purchase agreements, and grants to manufacturing entities to expand the domestic productive capacity of those entities and repurpose equipment to meet the manufacturing demands of such systems and technologies. In carrying out paragraph (1), the President shall— identify the domestic industrial base needs to transform the United States domestic energy system into a 100-percent renewable energy system; use the authorities under title I of the Defense Production Act ( 50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq. )— to prioritize contracts and allocate materials, services, and facilities to achieve the goal described in subparagraph (A); and to allocate the strategic and critical materials described in section 106(b) of that Act, as added by subsection (a), in a manner that prioritizes— environmental justice communities first; publicly owned systems of renewable energy; systems that reduce utility and energy costs in the United States; and Federal agencies whose buildings can be used as public sources of solar energy for environmental justice communities; and take the actions described in subparagraph
(B)in tandem with existing financial and technical assistance programs of the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, and such other agencies as the President considers appropriate; and coordinate with the task force established under section 5.
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Use of Defense Production Act of 1950 authorities to support domestic industrial base and manufacturing capabilities for renewable energy technologies
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