Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. The term agency action has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. The term at-risk community means— a low-income community; a minority community; a rural community; an elderly community; or an American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian community. The term elderly community means a census tract where the majority of the population consists of elderly persons (as elderly person is defined in section 891.205 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act)).
The term energy poverty means a condition in which individuals do not have access to affordable and reliable energy to maintain economic security. The term energy rule means a rule (as such term is defined in section 551 of title 5, United States Code)— promulgated by— the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; the Secretary of the Interior; the Secretary of Agriculture; the Secretary of Energy; or any other agency the actions of which may affect energy poverty in an at-risk community; and that may result in a change to— electricity prices; home heating prices; gasoline prices; oil prices; motor vehicle prices; natural gas prices; or household appliance prices.
The term Federal land means— National Forest System land; public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 )); the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 )); and land managed by the Department of Energy. The term Federal land includes land described in subparagraph
(A)for which the rights to the surface estate or subsurface estate are owned by a non-Federal entity. The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). The term low-income community means— a census block group in which the poverty rate for such block group is at least 20 percent; in the case of a block group not located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such block group does not exceed 80 percent of statewide median family income; or in the case of a block group located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such block group does not exceed 80 percent of the greater of statewide median family income or the metropolitan area median family income (as defined in section 45D(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( 26 U.S.C. 45D(e) ). The term minority community means a census tract where the majority of the population consists of minority (as defined in section 104A of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 ( 12 U.S.C. 4703a )) individuals. The term rural community means a community that is located in an area that is outside of an urbanized area (as defined in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code). The term State renewable portfolio standard means any State regulation that is designed to increase the use of renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass, to generate electricity. The term Tribal land has the meaning given the term Indian land in section 2601 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 ( 25 U.S.C. 3501 ).
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- 26 USC 45D(e)
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