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1 | Section in IRA | Name of Program or Provision | Description | Amount | Type of Funding | Eligible Entities | Is funding direct to Tribes and EJ communities? | New or Existing Program? | Climate Solution? | EJ Language Proxy | Recommendation | Recommendation notes: | Application Information | ||||||||||||||||
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3 | 13101 | Extension and Modification of Credit for Electricity Produced from Certain Renewable Resources | Tax credit for production from renewable sources, including the generating of electricity from wind, biomass, geothermal, solar, small irrigation, landfill and trash, hydropower, and marine hydrokinetic renewable energy. | $0.03/kW; Credit is increased by 10% if meets certain content requirements; increased by 10% if located in energy community. | Tax Credit | Facilities generating electricity from "renewable sources", including tax-exempt organizations, states, political subdivisions, Tennessee Valley Authority, Indian Tribal governments, Alaska Native Corporations, and rural electric co-ops | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution against false solutions including biomass, landfill and trash, hydropower and others. | |||||||||||||||||
4 | 13102 | Extension and Modification of Energy Credit | Tax credit for investment in renewable energy projects, including fuel cell, solar, geothermal, small wind, energy storage, biogas, microgrid controllers, and combined heat and power properties. | 6% of qualified investment; credit is increased by 10% if meets certain content requirements; increased by 10% if located in energy community. | Tax Credit | Investors in renewable energy projects, including tax exempt organizations, states, political subdivisions, Tennessee Valley Authority, Indian Tribal governments, Alaska Native Corporations, and rural electric co-ops | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution against false solutions including biogas and hydrogen. | |||||||||||||||||
5 | 13103 | Increase in Energy Credit for Solar and Wind Facilities Placed in Service in Connection with Low-Income Communities | Credit increase for solar and wind energy projects where "the Secretary makes an allocation of environmental justice solar and wind capacity limitation". | Credits may be increased by 10% in a "low-income community (45D(e)), or on Indian land (2601(2) of Energy Policy Act of 1992); and 20% for "part of a qualified low-income residential building project or a qualified low-income economic benefit project." | Tax Credit | Owners of qualified wind and solar facilities, including Tribes | Mixed | Existing | Potential | Yes | Yes | Amount: 10% increase for low-income or Indian land, 20% increase for “qualified low-income residential buildings." See also, program update Feb 13 2023 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-23-17.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
6 | 13105 | Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Production Credit | Tax credit for electricity produced at a qualified nuclear power facility. | $0.03/kWh | Tax Credit | Producers of electricity at a nuclear power facility, including tax exempt organizations, states, political subdivisions, Tennessee Valley Authority, Indian Tribal governments, Alaska Native Corporations, and rural electric co-ops | Mixed | New | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | 13204 | Clean Hydrogen | For the clean prduction of hydrogen produced at a qualified clean hydrogen production facility. Laborers and mechanics shall be paid prevailing wage requirements. Not eligible for additional credits through 45Q. | $0.60/kg multiplied by applicable percentage (20%-100% depending on lifecycle GHGs) | Tax Credit | Producers of hydrogen in the U.S., including tax-exempt organization, states, political subdivisions, Tennessee Valley Authority, Indian Tribal governments, Alaska Native Corporations, rural electricity co-ops | Mixed | New | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | 13301 | Extension, Increase and Modifications of Non-business Energy Property Credit | Credit for energy efficiency improvements, including windows, doors, heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, biomass stoves and boilers, air sealing insulation, and more. Also provides credit for residential property expenditures, including labor and installation fees. Includes use of eligible fuels, such as biodiesel, renewable diesel and second generation biofuels. Also provides credits for home energy audits, and other qualified projects. | 30% tax credit for energy efficiency improvements and residential property expenditures. Covers annual amount up to $1,200, and up to $2,000 for heat pump. | Tax credit | Individuals, including Tribes | Direct | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Can include good energy efficiency items but caution on biofuels. | |||||||||||||||||
9 | 13302 | Residential Clean Energy Credit | For the installation of battery storage technology in connection with a dwelling unit located in the U.S. and used as a residence by the taxpayer. Battery storage capacity must not be less than 3 kWh. Includes solar water heating, solar energy to generate electricity, fuel cell property, wind energy property. | 30% of cost of equipment | Tax credit | Homeowners, renters, including Tribes | Mixed | Existing | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | 13303 | Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deductions | Provides increased deductions for energy-efficient commercial buildings and energy efficient building retrofits, and to permit tax-exempt owners of such facilities to allocate their tax deduction to the person designing the property | $0.50 - $1 per square foot | Tax deduction | Tax payers and "certain tax-exempt entities," defined to include Tribal Governments and Alaska Native Corporations | Mixed | Existing | Caution | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Unclear of what "energy efficiency" might mean—may include hydrogen or CCS. This goes to property owners for buildings and facilities. Even though Tribal Nations and government can get this funding, the program does not seem to have EJ-oriented designs nor intentions. | |||||||||||||||||
11 | 13304 | Extension, Increase, and Modification of New Energy Efficient Home Credit | Amendment to 45L, which increases credit amounts for participants in the Energy Star Residential New Construction program or the Energy Star Manufactured New Homes program. Certain requirements include certification for a "zero energy ready home." Allowances are for single and multifamily homes. | $2,500 for new homes meeting Energy Star standards; $5,000 for certified zero energy ready homes; $500 per unit for multifamily homes meeting Energy Star requirements; $1,000 per unit for multifamily zero-energy ready homes. | Tax Credit | Homebuilders, including Tribes | Mixed | Existing | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Unclear of what "zero energy ready home" might mean -- may include hydrogen or CCS. This goes to property owners for buildings and facility. Even though Tribal Nations and government can get this funding, the program does not seem to have EJ-oriented designs nor intentions. | |||||||||||||||||
12 | 13401 | Clean Vehicle Credit | Provides credits for new "clean" vehicles that include batteries composed of certain percentages of components assembled and/or manufactured in the U.S. or specified region, and for certain critical minerals inside batteries that are sourced in the U.S. or specified regions. | $3,750 for meeting critical mineral requirements, $3,750 for meeting battery components requirement. | Tax credit, tax refund | Available to taxpayers making modified adjusted gross income of less than $300,000 (joint), $225,000 (head of household), $150,000 (other taxpayer). Available for qualified vans, SUVs, pick-up trucks under $80,000, and other vehicles under $55,000. Credit can be claimed by "eligible entity" (other than individual taxpayer) which includes dealers, which means a person licensed by a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other territory or possession of the United States and Indian Tribal government or any Alaska Native Corporation. | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Note: 75-80% of the five key critical minerals are mined on Indigenous Peoples territories. Energy sources that charge EVs are likely to be fossil fuels. IEN recommends a stronger focus on public transport, keeping up with maintenance of existing vehicles, train use and fuel efficiency. No EJ Proxy language. | Section (c) "qualified plug-in electric drive motor" changed to "clean." (C)(H) provides info on what seller needs to give buyer. Manufacturers of "clean vehicles" now need to qualify as such, based on periodic reports and identification to the Sec. of Trans. "Qualified Fuel Cell Motor Vehicles" must have a certain percentage of the critical minerals included in EV batteries must be "extracted or processed in the U.S., or a country with which the U.S. has a free trade agreement in effect, or that the critical minerals were recycled in North America and are of equal or greater than the applicable percentage. Percentages are 40% before 2024, 50% during 2024, 60% during 2025, 70% during 2026, 80% during 2026. In addition to critical mineral composition, the components contained in batteries must also adhere to percentages of "qualified manufacturing" in North America (50 before 2024, 60 2024-25, 70 20206, 80 2027, 90 2028, 100 after 2028). CRS Report on changes to Clean Vehicle Credit before and after the IRA: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11996 Formerly called the Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit. Specific to this version is the new mandate that final assembly of vehicles must be done in the U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
13 | 13402 | Credit for Previously Owned Clean Vehicles | Credit allowance for placing in service a previously owned clean vehicle. Models must be at least 2 years older than the year in which the taxpayer acquires vehicle, must be sold by a dealer at a price under $25,000, and must be the first transfer of vehicle since its original purchase. | $4,000 or 30% of vehicle sale price (whichever is less) | Tax Credit | Available to taxpayers making modified adjusted gross income of less than $150,000 (joint), $112,500 (head of household), $75,000 (other taxpayer), including Tribes. | Direct | New | Potential | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | 13403 | Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicles | Qualified vehicles must be acquired for use or lease by the taxpayer and not for resale and must be used on public streets, roads, and highways, or for functions of "mobile machinery." | $7,500 for vehicles less than 14,000 lbs., $40,000 for others | Tax Credit | Tax payers, including Tribes. | Mixed | New | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | See cautions above on EVs. Vehicles must be "propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor" or "is a motor vehicle which satisfies the requirements under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 30B(b)(3) | |||||||||||||||||
15 | 13404 | Alternative Fuel Refueling Property Credit | Tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling and charging property in low-income and rural areas. Alternative fuels include electricity, ethanol, natural gas, hydrogen, biodiesel, and others. | $1,000, or 30% for individuals; $100,000 or 6% for businesses | Tax Credit | Consumers and businesses, includes Tribes | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Yes | Caution | Caution on fracked gas, hydrogen and others. | |||||||||||||||||
16 | 13501 | Extension of the Advanced Energy Project Credit | An addition to the 48C tax credit "to consider and award certifications for qualified investments eligible for credits to qualifying advanced energy project sponsors." This aims to assist industrial retrofits and improve energy efficiencies in the manufacturing sector. | $6,000,000,000 | Tax credit up to this amount | Unspecified in the IRA, "for non-energy communities"; Tribes are eligible per the IRA Guidebook | Unclear | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | Qualifying advanced energy projects amended to include industrial or manufacturing facility for the production or recycling of water, an energy storage system for use with electric or hybrid-electric motor vehicles, grids to support the transmission of intermittent sources of renewable energy, including storage of such energy; remove, use, or sequester carbon oxide (sic) emissions, equipment designed to refine, electrolyze, or blend any fuel, chemical, or product which is renewable, or low-carbon and low-emission, properly designed to produce energy conservation technologies; light, medium, or heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles, as well as technologies, components, or materials for such vehicels, and associated charging or refueling infrastructure; hybrid vehicles; re-equips an industrial manufacturing facility with equipment designed to reduce GHGs by 20 percent through the installation of low- or zero-carbon process heat systems, CCUS, energy efficiency and reduction in waste from industrial processes; re-equips, expands, or establishes an industrial facility for the processing, refining, or recycling of critical minerals. | Revised description of the 48C tax credit. | ||||||||||||||||
17 | $4,000,000,000 | Tax credit up to this amount | Unspecified in the IRA. "for energy communities"; Tribes are eligible per the IRA Guidebook | Mixed | Existing | Potential | Yes | Caution | Energy community as defined by 45(b)(11)(B) is a brownfield site; a metropolitan statistcal area or non-metropolitan statistcal area which has or had 0.17 percent or greater direct employment or 25 percent or greater local tax revenues related to the extraction, processing, transport, or storage of coal, oil, or natural gas and has an uemployment rate at or above the national average unemployment rate for the previous year; or a census tract in which after 1999 a coal mine has closed, a coal-fired electric generating unit has been retired, or which is directly adjoining. | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 13502 | Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit | Production credit for domestic manufacturing of components for solar and wind energy, inverters, battery components, and critical minerals. | Credit amount varries based on component | Tax Credit | Producers and manufacturers of eligible domestic components, including tax-exempt organizations, states, political subdivisions, Tennessee Valley Authority, Indian Tribal governments, Alaska Native Corporations, and rural electric co-ops | Mixed | New | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution on critical minerals and mining. | |||||||||||||||||
19 | 13701 | Clean Electricity Production Credit | Certain increases in credits for certain energies in qualified facilities or properties, including energy storage in service with an energy community. Carves out percentages for "qualified low income" housing. | Increase the amount of credit by 10% in energy communities | Tax Credit | Taxpayers with energy production facility. Including those in "energy communties," including Tribes. | Mixed | New | Caution | Yes | Caution | Note: Clean energy may include false solutions like CCS, hydrogen and nuclear power. Energy community as defined by 45(b)(11)(B) is a brownfield site; a metropolitan statistcal area or non-metropolitan statistcal area which has or had 0.17 percent or greater direct employment or 25 percent or greater local tax revenues related to the extraction, processing, transport, or storage of coal, oil, or natural gas and has an uemployment rate at or above the national average unemployment rate for the previous year; or a census tract in which after 1999 a coal mine has closed, a coal-fired electric generating unit has been retired, or which is directly adjoining. | |||||||||||||||||
20 | 13702 | Clean Electricity Investment Credit | Amends Section 48 of the tax code. Included in this provision is the creation of a program to "allocate amounts of environmental justice capacity limitation to applicable facilities," which can give an additional 10% tax credit to qualified solar and wind projects on low-inome or Indian land; or 20 % additional credit for facilities placed in qualified low-income residential building projects or as part of a low-income economic benefit project. | Increased 10% in low-income or Indian land; Increased 20% in qualified low-income residential building projects or low-income economic benefit project | Tax Credit | Businesses and tax-exempt organizations including Tribal governments, Alaska Native Corporations and rural electricity co-ops | Mixed | New | Potential | Yes | Caution | Note: Clean energy may include false solutions like CCS, hydrogen and nuclear power. | |||||||||||||||||
21 | 13704 | Clean Fuel Production Credit | Tax credit for domestic production of clean transportation fuels, including sustainable aviation fuels. | $0.20 cents/gallon for non-aviation fuel, $0.35 cents/gallon for aviation fuel | Tax Credit | Registered and eligible producers in the U.S., including Tribes | Mixed | New | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | Strong caution regarding CORSIA and offset programs for 'sustainable' aviation. | |||||||||||||||||
22 | 13801 | Elective Payment for Energy Property and Electricity Produced from Certain Renewable Resources, Etc. | Amends USC 6417 to expand existing tax credits around electricity produced from a range of renewable energy sources, including the production of "clean hydrogen" and carbon capture and sequestration technologies. | Tax Credit | Tax Credit | States, political subdivisions of States, Tennessee Valley Authority, Indian Tribal governments, Alaska Native Corporations, tax-exempt entities, and corporations that provide electric energy to rural areas | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Note: Clean energy may include false solutions like CCS, hydrogen and nuclear power. | |||||||||||||||||
23 | 13901 | Permanent Extension for the Tax Rate to Fund Black Lung Disability Trust Fund | Amends USC 4121 to extend excise tax on coal mining, which funds the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. | Tax of $1.10 per ton on underground coal, $0.55 per ton on surface mines, with applicable percentage of 4.4% | Tax Adjustment | Current or fomer miners and their families, including Tribes. | Direct | Existing | N/A | Yes | Yes | Miners are dependent on the continuation of the coal industry in order to provide funding for this provision. | |||||||||||||||||
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25 | 21001 | Additional Agricultural Conservation Investments | To fund the USDA Environmental Qualities Incentives Program (EQIP). The IRA specifies the funds shall be available for one or more agricultural conservation practices or enhancements that the Secretary determines directly improve soil carbon, reduce nitrogen losses, or reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions associated with agricultural production. | $8,450,000,000 | Competitive, mostly reimbursement and cost-sharing (up to 90%) but advance payments can be available to "historically underserved producers (which includes beginning, limited resource, socially disadvantaged, and military veterans)" | Agricultural producers, owners of non-industrial private forestland, Indian Tribes, those with an interest in the agricultural or forestry operations, water management entities | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | NOTE: Strong caution against selling carbon offsets of any kind. Potential for effective projects if kept out of carbon markets. See EQIP: https://sustainableagriculture.net/publications/grassrootsguide/conservation-environment/environmental-quality-incentives-program/#history AND https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EQIP-fact-sheet.pdf | EQIP is an existing USDA program that accepts applications year-round. The deadline for funds specifically provided through the IRA for EQIP and CSP in FY 2023 vary between March and April 2023 depending on state. See http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ranking-dates for more information. | ||||||||||||||||
26 | To fund the USDA Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). The IRA specifies the funds shall only be available for one or more agricultural conservation practices, enhancements, or bundles that the Secretary determines directly improve soil carbon, reduce nitrogen losses, or reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions, associated with agricultural production. | $3,250,000,000 | Annual payment | Applicants may include individuals, legal entities, joint operations, or Indian Tribes that meet the stewardship threshold for at least two priority resource concerns when they apply. | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | NOTE: Strong caution against selling carbon offsets of any kind. Potential for effective projects if kept out of carbon markets. See CSP: https://sustainableagriculture.net/publications/grassrootsguide/conservation-environment/conservation-stewardship-program/ AND https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/csp-conservation-stewardship-program | CSP is an existing USDA program that accepts applications year-round. The deadline for funds specifically provided through the IRA for EQIP and CSP in FY 2023 vary between March and April 2023 depending on state. See http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ranking-dates for more information. | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | To fund the USDA Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). The IRA specifies that funds shall be used for easements or interests in land that will most reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions associated with land. | $1,400,000,000 | Reimbursement | American Indian Tribes, state and local governments and non-governmental organizations that have farmland, rangeland or grassland protection programs. Eligible landowners include owners of privately held land including land that is held by Tribes and Tribal members. | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | NOTE: Strong caution against selling carbon offsets of any kind. Potential for effective projects if kept out of carbon markets. ACEP: https://sustainableagriculture.net/publications/grassrootsguide/conservation-environment/agricultural-conservation-easement-program/#eligible AND https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/acep-agricultural-conservation-easement-program | ACEP is an existing USDA program that accepts applications year-round. The deadline for funds specifically provided through the IRA for ACEP in FY 2023 is March 17, 2023. See http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ranking-dates for more information. | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | To fund USDA Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). The Secretary shall prioritize partnership agreements that support the implementation of conservation projects that assist agricultural producers and nonindustrial private forestland owners in directly improving soil carbon, reducing nitrogen losses, or reducing, capturing, avoiding, or sequestering carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions, associated with agricultural production. | $4,950,000,000 | Reimbursements, grants | State and local government, Indian Tribes, municipal agencies, conservation districts, land trusts, institutions of higher education, producer associations or groups, acequias, farmer cooperatives, water, irrigation, or rural water districts or associations | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | NOTE: Strong caution against selling carbon offsets of any kind. Potential for effective projects if kept out of carbon markets. RCPP: https://sustainableagriculture.net/publications/grassrootsguide/conservation-environment/cooperative-conservation-partnership-initiative/#eligible AND https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/rcpp-regional-conservation-partnership-program | RCPP is an existing USDA program. See http://www.nrcs.gov/programs-initiatives/rcpp-regional-conservation-partnership-program/how-to-apply for more informaiton. | ||||||||||||||||||
29 | 21002 | Conservation Technical Assistance | For conservation technical assistance provided through National Resources Conservation Service. Funds a variety of projects aimed to conserve, maintain, and restore natural resources and improve the health of farming, forestry, and ranching operations. Includes reduced soil loss from erosion, addressing issues of air, water, and soil quality, reducing damage caused by excess water and sedimentation or drought, enhancing quality of fish and wildlife habitats, improving long-term land sustainability, among others. | $1,000,000,000 | Funds for partnerships and support | Units of state, Tribal, local, and county government, farmers, ranchers, federal departments, professional consultants, citizen groups | Direct | Existing | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Application are not open, more information on the program and details can be found at https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/getting-assistance/conservation-planning/how-the-conservation-technical-assistance-program-works | |||||||||||||||||
30 | To carry out a program to quantify carbon sequestration and carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions, through which the NRCS shall collect field-based data to assess the carbon sequestration and reduction in carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions outcomes associated with activities carried out pursuant to this section and use the data to monitor and track those carbon sequestration and emissions trends through the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Assessment Program of the Department of Agriculture. | $300,000,000 | Cooperative agreements, grants, contracts | Individuals, groups, and communities that make natural resource management decisions on private, Tribal, and other non-federal lands | Mixed | New | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | NOTE: Strong caution against carbon markets and selling carbon offsets of any kind. | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | 22001 | Additional Funding for Electric Loans for Renewable Energy | For facilities that generate renewable electricity, including solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, or geothermal, for resale to rural and non-rural residents; and for projects that store electricity in support of these projects. | $1,000,000,000 | Loans, possibility for loan forgiveness up to 100% | State and local governments, Indian Tribes, non-profits (including co-operatives), for-proft businesses (corporations or LLCs) | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution against biomass and hydropower. Geothermal energy can be a violation of the sacred. | Applications are open, and more information about the program, including application details, can be found at https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/electric-programs/electric-infrastructure-loan-loan-guarantee-program#overview | ||||||||||||||||
32 | 22002 | Rural Energy for America Program | For facilities that generate renewable electricity, including solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, or geothermal for resale to rural and non-rural residents; and for projects that store electricity in support of these projects. | $1,000,526,500 | Competitive grants | Unit of state, Tribal, or local government, land-grant college or university, rural electric co-operative or public power entity, council | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Yes | Caution | Caution against biomass, hydrogen and hydropower. Geothermal can be a violation of the sacred. Applications are open, with several deadlines in 2023 and 2024. | More information on the program and application details can be found at https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/energy-programs/rural-energy-america-program-renewable-energy-systems-energy-efficiency-improvement-guaranteed-loans#overview | ||||||||||||||||
33 | For technical assistance for applying to Rural Energy for America Program. Grants may not exceed 50% of cost of project. | $176,563,500 | Grants and loan guarantees | Unit of state, Tribal, or local government, land-grant college or university, rural electric co-operative or public power entity, council | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Yes | Caution | Caution against biomass, hydrogen and hydropower. Geothermal can be a violation of the sacred. Applications are open, with several deadlines in 2023 and 2024. More information on the program and application details can be found at https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/energy-programs/rural-energy-america-program-renewable-energy-systems-energy-efficiency-improvement-guaranteed-loans#overview | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | 22003 | Biofuel Infrastructure and Agriculture Product Market Expansion | To increase the sale and use of agricultural commodity-based fuels through infrastructure improvements for blending, storing, supplying, or distributing biofuels by installing, retrofitting, upgrading fuel dispensers or pumps, storage tank components. To increase the sale of commodity-based ethanol and biodiesel. Also for building and retrofitting home heating oil distribution centers/systems for ethanol and biodiesel blends. | $500,000,000 | Grants, up to 75% of total project cost | Transportation fueling facilities (fueling stations, convenience stores, etc.); fuel distribution facilities (terminal operations, depots, etc.); including Tribes | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | Caution: Biofuel and biodiesel increase commodity crops and are increasingly used for carbon capture and storage. | |||||||||||||||||
35 | 22004 | USDA Assistance for Rural Electric Cooperatives | Assist rural communities in establishing long-term, reliable, affordable renewable energy, rural electric systems, zero-emissions systems, and carbon capture and storage systems. No eligible entity may receive an amount equal to or more than 10% of the total amount made available. Grants cannot exceed 25% cost of total project. | $9,700,000,000 | Loans, loan modifications, grants up to 25% total project cost, financial assistance | Private and non-profit electricity organizations, "electric co-operatives" as defined by 501(c)(12) or 1381(a)(2) of IRC of 1986. Includes Tribes. | Mixed | New | FALSE | Yes | Caution | Note: Zero-emissions systems can include carbon, capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen and others which are false solutions. Caution on Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). | The USDA released details on implementing this program following public listening sessions and tribal consultation. Applications are not yet open. More information can be found at https://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/news-release/usda-seeks-additional-input-how-use-inflation-reduction-act-funding-advance-clean-energy-rural-0 | ||||||||||||||||
36 | 22006 | Farm Loan Immediate Relief for Borrowers with At-risk Agricultural Operations | To provide payments to the cost of loans or loan modifications for distressed borrowers (operations facing financial risk) of direct or guaranteed loans administered by the U.S. Farm Service Agency | $3,100,000,000 | Payments to the cost of loans or loan modifications | Borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans from the U.S. Farm Service Agency, includes Tribal governments, Tribal members, Tribal organizations | Direct | New | N/A | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
37 | 22007 | USDA Assistance and Support for Underserved Farmers, Ranchers, and Foresters | To provide grants and loans to eligible entities to improve land access (including heris' property and fractionated land issues). | $250,000,000 | loans and grants | Underserved farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, incluing veterans, limited resource producers, beginning farmers and ranchers, and farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners living in high poverty areas, including Tribes. | Direct | New | Potential | Yes | Yes | Note: Can improve access to underserved farmers. However, alert to potential of theft of Indigenous lands and territories. Indigenous farmers and rachers should apply. | More information is available at https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2023/03/14/next-steps-providing-financial-assistance-borrowers-who-have-faced | ||||||||||||||||
38 | Support and supplement agricultural research education, and extension, plus scholarships and programs that lead to internships and pathways to the agricultural sector or Federal employment. | $250,000,000 | grants | Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Land grant Universities (1890 institutions), Native American Tribally-controlled Colleges and Universities (1994 institutions), Alaska Native-serving institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions and insular area institutions of higher education. | Non-Direct | New | Potential | Yes | Yes | Note: Land grant university agriculture programs generally subscribe to corporate-led Big Ag false solutions. | |||||||||||||||||||
39 | Compensation for those "determined to have experienced discrimination prior to Jan. 1, 2021 in USDA farm lending programs." | $2,200,000,000 | Amounts cannot exceed $500,000. Funds to be administered through one or more qualified nongovernmental entities selected by the USDA Secretary, subject to standards set and enforced by the Secretary. | Farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners determined to have experienced discrimination in USDA farm lending programs, including Tribal governments and individual Tribal members or organizations. | Non-Direct | New | Potential | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 23001 | National Forest System Restoration and Fuels Reduction Projects | Funds projects that reduce hazardous fuels on "National Forest System land within the wildland-urban interface. Requires a partnership agreement, including a cooperative agreement or mutual interest agreement, and are subject to non-Federal cost-sharing (can be waived by Secretary). | $1,800,000,000Â | Cost-sharing, "may be waived at discretion of the Secretary" | Unspecified; made available through the USDA. | Unclear | Existing | Caution | Unclear | N/A | While Tribes are not eligible to apply, this is included because it may impact Tribes, Tribal land, Tribal interests. Funding is not designated to any specific program, but could go to places like the Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Treatment Program. | |||||||||||||||||
41 | Funds projects that provide vegetation management on National Forest Systems land. | $200,000,000 | Cost-sharing, "may be waived at discretion of the Secretary" | Unspecified; made available through the USDA. | Unclear | Existing | Caution | Unclear | N/A | While Tribes are not eligible to apply, this is included because it may impact Tribes, Tribal land and/or Tribal interests. Could fund a wide variety of programs and projects. | |||||||||||||||||||
42 | Funds environmental reviews by Chief of Forest Service. | $100,000,000 | Cost-sharing, "may be waived at discretion of the Secretary" | Unspecified; made available through the USDA. | Unclear | Existing | N/A | Unclear | N/A | While Tribes are not eligible to apply, this is included because it may impact Tribes, Tribal land and/or Tribal interests. | |||||||||||||||||||
43 | Funds projects that protect old-growth forests on National Forest System land, and to complete an inventory of old growth forests and mature forests within the National Forest System. | $50,000,000 | Competitive grants | Unspecified; made available through the USDA. | Unclear | Existing | Potential | Unclear | N/A | While Tribes are not eligible to apply, this is included because it may impact Tribes, Tribal land and/or Tribal interests. | |||||||||||||||||||
44 | 23002 | Competitive Grants for Non-Ferderal Forest Landowners | A competitive grant program under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 for providing a cost-share to carry out climate mitigation or forest resilience practices in the case of underserved forest landowners. | $150,000,000 | Grants | Non-Industrial Private Forests, including Tribes | Mixed | New | FALSE | Yes | Caution | Note: Strong caution against selling carbon offsets of any kind. Potential for effective projects if kept out of carbon markets. New program offered under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. | |||||||||||||||||
45 | A competitive grant program that provides grants to support the participation of underserved forest landowners in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience. | $150,000,000 | Competitive grants | Non-Industrial Private Forests, including Tribes | Mixed | New | FALSE | Yes | Do not recommend | Note: Strong caution against selling carbon offsets of any kind. | |||||||||||||||||||
46 | For competitive grants to support the participation of forest landowners who own less than 2500 acres of forest land in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience. | $100,000,000 | Competitive grants | Non-Industrial Private Forests, including Tribes | Mixed | New | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | Note: Strong caution against selling carbon offsets of any kind. | |||||||||||||||||||
47 | For competitive grants to states and other eligible entities to provide payments to owners of private forest land for implementation of forestry practices on private land. To provide measurable increases in carbon sequestration and storage beyond customary practices on comparable land. | $50,000,000 | Competitive grants | Non-Industrial Private Forests, including Tribes | Mixed | New | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | Note: Strong caution against selling carbon offsets of any kind. Potential for effective projects if kept out of carbon markets. | |||||||||||||||||||
48 | To provide grants under the Wood Innovation Grant Program to construct new facilities to advance the purposes of the program, and for hauling of material removed to reduce hazardous fuels to locations where that material can be utilized. Grants cannot exceed $5 million and a minimum of 50% cost-sharing. All partnership agreements are subject to at least 20% cost-share. | $100,000,000 | Grants | Eligible entities under the Wood Innovation Grant Program, which includes Tribal governments | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Note: Caution on the use of this program for BECCS and dirty bioenergy programs etc. | |||||||||||||||||||
49 | 23003 | State and Private Forestry Conservation Programs | For multiyear, programmatic, competitive grants through the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance program for tree planting and related activities. | $1,500,000,000 | Competitive grants | State agency, local governmental entity of the District of Columbia, an agency or governmental entity of an insular area, an Indian Tribe, or a non-profit organization through the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance program | Mixed | Existing | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Note: Strong caution against selling carbon offsets of any kind. | |||||||||||||||||
50 | To provide competitive grants to states through the Forest Legacy Program established under section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103c) for projects for the acquisition of land and interests in land. | $700,000,000 | Competitive grants | States, including Tribes | Mixed | Existing | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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52 | 30001 | Enhanced Use of Defense Production Act of 1950 | To accelerate the manufacturing of key energy technologies, including new domestic production facilities projects for heat pumps, heat pump water heaters or heat pump system components. Includes workforce investment and apprenticeship programs. | $250,000,000 | Grants | Entities capable of establishing or expanding manufacturing capacity, including Tribes | Direct | New | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
53 | 30002 | Improving Energy Efficiency or Water Efficiency or Climate Resilience in Affordable Housing | For the cost of providing direct loans, the costs of modifying such loans, and for grants. Funds are to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of such loans, and to fund projects that improve energy and water efficiency, enhance indoor air quality or sustainability, zero-emission electricity generation, low emission building materials or processes, energy storage, building electrification strategies, or to address climate resilience of an eligible property. | $837,500,000 | Direct loans, costs of modifying loans, grants | Owners or sponsors of eligible properties that agree to an extended period of affordability for the property, including Tribes | Mixed | New | Potential | Yes | Caution | Could fund a wide variety of programs and projects. Funding goes to property owners. | HUD released a request for information in September 2022 for its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program. | ||||||||||||||||
54 | For expenses of contracts or cooperative agreements administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | $60,000,000 | Direct loans, grants, and direct loans that can be converted to grants | Owners or sponsors of eligible properties that agree to an extended period of affordability for the property, including Tribes | Mixed | New | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Could fund a wide variety of programs and projects. Funding goes to property owners. | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | For energy and water benchmarking of properties eligible to receive grants and loans under this section along with associated data analysis and evaluation at the property and portfolio level and the development of information technology systems necessary for the collection, evaluation, and analysis of such data. | $42,500,000 | Direct loans, grants, and direct loans that can be converted to grants | Owners or sponsors of eligible properties that agree to an extended period of affordability for the property, including Tribes | Mixed | New | N/A | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Could fund a wide variety of programs and projects. Funding goes to property owners. | |||||||||||||||||||
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57 | 40001 | Investing in Coastal Communities and Climate Resilience | For the conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats, resources, Pacific salmon and other marine fisheries to enable coastal communities to prepare for extreme storms and other changing climate conditions. Also for projects that support natural resources that sustain coastal and marine resource dependent communities, marine fishery and marine mammal stock assessments and for related administrative expenses. | $2,600,000,000 | Direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, technical assistance | Coastal states, District of Columbia, local governments, Tribal governments, non-profits, institutions of higher education. | Mixed | Existing | Caution | Yes | Caution | Caution on public-private partnerships, National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF), salmon and fishery programs as well as promotion of blue and other carbon offsets & geoengineering. Conservation programs may not support Traditional Indigenous Knowledge (TIK). | |||||||||||||||||
58 | 40007 | Alternative Fuel and Low-Emission Aviation Technology Program | For projects that relate to the production, transportation, blending or storage of sustainable aviation fuel. | $244,530,000 | Competitive grants up to 75% of project, up to 90% for small hub or non-hub airports | State or local government, an air carrier, airport sponsor, accredited institution of higher education, research institution, person or entity engaged in production or development of low-emission aviation technology, non-profits, includes eligible Tribal government entities and Tribal government acting as nonprofit agency | Mixed | New | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Strong caution regarding CORSIA and offset programs for "sustainable" aviation. | |||||||||||||||||
59 | For projects relating to low-emission aviation technologies. | $46,530,000 | Competitive grants up to 75% of project, up to 90% for small hub or non-hub airports | State or local government, an air carrier, airport sponsor, accredited institution of higher education, research institution, person or entity engaged in production or development of low-emission aviation technology, nonprofits, includes eligible Tribal government entities and Tribal government acting as nonprofit agency | Mixed | New | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Strong caution regarding CORSIA and offset programs for "sustainable" aviation. | |||||||||||||||||||
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61 | 50121 | Home Energy Performance-based, Whole-House Rebates | For State governments to implement the HOMES rebate program, which would provide financial assistance to homeowners based on whole-house energy saving retrofits. State energy offices apply to Secretary of Energy to receive funds to disburse through this program. The amount per house is determined by percentage of energy saved after retrofit and after it is certified by contractor and third party and given to the homeowner. Contractors or aggregators are incentivised with a $200 rebate for retrofits in homes located in "a disadvantaged community." Grants maybe increased for low or moderate income households. | $4,300,000,000 | Grants, rebates | State governments, home-owners (single or multi-family), aggregators, building owners. | Mixed | New | Potential | Yes | Yes | This program has existed in various forms since 2009. HOMES was started in 2019. Home Energy Rebate Program and High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate Program funds are not yet available. In March 2023 the Dept. of Energy posted an Administrative and Legal Requirements Document to prepare states for developing the program. More info on this can be found at https://www.energy.gov/scep/articles/doe-supporting-states-pave-way-upcoming-home-energy-rebates-programs. Tribal nations can access funds after the completion of the Tribal consultation process. Virtual Tribal consultation and related documents can be found at https://www.energy.gov/scep/events/tribal-consultation-home-energy-rebates | |||||||||||||||||
62 | 50122 | High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate Program | To develop and implement a high-efficiency electric home rebate program, including appliance and non-apliance technologies. Maximum amount per eligible entity is $14,000. Provides up to $1,750 for heat pump water heater; $8,000 for heat pump space heating or cooling; $840 for electric stove, cooktop, range, or oven, or an electric heat pump clothes dryer. Up to $4,000 for electric load service center upgrade; $1,600 for insulation, air sealing, and ventilation; $2,500 for electric wiring. | $225,000,000 | Rebates | Tribal governments, Tribes [only] | Direct | New | Potential | Yes | Yes | Range of rebates according to appliance upgrades and nonappliance upgrades. | |||||||||||||||||
63 | 50123 | State-based Home Energy Efficiency Contractor Training Grants | To carry out a program to provide financial assistance to states to develop and implement a state program which shall provide training and education to contractors involved in the installation of home energy efficiency and electrification improvements, including improvements eligible for rebates under a HOMES rebate program or a high efficiency electric home rebate program as part of an approved state energy conservation plan under the State Energy Program. States may use funds to reduce the cost of training contractor employees, provide testing and certification of contractors trained and educated under a state program, or to partner with a nonprofit organization to develop and implement a state program. | $200,000,000 | Grants | States and Tribal eligibility | Mixed | New | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | 50141 | Funding for Department of Energy Loan Programs Office | For projects that avoid, reduce, utilize, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and employ new or significantly improved technologies. Projects include renewable energy systems, hydrogen fuel cell technology, advanced nuclear facilities, carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration practices and technologies, refineries, among others. | $3,600,000,000 | Loan guarantee | States, counties, cities, townships, special districts, Tribal governments (federally recognized), Tribal governments (other than federally recognized), independent school districts, public higher education institutes, public housing authorities, Indian housing authorities, non-profits, small businesses, businesses. | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | Loan guarantees for false solutions, including nuclear, hydrogen, CCS and CCUS, among others. | |||||||||||||||||
65 | 50144 | Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Financing | For guarantees, including refinancing, for projects that retool, repower, repurpose, or replace energy infrastructure that has ceased operations or enable operating energy infrastructure to avoid, reduce, utilize, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Energy infrastructure means a facility and associated equipment used for the generation or transmission of electric energy, or the production, processing, and delivery of fossil fuels, fuels derived from petroleum or petrochemical feedstocks. | $5,000,000,000 | Loan guarantee, refinancing | States, counties, cities, townships, special districts, Tribal governments (federally recognized), Tribal governments (other than federally recognized), independent school districts, public higher education institutes, public housing authorities, Indian housing authorities, non-profits, small businesses, businesses. | Mixed | New | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Energy projects that "avoid, reduce, utilize, or sequester air pollutants" have strong associations with CCS and CCUS. Could also further the propogation and sale of carbon credits for markets. | |||||||||||||||||
66 | 50145 | Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program | Provides assistance to Tribes in the development of energy generation and facilities, storage and distribution, heating and cooling infrastructure. | $75,000,000 | Loan guarantee | Tribes [only] | Direct | Existing | Caution | Yes | Caution | Caution regarding lack of specificity of energy development used in this funding. Note that this is a loan guaranteeand not a grant like the other programs. For program and application information see https://sam.gov/fal/e439cdf401a94d1fb801a52aeaa06ab4/view | |||||||||||||||||
67 | 50151 | Transmission Facility Financing | To carry out a program to pay the costs of direct loans to non-federal borrowers for the construction or modification of electric transmission facilities designated by the Secretary to be necessary in the national interest under section 216(a) of the Federal Power Act. | $2,000,000,000 | Guaranteed loans, up to 80% of the cost | Transmission developers, including Tribes | Direct | New | Caution | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Uncertainty around whose land these lines can go through. | |||||||||||||||||
68 | 50152 | Grants to Facilitate the Siting of Interstate Electricity Transmission Lines | For economic development activities for communities that may be affected by the construction and operation of a covered transmission project, including other measures and actions that may improve the changes of, and shorten the time required for, approval relating to the siting or permitting of the covered transmission project. | $760,000,000 | Grants | Transmission siting authority, State, local, or Tribal governmental entity | Mixed | New | Caution | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Dependent on the energy source of the transmission lines. Also, shortens the permitting period. Uncertainty around whose lands transmission lines can go through. | In 2023, the Dept. Of Energy has issued requests for information and a public webinar on the establishment of this program and its funding dispersal. More information and updates can be found at https://www.energy.gov/gdo/transmission-siting-and-economic-development-grants-program | ||||||||||||||||
69 | 50161 | Advanced Industrial Facilities Deployment Program | To carry out projects for the purchase and installation or implementation of advanced industrial technology at an eligible facility to reduce GHG emissions. For retrofits, upgrades, or operational improvements at eligible facilities to decrease GHGs. To implement advanced industrial technology to reduce GHGs. For engineering studies and other work needed to prepare an eligible facility. Program is designed to accelerate GHG emissions reductions progress to net-zero. | $5,812,000,000 | Competitive grants, rebates, cooperative agreements | Owner or operator of eligible facility (a domestic, non-federal, nonpower industrial or manufacturing facility engaged in energy-intensive industrial processes including production processes for iron, steel, aluminum, cement, concrete, glass, pulp, paper, chemicals, etc.), including Tribes | Mixed | New | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution against carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and carbon capture use and storage, and net-zero language. Corporations should already comply with EPA standards and not be given more subsidies. | |||||||||||||||||
70 | 50173 | Availability of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium | To develop and benchmark data on nuclear material fuel fabrication and enrichment facilities, conduct research and development, and financial assistance to commercial entities to design and license transportation packages for HA-LEU. | $100,000,000 | Grants, contracts | States, counties, cities, townships, special districts, Tribal governments (federally recognized), Tribal governments (other than federally recognized), independent school districts, public higher education institutes, public housing authorities, Indian housing authorities, non-profits, small businesses, businesses. | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | The program at large will have implications for Tribes and Tribal Lands as uranium mining occurs here. | |||||||||||||||||
71 | To carry out the programs in Section 2001 of the Energy Act of 2020, including projects that seek to acquire and provide HA-LEU, conduct stakeholder surveys, establish and allow opportunities to further nuclear fuel cycle partnerships. | $500,000,000 | Grants, contracts | States, counties, cities, townships, special districts, Tribal governments (federally recognized), Tribal governments (other than federally recognized), independent school districts, public higher education institutes, public housing authorities, Indian housing authorities, non-profits, small businesses, businesses. | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | The program at large will have implications for Tribes and Tribal Lands as uranium mining occurs here. | |||||||||||||||||||
72 | To carry out activities to support the availability of HA-LEU for civilian domestic research, development, demonstration and commercial use. | $100,000,000 | Grants, contracts | States, counties, cities, townships, special districts, Tribal governments (federally recognized), Tribal governments (other than federally recognized), independent school districts, public higher education institutes, public housing authorities, Indian housing authorities, non-profits, small businesses, businesses. | Mixed | Existing | FALSE | Multiple entites including Tribes | Do not recommend | The program at large will have implications for Tribes and Tribal Lands as uranium mining occurs here. | |||||||||||||||||||
73 | 50221 | National Parks and Public Lands Conservation and Resilience | For projects for the conservation, protection, and resiliency of lands and resources administered by the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management. | $250,000,000 | Grants, contracts, financial assistance agreements | Funds available through the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management, Tribes are eligible to receive distributed funds | Non-Direct | Existing | Caution | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution on the meaning of conservation, if biodiversity or offsets are involved and on whose lands. | |||||||||||||||||
74 | 50222 | National Parks and Public Lands Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration | To carry out conservation, ecosystem and habitat restoration projects on lands administered by the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management. | $250,000,000 | Grants, contracts, financial assistance agreements | Funds available through the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management, Tribes are eligible to receive distributed funds | Non-Direct | Existing | Caution | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution on the meaning of conservation, if biodiversity or offsets are involved and on whose lands. | |||||||||||||||||
75 | 50231 | Bureau of Reclamation Domestic Water Supply Projects | To provide up to 100% of the cost for improving domestic water supply to communities and/or households without reliable access to domestic water. | $550,000,000 | Grants, contracts, financial assistance | Disadvantaged communities (as defined by the Comissioner of Reclamation) including Tribes | Direct | New | Potential | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
76 | 50232 | Canal Improvement Projects | For the design, study and implementation of projects (including pilot and demonstration projects) to cover water conveyance facilities with solar panels to generate renewable energy in a manner as determined by the Secretary or for other solar projects associated with Bureau of Reclamation projects that increase water efficiency and assist in the implementation of clean energy goals. | $25,000,000 | Unspecified | Public entities and Indian Tribes | Unclear | New | Caution | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Unclear impact on water biodiversity and access to waterways. | |||||||||||||||||
77 | 50233 | Drought Mitigation in Reclamation States | Provides funding to the Secretary of the Interior for drought mitigation activities in Reclamation States. Includes compensation for temporary or multiyear voluntary reduction in diversion of water or consumptive water use, and for voluntrary conservation projects that achieve verifiable reductions in use of demand for water supplies or provide environmental benefits. Also for ecosystem and habitat restoration projects to address issues directly caused by drought in a river basin or inland water body. Prioritizes the Colorado River Basin. | $4,000,000,000 | Grants, contracts, financial assistance | Public entities and Indian Tribes | Mixed | Existing | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Conservation program may impact to biodiversity and not uphold Traditional Indigenous Knowledge (TIK). | |||||||||||||||||
78 | 50241 | Office of Insular Affairs Climate Technical Assistance | Technical assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation and resilience to U.S. Insular Areas | $15,000,000 | Grant | Given to entities providing technical assistance | Direct | New | Potential | Unclear | Caution | Technical assistance could steer communities to carbon offset programs and fund carbon offset companies. | Applications for Fiscal Year 2023 closed on January 21, 2023. More information on IRA and IIJA grants available for U.S. Insular Areas can be found at https://www.doi.gov/oia/press/Department-of-the-Interior-Technical-Assistance-Program-Grants-Now-Open-to-U.S-Insular-Areas | ||||||||||||||||
79 | 50271 | United States Geological Survey 3D Elevation Program | To produce, collect, disseminate and use 3D elevation data. Supports the U.S. Geological Survey's mission to provide information that leads to reduced loss of life, property damage and infrastructure hazards such as landslides, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and wildfires. | $23,500,000 | Contracts, cooperative and joint funding agreements, direct federal spending | Through agreements with federal, state and local governments, Tribes, and private entities. Tribes are also eligible to submit proposals to the 3DEP Board Agency Announcement solicitation | Non-Direct | Existing | N/A | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution on surveillance technologies. | |||||||||||||||||
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81 | 60101 | Clean-Heavy-Duty Vehicles | For the incremental costs of replacing an eligible vehicle that is not a zero-emission vehicle with a zero-emission vehicle; purchasing, installing, operating, and maintaining the infrastructure needed to charge, fuel, or maintain zero-emission vehicles; workforce development and training to support the maintenance, charging, fueling, and operation of zero-emission vehicles; planning and technical activities to support the adoption and deployment of zero-emission vehicles. Applies to Class 6 or Class 7 heavy-duty vehicles. | $600,000,000 | Grants and rebates, up to 100% | States, municipalities, Indian Tribes, non-profits, eligible contractors | Mixed | New | Caution | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Note: 75-80% of the five key critical minerals are mined on Indigenous Peoples territories. Energy sources that charge EVs are likely to be fossil fuels. IEN recommends a stronger focus on public transport, keeping up with maintenance of existing vehicles, train use and fuel efficiency. No EJ Proxy language. | Application details have not been released. The EPA held a listening session on the Clean Heavy Duty Vehicles Program in December 2022, along with collecting public comments. The EPA expects to welcome a second round of public comments in April 2023 in preparation for implementing the program. More details on the Clean Heavy Duty Vehicle Program can be found at https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/clean-heavy-duty-vehicle-program | ||||||||||||||||
82 | Same description as above, but in non-attainment areas. The EPA defines "non-attainment area" as "any area that does not meet (or that contributes to ambient air quality in a nearby area that does not meet) the national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard for a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)." NAAQS includes pollutants such as carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particle pollution, and sulfur dioxide. | $400,000,000 | Grants and rebates, up to 100% | States, municipalities, Indian Tribes, non-profits, contractors | Mixed | New | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Note: 75-80% of the five key critical minerals are mined on Indigenous Peoples territories. Energy sources that charge EVs are likely to be fossil fuels. IEN recommends a stronger focus on public transport, keeping up with maintenance of existing vehicles, train use and fuel efficiency. No EJ Proxy language. This allotment is to be used to replace vechicles in non-attainment areas and/or overburdened with air pollution. Moreover, this provision is titled Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle, but the text refers to "zero emission vehicles". There is no use of "clean" and no definition. Zero emission vehicle is defined as "a vehicle that has a drivetrain that produces, under any possible operational mode or condition, zero exhaust emissions of (a) any air pollutant that is listed pursuant to section 108(a) (or any precursor to such an air pollutant); and (b) any greenhouse gas. | |||||||||||||||||||
83 | 60102 | Grants to Reduce Air Pollution at Ports | To purchase or install zero-emissions equipment or technology for use at, or to directly serve, one or more ports. To conduct any relevant planning or permitting in connection with the purchase or installation of such zero-emission port equipment or technology. To develop "qualified climate action plans", one criteria of which is to "collaborate with, communicate with, and address potential effects on low-income and disadvantaged near-port communities and other stake-holders that may be affected by implementation of the plan." | $2,250,000,000 | Rebates and grants | Port authority, state, regional, local, or Tribal agency that has authority over a port or port authority, air pollution control agency, private entity that partners with above entity, or private entity that uses the facilities, cargo-handling equipment, transportation equipment, or related technology of a port. | Mixed | New | Caution | Yes | Caution | Unclear which zero-emissions equipment and technology will be used. Caution against CCS and hydrogen. | Application details have not been released. The EPA accepted Requests for Information in 2022, and held a webinar in March 2023 on advancing environmental justice in near-port communities. It plans to welcome additional comments in April 2023 for the implementation of its Clean Ports program. More details on this program can be found at https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/clean-ports-program | ||||||||||||||||
84 | Same description as above but in non-attainment areas. The EPA defines "non-attainment area" as "any area that does not meet (or that contributes to ambient air quality in a nearby area that does not meet) the national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard for a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)." NAAQS includes pollutants such as carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particle pollution, and sulfur dioxide. | $750,000,000 | Rebates and grants | Port authority, state, regional, local, or Tribal agency that has authority over a port or port authority, air pollution control agency, private entity that partners with above entity, or private entity that uses the facilities, cargo-handling equipment, transportation equipment, or related technology of a port. | Mixed | New | Potential | Yes | Caution | See above | Application details have not been released. The EPA accepted Requests for Information in 2022, and plans to welcome additional comments in April 2023 for the implementation of its Clean Ports program. More details on this program can be found at https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/clean-ports-program | ||||||||||||||||||
85 | 60103 | Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund | To enable low income and disadvantaged communities to deploy or benefit from zero-emission technologies, including distributed technologies on residential rooftops and to carry out other greenhouse gas emission reduction activities. | $7,000,000,000 | Competitive grants, loans, technical assistance | States, municipalities, Tribal governments, and non-profit organizations that a) are designed to provide capital, leverage private capital, and provide other forms of financial assistance, b) do not take deposits other than deposits from repayments and other revenue received from financial assistance provided using grant funds under this section, c) are funded by public or charitable contributions, d) invest in or finance projects alone or in conjunction with other investors. | Mixed | New | Caution | Yes | Caution | Caution on which zero-emissions technologies on residential rooftops might be used. The EPA plans to align this program with President Biden's Justice40 initiative, in which "40% of the overall benefits of certain federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities, including those facing disproportionately high and adverse health and environmental impacts." | The competitive grants will fall under two categories: 1) $20 billion for General and Low Income, and 2) $7 billion for a Zero Emissions Technology Fund competition. The EPA anticipated applications will open in Summer 2023. More information can be found at https://www.epa.gov/greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund For more information see https://sam.gov/fal/1945c50607164cb2931d1f1a6a252ccf/view | ||||||||||||||||
86 | To prioritize investment in projects that would otherwise lack access to financing. To retain manage, recycle, and monetize all repayments and other revenue received from fees, interest, repaid loans, and all other types of financial assistance provided using grant funds. Also to establish new or support existing public, quasi-public, not-for-profit, or nonprofit entities that provide financial assistance to projects including community- and low-income focused lenders and capital providers. | $11,970,000,000 | Competitive grants | Non-profit organizations that a) are designed to provide capital, leverage private capital, and provide other forms of financial assistance, b) does not take deposits other than deposits from repayments and other revenue received from financial assistance provided using grant funds under this section, c) is funded by public or charitable contributions, d) invests in or finances projects alone or in conjunction with other investors. | Non-Direct | New | FALSE | Yes | Caution | Caution on predatory financial institutions targeting low-income communities. | The EPA plans to align this program with President Biden's Justice40 initiative, in which "40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities, including those facing disproportionately high and adverse health and environmental impacts." The competitive grants will fall under two categories: 1) $20 billion for General and Low Income, and 2) $7 billion for a Zero Emissions Technology Fund competition. The EPA anticipated applications will open in Summer 2023. More information can be found at https://www.epa.gov/greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund | SAM.GOV page available at https://sam.gov/fal/6fb146e25ae2411aabe2c09e453bcbaf/view | |||||||||||||||||
87 | To provide financial assistance and technical assistance in low-income and disadvantaged communities. See description in line above. | $8,000,000,000 | Competitive grants | Non-profit organizations that a) are designed to provide capital, leverage private capital, and provide other forms of financial assistance, b) do not take deposits other than deposits from repayments and other revenue received from financial assistance provided using grant funds under this section, c) are funded by public or charitable contributions, d) invest in or finance projects alone or in conjunction with other investors. | Non-Direct | New | Caution | Yes | Caution | The EPA plans to align this program with President Biden's Justice40 initiative, in which "40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities, including those facing disproportionately high and adverse health and environmental impacts." | The competitive grants will fall under two categories: 1) $20 billion for General and Low Income, and 2) $7 billion for a Zero Emissions Technology Fund competition. The EPA anticipated applications will open in Summer 2023. More information can be found at https://www.epa.gov/greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund SAM.GOV page available at https://sam.gov/fal/6fb146e25ae2411aabe2c09e453bcbaf/view | ||||||||||||||||||
88 | 60104 | Diesel Emissions Reductions | To identify and reduce diesel emissions resulting from goods movement facilities, and vehicles servicing goods movement facilities in low-income and disadvantaged communities to address the health impacts of such emissions on such communities. | $60,000,000 | Grants, rebates, loans | Unspecified in the IRA, Tribes are eligible per the IRA Guidebook | Unclear | Existing | Potential | Yes | Caution | Unclear whether the funding will be loans or grants, and unclear who can apply to the program. | |||||||||||||||||
89 | 60105 | Funding to Address Air Pollution | To deploy, integrate and operate air quality sensors in low-income and disadvantaged commnities. | $3,000,000 | Grants | State, local, and Tribal air agencies and other public or private nonprofit institutions or organizations. | Mixed | Existing | N/A | Yes | Yes | Monitoring does not reduce air pollution or keep fossil fuels in the ground. | Details to apply to this program have not been released. In January 2023, the EPS closed its initial comment period on implementing and understanding this program. More information is available at https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/delivering-cleaner-air#:~:text=Wood%20Heaters%20%2D%20%2415%20Million,docket%20by%20January%2018%2C%202023 Eligible entities for title 60105 found in Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403(a)-(c), 7405) | ||||||||||||||||
90 | To expand the national ambient air quality monitoring network with new multipollutant monitoring stations and to replace, repair, operate, and maintain existing monitors. | $50,000,000 | Grants | State, local, and Tribal air agencies and other public or private nonprofit institutions or organizations. | Mixed | Existing | N/A | Multiple entites including Tribes | Yes | Monitoring does not reduce air pollution or keep fossil fuels in the ground. | |||||||||||||||||||
91 | To deploy, integrate, support, and maintain fenceline air monitoring, screening air monitoring, national air toxics trend stations and other air toxics and community monitoring. | $117,500,000 | Grants | State, local, and Tribal air agencies and other public or private nonprofit institutions or organizations. | Mixed | Existing | N/A | Multiple entites including Tribes | Yes | Monitoring does not reduce air pollution or keep fossil fuels in the ground. | |||||||||||||||||||
92 | For testing and other agency activities to address emissions from wood heaters. | $15,000,000 | Grants | State, local, and Tribal air agencies and other public or private nonprofit institutions or organizations. | Mixed | Existing | N/A | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Monitoring does not reduce air pollution or keep fossil fuels in the ground. | |||||||||||||||||||
93 | For monitoring emissions of methane. | $20,000,000 | Grants | State, local, and Tribal air agencies and other public or private nonprofit institutions or organizations. | Mixed | Existing | N/A | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Monitoring does not reduce air pollution or keep fossil fuels in the ground. | |||||||||||||||||||
94 | For research and development programs for the prevention and control of air pollution and monitoring. Also for grants for the support of air pollution planning and control programs. | $25,000,000 | Grants | State, local, and Tribal air agencies and other public or private nonprofit institutions or organizations. | Mixed | Existing | N/A | Multiple entites including Tribes | Yes | Monitoring does not reduce air pollution or keep fossil fuels in the ground. | |||||||||||||||||||
95 | 60106 | Air Pollution At Schools | To monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants at schools in low-income and disadvantaged communities. | $37,500,000 | Grants | Air pollution control agencies, other public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations, and to individuals, including Tribes. | Mixed | New | Potential | Yes | Yes | Application details have not been released for this program. The EPA closed its open Requests for Information in January 2023. More developments on this program can be found at https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/questions-regarding-oars-implementation-inflation-reduction-act | |||||||||||||||||
96 | For technical assistance to schools in low-income and disadvantaged communities to address environmental issues; to develop school environmental quality plans that include standards for school building, design, construction, and renvoation; to identify and mitigate ongoing air pollution hazards. | $12,500,000 | Grants | Air pollution control agencies, other public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations, and to individuals, including Tribes. | Mixed | New | Potential | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 60107 | Low-Emissions Electricity Program | For outreach and technical assistance to, and partnerships with, state, Tribal, and local governments with respect to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that result from domestic electricity generation and use. | $17,000,000 | Grants | Administered by the Administrator of the EPA | Unclear | Existing | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution on type of domestic electricity program. | |||||||||||||||||
98 | 60109 | Funding for Implementation of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act | For reclaim and innovative destruction technologies for regulated substances | $15,000,000 | Competitive grants | States, counties, cities, townships, special districts, Tribal governments (federally recognized), Tribal governments (other than federally recognized), independent school districts, public higher education institutes, public housing authorities, Indian housing authorities, non-profits, small businesses, businesses | Mixed | New | Potential | Multiple entites including Tribes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
99 | 60110 | Funding for Enforcement Technology and Public Information | To update their systems to ensure communication with the Integrated Compliance Information System of the EPA and any associated systems. | $3,000,000 | Grants | States, Indian Tribes, air pollution control agencies | Mixed | Existing | Caution | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution on possible surveillance technology. | |||||||||||||||||
100 | To acquire or update inspection software for use by the EPA, states, Indian Tribes, and air pollution control agencies or to acquire necessary devices on which to run such inspection software. | $4,000,000 | Grants | States, Indian Tribes, air pollution control agencies | Mixed | Existing | Caution | Multiple entites including Tribes | Caution | Caution on possible surveillance technology. |