119 HR 3338 IH: Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-05-13
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act
or the MARKET CHOICE Act
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Title I—Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sec. 101. Treatment of domestic greenhouse gas emissions.
Sec. 102. Border greenhouse gas adjustments.
Title II—Distribution of Revenues From Taxation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Subtitle A—Rebuilding Infrastructure and Solutions for the Environment Trust Fund
Sec. 201. Establishment of the RISE Trust Fund.
Sec. 202. Appropriations from the RISE Trust Fund.
Sec. 203. State grants.
Subtitle B—Certain Manufacturers Excise Taxes
Sec. 211. Repeal of Federal motor vehicle and aviation fuel taxes.
Sec. 212. Modifications of qualifying advanced coal project credit.
Title III—Amendments to Other Laws
Subtitle A—Amendments to Federal Environmental Statutes
Sec. 301. Amendments to the Clean Air Act.
Sec. 302. Frequent and chronic flooding mitigation and adaptation infrastructure projects.
Sec. 303. No preemption of State law.
Subtitle B—Assistance to Displaced Workers in the Energy Sector
Sec. 321. Assistance to displaced workers in the energy sector.
Title IV—National Climate Commission
Sec. 401. Establishment of Commission.
Sec. 402. Duties of Commission.
Sec. 403. Powers of Commission.
Sec. 404. Funding for the activities of the Commission.
Sec. 405. Staff of the Commission.
2.Congress finds that— (1)roads, bridges, airports, and urban transportation systems are essential to the economic and national security of the United States;
(2)there is a chronic shortfall in funding for the maintenance of highways, bridges, and other critical infrastructure; (3)strategic investments in new infrastructure will allow for economic growth and dynamism in the 21st century;
(4)there has been a marked increase in extreme weather events and the negative impacts of a changing climate are expected to worsen in every region of the United States; (5)if left unaddressed, the consequences of a changing climate have the potential to adversely impact the health of all Americans, harm the economy, and impose substantial costs on local, State, and Federal budgets;
(6)efforts to reduce climate risk should protect our Nation’s economy, security, infrastructure, agriculture, water supply, public health, and public safety; and (7)there is bipartisan support for pursuing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through economically viable, broadly supported private and public policies and solutions.
<enum>I</enum><header>Greenhouse Gas Emissions</header>
<section id="HC8432E7426564A61B5E92A88C9B87973"><enum>101.</enum><header>Treatment of domestic greenhouse gas emissions</header>
<subsection id="H07134D20B83C4BBB85DC13BDEC17DFAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:</text> <quoted-block id="H2A8C14D2080A45EE92BEA3C543E584B4" style="OLC"> <subtitle id="HEC1DE5A864804BADA904E1DB0FD93FD0"><enum>L</enum><header>Greenhouse Gas Emissions</header> <part id="HDA09701BECCC471EA278C69F1F88E70A"><enum>1</enum><header>TAXATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS</header> <toc container-level="part-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="HDA09701BECCC471EA278C69F1F88E70A" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="H000491D4035849E7883E46A59C876B0E" level="section">Sec. 9901. Imposition of tax on combusted fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF0C60E63D2844875A0D7EE2A019C9CA1" level="section">Sec. 9902. Imposition of tax on greenhouse gas emissions from certain industrial processes.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8591D47D14BF49D49898928208829FE4" level="section">Sec. 9903. Imposition of tax on greenhouse gas emissions from certain product uses.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HBE7A9A4B60A5479C8299747A2F617003" level="section">Sec. 9904. Calculation of taxable emissions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4B40081FB72E4EACA81112C86508B357" level="section">Sec. 9905. Credit for state payments.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H137A3C7D9A844B1A84EC5BE089FC74E9" level="section">Sec. 9906. Penalties for nonpayment.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3B8317852B0A4F0BB86B88DA0AD0EA55" level="section">Sec. 9907. Definitions.</toc-entry></toc> <section id="H000491D4035849E7883E46A59C876B0E"><enum>9901.</enum><header>Imposition of tax on combusted fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions</header> <subsection id="H9A3AEED116514D26BA378915ACED7A05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is hereby imposed a tax on fossil fuels produced within, or imported into, the United States.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H85B98BF25A5648F789DF364A5258605C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rate of tax</header>
<paragraph id="HC8318A03DB5844698A2C1E6A10969C57"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Greenhouse gases that would be released if the fossil fuel were combusted</header><text>The tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be the applicable amount per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of all greenhouse gasses that would be released if the fossil fuel were combusted.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD247F3ECA0EF42729D9C1AE092B97894"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable amount of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term <quote>applicable amount</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B8195CB29DA4B7A976CCA93650B57B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for calendar year 2027, $40 per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H224E4C8E973E4F40A27732AC12740DC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for each calendar year after 2027, the tax rate shall be the sum of—</text>
<clause id="H8FC60122BC57485EB9AFB7DF8732882C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the previous calendar year’s tax rate, plus</text></clause> <clause id="H4954575AD87B4A9B9355DD258CE04D27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the sum of—</text>
<subclause id="H710BC7E996ED43C3BB8D986BDF0D8C59"><enum>(I)</enum><text>5 percentage points, plus</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2FCC8EAED9894B428D57D9B2AFB9A1BE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a percentage increase in the previous year’s tax rate equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index for the previous calendar year.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A7E3E693E244FFB8B75439B8F60E9D1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consumer price index for any calendar year</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (B), the Consumer Price Index for the previous calendar year is the average of the Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers published by the Department of Labor as of the close of the 12-month period ending on August 31 of such calendar year. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the revision of the Consumer Price Index which is most consistent with the Consumer Price Index for calendar year 1986 shall be used.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00E0A90FADAE4FB4BC506413F2513C21"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rate adjustment based on emission levels</header> <subparagraph id="H1CD163915DDF44458A7D90524141A999"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than March 30, 2028, and annually thereafter, the Secretary and the Administrator shall jointly report the emissions during the calendar year ending on the preceding December 31 from sources subject to taxation under this part. The report shall determine whether the cumulative amount of annual emissions reported for the period beginning in calendar year 2027 and through the end of the preceding calendar year were less than the emissions levels specified in the following schedule:</text>
<clause id="H75BA2E20A3604E4ABD3772BB2A89447A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2027 are 4,700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause> <clause id="H0B5036D636DB4367991179B238730A16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2028 are 9,400 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause>
<clause id="H9BCC25D4861E48A8A0DA122FACBF6C93"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2029 are 14,000 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause> <clause id="H281CEF6BFBF9452C8F3BBBB35FA1F6E6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2030 are 18,300 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause>
<clause id="H8FDDD7F243D14F01B96221EE43F2CD54"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2031 are 22,600 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause> <clause id="H4DC8DECCE4E64EB3A6526CB19F516EA6"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2032 are 26,800 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause>
<clause id="HF9F735F088934BB39DA44C1816B7B3B4"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2033 are 31,000 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause> <clause id="HF967927479EE41B6AEA8749AA99BB153"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2034 are 35,100 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause>
<clause id="HB7EAA32F85A640B7AF8C36901E589F59"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2035 are 39,100 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause> <clause id="H9055623AACF04DE781B797EC4E975E4E"><enum>(x)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2036 are 43,100 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause>
<clause id="HA2EE508E100449F197AF4E01F8B2396C"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>The total emissions through calendar year 2037 are 47,100 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3452FDFBA3EE4E918299882320DD1B44"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustments for report period</header> <clause id="H2F30465FBBF34C5DAC957894DBACF50E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than March 30, 2029, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall determine whether an adjustment is required in accordance with clause (ii).</text></clause>
<clause id="H843171D38CFF4F66A5D9AFDA17A097C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Period through 2038</header><text>If the emission level reported under subparagraph (A) for calendar year 2028, and every second calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2038, exceeds the level for such calendar year specified in clauses (i) through (xi) of subparagraph (A), then the applicable amount under paragraph (2) for the calendar year beginning on the next January 1 following the determination in clause (i) shall, after the increase under paragraph (2) for such next calendar year, be increased by an additional $4 per metric ton.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB2F17FECFA784D3F813B9619978ECAE9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>By whom paid</header><text>The tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be paid by the owner of the fossil fuel at the point of taxation.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H587B8F642A44454A920E82EF1E0AEAC3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Point of taxation</header>
<paragraph id="H0C91E71779D6472C8D59EB9F459054BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For fossil fuels produced within the United States, the point of taxation shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="HCCF9D9F2430C42E5B33F481DD8B32B88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for coal, the mine mouth or, for washed coal, the exit from the coal preparation and processing plant,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBEDF83F003A475C896DC89453FEDE20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for petroleum products, the exit point from the refinery, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC62400FCCA0A499CADF95AC6E13E5BCC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for natural gas, the exit from the gas processing plant or, for natural gas that is not treated at a gas processing plant, the point of sale to the person who combusts the gas or incorporates it into a product that is not intended for combustion.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8F0E2F966004DAC89F5599D58BE3376"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For any fossil fuel imported into the United States, the point of taxation shall be the point at which it first enters the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H38A37E9EB584400281F275B1C554FF1C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exemptions</header> <paragraph id="H73AD8551AD504A929079F75AC92CA333"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Exemption for noncombustive uses</header> <subparagraph id="HF312DFF282664590B178D7CEC37D3FE9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Refund for reduction or elimination of emissions</header><text>Any manufacturer of a product that incorporates a fossil fuel that has been taxed under this section who can demonstrate to the Secretary that the fossil fuel has been transformed via the manufacture of the product so that the fossil fuel’s emissions will be reduced or eliminated over the product’s lifetime shall be entitled to a refund of the tax paid under this section on the proportion of the emissions reduced thereby, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9470E3A5CB6646B1BB50337358F60A58"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, shall establish by rule the criteria and process by which product manufacturers can demonstrate that the conditions in subparagraph (A) have been satisfied.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H62D40B99F252450DBEF13EA17DD861B1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Publication of regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall publish the regulations required by this subsection no later than one year prior to the start of the calendar year referred to in section 9901(b)(2)(A). The Secretary may not collect the tax imposed by this section for any calendar year that begins less than one year after the regulations are published.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20470C0693284DB88AAD4FAE50E013FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemption for carbon capture and storage</header>
<subparagraph id="HF883C87E89AE4875BE3E17959799884E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Refund for sequesters</header><text>Any person who sequesters greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the combustion of fossil fuel that has passed through a point of taxation shall be entitled to a refund of the tax imposed by this section. Emissions that are used for enhanced oil recovery shall be entitled for such refund provided that these emissions meet all of the criteria applicable to other emissions that qualify for such refund.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB853002109624F1A976F1FAD3F145E73"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>The Secretary shall establish by rule the procedures by which to apply for such refunds and such refunds shall be paid within six months of the Secretary receiving an approvable application.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA11182FBD19C44A99CF7FED301279B97"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Time of refund</header><text>The Secretary may not refund any amounts under this paragraph until such time as the Secretary has published the regulations described in section 45Q(f)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HF0C60E63D2844875A0D7EE2A019C9CA1"><enum>9902.</enum><header>Imposition of tax on greenhouse gas emissions from certain industrial processes</header> <subsection id="H1878F9D1A17948539142CE3737CFF1FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is hereby imposed a tax on industrial process greenhouse gas emissions by certain source categories.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF124206C209646CCBC3F58B0D24763F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of source categories</header>
<paragraph id="H92A6EB874F564A998390207056BA007C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial list</header><text>The Congress establishes for purposes of this section a list of source categories subject to this section as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="HDE8663A1BB194416B2E3EBDDA43D90B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Iron and steel production and metallurgical coke production.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9890E41B280476F808FBBCCB76A5119"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Underground coal mining.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8FCAA9D6D363410DB075F808DCA90168"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Coal preparation and processing plants.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC652FBDADCB54CA08176FFEB92499C6B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Refineries.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDE5165E2DA7B4A8C8825DAAE83B29434"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Cement production.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7E4FE05469154F4E8309505EF406804B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Petrochemical production.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC622CBA1B5B14E29BA7478D683F67619"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Lime production.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0C1AAB58101C45D6AB4E229B448A9660"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Ammonia production.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H516EBB428B8446B3AF06D9BE3C6C04DC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Aluminum production.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2205F2938DF4FEE97D1BDFCA24F375E"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Soda ash production.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C48946DD8D9481B9ECEF64223938CCC"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Ferroalloy production.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CFA6BCCB4AE4ADDADD3AA38F1125F56"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Phosphoric acid production.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB34F3562899B47848BD925D11C9DAE90"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Glass production.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8EBB63DEB3FB4602B9B372F950C88C3C"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Zinc production.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H79EBCF7AD138468094A7F03845F57134"><enum>(O)</enum><text>Lead production.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D72CBC5A81A43D3B8C555FD554FA375"><enum>(P)</enum><text>Magnesium production and processing.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H47EFB4DCBB154F30B0210772E718C1C3"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>Nitric acid production.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D2C1463B2A648528C4F60EAEEABADF2"><enum>(R)</enum><text>Adipic acid production.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H94F00073C5554BC7910FE93E14AF9742"><enum>(S)</enum><text>Semiconductor manufacture.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC23B2F6E973B44149B02E6128EBD3BC9"><enum>(T)</enum><text>Electrical transmission and distribution.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E78B2B43A274D419D672D1C9F8BA7F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision of the list</header><text>The Administrator shall review the list of source categories established by this subsection not less than once every five years to determine if they should continue to be listed and publish the results of that review. The Administrator may, if appropriate, add any source categories to this list by rule.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6FA5410389C34D80BBB9BBFE1A57D02C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Removal of a source category from the list</header><text>The Administrator may remove a source category from this list only if—</text> <subparagraph id="H5ABD59F743FC4FF488FE30D5E4194F9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total emissions from the entire source category which are taxable under this section have been less than 250,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year for each of three consecutive years,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H397F62F9AACF4DF7B06107ADF9BB811D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the average emissions from facilities in the source category which are taxable under this section have been less than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year for each of the years referred in subparagraph (A), and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H64224A6EFFC8482CB7B8104F38FC4A4F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Administrator determines that there is no reasonable possibility that the total emissions from the entire source category which are taxable under this section will exceed 250,000 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent within any of the five years following such determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F8662DCF9B14FBB88F352D05AA1F88D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Addition of a source category to the list</header><text>The Administrator may add a source category to this list only if the Administrator determines that—</text> <subparagraph id="H62DB3FE3073C428E9FDC5D8870AFE20C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total emissions from the entire source category which are taxable under this section have been greater than 250,000 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent in any two years out of the preceding five years,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7891A9EB9AA946798EBC79A33EA424E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the average emissions from facilities in the source category which are taxable under this section have been greater than 25,000 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent in the years in which emissions from the entire source category have been greater than 250,000 tons per year, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD9208FE730EB4A97A4B3312D46A2B67A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>there is a reasonable possibility that the total emissions from the entire source category which are taxable under this section will be greater than 250,000 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent in any year within the next five years following such determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H21C4556C2F434CF689BA553BC26751A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rate of tax</header><text>The rate of tax shall be the same as the rate given in section 9901(b)(2).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H76DF1A5055064500AE830C18B5FACB2C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>By whom paid</header><text>The tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be paid by the owner or operator of the point of taxation.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H282686F225CD4710A0D27698FE9CC090"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Point of taxation</header><text>The point of taxation shall be any facility in a source category which emits more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent subject to taxation under this section in any calendar year.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8591D47D14BF49D49898928208829FE4"><enum>9903.</enum><header>Imposition of tax on greenhouse gas emissions from certain product uses</header> <subsection id="H1063B2D03A414923B6836970FA34B3A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is hereby imposed a tax on non-fossil-fuel-greenhouse-gas emissions by certain manufactured products when used for their intended purposes that are manufactured within or imported into, the United States.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H6D0363F1D7424246B2069430A2FCC2A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of products</header>
<paragraph id="H33549AF7B6B04FA78AB3BF2D342F5E30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial list</header><text>The Congress establishes for purposes of this section a list of products subject to this section as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H9119D935EB3D4DE8AFFDE21C8C36F3EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Fuel ethanol.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3F01FC39B01A41EAAFF0F5D52EAFF5DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Industrial carbonates.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H56AE22B2211D4056B54C24F30DF80A50"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Carbon dioxide urea.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5712EF47C1BC43BF8A9722DCA2848610"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Soda ash.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49C48BEAE4304051B9551CC108529936"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Nitrous oxide.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H162410423DFF43758309870D0B105B3E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Biodiesel.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFDEEC83F8824E5CBB86DF28ED2E347B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Solid biomass fuels.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBECE50FEFE484184A2B0C83F64E6B100"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision of the list</header><text>The Administrator shall review the list of products established by this subsection not less than once every five years to determine if they should continue to be listed and publish the results of that review. The Administrator may, if appropriate, add any product to this list by rule.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD894D1AF33948CB9D095730A8CD5DE3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Removal of a product from the list</header><text>The Administrator may remove a product from this list only if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFDEA0480DC17414990F62AB5F6E46B1A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total emissions from all of the product used within the United States has been less than 250,000 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent for each of three consecutive years, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3C1A4117040C494C835383B7CB9EB115"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Administrator determines that there is no reasonable possibility that the total emissions from all of the product used in the United States will exceed 250,000 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent within any of the five years following such determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB95F5D1BE4044045B88A176A09A0595B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Addition of a product to the list</header><text>The Administrator may add a product to this list only if the Administrator determines that—</text> <subparagraph id="HB07FD15B56BD4533862547F577EB0018"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total emissions from all of the product used within the United States has been greater than 250,000 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent in any two years out of the preceding five years, and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABC7B85AD2F9442AB4991EC5827DB1F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there is a reasonable possibility that the total emissions from all of the product used within the United States will be greater than 250,000 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent in any year within the next five years following such determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H18B930F6FE8C4AD3B3DF6AAA136DC7C0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rate of tax</header><text>The rate of tax shall be the same as the rate given in section 9901(b)(2).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H57AD859A04654A42A609B33B6754978E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>By whom paid</header><text>The tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be paid—</text> <paragraph id="H76400AC6F64F4440957A0764250F0A94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for products manufactured in the United States, by the owner or operator of the point of taxation, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB51C3CA31B349B0BDF11D8B095C1D63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for products imported into the United States, by the owner of the product when it enters the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H607EF9092A6C4B09A77AACCBC8F6ADFD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Point of taxation</header><text>The point of taxation shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="HF6D0E050B09944AF9AD8313703A65392"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for products manufactured in the United States, the manufacturing facility,</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBDE310A22684ED18FDB5674036BCEFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for products imported into the United States, the point at which it first enters the United States, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C85736E89AB4F758439D0FE8B8FF019"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for domestically produced biomass fuel by a facility that emits from combusted biomass fuel more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gases in a year, the facility that combusts the biomass fuel.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HBE7A9A4B60A5479C8299747A2F617003"><enum>9904.</enum><header>Calculation of taxable emissions</header> <subsection id="HD51EFB16375448F9A171223BAF4F3EBF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>How To calculate taxable emissions</header><text>In consultation with the Department of Energy, the Administrator shall establish by rule (and may, from time to time, revise) the method by which taxable emissions under this part shall be calculated.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H78DD4267788A4ECF8458335D7A69DCC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Categories and subcategories considered</header><text>For purposes of calculating emissions taxable under—</text> <paragraph id="HFA2D6197C7004FA7B970EECDD9B16BC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 9901, the Administrator shall determine by rule the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent that would be emitted if each fossil fuel were combusted, and the Administrator may establish by rule such subcategories of each fuel and the means by which it is combusted as the Administrator deems appropriate,</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DA555A4A2704CF192445767CF21E05D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 9902, the Administrator may determine by rule such subcategories of any industrial process category listed in subsection 9902(b) as the Administrator deems appropriate, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06908468498B447D926874C4AC2786C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 9903, for fuel ethanol, biodiesel, and solid biomass fuels the Administrator shall determine by rule the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent that would be emitted based on the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of the product (excluding emissions from fossil fuels that have passed through a point of taxation), and the Administrator may determine by rule such subcategories of manufactured products listed in subsection 9903(b) as the Administrator deems appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H828CDD50B1B04EC4AA07650FCCFE51D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Methods</header><text>Where greenhouse gas emissions subject to taxation under any section of this part are combined with greenhouse gas emissions subject to taxation under any other section of this part, the Administrator shall ensure, to the greatest degree possible, that the methods required to determine the emissions taxable under any section of this part do not include any emissions taxable under any other section of this part.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2FE86DF51CFE403BA6C51D4BCADC624E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Method cost differences</header><text>The Administrator shall not require the use of any method to calculate taxable emissions whereby the difference in cost of the method compared to the next cheapest alternative method is greater than the amount of the tax that would be paid on the additional emissions determined by the more expensive method.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HFDFFE3AAD83442AC8CC05B5ADDECC802"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Publication of regulations</header><text>The Administrator shall publish the regulations required by this section no later than one year prior to the start of the calendar year referred to in section 9901(b)(2)(A). The Secretary may not collect the tax imposed by any section in this part for any calendar year that begins less than one year after the regulations applicable to each such section are published.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4B40081FB72E4EACA81112C86508B357"><enum>9905.</enum><header>Credit for state payments</header> <subsection id="H26A880B3379749F0A0E1F9AFE7C7F762"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Credit for payments</header><text>The Secretary shall allow any person who is required to make payment for greenhouse gas emissions under this part a credit for payments made on those emissions required under any State law in the following manner:</text>
<paragraph id="HBB7ED2B4E1A944D2BB7700B1B13F29AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the year given in section 9901(b)(2), a credit equal to 100 percent of the amount paid pursuant to requirements of State law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H042ED51F8F9247AAAD7B6192DA4DED92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the first year following the year used in paragraph (1), a credit equal to 80 percent of the amount paid pursuant to requirements of State law.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B018AE18E134861824F3D6C9DBC8920"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the second year following the year used in paragraph (1), a credit equal to 60 percent of the amount paid pursuant to requirements of State law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBE5694C2F3014DA69E7FE820B132D289"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the third year following the year used in paragraph (1), a credit equal to 40 percent of the amount paid pursuant to requirements of State law.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83BBC84FDA294F91817B65A8BD86C0E5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For the fourth year following the year used in paragraph (1), a credit equal to 20 percent of the amount paid pursuant to requirements of State law.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H093A81FD68DD4F1C99FA38A114AAC2A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>No credit</header><text>For all years following the year used in paragraph (5), no credit shall be allowed.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H137A3C7D9A844B1A84EC5BE089FC74E9"><enum>9906.</enum><header>Penalties for nonpayment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of section 9901, 9902, or 9903 shall be liable for payment to the Secretary, without demand, of a penalty in the amount equal to 3 times the applicable amount specified by those sections for the same tax year as the year in which the person failed to comply with such requirements.</text></section> <section id="H3B8317852B0A4F0BB86B88DA0AD0EA55"><enum>9907.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless otherwise provided, the definitions provided herein are applicable to all provisions of this subtitle.</text>
<paragraph id="H8098858FDF274B6DA7F0223668AC5062"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The term <quote>Administrator</quote> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76EABB260CB54522BD0A9F9C56CF3812"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cardon dioxide equivalent</header><text>The term <quote>carbon dioxide equivalent</quote> means the number of metric tons of CO<subscript>2</subscript> emissions with the same global warming potential over a 100-year period as one metric ton of another greenhouse gas.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DE7EA916FE949859F1438D6A4152F05"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coal</header><text>The term <quote>coal</quote> means any of the recognized classifications and ranks of coal, including anthracite, bituminous, semibituminous, subbituminous, lignite, and peat.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95EE868517D94A75AD14F01C329A9589"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coal preparation and processing plant</header><text>The term <quote>coal preparation and processing plant</quote> means any facility (excluding underground mining operations) which prepares coal by one or more of the following processes: breaking, crushing, screening, wet or dry cleaning, and thermal drying.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C72FAB1A92C489C9CDC343DAB502A6D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Enhanced oil recovery</header><text>The term <quote>enhanced oil recovery</quote> has the meaning defined at section 1.193–1(b)(2) of title 26, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H233EC4CD97874C8695BF6F8502719382"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Facility</header><text>The term <quote>facility</quote> means any physical property, plant, building, structure, source, or stationary equipment located on one or more contiguous or adjacent properties in actual physical contact or separated solely by a public roadway or other public right-of-way and under common ownership or common control, that emits or may emit any greenhouse gas.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C0D7C5E1B05433EBD093660DCE66066"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Fossil fuel</header><text>The term <quote>fossil fuel</quote> means coal, petroleum products, or natural gas.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2213B2DBC9C94D7C867B0D37E81E6A4F"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Greenhouse gas</header><text>The term <quote>greenhouse gas</quote> means carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7CBE95976F194705BAF543D716AF4B42"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Greenhouse gas effects</header><text>The term <quote>greenhouse gas effects</quote> means the adverse effects of greenhouse gasses on health or welfare caused by the greenhouse gas’s heat-trapping potential or its effect on ocean acidification.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F2CD847276143B0AB760AE4F2763DF0"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions</header><text>The term <quote>lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 211 of the Clear Air Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D3A47DF79B149919D4D91DC583D165F"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Natural gas</header><text>The term <quote>natural gas</quote> means any fuel consisting in whole or in part of natural gas, including components of natural gas such as methane and ethane; liquid petroleum gas; synthetic gas derived from coal, petroleum, or natural gas liquids; or any mixture of natural gas and synthetic gas.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDB47ED22EA141BE815A10088CD2F9C3"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Petroleum products</header><text>The term <quote>petroleum products</quote> means unfinished oils, liquefied petroleum gases, pentanes plus, aviation gasoline, motor gasoline, naphtha-type jet fuel, kerosene-type jet fuel, kerosene, distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petrochemical feedstocks, special naphthas, lubricants, waxes, petroleum coke, asphalt, road oil, still gas, and miscellaneous products obtained from the processing of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas, and other hydrocarbon compounds. The term does not include natural gas, liquefied natural gas, biofuels, methanol, and other nonpetroleum fuels.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C8568DC3ADA4905A23672680AA9DE32"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Publish</header><text>The term <quote>publish</quote> means publication in the Federal Register.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFB0040CCA6B45B9B56FF38A76B15834"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Refinery</header><text>The term <quote>refinery</quote> means any facility engaged in producing gasoline, kerosene, distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils, lubricants, or other products through distillation of petroleum or through redistillation, cracking, or reforming of unfinished petroleum derivatives.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7E4D92B35574C508EB9AF37AF63FBDA"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Owner</header><text>The term <quote>owner</quote> with respect to any fossil fuel means any person who has legal title to the fossil fuel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABDF2621230745B3AD2479029C36F439"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Owner or operator</header><text>The term <quote>owner or operator</quote> with respect to any fossil fuel means any person who has legal title to the fossil fuel.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8EDBB4272E0844E3B9EF4550CD058A0A"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Sequesters</header><text>The term <quote>sequesters</quote> means the permanent storage of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas such that it does not escape into the atmosphere, and is in compliance with the regulations issued pursuant to section 45Q(f)(2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41828A151BA4466CB51498A37FF9442A"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Solid biomass</header><text>The term <quote>solid biomass</quote> means nonfossilized and biodegradable organic material originating from plants, animals, or microorganisms, including products, byproducts, residues and waste from agriculture, forestry, and related industries as well as the nonfossilized and biodegradable organic fractions of industrial and municipal wastes, but does not include gases and liquids recovered from the decomposition of nonfossilized and biodegradable organic material.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H312021641D324A6084758A94424DBED7"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Source category</header><text>The term <quote>source category</quote> means any category or subcategory regulated under part 60 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, or part 90 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.</text></paragraph></section></part></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H91D12E362B8D42C6813DDE9EEDF6968A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of subtitles for the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<subsection id="HBC9312F3FF3241DCA72550B2DFA85F6A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to emissions after the later of December 31, 2025, and the date that is one year after the date regulations are promulgated under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9914">section 9914</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H7B6B96D8924F4E04AE92A748BDA0C76C"><enum>102.</enum><header>Border greenhouse gas adjustments</header> <subsection id="H67433373DDAC4B01BCB31AE65FE4B825"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle L of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following new part:</text>
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<part id="HBF915E962F4F4D4E9B597425915BAA62"><enum>2</enum><header>TAX ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF GREENHOUSE GAS INTENSIVE PRODUCTS</header>
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<toc-entry idref="H9D1989C49A0543DA80D192D888A7789E" level="section">Sec. 9911. Purposes.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H93608A078D3F4AB1B1198C5971631943" level="section">Sec. 9912. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H75AF6CF259224DC58DBF60C71D64495E" level="section">Sec. 9913. Notification of foreign countries.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H565441AC32AF4AF594783E2FEE29BBE4" level="section">Sec. 9914. Border tax adjustment rate.</toc-entry></toc>
<section id="H9D1989C49A0543DA80D192D888A7789E"><enum>9911.</enum><header>Purposes</header>
<subsection id="H39CB0D0C908D4413A020A2388B238505"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes of part</header><text>The purposes of this part are—</text> <paragraph id="HF51C436F692C46DFAC28D70CD293081C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to promote a strong global effort to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H452BC5B9C18A4714810F745B486E7198"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to prevent carbon leakage.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCA1BBA3F883A422CAD0F59AA8AF18164"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional purposes of part</header><text>The purposes of this part are additionally—</text>
<paragraph id="HC8A22680FC23400CB31469C7E9B618D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide a rebate to exporters in domestic eligible industrial sectors for the greenhouse gas emission costs of the owners and operators incurred under this title, but not for costs associated with other related or unrelated market dynamics,</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBDB3902FB994279A38E9C702A38F94C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to ensure that imports from other countries, and, in particular, fast-growing developing countries, do not enjoy competitive advantages because of the carbon tax liability of domestic manufacturers, and therefore increase their emissions,</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7CECF9677264235A5858480896910A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to encourage foreign countries to take substantial action with respect to their greenhouse gas emissions, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D1F56C8729B46F18DEF04CF31894AFF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to ensure that the measures described in this subpart are designed and implemented in a manner consistent with applicable international agreements to which the United States is a party.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H93608A078D3F4AB1B1198C5971631943"><enum>9912.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text> <paragraph id="H3D24E9640C2348B2830B8B9C3E623CA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Carbon leakage</header><text>The term <quote>carbon leakage</quote> means any substantial increase (as determined by the Secretary) in greenhouse gas emissions by entities located in other countries caused by a cost of production increase in the United States resulting from implementation of this title.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8456136CD44F4CF0AB7F3E2113D6CD16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Border tax adjustment</header><text>The term <quote>border tax adjustment</quote> means the levying of a tax on imported covered goods equivalent to the amount of tax paid pursuant to part 1 of this subtitle in the manufacture of comparable domestic manufactured goods, and the rebating of the tax paid pursuant to part 1 of this subtitle that has been paid on covered goods exported from the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFFF195CDFD84BAC850D34D18C423B51"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Border tax adjustment rate</header><text>The term <quote>border tax adjustment rate</quote> means the amount of tax that would be paid on a covered good produced in the United States in the current year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H736D575D27754D1CB2DA5CF62E997FFC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Commissioner</header><text>The term <quote>Commissioner</quote> means the Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9F852538C964679B6F01911DEE5A440"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Covered good</header><text>The term <quote>covered good</quote> means a good that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H88C4177E6AD142BBA8C97EFEBD564F94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>entered under a heading or subheading of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States that corresponds to the NAICS code for an eligible industrial sector, as established in the concordance between NAICS codes and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States prepared by the United States Census Bureau, or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD7F04301ED2948C3AD6707EEC1D3A4D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a manufactured item for consumption.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF98B021B5CC4C878E49156AAC16A1AE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Eligible industrial sector</header><text>The term <quote>eligible industrial sector</quote> means an industrial sector determined by the Secretary under section 9913.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02436A2603B54B13892A0A8017A7D637"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Industrial sector</header><text>The term <quote>industrial sector</quote> means any sector that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H572273BC40674F718AC1C0F8D424462E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the manufacturing sector (as defined in NAICS codes 31, 32, and 33), or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBBC7734FE23A4B0E87BB3D4B003F77DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is part of, or an entire, sector that beneficiates or otherwise processes (including agglomeration) metal ores, including iron and copper ores, soda ash, and phosphate. The term <quote>industrial sector</quote> does not include any part of a sector that extracts fossil fuels, metal ores, soda ash, or phosphate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A4B0B4CDA1D4B24A9600C8971CCD1F9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Manufactured item for consumption</header><text>The term <quote>manufactured item for consumption</quote> means any good—</text> <subparagraph id="H316E0401AFAC4F8386C8F04DB93E7486"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that includes in substantial quantities one or more goods like the goods produced by an eligible industrial sector, and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE24920E277A41E9A022C8669B2F0639"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which the Secretary has determined, with the concurrence of the Commissioner, that the application of the border tax adjustment program pursuant to this part is technically and administratively feasible and appropriate to achieve the purposes of this part, taking into account the greenhouse gas intensity, and where appropriate the trade intensity, of the industrial sector that produces the good, as measured consistent with section 9913 and the ability of the producers to recover cost increases in the marketplace and other appropriate factors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5051AEBF1B194103A7E41A467FECB735"><enum>(9)</enum><header>NAICS</header><text>The term <quote>NAICS</quote> means the North American Industrial Classification System of 2002.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H893BF328A74A488CBEF0ABC83EA17008"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Output</header><text>The term <quote>output</quote> means the total tonnage or other standard unit of production (as determined by the Secretary) produced by an entity in an industrial sector.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H75AF6CF259224DC58DBF60C71D64495E"><enum>9913.</enum><header>Notification of foreign countries</header> <subsection id="H92C6460416834A098D25DFA7137C2BD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act, the President shall notify each foreign country—</text>
<paragraph id="H8C3FE5FBA1EB426C9879297C31E581F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>requesting the foreign country to take appropriate measures to limit the greenhouse gas emissions of the foreign country, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H07539AC894BC451A89EDC64C39AD61F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>indicating that a border tax adjustment may apply to covered goods imported into and exported from the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB48C0724EA6E4D97AED405BFDA1FE463"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lists</header>
<paragraph id="H07E137134043405885E5D915F4551BE4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a rule designating, based on the criteria under subsection (c)(2), industrial sectors where covered products are liable for the border tax adjustment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H604E9E4A849144BBBC16E39D64C9BB88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The list shall include the amount of the border tax adjustment rate for each covered good in the following calendar year pursuant to section 9914.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H76B8AAC50D654755AA80AEFE7B097D69"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subsequent lists</header><text>Not later than January 31 of each calendar year after the calendar year in which the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act is enacted, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register an updated version of the list published under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H945B7BCDDC564420ABBCAADE47328F72"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible industrial sectors</header> <paragraph id="H7968E9F3E25B4E76A207AB7FCD320274"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Presumptively eligible industrial sectors</header> <subparagraph id="H832ED62FBFCD47B6AE22528AD40CF8FE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligibility criteria</header> <clause id="H02CEF74D997845579E9D59DEABC5B162"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header> <subclause id="H8447D8BF951241CDBA942DFB290633AF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Imported covered goods are liable under this part if they are produced in the United States in an industrial sector that is included in a 6-digit classification of the NAICS that meets the criteria in both clauses (ii) and (iii).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5E7F60D16BD04C478CA63839C5D45D96"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Exported covered goods are eligible under this part if they are produced in the United States in an industrial sector that is included in a 6-digit classification of the NAICS that meets the criteria in clauses (ii) and (iii).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H2A3A142AA2824BBEA913496F71E1C234"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Greenhouse gas intensity</header><text>As determined by the Secretary, an industrial sector meets the criteria of this clause if the United States industrial sector has a greenhouse gas intensity of at least 5 percent, calculated by dividing—</text>
<subclause id="H6842EDBEB7334ADD9D03B08BB73EB750"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas emissions (including direct emissions from fuel combustion, process emissions, and indirect emissions from the generation of electricity used to produce the output of the sector) of the sector based on data described in subparagraph (C), multiplied by the applicable rate in section 9901(b)(2), by</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8C05A354C8CA4DDE827AE8BBB880109E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the value of the shipments of the sector, based on data described in subparagraph (C).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H82C2945F84DD49EF9DF02B250EF2E71B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Trade intensity</header><text>As determined by the Secretary, an industrial sector meets the criteria of this clause if the industrial sector has a trade intensity of at least 15 percent, calculated by dividing—</text> <subclause id="H83347B796F4D4791A41FF5F779E95B43"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the value of the total imports and exports of the sector, by</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5DF92203F14744EC9E3B0FF84E719CC3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the value of the shipments plus the value of imports of the sector, based on data described in subparagraph (C).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H79E30CD8B1F047B496B08ADBDCEE3CA1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Metal and phosphate production classified under more than one NAICs code</header><text>For purposes of this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="HA1AE35F9EA1D43F6BE9C20AA4DCEC3D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>aggregate data for the beneficiation or other processing (including agglomeration) of metal ores, including iron and copper ores, soda ash, or phosphate with subsequent steps in the process of metal and phosphate manufacturing, regardless of the NAICS code under which the activity is classified, and</text></clause> <clause id="H252CC99D922540A08EC5E7375757173C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>aggregate data for the manufacturing of steel with the manufacturing of steel pipe and tube made from purchased steel in a nonintegrated process.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC1B032663348492B8634486CC0FD5DBF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Data sources</header>
<clause id="H9479C5194CB84168B7BF9AD7BFAC8927"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Value of shipments</header>
<subclause id="HDFA0B5BA7A324D0C9821CA1478F491F4"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the value of shipments under this subsection from data from the United States Census Annual Survey of Manufacturers.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD94F3869CFDA497894B1640C5AC9BAD0"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Average data available</header><text>The Secretary shall use the average of data from the most recent 3 years for which the data are available.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H4CF79ED3E20F40DA8DD5ED5B55EF6216"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Average data not available</header><text>If data described in subclause (II) are unavailable, the Secretary shall make a determination based on—</text> <item id="H6F67EFC0408B4B2290D9285788FA060E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>data from the most detailed industrial classification level of the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey of the Energy Information Administration, and</text></item>
<item id="HFB87918ACDDF4C29B6C2380FFA754901"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>data from the most recent Economic Census of the United States.</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H6411F080E83548A680202B31737E9B4D"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Data not available for sector</header><text>If data from the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey or Economic Census are unavailable for any sector at the 6-digit classification level in the NAICS, the Secretary may use available Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey or Economic Census data pertaining to a broader industrial category classified in the NAICS.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0D56F84BD5A1433D908A97D9E830E6FF"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Data not available for processing</header><text>If data relating to the beneficiation or other processing (including agglomeration) of metal ores (including iron and copper ores, soda ash, or phosphate) are not available from the specified data sources, the Secretary—</text> <item id="HAF71A13BBD704F9D82407E2F1CC9B234"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>shall use the best available Federal or State government data, and</text></item>
<item id="H7564B51E327A4B5490A798AD1228B4E9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>may use, to the extent necessary, representative data submitted by entities that perform the beneficiation or other processing (including agglomeration), in making a determination.</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H27D4BD693A0C48C3A11A6B479812722B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Imports and exports</header> <subclause id="H4282F0E6E28048BEB3766070EE3B42EB"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall base the value of imports and exports under this subsection on United States International Trade Commission data.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8EFF6D8BB0B54D509C8866EC925EE87B"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Average data available</header><text>The Secretary shall use the average of data from the three most recent years for which the data are available.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H67CFFA0D31014CB4B68C65B7C02340FC"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Average data not available</header><text>If data from the United States International Trade Commission are unavailable for any sector at the 6-digit classification level in the NAICS, the Secretary may use United States International Trade Commission data pertaining to a broader industrial category classified in the NAICS.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H7441F7B41E8346E18E99D085AC81AD2C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Percentages</header><text>The Secretary shall round the greenhouse gas intensity and trade intensity percentages under subparagraph (A) to the nearest whole number.</text></clause> <clause id="H7B28304C46A14C8A971178B5E610FD90"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Greenhouse gas emission calculations</header><text>When calculating the metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas emissions for each sector under subparagraph (A)(ii)(I), the Secretary—</text>
<subclause id="HAAAF57EB9E8E4623A82A9639D0215C67"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall use the best available data from the three most recent years for which the data are available, and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H287B8B19849E43CEA5DDFE4EC6D70CCF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may, to the extent necessary with respect to a sector, use economic and engineering models and the best available information on technology performance levels for the sector.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54C474E7EF514872ACB87BD2DD3931DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative determination of additional eligible industrial sectors</header>
<subparagraph id="HBC9B335278E3404A9F4D1C21B3337350"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Updated trade intensity data</header><text>The Secretary shall designate as liable for the border tax adjustment rate on imported products under this part an industrial sector that—</text> <clause id="H5BBA108513A14C8C8257CB0AF29A7750"><enum>(i)</enum><text>met the greenhouse gas intensity criteria in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) as of the date of promulgation of the rule under paragraph (1), and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC756DB13368441A08BDC94D0A1CBE192"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets the trade intensity criteria established under paragraph (1)(A)(iii), using data sources described in paragraph (1)(C) from any year after the passage of this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3858849D4F8C4923B6E5C39A3F1DDD66"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Individual showing petition</header> <clause id="H37548383A72C499BB27D1A161499DABB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Petition</header><text>In addition to designation under subparagraph (A), the owner or operator of an entity or a group of entities that collectively produce not less than 80 percent of the average annual value of shipments from within the sector of the group consistent with subclause (I), that manufacture similar products in an industrial sector may petition the Secretary to designate as eligible industrial sectors under this part an entity or a group of entities that—</text>
<subclause id="H86A4ED9F6FC7408797EEC573346C0686"><enum>(I)</enum><text>represent a sector using a standard product classification, and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H96F5AAC7373E4E2B8A6C5EE00A934FE2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>meet the respective import and/or export eligibility criteria in paragraph (1)(A)(i).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HC1494421B9D6480FAFCEE2FDFAEADEA2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Data</header><text>In making a determination under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall consider—</text> <subclause id="H5C68D8B4346744619FEBB63766FB6233"><enum>(I)</enum><text>data submitted by the petitioner,</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H56D6853880934DF2935365BFC480AEA0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>data solicited by the Secretary from other entities in the sector, and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H93395AF757A045A5A1FDAC3AF9051085"><enum>(III)</enum><text>data specified in paragraph (1)(C).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H852DACFB9C1F4CD5B7329A175C1BE472"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Basis of subsector determination</header>
<subclause id="H648E446AF76D495AB2B06BE6F791C795"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (II), the Secretary shall determine an entity or group of entities to be a subsector of a 6-digit section of the NAICS code based only on the products manufactured and not the industrial process by which the products are manufactured.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB8080C0877B44CB7A39034BC61C50287"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Type of material</header><text>The Secretary may determine an entity or group of entities that manufacture a product from primarily virgin material to be a separate subsector from another entity or group of entities that manufacture the same product primarily from recycled material.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H7C8B92987FF2412AAFEA4EDBFAF59DBF"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Use of most recent data</header><text>In determining whether to designate a sector or subsector as an eligible industrial sector under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall use the most recent data available from the sources described in paragraph (1)(C), rather than the data from the years specified in paragraph (1)(C), to determine the trade intensity of the sector or subsector, but only for determining the trade intensity.</text></clause> <clause id="HC15A9155746B43C4A14040613A3E259C"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Final action</header><text>The Secretary shall take final action on a petition described in this subparagraph not later than 180 days after the date the completed petition is received by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H50537F52A7E548AFB501EC4521149B1B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cessation of qualifying activities</header><text>If, as determined by the Secretary, an industrial sector or a covered good within the sector is no longer liable to be designated under this section, the Commissioner shall cease to apply the border tax adjustment on the relevant covered goods with effect from January 1 of the following year.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H565441AC32AF4AF594783E2FEE29BBE4"><enum>9914.</enum><header>Border tax adjustment rate</header> <subsection id="H37BAD5BD68364610BD2786A233C31534"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Commissioner, shall, no later than the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this section, promulgate regulations—</text>
<paragraph id="HB31FD7F0A18E4F6ABA8EF19BC4159FB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishing the products which are liable for, and requiring payment of, the border tax adjustment rate,</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC0D2B3618534482BD46CBEA1DB108D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establishing a general methodology for calculating the level of the border tax adjustment rate that a domestic importer of any covered good must submit and the rebate that an exporter will receive,</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0EAE942A77A46EFB107945A9325ACF9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establishing an administrative process whereby any determination by the Secretary under this subsection may be appealed,</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H073F60C431D143EFBC974B5F5B38498D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>exempting from this section products that originate from—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD503EB20BFF044BA9CAD4B87AC971010"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any country that the United Nations has identified as among the least developed of developing countries, or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H761DC0559E724E03B24636529C957302"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any country that the President has determined to be responsible for less than 0.5 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions and less than 5 percent of global production in the eligible industrial sector,</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9ACED7DD522C446385AF34DE7621DAC1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>specifying the procedures that the Commissioner will apply for the declaration and entry of covered goods with respect to the eligible industrial sector into the customs territory of the United States, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A99976AA477456F9EBDA3B3D0F41A50"><enum>(6)</enum><text>establishing procedures that prevent circumvention of the carbon tax liability for covered goods that are manufactured or processed in more than one foreign country.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H050A92AC73A04768B544A349E07071EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Presidential discretion</header><text>The President may elect not to levy the border tax adjustment for an eligible industrial sector or for specific products within that sector if the President determines and certifies to Congress that the program would not be in the national interest, economic interest, or environmental interest of the United States.</text></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7512AF9676E24F5F8BB39105CDB8C73F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to emissions after the later of December 31, 2025, and the date that is one year after the date regulations are promulgated under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9914">section 9914</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Distribution of Revenues From Taxation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions</header>
<subtitle id="HFD38E33AF1654CF3AB50E5694A5D2C20"><enum>A</enum><header>Rebuilding Infrastructure and Solutions for the Environment Trust Fund</header>
<section id="H7A104F27A48345FABCDD647C4B4B10A5"><enum>201.</enum><header>Establishment of the RISE Trust Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby created in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the <quote>Rebuilding Infrastructure and Solutions for the Environment Trust Fund</quote> (hereafter in this Act referred to as the <quote>RISE Trust Fund</quote>), consisting of amounts paid into the Treasury pursuant to subtitle L of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by title I of this Act), and 75 percent of such amounts are hereby appropriated and transferred to the RISE Trust Fund.</text></section> <section id="H7EC8AB172E69424892006E3ED9D62C07"><enum>202.</enum><header>Appropriations from the RISE Trust Fund</header> <subsection id="H69F421AFF1AB427D90DF836B2A715ED1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts in the RISE Trust Fund for a fiscal year shall be available, as provided by appropriation Acts, as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H21284576979E4767976593044912A4E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>70 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 to the Highway Trust Fund.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF841E2D41F14F749F659DA11D453F72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>1.5 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for the weatherization program developed under part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6861">42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H619504992DF24D769EDF6983F4B52E32"><enum>(3)</enum><text>3 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for assistance for displaced energy workers under section 321.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A45B96CD44549BCAD1782558801BBC7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>2.5 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9502">section 9502</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBE37B90B783E421E8A5F151ECEB4F6E3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>0.1 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 to the Leaking Underground Storage Trust Fund under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9508">section 9508</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE93938BDAA014D0B8C168E236D1C48F5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>1.5 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 to the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund under section 401 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1231">30 U.S.C. 1231</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2850129650F4E59BD1D2E18165000A3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>4 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for frequent and chronic coastal flooding mitigation and adaptation infrastructure projects under section 302.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H089362065DB54ACCA5C9AB6977DD20B9"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1.5 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy under section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16538">42 U.S.C. 16538</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94F17BEA3AD4496996489309406FFE48"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.7 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for the Carbon Capture Research and Development Program of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H325F10B19CB64B14BFC34CA3E72E39F6"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.5 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for assistance for Carbon Storage DOE Fossil Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Program Areas, Coal Program Area (Carbon Storage).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H34779B199B3E45DBB6FA38597EA1AA62"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.5 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for assistance to the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the Office of Fossil Energy for the research and development of carbon removal technologies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF77AE37BD95A4B30BD367FFE3504E26C"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.3 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 to the Secretary of Energy for research and development to identify and assess novel uses for carbon oxides, including the conversion of carbon dioxide for commercial and industrial products, such as chemicals, plastics, building materials, fuels, cement, products of coal use in power systems or other applications, or other products with demonstrated market value.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4F575AC7159343648AD219D2A3ACC06F"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.2 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 to the Secretary of Energy to provide grants to entities constructing common carrier pipeline infrastructure to transport anthropogenic carbon dioxide for the incremental cost of providing extra capacity for future carbon dioxide transport needs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC7C964AC1FD64B4D983841B505A04A46"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.5 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for research and development relating to energy storage by battery through the Office of Electricity, Department of Energy.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF3740900104472C8C2683684B4FA707"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for State grants under section 203.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C4C6DBB30154F77ADE5D30FDDA2837F"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 to the Reforestation Trust Fund (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1606a">16 U.S.C. 1606a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC269D6D3561945988968BF551771BAD5"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.1 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for assistance through cooperative agreements to decrease the environmental impact of energy-related activities pursuant to section 931 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16231">42 U.S.C. 16231</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA33AF832CD64BF4B5F8DA3C0E3D7A97"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1.6 percent for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for the environmental quality incentives program under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa">16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.</external-xref>) for payments to producers to implement practices that promote improvements identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 1240B(d)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20C2CB1CD27A4394AB301F3865D45DFE"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.5 percent for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2036 for the regional conservation partnership program under section 1271 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871">16 U.S.C. 3871</external-xref>) for eligible activities on eligible land through partnership agreements with eligible partners and contracts with producers that address one of the following goals:</text> <subparagraph id="HE147098F388941F696F33B01F6E1F7E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Soil health.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H78A5FA7A3AB44364A22F8DA7CB49EC6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Nutrient management.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8889ADD160140FFA55A32502C90C2C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Forest restoration.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5DA34EAFC8FC4A72A596A4B69C9D3B20"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Reduction of methane emissions.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9784BFFF43254116AE14C6EF8220414F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Other related activities that the Secretary determines will help achieve conservation benefits and increase carbon sequestration or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCF701812028A4C81B9C9EACCC915A941"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Carbon removal</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(11), the term <quote>carbon removal technologies</quote> includes:</text> <paragraph id="HE8B15C86260C402296B98A6C06FC4F16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Direct air capture and storage technologies, which shall not include any equipment which captures carbon dioxide which is deliberately released from naturally occurring subsurface springs or using natural photosynthesis.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3DC0A3455799497DA97D6C79DDF703D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92BB79E70A55456CA0C1DC5B53C5459E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Enhanced geological weathering.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE475EB0BF9A4D1786419526AEE14BA2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Agricultural and grazing practices.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CA4FCE2DBBB422FA7D8EE8FBD1C3C16"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Forest management and afforestation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D65B94F28FC4C71AC9ECDF495699CBA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Planned or managed carbon sinks, including natural and artificial.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5CEC0D51878D4D0084A1ED4525767053"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Wage rate requirements</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in a manner consistent with other provisions in this Act, all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on projects funded directly by or assisted in whole or in part by and through the Federal Government pursuant to this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code. With respect to the labor standards specified in this section, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States Code.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5BA3C984F3C344F9860DCB9AD8A78900"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H0F3683206CA540F6A9BCD82B2146B644"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Leaking underground storage tank trust fund</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9508">Section 9508(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H28F588B115854292A41D1BD16D4830BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3),</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3134EA64F5504A688FD71024B8983087"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC452C71BB598431DB16E9C97D28DE9DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7DB1100C88F5449EBB06E7C94EF68849" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE93DF437D41644EFA7FE203DA9AA5431"><enum>(5)</enum><text>amounts made available to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund from the RISE Trust Fund under section 202(a)(5) of the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34D7BEDBF2014803B55C4991DCF07B73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reforestation trust fund</header> <subparagraph id="HEBC12D0CA50A4A32B8A545A2DBBDE36F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Source of funds</header><text>Section 303(a) of the Act of October 14, 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1606a">16 U.S.C. 1606a(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subsection (b)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection (b)</quote>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA2B7129C053477A8EEAFF4508386B03"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule relating to limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303(b) of the Act of October 14, 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1606a">16 U.S.C. 1606a(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HE792BB7E62054AEB83A6D603C2353D23" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HCD77D926C4BE42A991125EF9814919FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Not later than 9 months after the enactment of the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act, the Secretary shall transfer to the Trust Fund the amounts made available under section 202(a)(13) of such Act.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H527E96725374435C9368D4AE208B8BB0"><enum>203.</enum><header>State grants</header>
<subsection id="H9E66492AE34C4CC289E7F903BADC6F09"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From amounts made available under section 202(a)(15), the Secretary of the Treasury shall make a annual grant to each State (hereafter in this section referred to as <quote>State grant</quote>) to distribute to eligible low-income households in accordance with this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDDA21B04910F49F3991C1E0662AA9DD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible low-Income household</header><text>A household shall be considered to be an eligible low-income household for purposes of this section if—</text>
<paragraph id="HBBC9666D1D96416E97EC9955128D4691"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided in subsection (d)(4), the gross income of the household does not exceed 150 percent of the poverty line;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD02F3C3FE1C943C3990C5D0B72E26E95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the appropriate State agency for the State in which the household is located determines that the household is participating in—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63499EBAEE5B419E9460B92F419707D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1749FDFC7C7841A2B1658C817DA53A92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations authorized by section 4(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(b)</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEAE3AEA7B1D84FDA9DFD22825E938142"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the program for nutrition assistance in Puerto Rico or American Samoa under section 19 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2028">7 U.S.C. 2028</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0CA4E801D6BB4BD2AB0FC76BA56D8980"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the household consists of a single individual or a married couple, and—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3561E83DEAAE46B983B8996F65F17370"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receives the subsidy described in section 1860D–14 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395w-114">42 U.S.C. 1395w–114</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8C27F5C4E79498E90101CAC3987D429"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEE916E8F93EB429E908EFC3584EF98F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>participates in the program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H19B0C19E0E12418095D36EEA1ED0EC6A" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets the income requirements described in section 1860D–14(a)(1) or (a)(2) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395w-114">42 U.S.C. 1395w–114(a)(1)</external-xref> or (a)(2)); or</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE5BF1E5647B4DBFAD3F8B615FD97C20"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the household consists of a single individual or a married couple, and receives benefits under the supplemental security income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1381">42 U.S.C. 1381–1383f</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB4BC015DC6594B35AB4ED45AD6BC6061"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall determine the amount of each State grant in proportion to the percentage of total United States greenhouse gas emissions attributable to electricity, natural gas, gasoline, diesel, and fuel ethanol sold in such State during the preceding calendar year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF91D35A13DCE40768CA4AB92E913D14E"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Rule relating to process</header> <text>Not later than 1 year after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish by rule a date in each year by which each State shall notify the Secretary how the State intends to distribute the State Grant. The Secretary shall transfer the State Grant to each State only upon the State demonstrating to the Secretary’s satisfaction that the State intends to distribute the State Grant in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H573A37E5B0C14CCEAEF0AEFDDF35C50A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <quote>State</quote> includes the District of Columbia and any territory of possession of the United States.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H322C12C67B2746AEA1E197BDB0836F88"><enum>B</enum><header>Certain Manufacturers Excise Taxes</header> <section id="H18EB850BFBA64996AD0D322C5BF7C526"><enum>211.</enum><header>Repeal of Federal motor vehicle and aviation fuel taxes</header> <subsection id="H9EFFDB7D93B14C8D8E9927ADD71FF7AE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subpart A of part III of subchapter A of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/32">chapter 32</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is hereby repealed.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5E80F91B9D2748E5BCA7263313B7633E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The repeal made by subsection (a) shall apply to transactions after December 31, 2025.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4D7804599AFD465B9780A3FF4885DE27"><enum>212.</enum><header>Modifications of qualifying advanced coal project credit</header> <subsection id="H002E403C5BA9415F9973F64DAA665DEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sequestration requirement for certain equipment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/48A">Section 48A(e)(1)(G)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>and 60 percent in the case of an application for a reallocation of credits under subsection (d)(4) with respect to an electrical generating unit in existence on October 3, 2008</quote> after <quote>under subsection (d)(4)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB632B0C73CF64CF68AA6BAB7202DAD3E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nameplate generating capacity requirement</header><text>Section 48A(e)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>400 megawatts</quote> and inserting <quote>200 megawatts</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H40FEC1546E2B4BB8B965BA1736244B32"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advanced coal-Based generation technology requirements</header> <paragraph id="HF592102437B746F78B5BDC824D25B966"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 48A(f)(1) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>generation technology if—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the unit is designed</quote> and inserting <quote>generation technology if the unit is designed</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6523B3BCF8884E4A815EC9B22936669E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 48A(f) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HE92F1DCDE83A43EEA058426529A019F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking all that precedes <quote>the purpose of this section</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H46932F403AA545349935DC49686E458F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1D8AB12B3ED742398241D60AFA7133D7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Advanced coal-Based generation technology</header><text>For</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H444E332BDA9B45D6B56CF2770C7021D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in subparagraph (B)</quote> in the second sentence and inserting <quote>in this subsection</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCABECAF42A484E9EBB32B02D47F1543F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2320292E5D704E4CBA22E0B64A23DB30"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Performance requirements in case of best available control technology</header><text>Section 48A(f) of such Code, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>In the case of a retrofit of a unit which has undergone a best available control technology analysis after August 8, 2005, with respect to the removal or emissions of any pollutant which is SO2 or NOx, the removal or emissions design level with respect to such pollutant shall be the level determined in such analysis.</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF885752831D3444FA8CD16944AD9193D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Clarification of reallocation authority</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/48A">Section 48A(d)(4)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H32177B683CD944D6940723E51D908A33"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H455A1923C16A47C68136446BFD11A63D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment of this section, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7C45CC139F024983A52BFFC99E3D24E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and every 6 months thereafter until all credits available under this section have been allowed</quote> after <quote>the date which is 6 years after the date of enactment of this section</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55F675497FA84FC5BFFDABE826A1B754"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5438AF2CAA9C4C4C8505FBDF6F314594"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>may reallocate credits available under clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>shall reallocate credits remaining available under paragraph (3)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H304D21504B664D5391FEF61A38161B84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (i); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB27C64F05B4A44A7A9AA4FA887A064B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H46E1FCBBB7944059B55C9D4753036839" style="OLC">
<clause id="HBC56229B3F5D41FC92EA297B8BF53B5E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any applicant for certification which submitted an accepted application has subsequently failed to satisfy the requirements under paragraph (2)(D), or</text></clause> <clause id="H08FD579C9A89483EB82F2DBAC10144C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any certification made pursuant to paragraph (2) has been revoked pursuant to paragraph (2)(E).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE03905AC47B64653B7ECBD56C2C672A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCED8414FE96C42118D340658493C435E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72545F755A5D47FF8BAC52F731178F39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>is authorized to</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H437BCA35D1FC4786ABAA0C4ADEDF1B4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an additional program</quote> and inserting <quote>additional programs</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDC6A9BE6ADA145A9AE919B6404DC3D34"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph id="HFB07B750CEE742B3927936D8342D10F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to allocations and reallocations after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0ED72567926847AFB61F1A92B14CEEE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reallocation</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (e) shall apply to credits remaining available under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/48A">section 48A(d)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>III</enum><header>Amendments to Other Laws</header>
<subtitle id="HD0169FBC96F74E53A4FC2476A6184C6B"><enum>A</enum><header>Amendments to Federal Environmental Statutes</header>
<section id="H99F7537B9EE14DA09CE5C2F6E1DF5D0B"><enum>301.</enum><header>Amendments to the Clean Air Act</header>
<subsection id="H7D3EA5CA198A4AA3BCA12A553B5CE724"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title III of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7601">42 U.S.C. 7601</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H1E1E34C7E5DE4668970706D928444739" style="OLC"> <section id="H0E2E9F01CCFF403B85F3B23FF42D0C58"><enum>330.</enum><header>Moratorium against certain regulations based on greenhouse gas effects</header> <subsection id="H1CA1FF55BAE84A578D4D40BB4F54B738"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fuels</header><text>Unless specifically authorized in section 202, 211, 213, 231, or this section, after a fossil fuel has passed through a point of taxation as provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9901">section 9901(d)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, subject to subsection (g), the Administrator shall not issue or enforce any rule limiting the emission of greenhouse gases from the combustion of that fuel under this Act (or impose any requirement on any State to limit such emission) on the basis of the emission’s greenhouse gas effects.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H0FC0F4F559EF4B308BFBDD5B1E1728E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emissions</header><text>Unless specifically authorized in section 202, 211, 213, 231, or this section, if emission of any greenhouse gas is subject to taxation pursuant to section 9902 or 9903 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Administrator shall not issue or enforce any rule limiting such emission under this Act (or impose any requirement on any State to limit such emission) on the basis of the emission’s greenhouse gas effects.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2038DCF7825A48FE8E95426485062D22"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized regulation</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), nothing in this section limits the Administrator’s authority pursuant to any other provision of this Act—</text>
<paragraph id="H08D79E462DE64C0A8E9E885E5FF761E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to limit the emission of any greenhouse gas because of any adverse impact on health or welfare other than its greenhouse gas effects;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2694E23D4BD641F7BFE189E34E57FF8F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in limiting emissions as described in paragraph (1), to consider the collateral benefits of limiting the emissions because of greenhouse gas effects;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67901A44DBFA4AECA419AC96FFDB9FDC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to limit the emission of any other pollutant that is not a greenhouse gas that the Administrator determines by rule has heat-trapping properties; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E6996DA0E0640E89F19CAA884759075"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to take any action with respect to any greenhouse gas other than limiting its emission, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F69E57FC67E4AD582DAA043D739321D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>monitoring, reporting, and record-keeping requirements;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9DAD2F4A44244DDCB2544449F8A65293"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conducting or supporting investigations; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26DC881206A645DEBF22C7F3FFB59448"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information collection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0806C4B6152A4076B202ABBB97589090"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exception for certain greenhouse gas emissions</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), nothing in this section limits the Administrator’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from—</text>
<paragraph id="H5AE2E9EC2CEA40BF90667952E4E956B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>facilities that—</text> <subparagraph id="HA66423FCD0374B59A86CF7D17C1AFA8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are subject to subpart OOOO or OOOOa of part 60 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on January 1, 2018, or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB2770A7D6EA445C9FC8045727E623C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>would be subject to either subpart OOOO or OOOOa if those subparts applied to facilities without regard to the date on which construction, modification, or reconstruction commenced, and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD48762EEFC974613A116D0ADF15D9E81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>POTW Treatment Plants (as defined in section 403.3(r) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this section)).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H09EFA2B079E74E8681ABE58ADA094035"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the terms <quote>greenhouse gas</quote> and <quote>greenhouse gas effects</quote> have the meanings given to those terms in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9907">section 9907</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE2713C11D94C42269DF3DFDDD941227F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Moratorium expiration</header><text>Subsections (a) and (b) shall cease to apply beginning on January 1, 2039.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H624E8576A6BE4C99864395426069C985"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<paragraph id="H029B329BD5A040F1B3BEE1CB752CACAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>2030</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section and section 211(c)(5) of this Act, if the Administrator determines by March 30, 2031, pursuant to the report required by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9901">section 9901(b)(3)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that total greenhouse gas emissions from sources subject to taxation under sections 9901 through 9903 of such Code during the period of calendar years 2027 through 2030 exceed the emission level specified in section 9901(b)(3)(A) of such Code for calendar year 2030, then beginning on October 1, 2031, subsections (a) and (b) shall cease to apply.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD560B9C8533D41009FDD0DB5B2CB5CC1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>2034</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section and section 211(c)(5) of this Act, if the Administrator determines by March 30, 2035, pursuant to the report required by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9901">section 9901(b)(3)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that total greenhouse gas emissions from sources subject to taxation under sections 9901 through 9903 of such Code during the period of calendar years 2027 through 2034 exceed the emission level specified in section 9901(b)(3)(A) of such Code for calendar year 2034, then beginning on October 1, 2035, subsections (a) and (b) shall cease to apply.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HC71B739728584CD792D2307E202C432D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>New motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines</header><text>Section 202(b) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7521">42 U.S.C. 7521(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4160134FA0AB4EF4B822600DD637180F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating the second paragraph (3) (as redesignated by section 230(4)(C) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/549">Public Law 101–549</external-xref> (104 Stat. 2529)) as paragraph (4); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1386B92C94454D16BF5FCCBDA6DF54F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HBEECCB2C08904E5C92786F959CD0FEA8" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HB3E553FA78B54674B506FD5204517C9E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Notwithstanding section 330(a), the Administrator may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H694A6626A9244DFAA221C1B04A639CDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>limit the emission of any greenhouse gas (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9907">section 9907</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) on the basis of the emission’s greenhouse gas effects (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9907">section 9907</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) from any class or classes of new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines subject to regulation under subsection (a)(1); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H78DA9F3950F64C4D8D9E301031029C3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>grant a waiver under section 209(b)(1) for standards for the control of greenhouse gas emissions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H61621A3FCE704E44B876C1DC6002FF46"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fuels</header><text>Section 211(c) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HB05C5283868B4D19BDDA6718A04055F3" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H8F81CC55BE294E2BA3CBCE83152D69DC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Except as required in subsection (o), the Administrator shall not, pursuant to this subsection, impose on any manufacturer, processor, or distributor of fuel any requirement for the purpose of reducing the emission of any greenhouse gas (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9907">section 9907</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) produced by combustion of the fuel on the basis of the emission’s greenhouse gas effects (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9907">section 9907</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H8394F3FAD89D41209AA64E7667854225"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Nonroad engines and vehicles emissions standards</header><text>Section 213 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7547">42 U.S.C. 7547</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H2A0591B4068649889E6E62456B92CCF1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HA9698AE7D3FB446FBF235CC21AD6C11F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Greenhouse gas emissions</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 330, the Administrator may limit the emission of any greenhouse gas (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9907">section 9907</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) on the basis of the emission’s greenhouse gas effects (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9907">section 9907</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) from any nonroad engines and nonroad vehicles subject to regulation under this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HFC8BBD07E20644DF8408B34F2E66E08E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Aircraft emission standards</header><text>Section 231 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/757">42 U.S.C. 757</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H0BA2F146256C4C829F14E938D97822EB" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H45B4FE2E7B1148B2A561779E6C2E629B"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 330, the Administrator may limit the emission of any greenhouse gas (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9907">section 9907</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) on the basis of the emission’s greenhouse gas effects (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9907">section 9907</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) from any class or classes of aircraft engines, so long as any such limitation is not more stringent than the standards adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H62832D2FFEAA4891AF9F8D471E8B447F"><enum>302.</enum><header>Frequent and chronic flooding mitigation and adaptation infrastructure projects</header>
<subsection id="HD39ED545EE8E44BFA0DBD1A77FC84FF4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Army (hereinafter referred to as <quote>the Secretaries</quote>), in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may make grants to State and local governments and federally recognized Indian Tribes for frequent and chronic flooding mitigation and adaptation infrastructure projects.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H921AD85076524A84B326A136CB6CDC37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized uses</header><text>Amounts provided as a grant under this section may be used for any of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H699B0B592CAF4A9FAB7F16404F5E8446"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Adaptation of existing infrastructure to mitigate impacts of climate change, including enhancements to both built and natural environments.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE8139494293645098BC7AD16F73B29AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Maintenance and updating of existing flood risk reduction infrastructure, such as gravity drainage structures, road elevation, bulkheads, gates, and floodwalls.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4808142FB31428AB9470C0052C86DBF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Increasing resilience to frequent and chronic flooding, including (as combined or separate projects)—</text> <subparagraph id="H256A1689604E455E96BE96416A3C5288"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the creation of bulkheads, levees, and other hard infrastructure alone or in combination with natural infrastructure described in subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F954F34A58542839C2948BDC49E9D0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>habitat restoration work, including dune enhancement, vegetative restoration, beach renourishment, coral and oyster reef restoration, floodplain restoration, and other actions to restore the function of the natural ecological function and processes to provide flood risk reduction benefits.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H108D4E28F5D14741846F1501A9298E67"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Improvements to conveyance, diversion, removal, and storage infrastructure to reduce risks caused by frequent and chronic flooding.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4AA3221049F04D2BB4B1A64638CE018B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Innovative methods to reduce risks caused by chronic flooding along street infrastructure systems, including canal streets, absorbent streets, floodable parks, bioswales, rain gardens, permeable pavement, and underground cisterns.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H66DB3953AF3F448F9E28653B82E7AB62"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Deployment of technologies designed to mitigate power outages, continue delivery of vital electricity services, and maintain the flow of power to facilities critical to public health, safety and welfare, including distributed generation, energy storage, and microgrids.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5381B57436A54401BE1E773A196C54EA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on project eligibility</header><text>A project shall not be eligible for funding under this section if it will have any long-term negative impact on important ecological functions and habitat or existing natural protection features and functions.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H725D2C37BB884769ADB0F6EE52989F63"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making grants under this section the Secretaries shall give priority to the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H00862BCFDB9A4A7DA8C669685DBB1F18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Protecting areas designated as special flood hazard areas for purposes of the national flood insurance program under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4001">42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4001">42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.</external-xref>), hazard areas that incorporate at least 2 feet of additional freeboard, or 3 feet in the case of critical infrastructure, above base flood elevation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H04915EA655E44B9D98922374615BD3E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Protecting critical infrastructure, as that term is defined in section 1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5195c">42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B7C5D8670C943CAA1205E0B12F58C18"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Projects that yield flood risk reduction benefits and additional environmental, social, and economic benefits.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H00D6EDB0018A4075A58146F938948187"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Joint Application</header><text>Two or more contiguous local governments or Tribes may jointly apply for, and receive, a grant under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H174A7023F50D4BDBBC96DA6F9D295A64"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header>
<paragraph id="HD7FDCAB3C55146B297847D7DAFA05D84">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Limitation on Federal share</header>
<text>The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out with a grant under this section shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost of such activity.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB87B5E81570841BDB40013FFCF5EF97D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-federal share</header><text>The Secretary shall apply to the non-Federal share of an activity carried out with a grant under this section the amount of funds, and the fair market value of property and services, provided by non-Federal sources and used for the activity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF7ADDF4BED604339A08C4444C87014FC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each recipient of a grant under this section shall report annually to the Secretaries on the progress made on the project carried out with the grant.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H777F24ED806C4AFCB23FD86778F25D84"><enum>303.</enum><header>No preemption of State law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this act shall preempt or supersede, or be interpreted to preempt or supersede, any State law or regulation.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H18DFEEA27A444E599A947ED7DDD9D9DE"><enum>B</enum><header>Assistance to Displaced Workers in the Energy Sector</header> <section id="H9E25CFE5278C441C9CC13EDA95B317A8"><enum>321.</enum><header>Assistance to displaced workers in the energy sector</header> <subsection id="HB354D988FE2D49B7A18C3C6F75C8904B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For a period of 10 years after the enactment of the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act, from amounts made available under section 202 of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall carry out a program to assist workers in the energy sector.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAA31CB6694624376B2EFD6A8D12712BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Workers in the energy sector</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>workers in the energy sector</quote> means—</text> <paragraph id="HBB17974190C54447A9542018171DF536"><enum>(1)</enum><text>workers in fossil energy sectors that may be displaced as a result of the enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D6994916EC74E62BCC6D15FCAAA6F9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>workers in the nuclear power sector that work at a nuclear power plant—</text> <subparagraph id="HFABF0312DFE64E4A88CFB5E0DD4EDA63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that ceased operation in the two years preceding the date of enactment of this Act; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H942FD5FF136846DBB566FE4E07406570"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the owner of which announced prior to the date of enactment of this Act its intent to cease the operation of the plant at a future date.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H82221099D1A346A7B32F55F56CB5F60F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>Such assistance may take the form of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HA9B711C9635A4DA0BEDF7195D8CC7E7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Worker retraining.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE8E2C9A1BC314298908A959E2DD945C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Relocation expenses for those who move to find new employment.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3AFE2EB446944F2A9ACE5D93431EDA46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Early retirement.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11D5EA93E5094D0CA18A41EDD2752853"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Health benefits.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30E70645A377499CA641360EEA56CFC1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Block grants to affected communities for economic redevelopment and infrastructure investments.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A43FFFEFAE8437A9B9DCCB3493A8571"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Transfers to the trustees of the 1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan to pay benefits required under that plan. No such transfer shall be made in a first fiscal year beginning after a plan year for which the funded percentage (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/432">section 432(j)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of the 1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan is at least 100 percent.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>IV</enum><header>National Climate Commission</header>
<section id="HE019BA3A760C4A2F96803EB5415C5142"><enum>401.</enum><header>Establishment of Commission</header>
<subsection id="HDF4F67496418427D9F1778C063473766"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established a bipartisan commission to be known as the <quote>National Climate Commission</quote> (in this title referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H246F4D9F7EA1466B898CE9ED79065D73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="H3BF0B5D732964E84AF5CCF399B96F997"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Commission shall be composed of 10 members, appointed as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H790E529E4CF542A69A90089442FFF10D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>One cochair appointed by the President.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H242A73A516744B7EBD978D206993C04E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>One cochair appointed by the majority or minority leader of the Senate, whoever is of the opposite party as the President, in consultation with the Speaker or minority leader of the House of Representatives, whoever is of the opposite party as the President.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB00A18FD3BC442AAA8A0FAC5E3129A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Two members appointed by the majority leader of the Senate.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H580C134A85294D97A8C9597512165718"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Two members appointed by the minority leader of the Senate.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2C2BE02952C4B9484CE609134D0A6FD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B8EB31BA178439DAEC9E4494716DC07"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Two members appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H25AF91E945A94C67BDCADEDC2D59DB6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header>
<subparagraph id="H8E8247F03C2945228AF7725C054D9ACB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be considered for membership on the Commission, an individual shall demonstrate expertise in the economy, energy, climate, or public health, and be a representative from—</text> <clause id="HE2BDD8AF0D0E462FBA80A4FD50A1BF66"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an academic, scientific, or other non-governmental organization; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H03B4C082DB6A4E64A90995F659FE15CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an industry organization or small business in a relevant sector such as—</text> <subclause id="H0D75F91B029B4FEEB316AB602498DBB5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>energy supply and transmission, including fossil fuels and renewable energy;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0AAADE27F9D6425E96E42CD3E23F3C83"><enum>(II)</enum><text>energy exploration and production, including fossil fuels and renewable energy;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF2C6BED269AE46A39E0816EE07922A3C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>solid waste and wastewater;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H4CEE2BD2902A4ED081CF60D99F1A7ECA"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>transportation;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFFF038520D2A40BDA0E64C61340E74FB"><enum>(V)</enum><text>chemical manufacturing;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8C2FE2BEE3C145DEB82F5DFB68F47839"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>agriculture;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H450E599E79824DB1A3A0B7F37331F31B"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>construction; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H86B52D815A684494A848D3E31F63EB6E"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>forestry.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF869A0708DE54BADB80B1FE69597249F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certain persons ineligible</header><text>No employee, owner, director, or other person affiliated with an entity that has donated funding for the activities of the Commission pursuant to section 404(a) may be appointed to the Commission.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H89163923548847A99F130213463B8829"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Appointment deadline</header><text>Members of the Commission shall be appointed not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19F6D9C2C3A94BFCBC2E2A493817812C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Period of Appointment</header><text>Members of the Commission shall be appointed for a term of 6 years, which may be renewed.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFAB2191C737146179BB7C71A445100FE"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Vacancy</header><text>A vacancy in the Commission shall not affect the powers of the Commission and shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H70EF891C1DF04A84B2A5E902BCF4AE16"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compensation of employees</header><text>Each member of the Commission may be compensated at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day during which that member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Commission.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36D89688141F4943B657FD5884108AD4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>Each member shall receive travel expenses to perform the duties of the Commission, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4C4172023B784FF5AA6D8D1A7657ACEA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meetings</header> <paragraph id="H21A1C1EE9F33442F87840E98F06AE760"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial meeting</header><text>The Commission shall hold its first meeting not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDE49FB6A06843228F98735605FD649F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meeting</header><text>The Commission shall meet not less than once every 3 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD241BF8D66EF4DDB82606E0225EF001A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>Six members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HD2726FE01756452B8ED6ED8ECCE4C9F1"><enum>402.</enum><header>Duties of Commission</header>
<subsection id="H5EC3542995CA408097D7E34621EC3C10"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The Commission shall set goals for emissions reduction to be achieved by 2031 and every five years thereafter through 2056, using such estimated rates of reduction as the Commission determines reflect the latest scientific findings of what is necessary to avoid the serious human health and environmental consequences of climate change.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEF0134462160496C99BAA78AD924A2D8"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Review</header> <text>The Commission shall assess the effect of existing policies and programs of the Federal Government with the aim of achieving the emissions reduction goals in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA1359E79F7C94007AF80B8D2B550478E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Beginning in 2032, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall issue a report to the President, Congress, and the States, which shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HA4F9B72189004BF59624264EBE1C49FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an analysis of whether the policies and programs assessed under subsection (b) are on pace to achieving the emissions reduction goals set under subsection (a);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A187A2F1EDF4C6D9DA55661BCF4AA94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations, if any, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9305DEE82D364EB99FCBFB1B8361F3ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a minority report with dissenting views, if applicable.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H5586B2105A194974A4807941CB8660F8"><enum>403.</enum><header>Powers of Commission</header>
<subsection id="HAFBDBA202F1742C5959D68426596E9C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Obtaining official data</header>
<paragraph id="H41EA01C155F9422BB6B42F2615754C59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission may secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality of the Government, unrestricted information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of carrying out this title. Each department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the extent authorized by provisions of law other than this section, furnish such unrestricted information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by a cochair or any member designated by a majority of the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H242BBCA694B84C918C311A54222907B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Receipt, handling, storage, and dissemination</header><text>Unrestricted information provided to the Commission under paragraph (1) shall be received, handled, stored, and disseminated only by members and staff of the Commission, consistent with any applicable statutes, regulations, or Executive orders.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H12CF34EEA1AC41D2844DD2AFDE8A0FEA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Assistance from Federal agencies</header>
<paragraph id="HE259A68A6AA748BB95D0272E6CD40AD3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>General services administration</header>
<text>The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, administrative support and other services for the performance of the functions of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59F3B4EE626E4FC488C83EA80D752869">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Other departments and agencies</header>
<text>In addition to the assistance prescribed in paragraph (1), departments and agencies of the United States may provide to the Commission such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support services as they may determine advisable and as may be authorized by law.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDB85522345164149973F696D14562CBF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Postal services</header><text>The Commission may use the United States mail in the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HE3F03B6A32FF4B3A9B639CFB654D9CCD"><enum>404.</enum><header>Funding for the activities of the Commission</header> <subsection id="H21D504B161D4427C84ECAECE28B54DF3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Private sector donations</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce may collect private sector donations for the purpose of carrying out this title, to be deposited in the Treasury and made available consistent with the authorization of appropriations in subsection (c).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8759908C5C564D76AF42FDE1B0CE6EAE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transparency</header><text>The amounts and sources of all funds donated under subsection (a) and all spending by the Commission shall be made publicly available on the website of the Commission.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H11109949E5504D88AD1BD883A7EC0E18"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commission, for the purpose of carrying out the activities of this title, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2039.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HC94897B3084946CB832C15C361B0102F"><enum>405.</enum><header>Staff of the Commission</header>
<subsection id="HFB285D880E874B9CB89A37836BEBD2DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Detail of government employees</header><text>Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement from the Commission, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDF68D1C3115B4EBA87F4170379B165E2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expert and consultant services</header><text>The Commission may procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection></section>