[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3362 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3362

     To amend the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the 
   Environmental Protection Agency to provide competitive grants to 
 publicly funded schools to implement effective technologies to reduce 
   air pollutants (as defined in section 302 of the Clean Air Act), 
    including greenhouse gas emissions, in accordance with that Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2010

Mr. Sanders (for himself and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the 
   Environmental Protection Agency to provide competitive grants to 
 publicly funded schools to implement effective technologies to reduce 
   air pollutants (as defined in section 302 of the Clean Air Act), 
    including greenhouse gas emissions, in accordance with that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sustainable Schools Pollution 
Reduction Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 105 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7405) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Sustainable Schools Pollution Reduction Grant Program.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Elementary school; secondary school.--The 
                terms `elementary school' and `secondary school' have 
                the meanings given the terms, respectively, in section 
                9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
                    ``(B) Eligible school.--The term `eligible school' 
                means--
                            ``(i) a public elementary school or a 
                        public secondary school; or
                            ``(ii) a school district that encompasses a 
                        public elementary school or a public secondary 
                        school.
                    ``(C) Program.--The term `program' means the 
                sustainable schools pollution reduction program 
                established by paragraph (2)(A).
            ``(2) Program.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--There is established within 
                the Environmental Protection Agency a sustainable 
                schools pollution reduction program.
                    ``(B) Grants.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In carrying out the 
                        program, for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
                        2015, the Administrator shall provide 
                        competitive grants to eligible schools for use 
                        in implementing effective technologies to 
                        reduce air pollutants, including greenhouse gas 
                        emissions.
                            ``(ii) Criteria for selection of 
                        grantees.--The Administrator shall provide 
                        criteria for selection for grants under the 
                        program, including criteria that ensure--
                                    ``(I) implementation of clean 
                                technologies that reduce air pollution 
                                and greenhouse gas emissions, and offer 
                                additional benefits, such as--
                                            ``(aa) reduction of water 
                                        consumption or water pollution;
                                            ``(bb) promotion of 
                                        distributed renewable energy 
                                        technologies, such as solar, 
                                        small-scale or community-scale 
                                        wind, geothermal, biomass, and 
                                        other energy technologies; or
                                            ``(cc) demonstration of new 
                                        and innovative technologies; 
                                        and
                                    ``(II) prioritization of projects 
                                that provide opportunities for student 
                                involvement in the project to be 
                                funded, including--
                                            ``(aa) project 
                                        installation;
                                            ``(bb) project data 
                                        monitoring; and
                                            ``(cc) incorporation of the 
                                        project into classroom 
                                        curricula.
                            ``(iii) Categories of grants and matching 
                        funds.--Of the grant funds provided under the 
                        program--
                                    ``(I) not less than 40 percent 
                                shall be provided in amounts not to 
                                exceed $50,000 for each grant, with no 
                                required matching share; and
                                    ``(II) the remaining funds shall be 
                                provided--
                                            ``(aa) in amounts of not 
                                        less than $50,000 but not to 
                                        exceed $100,000 for each grant, 
                                        with a required non-Federal 
                                        share of 20 percent; and
                                            ``(bb) in amounts that 
                                        exceed $100,000 but not to 
                                        exceed $200,000, with a 
                                        required non-Federal share of 
                                        50 percent.
                    ``(C) Reports.--Not later than 18 months after the 
                date on which funds are made available to carry out 
                this subsection, and annually thereafter, the 
                Administrator shall submit to Congress a report 
                evaluating the implementation of the program, 
                including, at a minimum, a description of--
                            ``(i) the number of grant applications 
                        received;
                            ``(ii) the number of grants funded, 
                        including the amount of each grant funded;
                            ``(iii) the types of technologies funded; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) the environmental, educational, and 
                        financial benefits to eligible schools 
                        receiving the grants.
                    ``(D) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                subsection such sums as are necessary for each of 
                fiscal years 2011 through 2015.''.
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