[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1828. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 
1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in 
the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL GRANT PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
     carry out a competitive grant and cost-sharing agreement 
     program for eligible entities to carry out projects located 
     in the United States to produce, transport, blend, or store 
     sustainable aviation fuel.
       (b) Selection.--In selecting an eligible entity to receive 
     a grant or cost-share agreement under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary shall consider--
       (1) the anticipated public benefits of a project proposed 
     by the eligible entity;
       (2) the potential to increase the domestic production and 
     deployment of sustainable aviation fuel;
       (3) the potential greenhouse gas emissions from such 
     project;
       (4) the potential for creating new jobs in the United 
     States;
       (5) the potential net greenhouse gas emissions impact of 
     different feedstocks to produce sustainable aviation fuel on 
     a lifecycle basis, which shall include potential direct and 
     indirect greenhouse gas emissions (including resulting from 
     changes in land use); and
       (6) the proposed utilization of non-Federal contributions 
     by the eligible entity.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2026 to carry out this section.
       (d) Report.--Not later than October 1, 2027, the Secretary 
     shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation and the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
     the House of Representatives a report describing the results 
     of the grant program under this section. The report shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of the entities and projects that 
     received grants or other cost-sharing agreements under this 
     section.
       (2) A detailed explanation for why each entity received the 
     type of funding disbursement such entity did.
       (3) A description of whether the program is leading to an 
     increase in the production and deployment of sustainable 
     aviation fuels.
       (4) A description of the economic impacts resulting from 
     the funding to and operation of the project.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Conventional jet fuel.--The term ``conventional jet 
     fuel'' means liquid hydrocarbon fuel used for aviation that 
     is derived or refined from petrochemicals.
       (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
       (A) a State or local government other than an airport 
     sponsor;
       (B) an air carrier;
       (C) an airport sponsor; and
       (D) a person or entity engaged in the production, 
     transportation, blending or storage of sustainable aviation 
     fuel in the United States or feedstocks in the United States 
     that could be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel.
       (3) Induced land-use change emissions.--The term ``induced 
     land-use change emissions'' means the greenhouse gas 
     emissions resulting from the conversion of land to the 
     production of feedstocks and from the conversion of other 
     land due to the displacement of crops or animals for which 
     the original land was previously used, as calculated using 
     appropriate modeling techniques approved by a regulating 
     authority.
       (4) Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions.--The term 
     ``lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions'' means the combined 
     greenhouse gas emissions from feedstock production, 
     collection of feedstock, transportation of feedstock to fuel 
     production facilities, conversion of feedstock to fuel, 
     transportation and distribution of fuel, and fuel combustion 
     in an aircraft engine, as well as from induced land-use 
     change emissions, as calculated using appropriate modeling 
     techniques approved by a regulating authority.
       (5) Qualified feedstock.--The term ``qualified feedstock'' 
     means sources of hydrogen and carbon not originating from 
     unrefined or refined petrochemicals.
       (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Transportation.
       (7) Sustainable aviation fuel.--The term ``sustainable 
     aviation fuel'' means liquid fuel consisting of synthesized 
     hydrocarbons that--
       (A) meets the requirements of a Department of Defense 
     specification for military jet fuel or an American Society of 
     Testing and Materials specification for aviation turbine 
     fuel;
       (B) is derived from qualified feedstock;
       (C) is certified by the Environmental Protection Agency 
     Administrator that such fuel--
       (i) either--

       (I) conforms to the standards, recommended practices, 
     requirements and criteria, supporting documents, 
     implementation elements, and any other technical guidance for 
     sustainable aviation fuels that are adopted by the 
     International Civil Aviation Organization with the agreement 
     of the United States; or
       (II) meets the definition of ``advanced biofuel'' under 
     section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
     7545(o)(1)), as demonstrated by compliance with Environmental 
     Protection Agency implementing regulations under subpart M of 
     part 80 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; and

       (ii) achieves at least a 50-percent reduction in lifecycle 
     greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional jet fuel.
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