[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4346]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5454. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike section 50131 and insert the following:

     SEC. 50131. ASSISTANCE FOR LATEST AND ZERO BUILDING ENERGY 
                   CODE ADOPTION; BLM PERMITTING ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Assistance for Latest and Zero Building Energy Code 
     Adoption.--
       (1) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
     available, there are appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 
     year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated--
       (A) $330,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2029, to carry out activities under part D of title III of 
     the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 
     through 6326) in accordance with paragraph (2); and
       (B) $270,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2029, to carry out activities under part D of title III of 
     the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 
     through 6326) in accordance with paragraph (3).
       (2) Latest building energy code.--The Secretary shall use 
     funds made available under paragraph (1)(A) for grants to 
     assist States, and units of local government that have 
     authority to adopt building codes--
       (A) to adopt--
       (i) a building energy code (or codes) for residential 
     buildings that meets or exceeds the 2021 International Energy 
     Conservation Code, or achieves equivalent or greater energy 
     savings;
       (ii) a building energy code (or codes) for commercial 
     buildings that meets or exceeds the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 
     90.1-2019, or achieves equivalent or greater energy savings; 
     or
       (iii) any combination of building energy codes described in 
     clause (i) or (ii); and
       (B) to implement a plan for the jurisdiction to achieve 
     full compliance with any building energy code adopted under 
     subparagraph (A) in new and renovated residential or 
     commercial buildings, as applicable, which plan shall include 
     active training and enforcement programs and measurement of 
     the rate of compliance each year.
       (3) Zero energy code.--The Secretary shall use funds made 
     available under paragraph (1)(B) for grants to assist States, 
     and units of local government that have authority to adopt 
     building codes--
       (A) to adopt a building energy code (or codes) for 
     residential and commercial buildings that meets or exceeds 
     the zero energy provisions in the 2021 International Energy 
     Conservation Code or an equivalent stretch code; and
       (B) to implement a plan for the jurisdiction to achieve 
     full compliance with any building energy code adopted under 
     subparagraph (A) in new and renovated residential and 
     commercial buildings, which plan shall include active 
     training and enforcement programs and measurement of the rate 
     of compliance each year.
       (4) State match.--The State cost share requirement under 
     the item relating to ``Department of Energy--Energy 
     Conservation'' in title II of the Department of the Interior 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1985 (42 U.S.C. 
     6323a; 98 Stat. 1861), shall not apply to assistance provided 
     under this subsection.
       (5) Administrative costs.--Of the amounts made available 
     under this subsection, the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent 
     for administrative costs necessary to carry out this 
     subsection.
       (b) BLM Permitting.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
     available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of the 
     Interior for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $400,000,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2026, for the Bureau of Land 
     Management to finalize outstanding permitting activities for 
     projects that would facilitate access to nickel and cobalt 
     deposits.
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