[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4864-S4865]
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SA 2541. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1095. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TRIBAL ENERGY PROGRAMS.
(a) Department of Energy Tribal Loan Guarantee Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 2602(c) of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3502(c)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(8)(A) At the request of an applicant, and subject to
subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Energy may use funds
appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry out
financial and technical assessments, and related activities,
in connection with applications for loans and loan guarantees
under this subsection to support eligible projects, including
renewable energy and transmission projects on or near Indian
land and eligible projects carried out outside Indian land.
``(B) The Secretary of Energy may use not more than
$500,000 to carry out financial and technical assessments
under subparagraph (A) for any 1 application for a loan or
loan guarantee under this subsection.''.
(2) Denial of double benefit restriction.--
(A) In general.--Section 50145(a) of Public Law 117-169
(136 Stat. 2045) is amended by striking ``, subject to the
limitations that apply to loan guarantees under section
50141(d)''.
(B) Additional doe tribal programs.--Section 50141(d)(3) of
Public Law 117-169 (136 Stat. 2043) is amended--
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) projects carried out by an Indian Tribe on or near
Indian land or outside Indian land.''.
(b) Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the
Electric Grid.--Section 40101 of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18711) is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:
``(A) In general.--For each fiscal year, to be eligible to
receive a grant under this subsection--
``(i) a State shall submit to the Secretary an application
that includes a plan described in subparagraph (B); and
``(ii) an Indian Tribe shall submit to the Secretary an
application, which shall include--
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``(I) a plan that describes how the Indian Tribe will use
the proposed funding for projects if the Indian Tribe will be
executing the projects; or
``(II) a plan described in subparagraph (B), if the Indian
Tribe intends to award grants to eligible entities with
amounts made available to the Indian Tribe under this
subsection.''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``required''
and inserting ``described'';
(II) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``,
as applicable,'' after ``Indian Tribe''; and
(III) in clause (iii), by inserting ``, as applicable''
after ``Indian Tribe'';
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
``(4) Oversight.--The Secretary shall ensure that each
grant provided to a State or an Indian Tribe, if the Indian
Tribe intends to award grants to eligible entities with those
grants funds, under the program is allocated pursuant to the
applicable plan of the State or Indian Tribe, as
applicable.'';
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``, as applicable,''
after ``made available to the applicable State or Indian
Tribe'';
(D) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``, as applicable,''
after ``made available to the State or Indian Tribe'';
(E) in paragraph (7), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``or Indian Tribe'' each place it appears;
(F) in paragraph (8)--
(i) by striking ``and Indian Tribe''; and
(ii) by striking ``or Indian Tribe''; and
(G) by adding at the end the following:
``(9) Savings provision.--Nothing in this subsection
requires an Indian Tribe to award grants to eligible entities
described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (F) of
subsection (a)(2) with amounts made available to the Indian
Tribe under this subsection.'';
(2) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting
``Indian Tribe or'' before ``eligible entity''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (H)--
(I) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(II) in clause (ii), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
(III) by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) distributed generation;''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting
``Indian Tribe or'' before ``eligible entity''; and
(II) in clause (i)(I), by inserting ``transmission system-
connected'' before ``electric generating''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) in clause (i), by inserting ``Indian Tribe or'' before
``eligible entity''; and
(II) in clause (ii), by inserting ``Indian Tribe or''
before ``eligible entity''; and
(3) in subsection (h)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and
inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Indian tribes.--An Indian Tribe that receives or
awards a grant under subsection (d) or an eligible entity
described in subsection (a)(2) that is owned by an Indian
Tribe and receives a grant under subsection (c) shall not be
required to match any amount of the applicable grant.''.
(c) Cost-sharing Exemption Under the Energy Policy Act of
2005.--Section 988(f) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16352(f)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) a grant awarded to an Indian Tribe under section
40101(d) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42
U.S.C. 18711(d)).''.
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