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# Sec. 60016. Rescission of funding for environmental and climate justice block grants | Law as Amended
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- Published: 2025-07-31T15:29:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-26T11:15:13.000Z
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The unobligated balances of amounts made available to carry outsection 138 of the Clean Air Act(42 U.S.C. 7438) are rescinded.

[\[1\]](#footnote-546-1)Funding reduction

### §7438\. Environmental and climate justice block grants

#### (a) Appropriation

In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated-

(1) $2,800,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2026, to award grants for the activities described in subsection (b); and

(2) $200,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2026, to provide technical assistance to eligible entities related to grants awarded under this section.

#### (b) Grants

#### (1) In general

The Administrator shall use amounts made available under subsection (a)(1) to award grants for periods of up to 3 years to eligible entities to carry out activities described in paragraph (2) that benefit disadvantaged communities, as defined by the Administrator.

#### (2) Eligible activities

An eligible entity may use a grant awarded under this subsection for-

(A) community-led air and other pollution monitoring, prevention, and remediation, and investments in low- and zero-emission and resilient technologies and related infrastructure and workforce development that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants;

(B) mitigating climate and health risks from urban heat islands, extreme heat, wood heater emissions, and wildfire events;

(C) climate resiliency and adaptation;

(D) reducing indoor toxics and indoor air pollution; or

(E) facilitating engagement of disadvantaged communities in State and Federal advisory groups, workshops, rulemakings, and other public processes.

#### (3) Eligible entities

In this subsection, the term “eligible entity” means-

(A) a partnership between-

(i) an Indian tribe, a local government, or an institution of higher education; and

(ii) a community-based nonprofit organization;

(B) a community-based nonprofit organization; or

(C) a partnership of community-based nonprofit organizations.

#### (c) Administrative costs

The Administrator shall reserve 7 percent of the amounts made available under subsection (a) for administrative costs to carry out this section.

#### (d) Definition of greenhouse gas

In this section, the term “greenhouse gas” means the air pollutants carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.

[\[2\]](#footnote-546-2)[https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:42%20section:7438%20edition:prelim)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=%28title:42%20section:7438%20edition:prelim%29&ref=obbba-ghost.demo.discussionbridge.dev)

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1. Footnotes [↩︎](#footnote-ref-546-1)
2. Footnotes [↩︎](#footnote-ref-546-2)

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