TCS Databases

A Taxpayers for Common Sense Project

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  • Investing in Coastal Communities and Climate Resilience: Tribal Priorities

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    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency   Description: Funding specifically for tribes to support habitat restoration, fish passage, capacity building, science, fish hatcheries and Pacific salmon. Bill Section: 40001 New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $390,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-26   TCS Notes: $240 million for Pacific Salmon and Steelhead (Non-Mitchell Act Hatcheries), $60 million…

  • Enhancement of Internal Revenue Service Resources: Operations Support

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    Agency: Internal Revenue Service   Description: To support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other Internal Revenue Service-wide administration activities; research and statistics of income; telecommunications; information technology development, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; the operations of the Internal…

  • General Service Administration Emerging Technologies

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    Agency: General Services Administration   Description: To support emerging and sustainable technologies and related sustainability and environmental programs, as part of the Federal Buildings Fund. Bill Section: 60504 New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $975,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-26    

  • Funding to Address Air Pollution: Mobile Source Grants

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: To provide grants to States to adopt and implement California’s greenhouse gas and zero-emission standards for on-road mobile sources. Bill Section: 60105(g) US Code: 42 USC 7507 New or Existing: New Potential Cost:      $5,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-31    

  • Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP): Incentives for Methane Mitigation from Conventional Wells

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: For grants, rebates, contracts, loans, and other activities to reduce methane emissions from at marginal conventional wells, including deploying new technology, plugging wells, and improving community climate resiliency. Marginal wells are defined as onshore conventional wells producing less than or equal to 15 barrels of…

  • Use of Low-Carbon Materials

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    Agency: General Services Administration   Description: “To acquire and install materials and products for use in the construction or alteration of buildings under the jurisdiction, custody, and control of GSA that have substantially lower levels of embodied greenhouse gas emissions…,” as determined by EPA. Bill Section: 60503 US Code: 40 USC 592 New or Existing:…

  • Funding to Address Air Pollution: Multipollutant Monitoring

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: For grants and other activities to expand the national ambient air quality monitoring network with new multipollutant monitoring stations; and to replace, repair, operate, and maintain existing monitors. Bill Section: 60105(b) New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $50,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-31    

  • Government Accountability Office Oversight

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    Agency: Government Accountability Office   Description: Oversight of the distribution and use of funds appropriated in IRA and whether the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the funds are equitable. Bill Section: 70004 New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $25,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-31    

  • Enhancement of Internal Revenue Service Resources: Free Direct Efile Task Force

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    Agency: Internal Revenue Service   Description: For a report to Congress on a potential free direct Efile tax return system, including the cost, taxpayer opinions, and an independent third-party evaluation. Bill Section: 10301(1)(b) US Code: 5 USC 3109 New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $15,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-23   TCS Notes: In addition to…

  • Enhancement of Internal Revenue Service Resources: Business Systems Modernization

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    Agency: Internal Revenue Service   Description: To support the Internal Revenue Service’s business systems modernization program, including development of customer service technology. Does not include the operation and maintenance of existing systems. Bill Section: 10301(1)(a)(iv) US Code: 5 USC 3109 New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $4,750,700,000 Timeline:      FY22-31   TCS Notes: In…