Category: IRA
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Tribal Electrification Program
Agency: Bureau of Indian Affairs Description: Grant program to install zero-emissions electricity systems in Tribal homes, including the costs of associated home repairs and retrofitting necessary to install the zero-emissions energy systems. Bill Section: 80003 New or Existing: New Potential Cost: $145,500,000 Timeline: FY21-31 TCS Notes: In addition to the $145.5…
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Additional Agricultural Conservation Investments: Regional Conservation Partnership Program
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service Description: Funds regional and state-wide conservation projects, including grasslands easements, water conservation, and more. RCPP projects may include a range of on-the-ground conservation activities implemented by farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, and Indian tribes such as land management, improvement, and restoration practices; land rentals; and entity-held and U.S.-held…
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Environmental and Climate Data Improvement
Agency: Council on Environmental Quality Description: To support data collection efforts relating to disproportionate negative environmental harms and climate impacts and cumulative impacts of pollution and temperature rise; to establish, expand, and maintain efforts to track disproportionate burdens and cumulative impacts and provide academic and workforce support for analytics and informatics infrastructure and data…
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Conservation Technical Assistance: Greenhouse Gas Emission Quantification Program
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service Description: New provision in IRA regarding quantification of carbon sequestration and carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions through collection of field-based data to assess emissions outcomes. The new investments will advance priorities set by the broader “Federal Strategy to Advance Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Monitoring for…
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Assistance for Distressed Borrowers
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Farm Service Agency Description: To expedite assistance to distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) whose operations face financial risk. Bill Section: 22006 New or Existing: New Potential Cost: $3,100,000,000 Timeline: FY22-31 TCS Notes: This program offers three categories of individualized…
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USDA Assistance and Support for Underserved Farmers, Ranchers, Foresters: Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access (Increasing Land Access) Program
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Farm Service Agency Description: To help underserved producers by increasing land, capital, and market access. The program funds cooperative agreements or grants for projects that help move underserved producers from surviving to thriving. Bill Section: 22007(b) US Code: 7 USC 2279 New or Existing: New Potential Cost: $250,000,000 Timeline: …
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Competitive Grants for Non-Federal Land Owners: Climate Mitigation or Forest Resilience Grants
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service Description: $150 million for competitive grants through the Landscape-Scale Restoration Program to assist underserved forest landowners – beginning, in high poverty areas, federally recognized tribes, limited resource producers, or veterans – in climate mitigation or forest resilience practices; $150 million to support the participation of underserved forest landowners in…
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Competitive Grants for Non-Federal Land Owners: Non-Federal Landowners Carbon Sequestration Grants
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service Description: Grants to states and other eligible entities to pay private forest landowners to increase carbon sequestration and storage on their land. Bill Section: 23002(a)(4) US Code: 16 USC 2109a New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost: $50,000,000 Timeline: FY22-31 TCS Notes: Grants made through an existing…
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Competitive Grants for Non-Federal Land Owners: Wood Innovation Grant Program
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service Description: Grants under the Wood Innovation Grant Program, including for the construction of new facilities and to haul material removed for hazardous fuels reduction. Bill Section: 23002(a)(5) US Code: 7 USC 7655d New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost: $100,000,000 Timeline: FY22-31 TCS Notes: No GHG emission…
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National Forest System Restoration and Fuels Reduction Projects: Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service Description: To complete hazardous fuels reduction projects, defined as activities to protect structures and communities from wildfire, on National Forest System land within the Wildland Urban Interface. Bill Section: 23001(a)(1) New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost: $1,800,000,000 Timeline: FY22-31 TCS Notes: “Hazardous fuels reduction project” means…