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136 STAT. 2030 PUBLIC LAW 117–169—AUG. 16, 2022 are appropriated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2026, $50,000,000 for competitive grants to fund climate research as it relates to weather, ocean, coastal, and atmospheric processes and conditions, and impacts to marine species and coastal habitat, and for related administrative expenses. SEC. 40005. COMPUTING CAPACITY AND RESEARCH FOR WEATHER, OCEANS, AND CLIMATE. In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appro- priated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $190,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, for the procurement of additional high-performance com- puting, data processing capacity, data management, and storage assets, to carry out section 204(a)(2) of the High-Performance Com- puting Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5524(a)(2)), and for transaction agree- ments authorized under section 301(d)(1)(A) of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8531(d)(1)(A)), and for related administrative expenses. SEC. 40006. ACQUISITION OF HURRICANE FORECASTING AIRCRAFT. In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appro- priated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, for the acquisition of hurricane hunter aircraft under section 413(a) of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8549(a)). SEC. 40007. ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND LOW-EMISSION AVIATION TECH- NOLOGY PROGRAM. (a) APPROPRIATION AND ESTABLISHMENT.—For purposes of establishing a competitive grant program for eligible entities to carry out projects located in the United States that produce, trans- port, blend, or store sustainable aviation fuel, or develop, dem- onstrate, or apply low-emission aviation technologies, in addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Sec- retary for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2026— (1) $244,530,000 for projects relating to the production, transportation, blending, or storage of sustainable aviation fuel; (2) $46,530,000 for projects relating to low-emission avia- tion technologies; and (3) $5,940,000 to fund the award of grants under this section, and oversight of the program, by the Secretary. (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Sec- retary shall consider, with respect to a proposed project— (1) the capacity for the eligible entity to increase the domestic production and deployment of sustainable aviation fuel or the use of low-emission aviation technologies among the United States commercial aviation and aerospace industry; (2) the projected greenhouse gas emissions from such project, including emissions resulting from the development of the project, and the potential the project has to reduce 49 USC 44504 note. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:35 Oct 25, 2022 Jkt 029139 PO 00169 Frm 00214 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL169.117 PUBL169 jmbennett on LAP3P8D0R2PROD with Publaw