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136 STAT. 2066 PUBLIC LAW 117–169—AUG. 16, 2022 ‘‘SEC. 134. GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND. ‘‘(a) APPROPRIATIONS.— ‘‘(1) ZERO-EMISSION TECHNOLOGIES.—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, $7,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, to make grants, on a competitive basis and beginning not later than 180 calendar days after the date of enactment of this section, to States, municipalities, Tribal governments, and eligible recipients for the purposes of providing grants, loans, or other forms of finan- cial assistance, as well as technical assistance, to enable low- income and disadvantaged communities to deploy or benefit from zero-emission technologies, including distributed tech- nologies on residential rooftops, and to carry out other green- house gas emission reduction activities, as determined appro- priate by the Administrator in accordance with this section. ‘‘(2) GENERAL ASSISTANCE.—In addition to amounts other- wise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $11,970,000,000, to remain available until Sep- tember 30, 2024, to make grants, on a competitive basis and beginning not later than 180 calendar days after the date of enactment of this section, to eligible recipients for the pur- poses of providing financial assistance and technical assistance in accordance with subsection (b). ‘‘(3) LOW-INCOME AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.—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, $8,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, to make grants, on a competitive basis and beginning not later than 180 cal- endar days after the date of enactment of this section, to eligible recipients for the purposes of providing financial assist- ance and technical assistance in low-income and disadvantaged communities in accordance with subsection (b). ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—In addition to amounts other- wise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031, for the administrative costs necessary to carry out activities under this section. ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible recipient that receives a grant pursuant to subsection (a) shall use the grant in accordance with the following: ‘‘(1) DIRECT INVESTMENT.—The eligible recipient shall— ‘‘(A) provide financial assistance to qualified projects at the national, regional, State, and local levels; ‘‘(B) prioritize investment in qualified projects that would otherwise lack access to financing; and ‘‘(C) retain, manage, recycle, and monetize all repay- ments and other revenue received from fees, interest, repaid loans, and all other types of financial assistance provided using grant funds under this section to ensure continued operability. ‘‘(2) INDIRECT INVESTMENT.—The eligible recipient shall provide funding and technical assistance to establish new or Deadlines. 42 USC 7434. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:35 Oct 25, 2022 Jkt 029139 PO 00169 Frm 00250 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL169.117 PUBL169 jmbennett on LAP3P8D0R2PROD with Publaw