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136 STAT. 2072 PUBLIC LAW 117–169—AUG. 16, 2022 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031— (1) to acquire or update inspection software for use by the Environmental Protection Agency, States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies (as such terms are defined in section 302 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602)); or (2) to acquire necessary devices on which to run such inspection software. SEC. 60111. GREENHOUSE GAS CORPORATE REPORTING. (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain avail- able until September 30, 2031, for the Environmental Protection Agency to support— (1) enhanced standardization and transparency of corporate climate action commitments and plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (2) enhanced transparency regarding progress toward meeting such commitments and implementing such plans; and (3) progress toward meeting such commitments and imple- menting such plans. (b) 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. SEC. 60112. ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION ASSISTANCE. (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $250,000,000, to remain avail- able until September 30, 2031, to develop and carry out a program to support the development, enhanced standardization and trans- parency, and reporting criteria for environmental product declara- tions that include measurements of the embodied greenhouse gas emissions of the material or product associated with all relevant stages of production, use, and disposal, and conform with inter- national standards, for construction materials and products by— (1) providing grants to businesses that manufacture construction materials and products for developing and verifying environmental product declarations, and to States, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations that will support such businesses; (2) providing technical assistance to businesses that manu- facture construction materials and products in developing and verifying environmental product declarations, and to States, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations that will support such businesses; and (3) carrying out other activities that assist in measuring, reporting, and steadily reducing the quantity of embodied carbon of construction materials and products. (b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the amounts made available under this section, the Administrator of the Environmental Protec- tion Agency shall reserve 5 percent for administrative costs nec- essary to carry out this section. (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 42 USC 4321 note. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:35 Oct 25, 2022 Jkt 029139 PO 00169 Frm 00256 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL169.117 PUBL169 jmbennett on LAP3P8D0R2PROD with Publaw