S.Amdt. 1828

SA 1828. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S.
1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in
the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall
carry out a competitive grant and cost-sharing agreement
program for eligible entities to carry out projects located
in the United States to produce, transport, blend, or store
sustainable aviation fuel.
(b) Selection.--In selecting an eligible entity to receive
a grant or cost-share agreement under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall consider--
(1) the anticipated public benefits of a project proposed
by the eligible entity;
(2) the potential to increase the domestic production and
deployment of sustainable aviation fuel;
(3) the potential greenhouse gas emissions from such
project;
(4) the potential for creating new jobs in the United
States;
(5) the potential net greenhouse gas emissions impact of
different feedstocks to produce sustainable aviation fuel on
a lifecycle basis, which shall include potential direct and
indirect greenhouse gas emissions (including resulting from
changes in land use); and
(6) the proposed utilization of non-Federal contributions
by the eligible entity.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022
through 2026 to carry out this section.
(d) Report.--Not later than October 1, 2027, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of
the House of Representatives a report describing the results
of the grant program under this section. The report shall
include the following:
(1) A description of the entities and projects that
received grants or other cost-sharing agreements under this
section.
(2) A detailed explanation for why each entity received the
type of funding disbursement such entity did.
(3) A description of whether the program is leading to an
increase in the production and deployment of sustainable
aviation fuels.
(4) A description of the economic impacts resulting from
the funding to and operation of the project.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Conventional jet fuel.--The term ``conventional jet
fuel'' means liquid hydrocarbon fuel used for aviation that
is derived or refined from petrochemicals.
(2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
(A) a State or local government other than an airport
sponsor;
(B) an air carrier;
(C) an airport sponsor; and
(D) a person or entity engaged in the production,
transportation, blending or storage of sustainable aviation
fuel in the United States or feedstocks in the United States
that could be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel.
(3) Induced land-use change emissions.--The term ``induced
land-use change emissions'' means the greenhouse gas
emissions resulting from the conversion of land to the
production of feedstocks and from the conversion of other
land due to the displacement of crops or animals for which
the original land was previously used, as calculated using
appropriate modeling techniques approved by a regulating
authority.
(4) Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions.--The term
``lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions'' means the combined
greenhouse gas emissions from feedstock production,
collection of feedstock, transportation of feedstock to fuel
production facilities, conversion of feedstock to fuel,
transportation and distribution of fuel, and fuel combustion
in an aircraft engine, as well as from induced land-use
change emissions, as calculated using appropriate modeling
techniques approved by a regulating authority.
(5) Qualified feedstock.--The term ``qualified feedstock''
means sources of hydrogen and carbon not originating from
unrefined or refined petrochemicals.
(6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Transportation.
(7) Sustainable aviation fuel.--The term ``sustainable
aviation fuel'' means liquid fuel consisting of synthesized
hydrocarbons that--
(A) meets the requirements of a Department of Defense
specification for military jet fuel or an American Society of
Testing and Materials specification for aviation turbine
fuel;
(B) is derived from qualified feedstock;
(C) is certified by the Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator that such fuel--
(i) either--

(I) conforms to the standards, recommended practices,
requirements and criteria, supporting documents,
implementation elements, and any other technical guidance for
sustainable aviation fuels that are adopted by the
International Civil Aviation Organization with the agreement
of the United States; or
(II) meets the definition of ``advanced biofuel'' under
section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7545(o)(1)), as demonstrated by compliance with Environmental
Protection Agency implementing regulations under subpart M of
part 80 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; and

(ii) achieves at least a 50-percent reduction in lifecycle
greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional jet fuel.
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