Summary#
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set up a competitive grant program to fund research on tropospheric ozone and its climate, health, crop, and ecosystem impacts. The research topics include how tropospheric ozone and its precursors affect global and regional temperatures, heat stress, crop losses, forest and ecosystem productivity, and interactions with other pollutants. The program must also support improvements to monitoring and observation systems, data integration with satellites and models, and model development. Data collected must be made publicly available. The EPA must collaborate internationally, award grants to eligible research institutions, and produce an agency report within four years describing findings and recommendations.
What it means for you#
- EPA will create a competitive grant program within 90 days after money is provided.
- Universities, National Laboratories, and qualified nonprofit research groups can apply for grants.
- Grant recipients must give annual reports to EPA, and those reports will be public.
- The EPA must select grant winners within 180 days after the program is set up and must issue a public report to Congress within four years.
- The program will fund research and expanded monitoring such as more ground stations, satellite data integration, and vertical profiling (ozonesondes and aircraft).
Expenses#
- The bill authorizes $10,500,000 each year for fiscal years 2027 through 2029 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2030.
- Of each year 2027–2029 amount, $10,000,000 is for grants and $500,000 is for program implementation and oversight.
- The $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2030 is to prepare the four-year EPA report.
Proponents' View#
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Opponents' View#
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