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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6021. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1. ENERGY CIRCUIT RIDER PROGRAM.
Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act is amended by inserting after section 378 (7 U.S.C.
2008m) the following:
“SEC. 379. ENERGY CIRCUIT RIDER PROGRAM.
“(a) Definitions.—In this section:
“(1) Eligible entity.—The term `eligible entity' means—
“(A) a State;
“(B) an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 5304));
“(C) a nonprofit organization;
“(D) a cooperative extension service;
“(E) an institution of higher education; and
“(F) a regional planning commission or other public entity
serving 2 or more rural areas.
“(2) Energy circuit rider.—The term `Energy Circuit
Rider' means an individual who is trained to provide and
support, on a professional basis, assistance (including
technical assistance) and informed decisionmaking in the
planning, financing, and implementation of energy efficiency
or clean energy projects, including with respect to 1 or more
of the following:
“(A) Energy planning.
“(B) Energy audits.
“(C) Applicable Federal funding opportunities and tax
incentives.
“(D) Applicable State, local, and utility-based
incentives, including, as appropriate, coordinating with the
State energy office in that State.
“(E) Project financing.
“(F) Grant writing.
“(G) Community-based capacity building.
“(3) Secretary.—The term `Secretary' means the Secretary,
acting through the Under Secretary for Rural Development.
“(b) Establishment.—The Secretary shall establish a
program, to be known as the `Energy Circuit Rider Program',
under which the Secretary shall provide to eligible entities
grants for the hiring, training, and retention by eligible
entities of 1 or more Energy Circuit Riders.
“(c) Grants.—
“(1) In general.—To be eligible to receive a grant under
the Energy Circuit Rider Program, an eligible entity shall
submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require.
“(2) Term.—The term of a grant provided under the Energy
Circuit Rider Program shall be more than 3, but not more than
6, years, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to
achieve the purposes of this section.
“(3) Federal share.—The Federal share of the cost of
carrying out activities under the grant shall be not more
than 75 percent.
“(4) Priority.—In providing grants under the Energy
Circuit Rider Program, the Secretary shall give priority to
an eligible entity the application under paragraph (1) of
which is recommended by the director of the relevant State
rural development office.
“(d) Energy Circuit Rider Assistance.—An Energy Circuit
Rider employed by an eligible entity using a grant provided
under this section—
“(1) shall offer assistance and support described in
subsection (a)(2) to not fewer than 2 rural areas served by,
or in the vicinity of, the eligible entity; and
“(2) may provide technical assistance to the eligible
entity in applying for—
“(A) loans under section 6407(c) of the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a(c)); and
“(B) financial assistance under the Rural Energy for
America Program established under section 9007 of that Act (7
U.S.C. 8107).
“(e) Information Sharing.—
“(1) In general.—The Secretary shall facilitate the
sharing among Energy Circuit Riders of information relating
to best practices.
“(2) Information from other agencies.—The Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of
Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the
Chief of Engineers, and the heads of such other Federal
departments and agencies as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate, shall make available to Energy Circuit Riders
information relating to other Federal incentives available to
eligible entities for energy efficiency and clean energy
projects.
“(f) Reports to Congress.—Not less frequently than
annually, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
describing the accomplishments of the Energy Circuit Rider
Program, including with respect to—
“(1) energy savings;
“(2) monetary savings to communities; and
“(3) reductions in carbon emissions.
“(g) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.”.