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GAO-22-105903 1 (2022-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaonrj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G U.S. Government Accountability Office I (M THFUNDS: Specific Fiscal Year 2022 Provisions for Environmental Protection Agency GAO-22-105903 September 2022 Report to Congressional Committees The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 appropriated $859.3 million to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for 491 projects at the request of Members of Congress. The act includes specific provisions that designate an amount of funds for a particular recipient, such as a nonprofit organization or a local government, to use for a specific project. These provisions are called Congressionally Directed Spending in the U.S. Senate and Community Project Funding in the House of Representatives. Members of Congress had to meet certain requirements under Senate and House rules in order to have their requests included as provisions in the act. Such requirements included that Members post requests online and certify that they had no financial interest in the projects. The House also required Members to demonstrate community support for requests. This report examines how EPA intends to identify the provisions, distribute the funds made available through these provisions, and ensure the funds are spent for the purposes Congress intended. For more information on this report and others in this series, including background and methodology, visit https://www.gao.gov/tracking-funds. What are the intended uses of these funds? The $859.3 million is intended mainly to support improvements to drinking water and wastewater systems, as shown below. Environmental Protection Agency: Fiscal Year 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending Provisions Subunit Office of Water Office of Land and Emergency Management { Office of Research and Development Budget account State and Tribal Assistance Grants Science and Technology Number of fiscal year 2022 provisions 483 4 Percentage of budget account designated for fiscal year 2022 provisionsa - - - - - -T- - - - - - - - - 20% 0.4% Examples of projects Construction, repair, and replacement of drinking water. wastewater. and sewage systems Construction, expansion, and remediation at landfill sites Monitoring and study of water contamination Source: GAO analysis of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 and accompanying joint explanatory statement; and information provided by the Environmental Protection Agency. I GAO-22-105903 'Based on total amount appropriated for each budget account for fiscal year 2022. Who are the designated recipients? Nearly all designated recipients of the funds for the 491 projects are tribal, state, territorial, or local governments. The remaining designated recipients are higher education organizations and other nonprofit organizations. EPA will generally disburse the funds as grants, and agency officials said many of the recipients would be receiving federal grants for the first time. GAO-22-105903 Tracking the Funds: Environmental Protection Agency Page 1

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