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handle is hein.crs/govejbo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Servic Informing the legislitive debate since 1914 October 20, 2022 DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy FY2023 Appropriations The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is responsible for enabling renewable energy and end-use energy efficiency technology development and implementation. Other activities include issuing grants for home energy efficiency and state planning, establishing minimum energy conservation standards for appliances and equipment, and providing technical support. EERE collaborates with industry, academia, national laboratories, and others to conduct and support research, development, demonstration, and deployment activities. EERE also manages programs that support state and local governments, tribes, and schools. Further, EERE oversees and supports the research and infrastructure of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)-the only U.S. national laboratory solely dedicated to researching and developing renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. EERE Appropriations EERE receives funding through the annual Energy and Water Development (E&W) appropriations bill. Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, P.L. 117-103, EERE received $3.20 billion for FY2022. In addition, EERE received funding through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58). IIJA provided a total of $16.26 billion in additional emergency appropriations for EERE, of which $8.21 billion was directed to FY2022 and $2.22 billion to FY2023 (see Table 1). EERE also received $17.96 billion in additional funding through P.L. 117-169 (often referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA), enacted on August 16, 2022. The IRA funding is available from FY2022 to remain available through FY2026, FY2027, FY2029, or FY2031 depending on the provision. EERE appropriations are split into four categories: (1) sustainable transportation, (2) renewable energy, (3) energy efficiency, and (4) corporate support (e.g., program administration and facilities). Executive Branch Actions For FY2023, the Biden Administration requested $4.02 billion for EERE-roughly a 26% increase from the FY2022 enacted level of $3.20 billion. Of the FY2023 request for EERE, 5.6% was to be reserved for program direction. Including current EERE programs that the request proposed to be funded through new, separate offices (see below), a total of $4.94 billion was requested for all EERE programs, a 54% increase from the FY2022 enacted amount. Proposed funding would support decarbonization activities in the electricity sector, transportation, energy-intensive industries, and agriculture sector. Other priorities include energy justice efforts under Justice40, an initiative of the Biden Administration in accordance with Executive Order 14008 to prioritize 40% of funding of certain federal investments for disadvantaged communities. The request also would realign funding to reflect new offices, functionally transferring some programs from within EERE to the new Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains; Office of Federal Energy Management Programs; and Office of State and Community Energy Programs. As a result, the EERE request does not include funding for certain programs such as Weatherization, which is included in the $727 million request for the new Office of State and Community Energy Programs. The House-passed and Senate-introduced bills include proposals to separate certain programs from Energy Efficiency, but not from EERE. LegisLtive Actions The House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2023 Energy and Water Development funding bill on June 28, 2022 (H.R. 8255, H.Rept. 117-394). The bill was combined in a minibus with six other appropriations bills (H.R. 8294), which passed the House on July 20, 2022. The chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development introduced an FY2023 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill July 28, 2022 (S. 4660), and posted a draft explanatory statement on the Appropriations Committee website. The Appropriations Committee's vice chairman criticized S. 4660 and other FY2023 appropriations bills introduced by some Appropriations Committee leaders. Committee action on the FY2023 appropriations bills in the Senate has not been scheduled. The Senate-introduced bill and the House-passed bill would provide overall funding increases for EERE above the FY2022 enacted level but below the Administration's FY2023 request. Because the FY2023 regular appropriations bills were not enacted before the start of the fiscal year, the federal government currently is being funded primarily by a continuing resolution (P.L. 117-180) signed by the President September 30, 2022, which generally funds agencies at their rate of operations in FY2022 through December 16, 2022.

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