Block grants to designated State environmental quality departments

(a) Allocation of funds (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate funds made available pursuant to paragraph (5) to each covered State in the proportion to which the total population of such covered State bears to the total population of all the covered States, as determined by the last preceding decennial census. (2) Block grant conditions (A) Designation of State agency or department As a condition of a covered State receiving an allocation of funds under this subsection, the Governor of such covered State shall designate the environmental quality department or departments of such covered State that will use the funds to carry out the programs and activities described in paragraph (4). (B) Audits As a condition of a covered State receiving an allocation of funds under this subsection, the Governor of such covered State shall commit to— (i) completing audits on the use of funds by each environmental quality department designated pursuant to subparagraph (A) as the Secretary of the Treasury determines appropriate; and (ii) submitting to the Secretary of the Treasury the results of such audits at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury determines appropriate. (3) Misused funds If the Secretary of the Treasury finds that any funds made available pursuant to this section have been misused by a covered State, or any environmental quality department thereof designated pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Treasury may require repayment of the misused funds and withhold Federal funds made available pursuant to this section until such repayment occurs. (4) Use of funds An environmental quality department designated pursuant to paragraph (2) shall use funds made available to such environmental quality department pursuant to this section to carry out programs and activities relating to air quality, water quality (including protection and safety of drinking water), management of solid and hazardous waste, chemical safety and emergency response, radiation protection, and remediation of contaminated sites. (5) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $4,400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029. (b) Definition of covered State In this section, the term covered State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. (c) Authorization for administration There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 to— (1) administer any allocation of funds made available pursuant to subsection (a)(5); and (2) audit the use of funds made available pursuant to subsection (a)(5) and report to Congress on the results of any such audit.