Funding to Support Clean Communities Trust Fund

(a) In general Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 9512. Funding to Support Clean Communities Trust Fund (a) Establishment and funding There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be referred to as the ‘Funding to Support Clean Communities Trust Fund’, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to such trust fund as provided for in this section and section 9602(b). (b) Transfers to Trust Fund There are hereby appropriated to the Funding to Support Clean Communities Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the taxes received in the Treasury under— (1) section 4041(c) to the extent attributable to the rate specified in paragraph (3)(B)(ii) of such section, and (2) section 4081 with respect to kerosene to the extent attributable to the rate specified in section 4081(a)(2)(C)(ii)(II). (c) Expenditures from Trust Fund (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), amounts in the Funding to Support Clean Communities Trust Fund shall be available, as provided by appropriation Acts, for making expenditures for grants and other activities— (A) authorized under subsections (a) through (c) of section 103 and section 105 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403(a) –(c), 7405), including grants and other activities to— (i) deploy, integrate, support, and maintain fenceline air monitoring, screening air monitoring, national air toxics trend stations, and other air toxics and community monitoring, (ii) expand the national ambient air quality monitoring network with new multipollutant monitoring stations, (iii) replace, repair, operate, and maintain existing monitors, and (iv) deploy, integrate, and operate air quality sensors in low-income and disadvantaged communities, (B) to expand, connect, replace, repair, operate, and maintain public transit and passenger rail infrastructure or systems that are located 20 miles or less from an airport, and (C) to improve public transportation, particularly in disadvantaged communities, including costs associated with efforts to provide more safe, frequent, and reliable bus service. (2) Set aside for disadvantaged communities (A) In general For any calendar year, not less than 50 percent of the amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall be designated for expenditures for grants and other activities within disadvantaged communities. (B) Prioritization of funds for communities disproportionally impacted by air pollution With respect to making expenditures for grants and other activities described in paragraph (1) to disadvantaged communities, priority shall be given to communities that are disproportionately impacted by air pollution (as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency). (d) Disadvantaged community For purposes of this section— (1) In general The term disadvantaged community means a community with significant representation of low-income communities or socially disadvantaged groups (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a))) that experiences or is at risk of experiencing higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects. (2) Low-income community For purposes of paragraph (1), the term low-income community means any census block group in which 30 percent or more of the population are individuals with an annual household income equal to, or less than, the greater of— (A) an amount equal to 80 percent of the median income of the area in which the household is located, as reported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and (B) 200 percent of the Federal poverty line.. (b) Conforming amendments to Airport and Airway Trust Fund Section 9502(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting to the extent attributable to the rates specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of section 4041(c)(3), after (relating to aviation fuels),, and (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking rate specified in and inserting rates specified in clauses (i) and (ii)(I) of. (c) Clerical amendment The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item: Sec. 9512. Funding to Support Clean Communities Trust Fund.. (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2026.