Smoke ready communities program

(a) Establishment Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the Administrator) may make competitive grants under section 103(b)(3) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403(b)(3)) to eligible entities for the assessment, prevention, control, or abatement of wildfire smoke hazards in community buildings, including school buildings (as defined in section 11 of the Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1980 (20 U.S.C. 3610)), and related activities. (b) Eligible entities The entities eligible for a grant under subsection (a) are— (1) States; (2) federally recognized Indian Tribes; and (3) any entities eligible for grants under section 103(b)(3) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403(b)(3)). (c) Cost share (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out using a grant under subsection (a) shall be not more than 90 percent. (2) Waiver The Administrator may waive the cost-share requirement under paragraph (1) if the facility that is the subject of the activity for which the grant is provided is in an economically distressed community. (d) Limitation Of the amounts made available each fiscal year for grants under this section, not more than 25 percent may be awarded to recipients in any 1 State.