Section 60111 of the IRA appropriates $5 million to the EPA Administrator to support enhanced standardization and transparency of, and progress towards meeting, corporate climate action and greenhouse gas reduction commitments. The appropriated funds will remain available until September 30, 2031.
Current Status:
Section 60010 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (Public Law 119-21) rescinded unobligated funds under this IRA provision.
Trump Administration Actions:
- Congress Passes Budget Bill, Rescinding Funds and Repealing IRA Programs and Tax Credits [07/03/2025]
- Senate Parliamentarian Advises Several Provisions in Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Are Not Permissible, Subject to Byrd Rule [06/19/2025]
- Senate Environment Committee Releases Budget Reconciliation Draft Text [06/16/2025]
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce Proposes IRA Rollbacks to EPA Programs [05/13/2025]
- Litigation Compliance Report Indicates EPA Intends to Terminate 781 IRA and IIJA Awards [04/23/2025]
- EPA Orders Employees to Stop Billing Hours to Climate, Infrastructure Laws [01/31/2025]
- OMB Orders Temporary Pause on Financial Assistance Programs, Later Rescinded [01/27/2025]
- OMB Clarifies Scope of the Order to Halt IRA Spending [01/21/2025]
- Trump Issues Executive Order to Halt All IRA Funding Disbursements [01/20/2025]
Implementation Status at End of Biden Administration:
Section 60111 of the IRA appropriates $5 million to EPA to support enhanced standardization and transparency of, and progress towards meeting, corporate climate action and greenhouse gas reduction commitments. The appropriated funds will remain available until September 30, 2031. These administrative funds have been fully allocated to the agency. In November 2022, EPA issued a Request for Information about how to use the $5 million. The comment period closed in January 2023.