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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senators Cortese, Richardson, and Stern</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> Relative to federal funding. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Federal funding for essential state infrastructure, technology, and economic development.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>This measure would urge President Donald J. Trump and Congress to protect and maintain the historic investments made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, was enacted by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joseph R. Biden Jr on November 15, 2021; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law authorizes $1.2 trillion, including $550 billion in new funding and programs to support unprecedented investments in the vital energy, water, transportation, telecommunications, logistics, and public safety systems and structures that support the American economy and quality of life; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, According to the federal Department of Transportation, “There is a nationwide backlog of projects to repair roads and bridges and improve safety and economic competitiveness,” and, “Because of the funds in the infrastructure law, the U.S. Department of Transportation is now funding more of these projects via our competitive grant programs, and we are providing States, Tribes, [U.S.] Territories and local governments far more funding to deliver projects as well’; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, As of January 2025, California has been awarded $63 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, not including funds going to California cities, air and water districts, or other political subdivisions; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The High Speed Rail Authority has been awarded more than $3.1 billion in competitive grant awards under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance construction of the Merced to Bakersfield segment of the high-speed rail project; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, California has been awarded up to $1.2 billion from the federal Department of Energy through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES) to build a clean hydrogen supply chain; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, California was allocated over $1.8 billion from the federal Department of Commerce through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to deploy or upgrade high-speed internet networks to ensure that all Californians, including those in rural, agricultural, and underserved communities, have access to reliable, affordable, high-speed internet service necessary for economic prosperity in the digital age; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The CHIPS and Science Act was enacted by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Biden on August 9, 2022; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The CHIPS and Science Act authorizes roughly $280 billion in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States, including investment tax credits for manufacturing equipment, research, and workforce training, with the dual aim of strengthening American national security and supply chain resilience; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The CHIPS and Science Act additionally invests $174 billion in public sector research in science and technology, supporting the leading scientific institutions and agencies of the United States and advancing the nation’s global leadership in quantum computing, materials science, biotechnology, human space flight, experimental physics, and more; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was enacted by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Biden on August 22, 2022; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 represents the largest investment in clean energy and climate resilience in American history; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Investments made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 support American jobs, small businesses, and economic competitiveness; reduce energy and healthcare costs; and improve energy reliability, water security, and agricultural sustainability, benefiting communities large and small across the nation, without regard for political ideology or partisanship; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Seven ports in California have been awarded more than $1 billion from the federal Environmental Protection Agency through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for the deployment of zero-emission port infrastructure and climate and air quality planning projects, including the ports of Los Angeles, Oakland, Oxnard, Hueneme, Redwood City, San Diego, San Francisco, and Stockton; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provided $5 billion for critical wildfire resilience investments, including $1.8 billion for hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System land within the wildland-urban interface, and billions of dollars for competitive grants to cities, tribal nations, nonprofit organizations, and other eligible entities to protect and conserve forests and reduce wildfire risk to communities; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Since Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, roughly $26 billion in clean energy and transportation investments and nearly 9,600 new jobs have been announced in California, alongside $23 billion in announced investments from federal grants and loans, according to Energy Innovation Policy & Technology. The same analysis found 516 new clean energy and transportation facilities have begun development, and 271 have begun manufacturing American-made products in California; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Just in the first months of the current federal administration, proposals to repeal investments supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 have cost the nation an estimated 42,000 announced jobs – including 1,311 in California – and stopped more than 60 announced clean energy projects representing more than $57 billion in investment; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Repealing investments and programs under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is estimated to reduce California’s GDP by $29.67 billion in 2030 and $12.55 billion in 2035, compared to maintaining current policies, and increase California’s air pollution by nearly 5,000,000 metric tons (MMT) of carbon dioxide in 2030 and over 12 MMT in 2035 – equivalent to the emissions from one and three coal-fired power plants, respectively; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Repealing existing federal clean energy tax credits and funding programs provided by the Inflation Reduction Act would increase average annual household energy costs in California, including electricity and fuel costs, by an estimated $60 per year in 2030 and nearly $180 per year in 2035, increasing cumulative household energy costs by more than $6.4 billion through 2035; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The impacts of climate change on American households, communities, and businesses grow more intense each passing year, as evidenced by the devastating southern California wildfires of January 2025; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The accelerating impacts of climate change place unprecedented physical and financial burden on American households, and on local, state, and federal governments to repair, harden, and maintain vital infrastructure to ensure public safety and preserve economic vitality; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, According to the Fourth National Climate Assessment, “Our Nation’s aging and deteriorating infrastructure is further stressed by increases in heavy precipitation events, coastal flooding, heat, wildfires, and other extreme events, as well as changes to average precipitation and temperature,” and, “Without adaptation, climate change will continue to degrade infrastructure performance over the rest of the century, with the potential for cascading impacts that threaten our economy, national security, essential services, and health and well-being’; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Collectively, investments made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are expected to deliver tens of billions of dollars of direct funding to support the households, infrastructure, and economy of California, and additionally make hundreds of billions of dollars available through competitive grant programs, rebates, and tax incentives to California consumers and businesses; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, In the first days of his presidency, President Donald J. Trump issued more than 100 executive orders and policy directives of dubious legality, including a directive to “immediately pause” the disbursement of funds duly appropriated by Congress through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, In March 2025, the federal Department of Transportation issued policy guidance that puts in question billions of dollars of previously awarded grants with fully executed grant agreements supporting critical transportation priorities of cities, counties, and regional transportation authorities across the state of California; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, This guidance represents a significant break with past precedent and practice, which has generally treated executed grant agreements as binding contracts, regardless of whether all applicable funding has been obligated; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, In his address to a joint session of Congress on March 4th, 2025, the President said the bipartisan “CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing,” and urged the Speaker of the House of Representatives to “get rid of the CHIPS Act’; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Due to numerous current federal administration executive orders and policy directives, countless clean energy, transportation, and infrastructure investments and projects administered by and benefiting Californians, local governments, tribes, special districts and nonprofit organizations have been put at risk, and billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funds remain unavailable; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, California has designed state infrastructure spending and policy initiatives to leverage the maximum benefit possible from federal funds made available through these historic laws to support the state’s growing economy and communities in every legislative district in California; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The uncertainty created by the current federal administration policies is casting doubt on the reliability of federally appropriated funds, undermining the faith and credit of the federal government, delaying badly needed infrastructure improvements, and increasing costs to California taxpayers; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The loss of these investments will directly harm residents, households, businesses, the environment, and the infrastructure of California that Californians rely on; now, therefore, be it </html:p>
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<html:i>Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly,</html:i>
That the State of California, and the residents of this state, stand to benefit greatly from investments made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act; and be it further
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<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
That the Legislature urges President Donald J. Trump and Congress to protect and maintain the historic investments made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; and be it further
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<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, to the Governor, to the Attorney General, and to the author for appropriate distribution.
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