Inflation Reduction Act: EPA’s Use and Oversight of $11.5 Billion in Appropriations
What GAO Found The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) provided about $41.5 billion in supplemental appropriations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for grants and other investments to reduce air pollution and enhance national climate resilience. EPA primarily used the appropriations to create new grant programs and has awarded hundreds of grants. In 2025, EPA terminated grants funded by $30 billion of IRA appropriations and several grant recipients were challenging the terminations in court as of June 2026. Of the roughly $11.5 billion in appropriations unaffected by the terminations and related litigation, Public Law 119-21, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill A.
Reported by Maria LopezInflation Reduction Act: EPA’s Use and Oversight of $11.5 Billion in Appropriations.
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What GAO Found The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) provided about $41.5 billion in supplemental appropriations to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for grants and other investments to reduce air pollution and enhance national climate resilience.
EPA primarily used the appropriations to create new grant programs and has awarded hundreds of grants.
In 2025, EPA terminated grants funded by $30 billion of IRA appropriations and several grant recipients were challenging the terminations in court as of June 2026.
Of the roughly $11.5 billion in appropriations unaffected by the terminations and related litigation, Public Law 119-21, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill A…
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