; and (B) to carry out the electric energy transmission siting responsibilities of those States. (2) Technical assistance The Commission shall provide technical assistance to regional transmission siting agencies established under this subsection. (3) Authority The regional transmission siting agencies shall have the authority to review, certify, and permit siting of transmission facilities, including facilities in national interest electric transmission corridors (other than facilities on property owned by the United States). (4) Limitation The Commission shall have no authority to issue a permit for the construction or modification of an electric transmission facility within a State that is a party to a compact, unless the Commission determines that the members of the compact are unable to reach an agreement on an application seeking approval by the date that is 1 year after the date on which the application for the facility was filed. (j) Relationship to other laws Except as specifically provided, nothing in this section affects any requirement of an environmental law of the United States, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ). (k) ERCOT This section shall not apply within the area referred to in section 212(k)(2)(A). . (b) Grants To facilitate the siting of interstate electricity transmission lines (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (B) Community benefit agreement The term community benefit agreement has the meaning given the term in section 216(a) of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 824p(a) ). (C) Covered transmission project The term covered transmission project has the meaning given the term in section 50152(e) of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ) ( 42 U.S.C. 18715a(e) ). (D) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. (2) Allocation In carrying out section 50152 of Public Law 117–169 ( 42 U.S.C. 18715a ), the Secretary