; (4) utilizing emerging technologies will spur market-based innovation and will further amplify the ongoing efforts to resolve water quality degradation; and (5) the Environmental Protection Agency and State environmental agencies should prioritize the use of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, quantum information science, distributed ledger technology, mechanical harvesting, aquatic muck dredging, living shorelines, living seawalls, robotics, nanotechnology, environmental DNA (eDNA), and cultivation of aquatic species, such as seaweed, seagrass, kelp, clams, oysters, and mussels, when creating programs and solutions to address water quality. 4. Establishment of the Water Quality and Environmental Innovation Fund (a) In general There is established a fund, to be known as the Water Quality and Environmental Innovation Fund. (b) Transfers to the fund On October 1 of each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, there shall be transferred from the special account described in section 6501(e) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 4370c(e) ) to the Water Quality and Environmental Innovation Fund, an amount that is equal to the amount that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines will be collected in such fiscal year from fees and charges under the Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program of the Environmental Protection Agency. (c) Expenditures Amounts in the Water Quality and Environmental Innovation Fund— (1) shall be available, as provided in appropriations Acts, for awarding grants and contracts, and for other expenses associated with administering such awards, under section 5