US Congress House Bill 2995 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-0)
Status: Introduced on June 22 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes. This bill establishes a U.S. Green Bank that provides financial support to assist regional, state, and local institutions finance: (1) clean energy (e.g., solar or wind energy) projects, or (2) energy efficiency projects that reduce energy use or substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Department of the Treasury must issue green bonds to provide the bank with: (1) an initial capitalization of $10 billion; and (2) additional capitalization, upon the bank's request, of no more than $50 billion in aggregate at any one time. The bill also establishes in the Treasury a revolving Green Bank Establishment Fund.

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes.

Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
2017-06-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-06-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-06-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-06-22	House	Introduced in House

SB1406 (Same As) 2017-06-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2995/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2995/BILLS-115hr2995ih.pdf