3.0.0 7160 2019-11-15T20:56:31Z 2019-11-15T20:56:31Z House H HR 2008-09-26 110 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-26T13:05:35Z 2008-09-26 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2008-09-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 N F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2008-09-26 True I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2008-09-26 True S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2008-09-26 True International Affairs Accounting and auditing Advanced technology and technological innovations Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental technology Foreign aid and international relief Multilateral development programs Technology transfer and commercialization International Affairs 00 2008-09-26 Introduced in House 2009-01-24T16:06:15Z Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to contribute to a Clean Technology Fund to promote accelerated deployment in developing countries of technologies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Requires that such Fund be established and administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).

Prohibits the Fund from providing more than approximately 15% of Fund resources to any one country. Sets forth requirements for a country to be eligible for support from the Fund, which shall be used to cover the incremental costs of deploying clean energy technologies that result in substantial and additional reductions from baseline greenhouse gas emissions.

Prohibits the Fund from providing support for any new coal-fired electricity generation facility unless certain requirements are met.

Requires transparency in all aspects of the governance of the Fund.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) direct the U.S. representative to oppose any proposal that would result in the Fund failing to meet the requirements of this Act; (2) encourage all the multilateral development banks to apply environmental assessment procedures in their consideration of Fund proposals; and (3) ensure that the Fund complements the International Clean Energy Foundation.

Amends the the International Financial Institutions Act to direct the Secretary to seek to ensure that multilateral development banks: (1) adopt and implement greenhouse gas accounting in analyzing the benefits and costs of all projects for which bank funding is sought; and (2) expand their activities supporting climate change mitigation.

]]> To authorize United States participation in, and appropriations for the United States contribution to, an international clean technology fund, and for other purposes. Display Title To authorize United States participation in, and appropriations for the United States contribution to, an international clean technology fund, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To authorize United States participation in, and appropriations for the United States contribution to, an international clean technology fund, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr7160ih/xml/BILLS-110hr7160ih.xml 2008-09-26 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.