3.0.0 1542 2023-01-12T17:52:50Z 2023-01-12T17:52:50Z Senate S S 2007-06-05 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-05T17:02:20Z Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2007 110 2573 HR 2007-07-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Related bill CRS 2007-06-05 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-06-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7074-7075) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-06-06 False Education Arts, Culture, Religion Asbestos Building construction Child safety Congress Congressional oversight Construction costs Disabled Economics and Public Finance Educational facilities Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Energy Energy conservation Energy efficiency Environmental Protection Environmental health Families Federal aid to education Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Hazardous wastes Health Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Interstate compacts Libraries Maintenance and repair School buildings School security Secondary education Special education Students Education 00 2007-06-05 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-19T22:00:21Z Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into cooperative agreements with states under which: (1) they establish state and multistate infrastructure banks for education; and (2) the Secretary awards grants to states for initial capital to make loans through such banks to local educational agencies and public libraries for construction, reconstruction, or renovation of public elementary or secondary schools and public library facilities.

Grants congressional consent to states for interstate compacts to establish multistate infrastructure banks.

Requires states to contribute from nonfederal sources at least 25% of the amount of each federal grant for an infrastructure bank.

Lists types of projects eligible for such bank loans.

Directs the Secretary to establish Healthy, High Performance School Guidelines for the construction and renovation of schools, educational facilities, and libraries relating to energy efficiency, renewable energy, water use, building materials, indoor environmental quality, and other appropriate matters.

Requires any local educational agency or public library using a loan under this Act to fund a new construction or renovation project to ensure that the project conforms, to the maximum extent practicable, to such Healthy, High Performance School Guidelines.

]]> Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2007 Display Title Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish State infrastructure banks for education, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1542is/xml/BILLS-110s1542is.xml 2007-06-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.