3.0.0 3725 2020-01-29T20:30:47Z 2020-01-29T20:30:47Z Senate S S 2008-12-10 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-12-10T19:04:52Z 2008-12-10 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2008-12-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2008-12-10 True Energy Air conditioning Alternative energy sources Biomass energy Block grants Building construction Carbon cycle Carbon dioxide Cogeneration of electric power and heat Commerce Construction industries Economics and Public Finance Electric appliances Energy efficiency Environmental Protection Fuel cells Geothermal resources Government lending Heating Housing and Community Development Industrial buildings Industrial engineering Labor and Employment Landfills Manufacturing industries Methane Natural gas Ocean energy resources Recycling of waste products Small business Solar energy Wind power Energy 00 2008-12-10 Introduced in Senate 2009-02-26T21:42:38Z Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to implement a program to provide loans to manufacturers to help finance the cost of: (1) reequipping, expanding, or establishing a manufacturing facility in the United States to produce clean technology products and significant component parts of those products, including wind turbines, solar energy products, fuel cells, advanced batteries and storage devices, biomass engines, and geothermal equipment; and (2) improving the energy-efficiency of the industrial processes of the manufacturers other than through the production of products and component parts for retrofitting a manufacturing facility. Applies such loans to: (1) facilities and equipment placed in service before December 30, 2012; and (2) costs incurred between the date of this Act's enactment and December 30, 2020. Requires the Secretary to give priority to facilities in regions with the highest unemployment rates. Authorizes the Secretary to provide awards or loans to idle facilities.

Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Secretary to establish the High-Performance Building Block Grant Program to provide grants to assist eligible entities in implementing large-scale, multi-building projects to improve and provide high-performance building, green building, and renewable energy services and financing to homeowners and small businesses.

Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to include among national service programs eligible for assistance under the National and Community Service State Grant Program a Clean Energy Service Corps program in which participants: (1) promote clean energy technologies; or (2) enable communities and nonprofit organizations to assist businesses and households in matters relating to clean energy technologies and in becoming more energy efficient.

Amends the Workforce Investment Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Secretary a specified amount of funding for the energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program.

]]> Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2008 Display Title Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3725is/xml/BILLS-110s3725is.xml 2008-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.