3.0.0 1528 2022-11-01T05:32:24Z 2022-11-01T05:32:24Z Senate S 2019-05-16 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-16T19:43:35Z National Green Bank Act of 2019 116 3423 HR 2019-06-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Related bill CRS 2019-05-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-05-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-05-16 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-05-16 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-05-16 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-05-16 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2019-05-20 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-07-23 False Energy Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural practices and innovations Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Corporate finance and management Credit and credit markets Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Executive agency funding and structure Forests, forestry, trees Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Government lending and loan guarantees Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles Land use and conservation Motor fuels Public transit Regional and metropolitan planning Securities Solid waste and recycling State and local finance Water use and supply Wetlands Energy 00 2019-05-16 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-18T13:16:08Z This bill establishes a U.S. Green Bank to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects at the state and local level by capitalizing regional, state, and municipal green banks.

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.

]]> A bill 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. Display Title A bill 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. Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill United States Green Bank Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill 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. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1528is/xml/BILLS-116s1528is.xml 2019-05-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.