[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2437 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2437

To provide for the establishment of an energy efficiency and renewable 
           energy finance and investment advisory committee.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2007

Mr. Israel (for himself, Mr. Matheson, and Mr. Shimkus) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the establishment of an energy efficiency and renewable 
           energy finance and investment advisory committee.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy shall establish an advisory committee 
to provide advice and recommendations to the Department of Energy on 
energy efficiency and renewable energy finance and investment issues, 
options, ideas, and trends, and to assist the energy community in 
identifying practical ways of lowering costs and increasing investments 
in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
    (b) Membership.--The advisory committee established under this 
section shall consist of members representing the following 
communities:
            (1) Providers of seed capital.
            (2) Venture capitalists.
            (3) Private equity sources.
            (4) Investment banking corporate finance.
            (5) Investment banking mergers and acquisitions.
            (6) Equity capital markets.
            (7) Debt capital markets.
            (8) Research analysts.
            (9) Sales and trading.
            (10) Commercial lenders.
            (11) Residential lenders.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy 
for carrying out this Act $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012.
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