110 HR 2437 IH: To provide for the establishment of an energy efficiency U.S. House of Representatives 2007-05-22 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2437 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 A BILL To provide for the establishment of an energy efficiency and renewable energy finance and investment advisory committee.

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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.

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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.