[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[S. 224 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 224

To promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 13, 2009

Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Mr. Brown) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Green Jobs and 
Infrastructure Act of 2009''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
       TITLE I--CLEAN TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Sec. 101. Clean technology manufacturing incentive program.
 TITLE II--ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Sec. 201. Advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program.
       TITLE III--ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANTS

Sec. 301. Energy efficiency and conservation block grants.
                      TITLE IV--GREEN ENERGY JOBS

Sec. 401. Clean Energy Service Corps.
Sec. 402. Green jobs.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.

    In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.

       TITLE I--CLEAN TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM

SEC. 101. CLEAN TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

    (a) Loans.--The Secretary shall provide loans to manufacturers to 
help finance the cost of--
            (1) reequipping, expanding, or establishing (including 
        applicable engineering costs) a manufacturing facility in the 
        United States to produce clean technology products and the 
        significant component parts of those products, including--
                    (A) wind turbines;
                    (B) solar energy products;
                    (C) fuel cells;
                    (D) advanced batteries and storage devices;
                    (E) biomass engines;
                    (F) geothermal equipment;
                    (G) ocean energy equipment;
                    (H) carbon capture and storage;
                    (I) energy efficiency products, including 
                appliances and products that are used to increase 
                energy efficiency by at least 30 percent over a 
                baseline product (and significant components of the 
                appliances and products), subject to the condition that 
                the parts shall be integral to the overall efficiency 
                of the end product; and
                    (J) products for retrofitting a manufacturing 
                facility to improve industrial processes and create 
                greater energy efficiency through the use of 
                technologies, including--
                            (i) combined heat and power systems;
                            (ii) natural gas pressure recovery;
                            (iii) advanced cogeneration;
                            (iv) gasification;
                            (v) anaerobic digestion; and
                            (vi) landfill gas recovery; and
            (2) improving the energy-efficiency of the industrial 
        processes of the manufacturers other than through the 
        production of products and component parts described in 
        paragraph (1)(J).
    (b) Period of Availability.--A loan under subsection (a) shall 
apply to--
            (1) facilities and equipment placed in service before 
        December 30, 2012; and
            (2) clean technology retooling costs, retrofitting costs, 
        worker training costs, and other costs described in subsection 
        (a) incurred during the period beginning on the date of 
        enactment of this Act and ending on December 30, 2020.
    (c) Direct Loan Program.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, subject to the availability of 
        appropriated funds, the Secretary shall carry out a program to 
        provide a total of not more than $50,000,000,000 in loans to 
        eligible individuals and entities (as determined by the 
        Secretary) for the costs of activities described in subsection 
        (a).
            (2) Application.--An applicant for a loan under this 
        section shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 
        time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
        Secretary may require, including a written assurance that the 
        wages and benefits that will be provided to each individual 
        that is employed by the applicant (including a contractor or 
        subcontractor) in carrying out activities described in 
        subsection (a) are at least equal to the average in the area, 
        as determined by the Secretary.
            (3) Selection of eligible projects.--The Secretary shall 
        select eligible projects to receive loans under this subsection 
        in cases in which, as determined by the Secretary, the loan 
        recipient--
                    (A) has a viable market for the product or 
                component described in subsection (a);
                    (B) will provide sufficient information to the 
                Secretary for the Secretary to ensure that the 
                qualified investment is expended efficiently and 
                effectively;
                    (C) will provide such information as the Secretary 
                may request to demonstrate that the qualified 
                investment will preserve or create jobs; and
                    (D) has met such other criteria as may be 
                established and published by the Secretary.
            (4) Rates, terms, and repayment of loans.--A loan provided 
        under this subsection--
                    (A) shall have an interest rate that, as of the 
                date on which the loan is made, is equal to the cost of 
                funds to the Department of the Treasury for obligations 
                of comparable maturity;
                    (B) shall have a term equal to the lesser of--
                            (i) the projected life, in years, of the 
                        eligible project to be carried out using funds 
                        from the loan, as determined by the Secretary; 
                        and
                            (ii) 25 years;
                    (C) may be subject to a deferral in repayment for 
                not more than 5 years after the date on which the 
                eligible project carried out using funds from the loan 
                first begins operations, as determined by the 
                Secretary;
                    (D) shall be made by the Federal Financing Bank; 
                and
                    (E) shall be repaid in full if the loan recipient 
                moves production of activities described in subsection 
                (a) outside of the United States during the term of the 
                loan.
            (5) Fees.--Administrative costs shall be no more than 
        $100,000 or 10 basis point of the loan.
    (d) Priority.--In making loans to manufacturers under this section, 
the Secretary--
            (1) shall give priority to those facilities that are 
        located in regions with the highest unemployment rates; and
            (2) may provide awards or loan to facilities that are idle.
    (e) Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.--In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of 
Commerce in carrying out the Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
program established under sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k, 278l).
    (f) Funding.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
        Act, on October 1, 2009, and on each October 1 thereafter 
        through October 1, 2012, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
        otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        transfer to the Secretary for the cost of loans and loan 
        guarantees to carry out this section such sums as are necessary 
        to provide the amount of loans authorized under subsection 
        (c)(1), to remain available until expended.
            (2) Receipt and acceptance.--The Secretary shall be 
        entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out 
        this section the funds transferred under paragraph (1), without 
        further appropriation.

 TITLE II--ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM

SEC. 201. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

    Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17013) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``30 percent'' and 
        inserting ``80 percent''; and
            (2) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``(i) Authorization of 
                Appropriations.--There'' and inserting the following: 
    ``(i) Funding.--
            ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Mandatory funding.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, not later than 30 days after the date 
                of enactment of this paragraph, out of any funds in the 
                Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of 
                the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary for the 
                cost of awards and loans to carry out this section 
                $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.
                    ``(B) Receipt and acceptance.--The Secretary shall 
                be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to 
                carry out this section the funds transferred under 
                subparagraph (A), without further appropriation.''.

       TITLE III--ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANTS

SEC. 301. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANTS.

    Section 548 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17158) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(a) Mandatory Funding.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of the Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2009, on 
        October 1, 2009, and on each October 1 thereafter through 
        October 1, 2011, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
        appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to 
        the Secretary to carry out the program $10,000,000,000, to 
        remain available until expended.
            ``(2) Receipt and acceptance.--The Secretary shall be 
        entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out 
        the program the funds transferred under paragraph (1), without 
        further appropriation.
            ``(3) Allocation of grants funds.--Of the amount of funds 
        made available for grants under the program for a fiscal year 
        under this subsection--
                    ``(A) 49 percent of the amount shall be distributed 
                using the definition of eligible unit of local 
                government-alternative 1 in section 541(3)(A); and
                    ``(B) 49 percent of the amount shall be distributed 
                using the definition of eligible unit of local 
                government-alternative 2 in section 541(3)(B).''.

                      TITLE IV--GREEN ENERGY JOBS

SEC. 401. CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS.

    Section 122(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12572(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as paragraph (16); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following:
            ``(15) A Clean Energy Service Corps program in which--
                    ``(A) participants--
                            ``(i) encourage or promote clean energy 
                        technologies; or
                            ``(ii) enable communities and nonprofit 
                        organizations to assist business owners and 
                        households in matters relating to clean energy 
                        technologies, and in becoming more energy 
                        efficient; and
                    ``(B) priority is provided for programs that enroll 
                corps participants who will be trained for careers that 
                promote a sustainable economy.''.

SEC. 402. GREEN JOBS.

    Section 171(e)(8) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2916(e)(8)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as 
        clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately; and
            (2) by striking ``(8)'' and all that follows through ``of 
        which--'' and inserting the following:
            ``(8) Funding.--
                    ``(A) Mandatory funding.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days 
                        after the date of enactment of the Green Jobs 
                        and Infrastructure Act of 2009, out of any 
                        funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
                        appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 
                        shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out 
                        this subsection $625,000,000, to remain 
                        available until expended.
                            ``(ii) Receipt and acceptance.--The 
                        Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall 
                        accept, and shall use to carry out this 
                        subsection the funds transferred under clause 
                        (i), without further appropriation.
                    ``(B) Discretionary funding.--There is authorized 
                to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
                $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each subsequent 
                fiscal year.
                    ``(C) Allocation.--Of the amount available under 
                subparagraph (A) or (B) for a fiscal year--''.
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