[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2863 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2863

 To amend the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement 
  Act of 1994 to provide assistance to small businesses providing low-
      income individuals with green jobs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2013

 Mr. Payne (for himself, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Sires, Mr. 
  Scott of Virginia, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Rangel, and Ms. 
Kelly of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement 
  Act of 1994 to provide assistance to small businesses providing low-
      income individuals with green jobs, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Growing Responsible Energy Efficient 
Neighborhoods Jobs Act of 2013'' or the ``GREEN Jobs Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS GREEN JOBS INITIATIVE.

    Section 108 of the Community Development Banking and Financial 
Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4707) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(i) Small Business Green Jobs Initiative.--
            ``(1) Assistance.--Financial assistance and technical 
        assistance made available under this subtitle may be used by 
        community development financial institutions to develop or 
        support small businesses that provide low-income individuals 
        located in low-income communities with green jobs.
            ``(2) Limitation.--With respect to a particular fiscal 
        year, the Fund may not provide more than--
                    ``(A) $2,000,000 in financial assistance under this 
                subsection; and
                    ``(B) $100,000 in technical assistance under this 
                subsection.
            ``(3) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
                    ``(A) Green jobs.--The term `green jobs' means jobs 
                that--
                            ``(i) aim to protect or restore ecosystems 
                        and biodiversity;
                            ``(ii) reduce energy, materials, and water 
                        consumption through high efficiency strategies;
                            ``(iii) reduce greenhouse gas emissions and 
                        other pollutants;
                            ``(iv) minimize or altogether avoid 
                        generation of all forms of waste and pollution; 
                        or
                            ``(v) increase the use of energy generation 
                        systems such as solar, fuel cells, natural gas, 
                        and micro turbines.
                    ``(B) Low-income community.--The term `low-income 
                community' means a contiguous area--
                            ``(i) located within--
                                    ``(I) a single county with a 
                                population, as determined by the most 
                                recent census data available, of--
                                            ``(aa) at least 4,000, if 
                                        any of the portion of the area 
                                        is located within a 
                                        Metropolitan Area with a 
                                        population of 50,000; or
                                            ``(bb) a population of at 
                                        least 1,000, in any other case; 
                                        or
                                    ``(II) an Indian reservation;
                            ``(ii) at least 30 percent of the 
                        population of which have incomes that are less 
                        than the poverty threshold, as published by the 
                        Bureau of the Census in the most recent 
                        decennial census for which data is available; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) in which the unemployment rate is 
                        at least 1.5 times greater than the national 
                        average, as determined by the Bureau of Labor 
                        Statistics' most recent data.
                    ``(C) Small business.--The term `small business' 
                means a business that meets the criteria for a small 
                business concern established by the Small Business 
                Administration under section 3(a) of the Small Business 
                Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)).''.
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