[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4768 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4768

To prohibit the Export-Import Bank of the United States from providing 
  financial support for certain high carbon intensity energy projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2014

  Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Ellison) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Export-Import Bank of the United States from providing 
  financial support for certain high carbon intensity energy projects.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT-IMPORT BANK SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN HIGH 
              CARBON INTENSITY ENERGY PROJECTS.

    Section 2(b) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 
635(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(14) Prohibition on Support for Certain High Carbon Intensity 
Energy Projects.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Bank shall not guarantee, insure, 
        extend credit, or participate in the extension of credit in 
        connection with the purchase or sale of any good or service for 
        a high carbon intensity project.
            ``(B) High carbon intensity project defined.--In 
        subparagraph (A), the term `high carbon intensity project' 
        means a project that--
                    ``(i) is designed to generate electricity; and
                    ``(ii) if completed, would produce at least 500 
                grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour of 
                electricity generated by the project.''.
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