To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes.
This bill establishes a U.S. Green Bank to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects at the state and local level by capitalizing regional, state, and municipal green banks. The Department of the Treasury must issue green bonds to provide the bank with (1) an initial capitalization of $10 billion; and (2) additional capitalization, upon the bank's request, of no more than $50 billion in aggregate at any one time. The bill also establishes in the Treasury a revolving Green Bank Establishment Fund.
Air quality
Regional and metropolitan planning
Energy
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Corporate finance and management
Land use and conservation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Executive agency funding and structure
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Forests, forestry, trees
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor fuels
Agricultural practices and innovations
Credit and credit markets
Public transit
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
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