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Bill Mar 28, 2026

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.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2656
James Himes U.S. Representative
Energy Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural practices and innovations Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Corporate finance and management Credit and credit markets Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Executive agency funding and structure Forests, forestry, trees Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Government lending and loan guarantees Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles Land use and conservation Motor fuels Public transit Regional and metropolitan planning
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