Green Schools Act
Latest action · May 15, 2008 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Green Schools Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program awarding matching grants to local educational agencies for green school construction and improvement projects that create healthy learning environments while saving natural resources and money.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend, through 2012, the Qualified Zone Academy Bond program (which provides tax credits to the holders of such bonds, which in turn finance low or no interest loans for the improvement of public schools serving low-income areas).
Requires public school rehabilitation, repair, or equipment financed through such bonds to serve the green goals of creating healthy learning environments while saving natural resources and money.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2008 to Jun 4, 2008, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Original | May 15, 2008 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | May 15, 2008 |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Original | May 15, 2008 |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Original | May 15, 2008 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | May 15, 2008 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | May 15, 2008 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 15, 2008 |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Jun 4, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 15, 2008Introduced in House
- May 15, 2008Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 15, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E933)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Air pollution control
- Bonds
- Building construction
- Building materials
- Conservation of natural resources
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational technology
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy efficiency
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Federal aid to education
- Green products
- Income tax
- Indoor air pollution
- Maintenance and repair
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- School buildings
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Sustainable development
- Tax credits
- Taxation
- Water conservation
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2008Introduced in House
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