Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2008
Latest action · Dec 10, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedDec 10, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to implement a program to provide loans to manufacturers to help finance the cost of: (1) reequipping, expanding, or establishing a manufacturing facility in the United States to produce clean technology products and significant component parts of those products, including wind turbines, solar energy products, fuel cells, advanced batteries and storage devices, biomass engines, and geothermal equipment; and (2) improving the energy-efficiency of the industrial processes of the manufacturers other than through the production of products and component parts for retrofitting a manufacturing facility. Applies such loans to: (1) facilities and equipment placed in service before December 30, 2012; and (2) costs incurred between the date of this Act's enactment and December 30, 2020. Requires the Secretary to give priority to facilities in regions with the highest unemployment rates. Authorizes the Secretary to provide awards or loans to idle facilities.
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Secretary to establish the High-Performance Building Block Grant Program to provide grants to assist eligible entities in implementing large-scale, multi-building projects to improve and provide high-performance building, green building, and renewable energy services and financing to homeowners and small businesses.
Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to include among national service programs eligible for assistance under the National and Community Service State Grant Program a Clean Energy Service Corps program in which participants: (1) promote clean energy technologies; or (2) enable communities and nonprofit organizations to assist businesses and households in matters relating to clean energy technologies and in becoming more energy efficient.
Amends the Workforce Investment Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Secretary a specified amount of funding for the energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 10, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Dec 10, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 10, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Dec 10, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Air conditioning
- Alternative energy sources
- Biomass energy
- Block grants
- Building construction
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon dioxide
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat
- Commerce
- Construction industries
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric appliances
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Environmental Protection
- Fuel cells
- Geothermal resources
- Government lending
- Heating
- Housing and Community Development
- Industrial buildings
- Industrial engineering
- Labor and Employment
- Landfills
- Manufacturing industries
- Methane
- Natural gas
- Ocean energy resources
- Recycling of waste products
- Small business
- Solar energy
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2008Introduced in Senate
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