HR 4455 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Community Facilities Program for Rural Clean School Bus Infrastructure Act

Latest action · Sep 21, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 30, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Community Facilities Program for Rural Clean School Bus Infrastructure Act

This bill expands the essential community facilities direct loan and grant program of the Department of Agriculture to allow loans or grants to be used for deploying clean school buses and related infrastructure. Specifically, loans or grants may be used for (1) acquisition and labor costs for charging or other infrastructure needed to charge or maintain clean school buses, or (2) planning and technical activities to support the adoption and deployment of clean school buses. 

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 2, 2023 to Apr 11, 2024.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOct 2, 2023
D-CTJahana HayesApr 11, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Jun 30, 2023Referred Jun 30, 2023
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Referred Sep 21, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 21, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
  2. Jun 30, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 30, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United State Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of the Congress The single subject of this legislation is: Clean school bus charging infrastructure

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 114, June 30, 2023, page H3162.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1930Community Facilities Program for Rural Clean School Bus Infrastructure ActIdentical billJun 12, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to support the buildout of clean school bus charging infrastructure through community facilities direct loans and grants.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Community Facilities Program for Rural Clean School Bus Infrastructure Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 30, 2023Introduced in House

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