S 1208 United States Senate · 117th Congress

A bill 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.

Summary
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.
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Apr 2021
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Introduced Apr 19, 2021 Last action Apr 19, 2021
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Apr 19, 2021
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Apr 19, 2021
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