S. 1208 · 117th Congress · Senate

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.

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced
Apr 19, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive 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.

Action Timeline

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  1. APR 19, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. APR 19, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

1

Finance Committee

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Referred: Apr 19, 2021

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