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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1698 

To establish the Green Bank to assist in the financing of qualified clean 

energy projects and qualified energy efficiency projects. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 24, 2009 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, and Ms. BORDALLO) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 

A BILL 

To establish the Green Bank to assist in the financing of 

qualified clean energy projects and qualified energy efficiency projects. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. CAPITALIZATION, METHOD OF CAPITAL STOCK 

4 PAYMENTS, ISSUANCE OF GREEN BONDS. 

5 Chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, is amend6 ed by adding after section 3102 the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 3102A. Green Bonds 

2 ‘‘(a) INITIAL CAPITALIZATION.—The Secretary of the 

3 Treasury shall issue bonds (in this section referred to as 

4 ‘Green Bonds’) in the amount of $10,000,000,000 on the 

5 credit of the United States to acquire capital stock of the 

6 Green Bank (established under section 9801 of this title), 

7 of which not more than $200,000,000 shall be used for 

8 costs that the Green Bank incurs for its first year in order 

9 to provide loans, loan guarantees, debt securitization, in10 surance, portfolio insurance, and other forms of financing 

11 support or risk management for qualified clean energy 

12 projects and qualified energy efficiency projects (as such 

13 terms are defined under such section). Stock certificates 

14 evidencing ownership in the Green Bank shall be issued 

15 by the Green Bank to the Secretary of the Treasury, to 

16 the extent of payments made for the capital stock of the 

17 Green Bank. 

18 ‘‘(b) FUTURE CAPITALIZATION.—The Secretary of 

19 the Treasury may issue additional Green Bonds on the 

20 credit of the United States to acquire additional capital 

21 stock of the Green Bank in an aggregate amount not to 

22 exceed $50,000,000,000 outstanding at any one time. 

23 ‘‘(c) DENOMINATIONS AND MATURITY.—Green 

24 Bonds shall be in such forms and denominations, and shall 

25 mature within such periods, as determined by the Sec26 retary of the Treasury. 


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1 ‘‘(d) INTEREST.—Green Bonds shall bear interest at 

2 a rate not less than the current average yield on out3 standing market obligations of the United States of com4 parable maturity during the month preceding the issuance 

5 of the obligation as determined by the Secretary of the 

6 Treasury. 

7 ‘‘(e) GUARANTEED.—Green Bonds shall be fully and 

8 unconditionally guaranteed both as to interest and prin9 cipal by the United States, and such guaranty shall be 

10 expressed on the face of each bond. 

11 ‘‘(f) LAWFUL INVESTMENTS.—Green Bonds shall be 

12 lawful investments, and may be accepted as security for 

13 all fiduciary, trust, and public funds, the investment or 

14 deposit of which shall be under the authority or control 

15 of the United States or any officer or officers thereof.’’. 

16 SEC. 2. GREEN BANK. 

17 Title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 

18 the following new chapter at the end thereof: 

19 ‘‘CHAPTER 98—GREEN BANK 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘9801. Green Bank. 

20 ‘‘§ 9801. Green Bank 

21 ‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

22 ‘Green Bank Act of 2009’. 

23 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are as 

24 follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) To evaluate and coordinate financing for 

2 qualified clean energy projects and qualified energy 

3 efficiency projects. 

4 ‘‘(2) To provide loans, loan guarantees, debt 

5 securitization, insurance, portfolio insurance, and 

6 other forms of financing support or risk manage7 ment to qualified clean energy projects and qualified 

8 energy efficiency projects. 

9 ‘‘(3) To facilitate— 

10 ‘‘(A) efficient tax equity markets for quali11 fied clean energy projects; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the financing of long-term clean en13 ergy purchasing by governmental and non-gov14 ernmental not-for-profit entities. 

15 ‘‘(4) To foster— 

16 ‘‘(A) the development and consistent appli17 cation of transparent underwriting standards, 

18 standard contractual terms, and measurement 

19 and verification protocols for qualified clean en20 ergy projects and qualified energy efficiency 

21 projects; 

22 ‘‘(B) the creation of performance data that 

23 enables effective underwriting, risk manage24 ment, and pro-forma modeling of financial per25 formance of qualified clean energy projects and 


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1 qualified energy efficiency projects to support 

2 primary financing markets and stimulate devel3 opment of secondary investment markets for 

4 clean energy projects and energy efficiency 

5 projects; and 

6 ‘‘(C) the level of financing support for 

7 qualified clean energy projects and qualified en8 ergy efficiency projects necessary to advance 

9 vital national objectives, including— 

10 ‘‘(i) achieving energy independence 

11 from foreign energy sources; 

12 ‘‘(ii) abating climate change by in13 creasing zero or low carbon electricity gen14 eration and transportation capabilities; 

15 ‘‘(iii) realizing energy efficiency poten16 tial in existing infrastructure; 

17 ‘‘(iv) easing the economic effects of 

18 transitioning from a carbon-based economy 

19 to a clean energy economy; 

20 ‘‘(v) achieving job creation through 

21 the construction and operation of qualified 

22 clean energy projects and qualified energy 

23 efficiency projects; 


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1 ‘‘(vi) fostering long-term domestic 

2 manufacturing capacity in the clean energy 

3 and energy efficiency industries; and 

4 ‘‘(vii) complementing and supplement5 ing other clean energy and energy effi6 ciency legislation at the Federal or State 

7 level. 

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT.—The term 

10 ‘clean energy project’ means any electricity genera11 tion, transmission, storage, heating, cooling, indus12 trial process, or manufacturing project whose pri13 mary purpose is the deployment, development, or 

14 production of an energy system or technology that 

15 avoids, reduces, or sequesters air pollutants or an16 thropogenic greenhouse gases, including the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(A) Solar. 

19 ‘‘(B) Wind. 

20 ‘‘(C) Geothermal. 

21 ‘‘(D) Biomass. 

22 ‘‘(E) Hydropower. 

23 ‘‘(F) Ocean. 

24 ‘‘(G) Fuel cell. 

25 ‘‘(H) Advanced battery. 


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1 ‘‘(I) Carbon capture and sequestration. 

2 ‘‘(J) Next generation biofuels. 

3 ‘‘(K) Nuclear. 

4 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT.— 

5 The term ‘qualified clean energy project’ means a 

6 clean energy project that— 

7 ‘‘(A) is carried out domestically within the 

8 territorial borders of the United States; 

9 ‘‘(B) stays current on interest and debt 

10 payment obligations; 

11 ‘‘(C) pays wages in accordance with sub12 chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 

13 States Code (commonly referred to as the 

14 Davis-Bacon Act); 

15 ‘‘(D) if for nuclear power, is funded by the 

16 Bank only after all other existing Federal fi17 nancial support has been expended; and 

18 ‘‘(E) satisfies any other conditions estab19 lished by the Bank and published in the Fed20 eral Register. 

21 ‘‘(3) ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT.—The term 

22 ‘energy efficiency project’ means any project, tech23 nology, function, or measure that results in the re24 duction of energy use required to achieve the same 

25 level of service or output prior to the application of 


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1 such project, technology, function, or measure, or 

2 substantially reduces greenhouse gas emissions rel3 ative to emissions that would have occurred prior to 

4 the application of such project, technology, function, 

5 or measure. 

6 ‘‘(4) QUALIFIED ENERGY EFFICIENCY

7 PROJECT.—The term ‘qualified energy efficiency 

8 project’ means an energy efficiency project, includ9 ing smart grid technologies and functions character10 ized in section 1301 of the Energy Independence 

11 and Security Act of 2007 and end-use technologies 

12 for efficiency gains in new construction and across 

13 existing infrastructure that— 

14 ‘‘(A) is carried out domestically within the 

15 territorial borders of the United States; 

16 ‘‘(B) stays current on interest and debt 

17 payment obligations; 

18 ‘‘(C) pays wages in accordance with sub19 chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 

20 States Code (commonly referred to as the 

21 Davis-Bacon Act); and 

22 ‘‘(D) satisfies any other conditions estab23 lished by the Bank and published in the Fed24 eral Register. 


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1 ‘‘(5) GREEN BOND.—The term ‘Green Bond’ 

2 means a bond issued pursuant to section 3102A of 

3 this title. 

4 ‘‘(6) BANK.—The term ‘Bank’ means the Green 

5 Bank established under subsection (d). 

6 ‘‘(7) BOARD.—The term ‘Board’ means the 

7 Board of Directors of the Bank. 

8 ‘‘(d) GREEN BANK.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF CORPORATION.— 

10 There is established a corporation to be known as 

11 the Green Bank that shall be wholly owned by the 

12 United States. 

13 ‘‘(2) INDEPENDENT CORPORATION.—The Bank 

14 shall be an independent corporation. Neither the 

15 Bank nor any of its functions, powers, or duties 

16 shall be transferred to or consolidated with any 

17 other department, agency, or corporation of the Gov18 ernment unless the Congress provides otherwise. 

19 ‘‘(3) CHARTER.—The Bank shall be chartered 

20 for 20 years from the date of enactment of this sec21 tion. 

22 ‘‘(4) GOVERNANCE.— 

23 ‘‘(A) BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE

24 BANK.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Bank shall be 

2 under the direction of a Board of Direc3 tors. 

4 ‘‘(ii) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall 

5 consist of 8 members, as follows: 

6 ‘‘(I) The Secretary of the Energy 

7 or his designee. 

8 ‘‘(II) The Secretary of the Treas9 ury or his designee. 

10 ‘‘(III) The Secretary of the Inte11 rior or his designee. 

12 ‘‘(IV) The Secretary of Agri13 culture or his designee. 

14 ‘‘(V) Four members appointed by 

15 the President of the United States in16 cluding a Chief Executive Officer, 1 

17 member with expertise regarding re18 newable energy, 1 member with exper19 tise regarding electric utilities, and 1 

20 member with expertise regarding con21 sumer affairs. 

22 ‘‘(iii) QUORUM.—5 members of the 

23 Board shall constitute a quorum. 

24 ‘‘(iv) BYLAWS.—The Board shall 

25 adopt, and may amend, such bylaws as are 


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1 necessary for the proper management and 

2 functioning of the Bank, and shall, in such 

3 bylaws, designate the vice-presidents and 

4 other officers of the Bank and prescribe 

5 their duties. 

6 ‘‘(v) TERMS.—The initial terms of the 

7 members of the Board shall be 4 years. 

8 For terms beginning after the first 4 years 

9 following the date of the enactment of this 

10 section, the Board shall create staggered 

11 terms of 2, 3, and 4 years for members of 

12 the Board. 

13 ‘‘(vi) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy on 

14 the Board shall be filled in the same man15 ner in which the original appointment was 

16 made. 

17 ‘‘(vii) INTERIM APPOINTMENTS.—Any 

18 member appointed to fill a vacancy occur19 ring before the expiration of the term for 

20 which such member’s predecessor was ap21 pointed shall be appointed only for the re22 mainder of such term. 

23 ‘‘(viii) REAPPOINTMENT.—Members 

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1 tional terms of service as members of the 

2 Board. 

3 ‘‘(ix) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.— 

4 Any member of the Board whose term has 

5 expired may continue to serve on the 

6 Board until the earlier of— 

7 ‘‘(I) the date on which such 

8 member’s successor is appointed; or 

9 ‘‘(II) the end of the 6-month pe10 riod beginning on the date such mem11 ber’s term expires. 

12 ‘‘(x) CHAIRMAN.—The Board shall se13 lect a Chairman from among its members. 

14 ‘‘(B) EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT.—The 

15 Chief Executive Officer shall appoint an Execu16 tive Vice-President who— 

17 ‘‘(i) shall serve as Chief Executive Of18 ficer of the Bank during the absence or 

19 disability of, or in the event of a vacancy 

20 in the office, of Chief Executive Officer; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) shall at other times perform such 

23 functions as the Chief Executive Officer 

24 may prescribe. 


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1 ‘‘(C) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—At the 

2 request of any 2 members of the Board, the 

3 Chairman shall place an item pertaining to the 

4 policies or procedures of the Bank on the agen5 da for discussion by the Board. Not later than 

6 30 days after the date such a request is made, 

7 the Chairman shall hold a meeting of the Board 

8 at which such item shall be discussed. 

9 ‘‘(D) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—No direc10 tor, officer, attorney, agent, or employee of the 

11 Bank shall in any manner, directly or indi12 rectly, participate in the deliberation upon, or 

13 the determination of, any question affecting 

14 such individual’s personal interests, or the in15 terests of any corporation, partnership, or asso16 ciation in which such individual is directly or 

17 indirectly personally interested. 

18 ‘‘(5) HIRING AND CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.— 

19 ‘‘(A) CONTRACTING.—The Bank may em20 ploy or otherwise contract with banks, credit 

21 agencies, attorneys, and other third parties at 

22 customary commercial rates. 

23 ‘‘(B) HIRING.—Notwithstanding any oth24 erwise applicable Federal rules and regulations, 

25 the Bank may employ and otherwise contract 


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1 with employees and provide compensation to 

2 such employees at prevailing rates for com3 pensation for similar positions in private indus4 try. 

5 ‘‘(6) SUNSET.— 

6 ‘‘(A) EXPIRATION OF CHARTER.—The 

7 Bank shall continue to exercise its functions 

8 until all obligations and commitments of the 

9 Bank are discharged, even after its charter has 

10 expired. 

11 ‘‘(B) PRIOR OBLIGATIONS.—No provisions 

12 of this subsection shall be construed as pre13 venting the Bank from— 

14 ‘‘(i) acquiring obligations prior to the 

15 date of the expiration of its charter which 

16 mature subsequent to such date; 

17 ‘‘(ii) assuming, prior to the date of 

18 the expiration of its charter, liability as 

19 guarantor, endorser, or acceptor of obliga20 tions which mature subsequent to such 

21 date; 

22 ‘‘(iii) issuing, prior or subsequent to 

23 the date of the expiration of its charter, 

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1 bentures, bonds, or other obligations which 

2 mature subsequent to such date; or 

3 ‘‘(iv) continuing as a corporation and 

4 exercising any of its functions subsequent 

5 to the date of the expiration of its charter 

6 for purposes of orderly liquidation, includ7 ing the administration of its assets and the 

8 collection of any obligations held by the 

9 Bank. 

10 ‘‘(e) LENDING, FINANCING, EXPENDITURES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Bank shall establish a 

12 program to provide on a competitive basis loans, 

13 loan guarantees, debt securitization, insurance, port14 folio insurance, and other forms of financing support 

15 or risk management, as the Bank determines appro16 priate, for any qualifying clean energy project or 

17 qualifying energy efficiency project. 

18 ‘‘(2) GUARANTEED.—Loan guarantees provided 

19 by the Bank shall be guaranteed by the United 

20 States. 

21 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The Bank may only 

22 provide financing support (including loans, loan 

23 guarantees, debt securitization, insurance, portfolio 

24 insurance, and other forms of financing support or 

25 risk management under paragraph (1)) if— 


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1 ‘‘(A) such support is commercially reason2 able and does not exceed 80 percent of the cap3 italization of the qualified clean energy project 

4 or qualified energy efficiency project; 

5 ‘‘(B) is secured by the underlying project 

6 or such other collateral as the Chief Executive 

7 Officer of the Bank determines appropriate; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(C) in the judgment of the Chief Execu10 tive Officer— 

11 ‘‘(i) the private credit market is not 

12 providing adequately low-priced financing 

13 to enable otherwise credit worthy entities 

14 to carry out qualified clean energy projects 

15 and qualified energy efficiency projects; 

16 ‘‘(ii) such financing support would fa17 cilitate construction or expansion of a 

18 qualified clean energy project or qualified 

19 energy efficiency project at an accelerated 

20 rate; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) such financing support would 

22 stimulate, aid, or otherwise support domes23 tic manufacturing of finished products or 

24 component parts used in clean energy 

25 projects or energy efficiency projects. 


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1 ‘‘(4) FINANCING ACTIVITIES.—The Bank may 

2 facilitate financing transactions in tax equity mar3 kets and long-term purchasing of clean energy by 

4 governmental and non-governmental not-for-profit 

5 entities, to the degree and extent that the Bank de6 termines such financing activity is appropriate and 

7 consistent with carrying out the terms of this sec8 tion. 

9 ‘‘(5) TRUSTS.—The Bank is authorized to cre10 ate, accept, execute, and otherwise administer in all 

11 respects trusts, receiverships, conservatorships, liqui12 dating or other agencies, or other fiduciary and rep13 resentative undertakings and activities, as appro14 priate for financing purposes. Instruments issued by 

15 the Bank pursuant to this section are, to the same 

16 extent as securities which are direct obligations of or 

17 obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by 

18 the United States, exempt securities within the 

19 meaning of laws administered by the Securities and 

20 Exchange Commission. 

21 ‘‘(6) FEES.—The Bank shall assess reasonable 

22 fees on its activities, including loans, loan guaran23 tees, insurance, portfolio insurance, and other forms 

24 of financing support or risk management it provides 

25 so as to cover its reasonable costs and expenses, as 


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1 determined by the Board, provided the Bank oper2 ates as a not-for-profit entity. 

3 ‘‘(7) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—In providing 

4 any financing support under this section, the Bank 

5 may, with the concurrence of the Council on Envi6 ronmental Quality, adopt by reference and rely on 

7 any applicable categorical exclusion or environmental 

8 review promulgated by any other Federal Agency 

9 pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 

10 of 1969 (Public Law 91–190). 

11 ‘‘(8) IMMUNITY FROM IMPAIRMENT, LIMITA12 TION, OR RESTRICTION.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All rights and rem14 edies of the Bank shall be immune from impair15 ment, limitation, or restrictions by or under— 

16 ‘‘(i) any law (other than a law enacted 

17 by Congress expressly in limitation of this 

18 paragraph) that becomes effective after the 

19 acquisition by the Bank of the subject or 

20 property on, under, or with respect to 

21 which the right or remedy arises or exists 

22 or would so arise or exist in the absence of 

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1 ‘‘(ii) any administrative or other ac2 tion that becomes effective after the acqui3 sition. 

4 ‘‘(B) STATE LAW.—The Bank may con5 duct its business without regard to any quali6 fication or law of any State relating to incorpo7 ration. 

8 ‘‘(9) TAXATION.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara10 graph (B), the Bank (including its activities, 

11 capital, reserves, surplus and income) shall be 

12 exempt from all taxation imposed by any State 

13 or local political subdivision of a State. 

14 ‘‘(B) REAL PROPERTY.—Any real property 

15 of the Bank shall be subject to taxation by a 

16 State or political subdivision of a State to the 

17 same extent according to the value of the real 

18 property as other real property is taxed. 

19 ‘‘(10) POWER TO REMOVE; JURISDICTION.— 

20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any civil 

21 action, suit, or proceeding to which the Bank is a 

22 party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the 

23 United States, and the United States district courts 

24 shall have original jurisdiction. The Bank may, with25 out bond or security, remove any such action, suit, 


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1 or proceeding from a State court to a United States 

2 district court or to the United States District Court 

3 for the District of Columbia. 

4 ‘‘(11) SPENDING SAFEGUARDS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive 

6 Officer of the Bank— 

7 ‘‘(i) shall require any entity receiving 

8 financing support (including a loan, loan 

9 guarantee, debt securitization, insurance, 

10 portfolio insurance, and other forms of fi11 nancing support or risk management) pur12 suant to this section to report quarterly, in 

13 a format specified by the Chief Executive 

14 Officer, on such entity’s use of such sup15 port and its progress fulfilling the objec16 tives for which such support was granted, 

17 and the Chief Executive Officer shall make 

18 these reports available to the public; 

19 ‘‘(ii) may establish additional report20 ing and information requirements for any 

21 recipient of financing support made avail22 able pursuant to this section; 

23 ‘‘(iii) shall establish appropriate mech24 anisms to ensure appropriate use and com25 pliance with all terms of any financing 


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1 support made available pursuant to this 

2 section; 

3 ‘‘(iv) may, in addition to and con4 sistent with any other authority under ap5 plicable law, deobligate financing support 

6 made available pursuant to this section to 

7 entities that demonstrate an insufficient 

8 level of performance, or wasteful or fraud9 ulent spending, as defined in advance by 

10 the Chief Executive Officer, and award 

11 these funds competitively to new or exist12 ing applicants consistent with this section; 

13 ‘‘(v) shall create and maintain a fully 

14 searchable database, accessible on the 

15 Internet (or successor protocol) at no cost 

16 to the public, that contains at least— 

17 ‘‘(I) a list of each entity that has 

18 applied for a loan, loan guarantee, in19 surance, portfolio insurance, or other 

20 forms of financing support or risk 

21 management under this section; 

22 ‘‘(II) a description of each appli23 cation; 

24 ‘‘(III) the status of each such ap25 plication; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) the name of each entity re2 ceiving funds made available pursuant 

3 to this section; 

4 ‘‘(V) the purpose for which such 

5 entity is receiving such funds; 

6 ‘‘(VI) each quarterly report sub7 mitted by the entity pursuant to this 

8 section; and 

9 ‘‘(VII) such other information 

10 sufficient to allow the public to under11 stand and monitor loans, loan guaran12 tees, insurance, portfolio insurance, 

13 and other forms of financing support 

14 or risk management provided under 

15 this section; 

16 ‘‘(vi) to the extent practicable, data 

17 maintained under clause (v) shall be used 

18 to inform private capital markets, includ19 ing the development of underwriting stand20 ards for the financing of clean energy 

21 projects and energy efficiency projects; 

22 ‘‘(vii) shall make all financing trans23 actions available for public inspection, in24 cluding formal annual reviews by both a 


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1 private auditor and the Comptroller Gen2 eral; and 

3 ‘‘(viii) shall at all times be available to 

4 receive public comment in writing on the 

5 activities of the Bank. 

6 ‘‘(B) PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL

7 BUSINESS INFORMATION.—To the extent nec8 essary and appropriate, the Chief Executive Of9 ficer may redact any information regarding ap10 plicants and borrowers to protect confidential 

11 business information.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

13 (a) TAX EXEMPT STATUS.—Subsection (l) of section 

14 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

15 adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(4) The Green Bank established under 

17 section 9801 of title 31, United States Code.’’. 

18 (b) WHOLLY OWNED GOVERNMENT CORPORA19 TION.—Paragraph (3) of section 9101 of title 31, United 

20 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(S) the Green Bank.’’. 

23 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

24 (1) The table of sections for chapter 31 of title 

25 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 


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1 after the item relating to section 3102 the following 

2 new item: 

‘‘3102A. Green bonds.’’. 

3 (2) The table of chapters for subtitle VI of title 

4 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

5 the end the following new item: 

‘‘98. Green Bank ................................................................................. 9801’’. 

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