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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 224 

To promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 13, 2009 

Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. BROWN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To promote economic recovery through green jobs and 

infrastructure, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2009’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. 

TITLE I—CLEAN TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING INCENTIVE 

PROGRAM 


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Sec. 101. Clean technology manufacturing incentive program. 

TITLE II—ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 

INCENTIVE PROGRAM 

Sec. 201. Advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program. 

TITLE III—ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK 

GRANTS 

Sec. 301. Energy efficiency and conservation block grants. 

TITLE IV—GREEN ENERGY JOBS 

Sec. 401. Clean Energy Service Corps. 

Sec. 402. Green jobs. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec3 retary of Energy. 

4 TITLE I—CLEAN TECHNOLOGY 

5 MANUFACTURING INCENTIVE 

6 PROGRAM 

7 SEC. 101. CLEAN TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING INCEN8 TIVE PROGRAM. 

9 (a) LOANS.—The Secretary shall provide loans to 

10 manufacturers to help finance the cost of— 

11 (1) reequipping, expanding, or establishing (in12 cluding applicable engineering costs) a manufac13 turing facility in the United States to produce clean 

14 technology products and the significant component 

15 parts of those products, including— 

16 (A) wind turbines; 

17 (B) solar energy products; 

18 (C) fuel cells; 


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1 (D) advanced batteries and storage de2 vices; 

3 (E) biomass engines; 

4 (F) geothermal equipment; 

5 (G) ocean energy equipment; 

6 (H) carbon capture and storage; 

7 (I) energy efficiency products, including 

8 appliances and products that are used to in9 crease energy efficiency by at least 30 percent 

10 over a baseline product (and significant compo11 nents of the appliances and products), subject 

12 to the condition that the parts shall be integral 

13 to the overall efficiency of the end product; and 

14 (J) products for retrofitting a manufac15 turing facility to improve industrial processes 

16 and create greater energy efficiency through the 

17 use of technologies, including— 

18 (i) combined heat and power systems; 

19 (ii) natural gas pressure recovery; 

20 (iii) advanced cogeneration; 

21 (iv) gasification; 

22 (v) anaerobic digestion; and 

23 (vi) landfill gas recovery; and 

24 (2) improving the energy-efficiency of the in25 dustrial processes of the manufacturers other than 


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1 through the production of products and component 

2 parts described in paragraph (1)(J). 

3 (b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—A loan under sub4 section (a) shall apply to— 

5 (1) facilities and equipment placed in service 

6 before December 30, 2012; and 

7 (2) clean technology retooling costs, retrofitting 

8 costs, worker training costs, and other costs de9 scribed in subsection (a) incurred during the period 

10 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and 

11 ending on December 30, 2020. 

12 (c) DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act, subject to the 

15 availability of appropriated funds, the Secretary 

16 shall carry out a program to provide a total of not 

17 more than $50,000,000,000 in loans to eligible indi18 viduals and entities (as determined by the Secretary) 

19 for the costs of activities described in subsection (a). 

20 (2) APPLICATION.—An applicant for a loan 

21 under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 

22 application at such time, in such manner, and con23 taining such information as the Secretary may re24 quire, including a written assurance that the wages 

25 and benefits that will be provided to each individual 


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1 that is employed by the applicant (including a con2 tractor or subcontractor) in carrying out activities 

3 described in subsection (a) are at least equal to the 

4 average in the area, as determined by the Secretary. 

5 (3) SELECTION OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The 

6 Secretary shall select eligible projects to receive 

7 loans under this subsection in cases in which, as de8 termined by the Secretary, the loan recipient— 

9 (A) has a viable market for the product or 

10 component described in subsection (a); 

11 (B) will provide sufficient information to 

12 the Secretary for the Secretary to ensure that 

13 the qualified investment is expended efficiently 

14 and effectively; 

15 (C) will provide such information as the 

16 Secretary may request to demonstrate that the 

17 qualified investment will preserve or create jobs; 

18 and 

19 (D) has met such other criteria as may be 

20 established and published by the Secretary. 

21 (4) RATES, TERMS, AND REPAYMENT OF

22 LOANS.—A loan provided under this subsection— 

23 (A) shall have an interest rate that, as of 

24 the date on which the loan is made, is equal to 

25 the cost of funds to the Department of the 


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1 Treasury for obligations of comparable matu2 rity; 

3 (B) shall have a term equal to the lesser 

4 of— 

5 (i) the projected life, in years, of the 

6 eligible project to be carried out using 

7 funds from the loan, as determined by the 

8 Secretary; and 

9 (ii) 25 years; 

10 (C) may be subject to a deferral in repay11 ment for not more than 5 years after the date 

12 on which the eligible project carried out using 

13 funds from the loan first begins operations, as 

14 determined by the Secretary; 

15 (D) shall be made by the Federal Financ16 ing Bank; and 

17 (E) shall be repaid in full if the loan re18 cipient moves production of activities described 

19 in subsection (a) outside of the United States 

20 during the term of the loan. 

21 (5) FEES.—Administrative costs shall be no 

22 more than $100,000 or 10 basis point of the loan. 

23 (d) PRIORITY.—In making loans to manufacturers 

24 under this section, the Secretary— 


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1 (1) shall give priority to those facilities that are 

2 located in regions with the highest unemployment 

3 rates; and 

4 (2) may provide awards or loan to facilities that 

5 are idle. 

6 (e) MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP

7 PROGRAM.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary 

8 shall coordinate with the Secretary of Commerce in car9 rying out the Manufacturing Extension Partnership pro10 gram established under sections 25 and 26 of the National 

11 Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

12 278k, 278l). 

13 (f) FUNDING.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law, not later than 30 days after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act, on October 1, 2009, 

17 and on each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 

18 2012, out of any funds in the Treasury not other19 wise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 

20 shall transfer to the Secretary for the cost of loans 

21 and loan guarantees to carry out this section such 

22 sums as are necessary to provide the amount of 

23 loans authorized under subsection (c)(1), to remain 

24 available until expended. 


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1 (2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec2 retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 

3 shall use to carry out this section the funds trans4 ferred under paragraph (1), without further appro5 priation. 

6 TITLE II—ADVANCED TECH7 NOLOGY VEHICLES MANU8 FACTURING INCENTIVE PRO9 GRAM 

10 SEC. 201. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFAC11 TURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 

12 Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security 

13 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘30 percent’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘80 percent’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (i)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF

18 APPROPRIATIONS.—There’’ and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 

21 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 There’’; and 

23 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(2) MANDATORY FUNDING.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law, not later than 30 days 

3 after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 

4 out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 

5 appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 

6 shall transfer to the Secretary for the cost of 

7 awards and loans to carry out this section 

8 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 ‘‘(B) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The 

11 Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall ac12 cept, and shall use to carry out this section the 

13 funds transferred under subparagraph (A), 

14 without further appropriation.’’. 

15 TITLE III—ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

16 AND CONSERVATION BLOCK 

17 GRANTS 

18 SEC. 301. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK 

19 GRANTS. 

20 Section 548 of the Energy Independence and Security 

21 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17158) is amended by striking 

22 subsection (a) and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(a) MANDATORY FUNDING.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

25 after the date of enactment of the Green Jobs and 


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1 Infrastructure Act of 2009, on October 1, 2009, and 

2 on each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 

3 2011, out of any funds in the Treasury not other4 wise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury 

5 shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out the pro6 gram $10,000,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended. 

8 ‘‘(2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec9 retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 

10 shall use to carry out the program the funds trans11 ferred under paragraph (1), without further appro12 priation. 

13 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF GRANTS FUNDS.—Of the 

14 amount of funds made available for grants under the 

15 program for a fiscal year under this subsection— 

16 ‘‘(A) 49 percent of the amount shall be 

17 distributed using the definition of eligible unit 

18 of local government-alternative 1 in section 

19 541(3)(A); and 

20 ‘‘(B) 49 percent of the amount shall be 

21 distributed using the definition of eligible unit 

22 of local government-alternative 2 in section 

23 541(3)(B).’’. 


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1 TITLE IV—GREEN ENERGY JOBS 

2 SEC. 401. CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS. 

3 Section 122(a) of the National and Community Serv4 ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572(a)) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as para6 graph (16); and 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(15) A Clean Energy Service Corps program 

10 in which— 

11 ‘‘(A) participants— 

12 ‘‘(i) encourage or promote clean en13 ergy technologies; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) enable communities and non15 profit organizations to assist business own16 ers and households in matters relating to 

17 clean energy technologies, and in becoming 

18 more energy efficient; and 

19 ‘‘(B) priority is provided for programs that 

20 enroll corps participants who will be trained for 

21 careers that promote a sustainable economy.’’. 

22 SEC. 402. GREEN JOBS. 

23 Section 171(e)(8) of the Workforce Investment Act 

24 of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916(e)(8)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), 

2 and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, 

3 and indenting appropriately; and 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘(8)’’ and all that follows 

5 through ‘‘of which—’’ and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(8) FUNDING.— 

7 ‘‘(A) MANDATORY FUNDING.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 

9 days after the date of enactment of the 

10 Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 

11 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury not 

12 otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of 

13 the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec14 retary to carry out this subsection 

15 $625,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended. 

17 ‘‘(ii) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.— 

18 The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, 

19 shall accept, and shall use to carry out this 

20 subsection the funds transferred under 

21 clause (i), without further appropriation. 

22 ‘‘(B) DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 

24 subsection $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 

25 and each subsequent fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(C) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount avail2 able under subparagraph (A) or (B) for a fiscal 

3 year—’’. 

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