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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2863 

To amend the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement 

Act of 1994 to provide assistance to small businesses providing lowincome individuals with green jobs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2013 

Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. RANGEL, and 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To amend the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to provide assistance 

to small businesses providing low-income individuals with 

green jobs, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Growing Responsible 

5 Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Jobs Act of 2013’’ or the 

6 ‘‘GREEN Jobs Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS GREEN JOBS INITIATIVE. 

2 Section 108 of the Community Development Banking 

3 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4707) 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(i) SMALL BUSINESS GREEN JOBS INITIATIVE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE.—Financial assistance and 

7 technical assistance made available under this sub8 title may be used by community development finan9 cial institutions to develop or support small busi10 nesses that provide low-income individuals located in 

11 low-income communities with green jobs. 

12 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—With respect to a particular 

13 fiscal year, the Fund may not provide more than— 

14 ‘‘(A) $2,000,000 in financial assistance 

15 under this subsection; and 

16 ‘‘(B) $100,000 in technical assistance 

17 under this subsection. 

18 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(A) GREEN JOBS.—The term ‘green jobs’ 

21 means jobs that— 

22 ‘‘(i) aim to protect or restore eco23 systems and biodiversity; 

24 ‘‘(ii) reduce energy, materials, and 

25 water consumption through high efficiency 

26 strategies; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) reduce greenhouse gas emissions 

2 and other pollutants; 

3 ‘‘(iv) minimize or altogether avoid 

4 generation of all forms of waste and pollu5 tion; or 

6 ‘‘(v) increase the use of energy gen7 eration systems such as solar, fuel cells, 

8 natural gas, and micro turbines. 

9 ‘‘(B) LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.—The 

10 term ‘low-income community’ means a contig11 uous area— 

12 ‘‘(i) located within— 

13 ‘‘(I) a single county with a popu14 lation, as determined by the most re15 cent census data available, of— 

16 ‘‘(aa) at least 4,000, if any 

17 of the portion of the area is lo18 cated within a Metropolitan Area 

19 with a population of 50,000; or 

20 ‘‘(bb) a population of at 

21 least 1,000, in any other case; or 

22 ‘‘(II) an Indian reservation; 

23 ‘‘(ii) at least 30 percent of the popu24 lation of which have incomes that are less 

25 than the poverty threshold, as published by 


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1 the Bureau of the Census in the most re2 cent decennial census for which data is 

3 available; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) in which the unemployment rate 

5 is at least 1.5 times greater than the na6 tional average, as determined by the Bu7 reau of Labor Statistics’ most recent data. 

8 ‘‘(C) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘small 

9 business’ means a business that meets the cri10 teria for a small business concern established by 

11 the Small Business Administration under sec12 tion 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

13 632(a)).’’. 

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