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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 58 

To promote green schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2009 

Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mr. CARNEY) introduced the following bill; which 

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

the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 promote green schools. 

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 ‘‘Green Schools Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. GREEN SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the En7 vironmental Protection Agency shall establish a program 

8 for making grants of up to $10,000 per project to local 

9 educational agencies for projects for green school con10 struction and improvements. 


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1 (b) MATCHING FUNDS.—A grant shall be made for 

2 a project under subsection (a) only if at least 50 percent 

3 of the costs of the project will be paid from non-Federal 

4 sources. 

5 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

6 (1) the term ‘‘green school construction and im7 provements’’ means construction methods, systems, 

8 technologies, or facility improvements that create a 

9 healthy learning environment while saving natural 

10 resources and money, including— 

11 (A) sustainable site improvements; 

12 (B) water conservation strategies or sys13 tems; 

14 (C) energy conservation strategies or sys15 tems; 

16 (D) sustainable materials, including low17 emitting, reused, recycled, regionally harvested, 

18 and rapidly renewable materials; and 

19 (E) strategies or systems that improve in20 door environmental quality, including improve21 ments to acoustics, ventilation, thermal com22 fort, daylighting, and mold prevention; and 

23 (2) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the 

24 meaning given that term in section 9101 of the EleVerDate Nov 24 2008 00:02 Jan 09, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H58.IH H58

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1 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

2 U.S.C. 7801). 

3 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of 

5 the Environmental Protection Agency for carrying out this 

6 section $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 

7 through 2013. 

8 SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND GREENING OF QUALIFIED ZONE 

9 ACADEMY BONDS. 

10 (a) EXTENSION.—Paragraph (1) of 54E(c) of the In11 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to national limita12 tion) is amended by striking ‘‘2008 and 2009’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘each of calendar years 2008 through 2013’’. 

14 (b) GREENING.—Paragraph (3) of section 54E(d) of 

15 such Code (defining qualified purpose) is amended by add16 ing at the end the following new sentence: 

17 ‘‘In the case of bonds issued after the date of the 

18 enactment of this sentence, any rehabilitation, re19 pair, or provision of equipment shall be treated as 

20 a qualified purpose only if such rehabilitation, re21 pair, or provision, as the case may be, is described 

22 in section 2(c) of the Green Schools Act, as in effect 

23 on such date.’’. 


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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall apply to obligations issued after De3 cember 31, 2008. 

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