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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8068 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include in a report the amount 
available to the Secretary of Energy to make certain loan guarantees, 
to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to provide for direct loans 
to Indian tribes and tribal energy development organizations for energy 
development, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2022 
Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ (for herself, Mr. COLE, Mr. O’HALLERAN, and Ms. 
DAVIDS of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Natural Resources, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include in 
a report the amount available to the Secretary of Energy 
to make certain loan guarantees, to amend the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 to provide for direct loans to Indian 
tribes and tribal energy development organizations for 
energy development, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Energy Invest-
ment Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
LOAN GUARANTEES. 
Section 1702(q) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 16512(q)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘3’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as 
paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) the amount available to the Secretary to 
make guarantees under this title;’’. 
SEC. 3. DIRECT LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2602(c) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3502(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GUARANTEE’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and in addi-
tion to the authority provided by paragraph (8),’’ 
after ‘‘Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4),’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or a direct 
loan,’’ after ‘‘providing a loan guarantee’’; 
(4) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(4) At any time, the sum of the aggregate out-
standing amount guaranteed and the aggregate out-
standing amount of direct loans provided pursuant 
to this subsection shall not exceed $2,000,000,000.’’; 
and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8)(A) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4), and 
in addition to the authority provided by paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of Energy may provide direct 
loans (as defined in section 502 of the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) to an In-
dian tribe or a tribal energy development organiza-
tion for energy development. 
‘‘(B) Direct loans provided under this sub-
section shall be made through the Federal Financing 
Bank, with the full faith and credit of the United 
States Government on the principal and interest.’’. 
(b) PREVIOUS FUNDING.—Amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for the cost of loan guarantees 
under section 2602(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(25 U.S.C. 3502(c)) as in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act may also be made avail-
able for the cost of direct loans as authorized by the 
amendments made by this Act. 
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