I 
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 low- 
income 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 Regu-
latory Improvement Act of 1994 to provide assistance 
to small businesses providing low-income individuals with 
green jobs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Growing Responsible 
Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Jobs Act of 2013’’ or the 
‘‘GREEN Jobs Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS GREEN JOBS INITIATIVE. 
Section 108 of the Community Development Banking 
and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4707) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) SMALL BUSINESS GREEN JOBS INITIATIVE.— 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE.—Financial assistance and 
technical assistance made available under this sub-
title may be used by community development finan-
cial institutions to develop or support small busi-
nesses that provide low-income individuals located in 
low-income communities with green jobs. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—With respect to a particular 
fiscal year, the Fund may not provide more than— 
‘‘(A) $2,000,000 in financial assistance 
under this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) $100,000 in technical assistance 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) GREEN JOBS.—The term ‘green jobs’ 
means jobs that— 
‘‘(i) aim to protect or restore eco-
systems and biodiversity; 
‘‘(ii) reduce energy, materials, and 
water consumption through high efficiency 
strategies; 
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‘‘(iii) reduce greenhouse gas emissions 
and other pollutants; 
‘‘(iv) minimize or altogether avoid 
generation of all forms of waste and pollu-
tion; or 
‘‘(v) increase the use of energy gen-
eration systems such as solar, fuel cells, 
natural gas, and micro turbines. 
‘‘(B) 
LOW-INCOME
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘low-income community’ means a contig-
uous area— 
‘‘(i) located within— 
‘‘(I) a single county with a popu-
lation, as determined by the most re-
cent census data available, of— 
‘‘(aa) at least 4,000, if any 
of the portion of the area is lo-
cated within a Metropolitan Area 
with a population of 50,000; or 
‘‘(bb) a population of at 
least 1,000, in any other case; or 
‘‘(II) an Indian reservation; 
‘‘(ii) at least 30 percent of the popu-
lation of which have incomes that are less 
than the poverty threshold, as published by 
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the Bureau of the Census in the most re-
cent decennial census for which data is 
available; and 
‘‘(iii) in which the unemployment rate 
is at least 1.5 times greater than the na-
tional average, as determined by the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics’ most recent data. 
‘‘(C) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘small 
business’ means a business that meets the cri-
teria for a small business concern established by 
the Small Business Administration under sec-
tion 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(a)).’’. 
Æ 
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