HR 6315
110th Congress
House
International Affairs
Air pollution control
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Cost effectiveness
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Science, Technology, Communications
To authorize United States participation in, and appropriations for the United States contribution to, an international clean technology fund, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 19, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jun 19, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to contribute to a Fund to promote accelerated deployment in developing countries of technologies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Requires that such Fund be established and administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
Amends the the International Financial Institutions Act to direct the Secretary to seek to ensure that each multilateral development bank adopts and implements greenhouse gas accounting in analyzing the benefits and costs of all projects for which bank funding is sought.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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