Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009
Official title: A bill to improve the economy and security of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to improve the economy and security of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming, and for other purposes.
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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009 - Calls for the enactment of legislation to improve the economy and the security of the United States by reducing U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming by: (1) making and encouraging significant investments in green job creation and clean energy across the economy; (2) diversifying and rapidly expanding the use of secure, efficient, and environmentally friendly energy supplies and technologies; (3) transforming U.S. infrastructure to make the infrastructure sustainable and the United States more competitive globally, including transmission grid modernization and transportation sector electrification; (4) requiring reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the United States and achieving reductions in emissions of GHGs abroad; (5) protecting consumers from volatile energy prices through better market oversight and enhanced energy efficiency standards and incentives; and (6) eliminating wasteful and unnecessary tax breaks and giveaways that fail to move the United States toward a more competitive and cleaner energy future.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5: Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-5/
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