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A bill to establish an Energy Assistance Fund to guarantee low-interest loans for the purchase and installation of qualifying energy efficient property, idling reduction and advanced insulation for…

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A bill to establish an Energy Assistance Fund to guarantee low-interest loans for the purchase and installation of qualifying energy efficient property, idling reduction and advanced insulation for heavy trucks, and alternative refueling stations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 22, 2009 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Apr 22, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 22, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4576)
Apr 22, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Establishes in the Treasury the Energy Assistance Fund.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon request of the Secretary concerned, to transfer amounts from the Fund to that Secretary to make or guarantee low-interest loans or grants to U.S. persons to purchase and install: (1) qualifying energy efficient property in their principal dwelling (i.e., solar powered property to heat water or generate electricity, fuel cells, or compliant stoves); (2) idling reduction devices or advanced insulation in heavy trucks; and (3) qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property at a station.

What's happening now April 22, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Apr 22, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 855: A bill to establish an Energy Assistance Fund to guarantee low-interest loans for the purchase and installation of qualifying energy efficient property, idling reduction and advanced insulation for heavy trucks, and alternative refueling stations, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-855/
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"S. 855: A bill to establish an Energy Assistance Fund to guarantee low-interest loans for the purchase and installation of qualifying energy efficient property, idling reduction and advanced insulation for heavy trucks, and alternative refueling stations, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-855/.
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S. 855, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-855/.
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