HR 222
114th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Corporate finance and management
Electric power generation and transmission
Government lending and loan guarantees
To prohibit the Export-Import Bank of the United States from providing financial support for certain high carbon intensity energy projects.
Introduced: January 8, 2015
Introduced by:
Huffman, Jared
Democratic
· California
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Became law
Jan 8, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jan 8, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to prohibit the Export-Import Bank from guaranteeing, insuring, extending credit, or participating in the extension of credit in connection with the purchase or sale of any good or service for a high carbon intensity project that: (1) is designed to generate electricity, and (2) if completed would produce at least 500 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated by the project.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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