S. 3439: Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act of 2010
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S. 3439: Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-05-27 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4540)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-05-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4540) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act of 2010
Plain summary
Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act of 2010 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make electric loans for transmission facilities primarily for interconnecting renewable energy facilities to a high-voltage transmission line. Revokes the requirement that the rate of an electric loan for renewable energy be equal to the average tax-exempt municipal bond rate of similar maturities. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary to make and insure loans to improve the economic and environmental climate by encouraging the development and construction of infrastructure to provide access to natural gas in rural communities; and (2) define "natural gas" as unmixed natural gas or any mixture of natural and artificial gas.
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Official text
Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · 5 cosponsors
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Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s3439.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s3439 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111