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H.R. 2207: GREEN Act

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H.R. 2207: GREEN Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-16 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

GREEN Act

Plain summary

Grants for Renewable Energy Education for the Nation Act or the GREEN Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to partnerships of local educational agencies (LEAs), postsecondary institutions, and clean and renewable energy industry representatives to develop programs of study focused on emerging careers and jobs in the fields of clean and renewable energy. Requires a priority be given to grant applications that: (1) use online learning or other innovative methods to deliver a program of study to individuals outside the partnership, and (2) focus on low-performing students and special populations. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to LEAs and postsecondary institutions to promote development of career and technical educational facilities that are energy efficient and use renewable energy practices.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

GREEN Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11] · 15 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Christopher Murphy (D-CT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2207 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112