S. 1223: Energy Loan Program Improvement Act of 2015
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S. 1223: Energy Loan Program Improvement Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-06 · Energy · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
Energy Loan Program Improvement Act of 2015
Plain summary
Energy Loan Program Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the condition of a full appropriation under which the Department of Energy (DOE) may make loan guarantees intended to serve as incentives for innovative technologies, but retains as the sole condition for the making of a guarantee that DOE has received from the borrower payment in full for the cost of the guarantee, and has deposited such payment into the Treasury. Any reorganization, restructuring, or termination of a debt obligation, as well as the debt obligation itself (as under current law), may not be subordinate to other financing. If DOE has not made a final decision 270 days after receipt of the loan application, the applicant may submit a loan status request, and may repeat such request every 90 days thereafter until the final decision is made. DOE must respond to such a request within 10 days after receiving it, summarizing any delaying factors and estimating the date the application review will be completed. The temporary program for rapid deployment of renewable energy and electric power transmission projects is repealed, and the unobligated balance of amounts available to implement it are rescinded.
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Energy Loan Program Improvement Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1223.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s1223 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114