US Congress Senate Bill 1757 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on October 20 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-10-20 - Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act of 2011 - 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.

Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act of 2011

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]

Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-20	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

HB3638 (Related) 2012-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1757/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1757/BILLS-112s1757is.pdf