Renew Through Green Jobs Act of 2008

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the renewable electricity production credit and to require the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to provide for workforce training and education, at institutions of higher education, in the fields of renewable energy and efficiency, green technology, and sustainable environmental practices.

7/31/2008--Introduced.
Renew Through Green Jobs Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the requirement that certain renewable energy production facilities be placed in service before 2009 to qualify for the renewable electricity production credit. Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants to institutions of higher education for sustainability workforce training and education in industries and practices, such as:
(1) alternative energy;
(2) green construction, retrofitting, and design;
(3) green chemistry, nanotechnology, or technology;
(4) water and energy conservation;
(5) recycling and waste reduction; and
(6) sustainable agricultural and culinary practices.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Zachary Space [D, OH-18]

Committees

• House Ways and Means
• 1 more
  • House Education and Labor
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July 31, 2008

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• Introduced on Jul 31, 2008.
• Jul 31, 2008: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Jul 31, 2008: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Jul 31, 2008: Referred to House Education and Labor

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• Energy
• Agricultural wastes
• Agriculture
• Alternative energy sources
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• Animals
• Biomass energy
• Budgets
• Building construction
• Business
• Chemistry
• Coal
• Education
• Electric power production
• Energy conservation
• Energy facilities
• Environmental protection
• Environmental technology
• Federal aid to education
• Food
• Food service
• Geothermal resources
• Green products
• Higher education
• Hydroelectric power
• Income tax
• Irrigation
• Job training
• Landfills
• Livestock
• Methane
• Municipal solid waste
• Nanotechnology
• Natural gas
• Natural resources
• Recycling of waste products
• Refuse as fuel
• Solar energy
• Solid wastes
• Sustainable agriculture
• Tax credits
• Taxation
• Technology
• Vocational education
• Waste reduction
• Water conservation
• Water resources
• Wind power

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