S.Amdt. 4617

SA 4617. Mr. FRANKEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 4594 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Baucus (for himself,
Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Reid)) to the bill H.R. 5297, to create the Small
Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury
to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to
increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small
business job creation, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie
on the table; as follows:

On page 41, after line 25, add the following:

SEC. 1137. TEMPORARY PROGRAM FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ELECTRIC POWER
TRANSMISSION PROJECTS.

Section 1705(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16516(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Energy efficiency projects, including projects to
retrofit residential, commercial, and industrial buildings,
facilities, and equipment.''.

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