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H.R.1648
Sponsor: Rep Tauscher, Ellen O.(introduced 4/29/1999)
Latest Major Action: 5/21/1999 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Title: To establish State infrastructure banks for education.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
4/29/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
5/21/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
5/21/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
COMMITTEE(S):
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COSPONSORS(50), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 4/29/1999 Rep Brown, George E., Jr. - 4/29/1999
Rep Christensen, Donna MC - 4/29/1999 Rep Condit, Gary A. - 4/29/1999
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 4/29/1999 Rep Crowley, Joseph - 4/29/1999
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 4/29/1999 Rep Davis, Danny K. - 5/25/1999
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 4/29/1999 Rep Dingell, John D. - 4/29/1999
Rep Dooley, Calvin M. - 4/29/1999 Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 6/16/1999
Rep Etheridge, Bob - 4/29/1999 Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. - 5/4/1999
Rep Filner, Bob - 4/29/1999 Rep Frost, Martin - 4/29/1999
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. - 4/29/1999 Rep Green, Gene - 4/29/1999
Rep Hill, Baron P. - 10/4/1999 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 5/25/1999
Rep Holden, Tim - 4/29/1999 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 5/11/1999
Rep Jefferson, William J. - 5/25/1999 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 4/29/1999
Rep Lampson, Nick - 4/29/1999 Rep Lantos, Tom - 6/16/1999
Rep Lewis, John - 4/29/1999 Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 4/29/1999
Rep Maloney, James H. - 7/27/1999 Rep Martinez, Matthew G. - 4/29/1999
Rep McGovern, James P. - 4/29/1999 Rep McIntyre, Mike - 4/29/1999
Rep Moran, James P. - 4/29/1999 Rep Neal, Richard E. - 5/4/1999
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 10/26/1999 Rep Payne, Donald M. - 4/29/1999
Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 4/29/1999 Rep Phelps, David D. - 5/11/1999
Rep Roemer, Tim - 4/29/1999 Rep Sherman, Brad - 4/29/1999
Rep Shows, Ronnie - 4/29/1999 Rep Sisisky, Norman - 5/25/1999
Rep Snyder, Vic - 6/16/1999 Rep Stabenow, Debbie - 4/29/1999
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 4/29/1999 Rep Tierney, John F. - 4/29/1999
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 5/4/1999 Rep Waters, Maxine - 5/25/1999
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 4/29/1999 Rep Weygand, Robert A. - 5/11/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
4/29/1999--Introduced.

State Infrastructure Banks for Schools Act of 1999 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to enter into cooperative agreements with States for the establishment of State infrastructure banks and multistate infrastructure banks for making loans to: (1) local educational agencies to build or repair public elementary or secondary schools; or (2) public libraries to build or repair library facilities.

Grants the consent of the Congress for States to enter into interstate compacts to establish such multistate infrastructure banks.

Prescribes funding guidelines under which the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to make grants to State infrastructure banks and multistate infrastructure banks to provide initial capital for such loans.

Authorizes appropriations for grants to States for the initial capitalization of infrastructure banks.