SB18

SB18


 * Title--- Going Clean and Going Green**


 * Bill Sponsors**--- Scott Sutton, MA, D, Jannick von Roden, WV, D, Christina Nelson, VT, D


 * Purpose**--- The purpose of this bill is to break the addiction on foreign oils, to preserve fossil fuels, to invest in renewable energy sources, and to help maintain the enviroment in order to kepp it clean.

1) Each State Government will be responsible for finding and clearing available land within their state for wind turbines to be built and istalled. 2) The Federal Government will be paying for the build, construciton, and installation of these turbines. Also, it will be paying for the clearing of the land, if necessary. 3) State Governments are responsible for repairs, and maintenance of the wind turbines, unless it is a major repair; in this case, the Federal Government will be in charge of the repair. 4) All citizens' electricity bills will be replaced by a new bill that will pay for turbine repairs and running electricity. 5) Solar Panels will be supported by State Governments, who will build the Solar Panels on each individual house in their state if the house's owners allow them to.
 * Eligibility**--- This bill will apply to all citizens of the United States that are currently paying for electricity. These and only citizens will be eligible to receive the benefits of our bill.
 * Terms and Benefits**--

The prices for constructing each of the described objects are listed in the table below. These are not the actual costs, they are just rough estimates of the costs.
 * Fiscal impact**-- 1) The bill will be responsible for paying the workers that will clear the land in each state and to construct, build, and install the wind turbines and solar panels, which the State Governments are responsible to pay for, too.(Each state is going to have different workers).

the tools to build/install them || to clear land for the turbines if necessary. || help of donate. ||
 * Category || Amount || Description ||
 * Equipment || $45,000,000,000 || The cost of the parts of the turbines and solar panels and
 * Labor || $20,000,000,000 || The cost of the workers to build and install the turbines and solar panels and
 * Energy Resources || $0 ||  ||
 * Education || $0 ||  ||
 * Marketing || $10,000,000 || The cost of advertising so people will know about the project and possibly
 * Transportation || $3,500,000 || The cost of transporting the different parts to the construction sites. ||
 * Legal || $0 ||  ||
 * Total || $65,013,500,000 ||  ||

These are the links we used to find the information included in our bill:

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