1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Green Banking Act . 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term joint resolution of approval means only a joint resolution of either House of Congress— (A) the title of which is as follows: Approving the permanent extension of section 3 of the Green Banking Act relating to the special allowance for financial institutions investing in renewable energy companies. ; and (B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is the following : Congress approves the permanent extension of section 3 of the Green Banking Act effective as of ________. , with the blank space being filled with a date that is not more than 25 years after the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) the term qualified renewable energy activities means— (A) the production of solar energy systems, as defined in section 2(a) of the National Housing Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1703(a) ), in the United States; or (B) the production or storage of energy within the United States that is solely derived from— (i) solar radiation; (ii) wind; (iii) ocean thermal gradients; (iv) ocean currents and waves; (v) hydropower; (vi) the photovoltaic effect (as defined in section 3 of the Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1978 ( 42 U.S.C. 5582 )); (vii) geothermal deposits (as defined in section 613(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); (viii) biomass (as defined in section 203 of the Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 8802 )); or (ix) fusion (as defined in section 3 of the Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9302 ))