; (2) ensure that no part of the income or assets of the Bank shall inure to the benefit of any director, officer, or employee, except as reasonable compensation for services or reimbursement for expenses; and (3) not contribute to or otherwise support any political party or candidate for elective office. 1623. Mandate The Bank shall make the United States a world leader in combating the causes and effects of climate change through the rapid deployment of mature technologies and the commercialization and scaling of new technologies by maximizing the reduction of emissions in the United States for every dollar deployed by the Bank, including by— (1) providing financing support for investments in the United States in low- and zero-emissions technologies and processes in order to rapidly accelerate market penetration; (2) catalyzing and mobilizing private capital through Federal investment and supporting a more robust marketplace for clean technologies, while minimizing competition with private investment; (3) enabling climate-impacted communities to benefit from and afford projects and investments that reduce emissions; (4) providing support for workers and communities impacted by the transition to a low-carbon economy; (5) supporting the creation of green banks within the United States where green banks do not exist; and (6) causing the rapid transition to a clean energy economy without raising energy costs to end users and seeking to lower costs where possible. 1624. Finance and investment division (a) In general There shall be within the Bank a finance and investment division, which shall be responsible for— (1) the Bank’s greenhouse gas emissions mitigation efforts by directly financing qualifying projects or doing so indirectly by providing capital to State and local green banks; (2) originating, evaluating, underwriting, and closing the Bank’s financing and investment transactions in qualified projects