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HR 1401 105th Congress House Taxation Biomass energy Business income tax Commerce Electric power production Energy Energy tax credits Income tax Wind power

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind.

Introduced: April 17, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Apr 17, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 17, 1997
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend, for five years, the credit for producing energy from wind or a closed-loop biomass.

What's happening now April 17, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Independent 1
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 15, 1998
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 24, 1998
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 4, 1998
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 4, 1998
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 13, 1998
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 1, 1998
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 3, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1401: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1401/
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"H.R. 1401: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1401/.
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H.R. 1401, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1401/.
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