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S 1566 107th Congress Senate

Renewable Energy Incentives Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to modify and expand the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources and waste products, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 7, 2001 See on congress.gov
Taxation Agriculture and FoodAir pollution controlAlaskaAlternative energy sources
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Biomass energyBusiness income taxCelluloseCogeneration of electric power and heatCommerceElectric power productionEnergyEnergy cropsEnergy efficiencyEnergy tax creditsEnvironmental ProtectionFarm manureForest productsGeothermal power plantsGrain
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It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 18, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 18, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10840-10841)
Oct 18, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 18, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Renewable Energy Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code respecting the renewable resource credit to: (1) include alternative resources (solar, open loop biomass, incremental hydropower, incremental geothermal, geothermal, and landfill gas); (2) provide an increased credit for certain co-production facilities, and for qualified facilities on Indian and Alaskan Native Indian lands; (3) allow a credit (and its subsequent transferability) for a qualified facility of a tax-exempt organization or governmental unit; (4) provide for credit transferability; (5) require facility compliance with pollution laws; and (6) eliminate the January 1, 2002, placed-in-service date for purposes of qualified facility eligibility.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jan 28, 2002
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Dec 7, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1566: Renewable Energy Incentives Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1566/
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