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Renewable Fuel Equity Act

Introduced: February 27, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 27, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E320)
Feb 27, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Renewable Fuel Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the renewable resources credit to include geothermal and solar energy, incremental hydropower and biomass (other than closed-loop biomass), and related "qualifying facilities."

Sets forth qualifying dates of service for facilities using such means to produce electricity.

Expands the investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from certain renewable resources.

Increases, from 10 to 20 percent, the "energy percentage" used to determine the energy credit in the case of energy property having a total installed electrical generating capacity of less than one megawatt that is placed in service before January 1, 2009.

What's happening now February 27, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 9, 2003
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Apr 9, 2003
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 18, 2003
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 18, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 991: Renewable Fuel Equity Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-991/
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