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HR 2794 109th Congress House

Clean Energy Bonds Act of 2005

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 21, 2005 See on congress.gov
Taxation Agriculture and FoodAlternative energy sourcesBiomass energyBonds
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Economics and Public FinanceEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFinance and Financial SectorGovernment securitiesIncome taxIrrigationMunicipal solid wasteRefuse as fuelSolar energyTax creditsTennessee Valley developmentWater Resources DevelopmentWind power
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Jun 8, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 8, 2005
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 Latest action June 8, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Clean Energy Bonds Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow holders of clean energy bonds a nonrefundable tax credit of 25 percent of an annual credit amount as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Defines "clean energy bond" as any bond issued by a clean energy bond lender, a cooperative electric company, a governmental body, or the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) that is used for capital expenditures for specified projects for producing electricity from certain renewable resources, such as wind, biomass, solar energy, small irrigation power, and municipal solid waste.

Sets forth rules for maturity limitations, arbitrage, and expenditures, including a requirement that 95 percent of proceeds from the sale of a bond issue be spent on a renewable resource project within five years from the date of a bond issuance. Terminates the authority to issue clean energy bonds after 2008.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 962 Identical bill Clean Energy Bonds Act of 2005
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 26
All 26 Democratic 7 Republican 3 Independent 1
STUPAK, BART
· Nov 1, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 13, 2005
BERRY, MARION
· Jul 26, 2005
LINDER, JOHN
· Jul 25, 2005
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 25, 2005
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 21, 2005
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jul 21, 2005
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 20, 2005
EMERSON, JO
· Jul 19, 2005
SOUDER, MARK
· Jul 14, 2005
GORDON, BART
· Jul 11, 2005
Marshall, Jim
· Jul 11, 2005
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jul 11, 2005
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 30, 2005
BROWN, HENRY
· Jun 30, 2005
BAIRD, BRIAN
· Jun 28, 2005
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jun 27, 2005
BOUCHER, RICK
· Jun 24, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 23, 2005
Chandler, Ben
· Jun 23, 2005
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 23, 2005
Rodgers, Cathy
· Jun 23, 2005
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jun 21, 2005
HASTINGS, DOC
· Jun 20, 2005
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie
· Jun 16, 2005
POMEROY, EARL
· Jun 8, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2794: Clean Energy Bonds Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2794/
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"H.R. 2794: Clean Energy Bonds Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2794/.
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H.R. 2794, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2794/.
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