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S 1595 109th Congress Senate

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 3-year recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices.

Introduced: July 29, 2005 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
Taxation Depreciation and amortizationElectric powerElectric utilitiesElectric utility rates
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This bill died when the 109th Congress ended
It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) 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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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 29, 2005
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 Latest action July 29, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to assign a three-year recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices placed in service before January 1, 2008. Defines "energy management device" as a meter or metering device to measure and record electricity usage data on a time-differentiated basis in at least four separate time segments per day.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1595: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 3-year recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1595/
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"S. 1595: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 3-year recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1595/.
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S. 1595, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1595/.
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