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S 425 110th Congress Senate Taxation Alternative energy sources Energy Estuaries Hydroelectric power Income tax Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Ocean currents Ocean energy resources Tax credits Water Resources Development

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the resources eligible for the renewable energy credit to kinetic hydropower, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 29, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Jan 29, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1292)
Jan 29, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1292)
Jan 29, 2007
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include kinetic hydropower as a renewable resource eligible for the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources. Defines "kinetic hydropower" as: (1) ocean free flowing water derived from flows from tidal currents, ocean currents, waves, or estuary currents; (2) ocean thermal energy; or (3) free flowing water in rivers, lakes, man made channels, or streams.

What's happening now January 29, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1292)

 Bill text 1 version

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jan 29, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 425: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the resources eligible for the renewable energy credit to kinetic hydropower, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-425/
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"S. 425: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the resources eligible for the renewable energy credit to kinetic hydropower, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-425/.
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S. 425, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-425/.
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[S. 425: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the resources eligible for the renewable energy credit to kinetic hydropower, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-425/)
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