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HR 4155 111th Congress House

Property Assessed Clean Energy Tax Benefits Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds for financing clean energy improvements under State and local property assessed clean energy programs.

Introduced: December 16, 2009 See on congress.gov
Taxation Alternative and renewable resourcesEnergy efficiency and conservationEnvironmental technologyIncome tax exclusion
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Nov 19, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 19, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2836)
Nov 19, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 19, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Property Assessed Clean Energy Tax Benefits Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of tax-exempt bonds to finance state and local government programs for clean energy improvements in buildings. Defines "clean energy improvements" as any distributed generation renewable energy sources, energy efficiency improvements, or water efficiency improvements which are permanently affixed to a building and result in a 20% savings in energy consumption.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3
Hodes, Paul
· Mar 16, 2010
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jan 19, 2010
BONO MACK, MARY
· Dec 16, 2009
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Dec 16, 2009
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Dec 16, 2009
Perriello, Thomas
· Dec 3, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4155: Property Assessed Clean Energy Tax Benefits Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4155/
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"H.R. 4155: Property Assessed Clean Energy Tax Benefits Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4155/.
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