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HR 4374 111th Congress House

Renewable Biomass Fairness Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for electricity produced from biomass, to provide credit rate parity under such credit, and to … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for electricity produced from biomass, to provide credit rate parity under such credit, and to exclude certain unprocessed fuels from the cellulosic biofuel producer credit.

Introduced: March 15, 2010 See on congress.gov
Taxation Alternative and renewable resourcesElectric power generation and transmissionIncome tax credits
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 16, 2009
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 Latest action December 16, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Renewable Biomass Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2018 the tax credit for production of electricity from closed and open-loop biomass facilities; (2) eliminate the reduction in the rate of such credit for electricity produced from open-loop biomass; (3) extend to 10 years the credit period for open-loop biomass facilities; and (4) amend the definition of "cellulosic biofuel" for purposes of the tax credit for alcohol used as fuel to exclude any fuel if more than 4% of such fuel is any combination of water and sediment or if the ash content of such fuel is more than 1%.

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Foster, Bill
Illinois · Mar 15, 2010
Hare, Phil
· Jan 19, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4374: Renewable Biomass Fairness Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4374/
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"H.R. 4374: Renewable Biomass Fairness Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4374/.
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H.R. 4374, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4374/.
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