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HR 546 111th Congress House

Solar Stimulus for Job Creation and Energy Independence Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain solar energy credits as refundable credits, to allow a new refundable credit for equipment used to … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain solar energy credits as refundable credits, to allow a new refundable credit for equipment used to manufacture solar energy property, to waive the application of the subsidized financing rules to such property, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 14, 2009 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Energy Alternative and renewable resourcesBusiness investment and capitalIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductions
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Jan 14, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Jan 14, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 14, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 14, 2009
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 Latest action January 14, 2009

Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Solar Stimulus for Job Creation and Energy Independence Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for the refundability of the residential energy efficiency tax credit for solar electric and water heating property, and for business-related solar energy tax credits, through 2010; (2) allow an election to take an increased depreciation allowance for solar energy property until 2011; (3) exempt solar energy property from private activity bond usage and loan financing rules; and (4) allow a refundable energy tax credit for investment in property used to manufacture solar energy property.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to limit to 25 years the contract period for federal purchases of renewable energy.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 546: Solar Stimulus for Job Creation and Energy Independence Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-546/
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"H.R. 546: Solar Stimulus for Job Creation and Energy Independence Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-546/.
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H.R. 546, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-546/.
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