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S 870 111th Congress Senate

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and to modify the credit…

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and to modify the credit period for certain facilities producing electricity from open-loop biomass.

Introduced: October 8, 2009 See on congress.gov
Taxation Alternative and renewable resourcesElectric power generation and transmissionIncome tax credits
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Apr 22, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 22, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 22, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax credit for producing electricity from closed or open-loop biomass facilities equipped with a metering device to determine electricity consumption or sale to allow a tax credit after 2008 for electricity produced and consumed at such facilities and to extend the credit period for such production.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 4 Republican 4
D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Jan 28, 2010
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jan 20, 2010
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Nov 30, 2009
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Nov 9, 2009
Vitter, David
· Oct 28, 2009
 R
Risch, James E.
Idaho · Oct 13, 2009
Isakson, Johnny
· Oct 8, 2009
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Sep 8, 2009
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 11, 2009
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · May 6, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 870: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and to modify the credit period for certain facilities producing electricity from open-loop biomass.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-870/
MLA
"S. 870: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and to modify the credit period for certain facilities producing electricity from open-loop biomass.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-870/.
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S. 870, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-870/.
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[S. 870: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and to modify the credit period for certain facilities producing electricity from open-loop biomass.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-870/)
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