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S 2064 112th Congress Senate

Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate.

Introduced: February 2, 2012 See on congress.gov
Taxation Air qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesClimate change and greenhouse gasesCoal
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Corporate finance and managementElectric power generation and transmissionHybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehiclesIncome tax creditsIncome tax ratesMotor fuelsNuclear powerOil and gasSales and excise taxes
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Feb 6, 2012
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 309.
Feb 2, 2012
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Feb 2, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action February 6, 2012

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 309.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the excise tax credits for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) the tax credits for the purchase of certain plug-in electric vehicles and alternative motor vehicles; (3) the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property tax credit; (4) the tax credits for alcohol used as fuel and for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel; (5) the enhanced oil recovery tax credit and the tax credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells; (6) the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration; (7) the energy tax credit; and (8) the tax credits for investment in qualifying advanced coal projects and qualifying gasification projects. Terminates after 2012 the tax credits for the production of electricity from certain renewable resources and from advanced nuclear power facilities.

Repeals the grant program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for payments to invest in alternative and renewable energy property in lieu of tax credits.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reduce the corporate income tax rates by prescribing proportionate modifications to such rates based upon revenue savings resulting from the repeal of energy tax expenditures by this Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2064: Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2064/
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"S. 2064: Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2064/.
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S. 2064, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2064/.
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