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Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act of 2014

Introduced: May 1, 2014 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 1, 2014
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal tax credits for: (1) alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) alternative motor vehicles; (3) new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles; (4) alcohol used as fuel; (5) enhanced oil recovery; (6) producing oil and gas from marginal wells; (7) producing electricity from advanced nuclear power facilities; (8) carbon dioxide sequestration; (9) investment in energy property; and (10) investment in qualifying advanced coal projects, qualifying gasification projects, and qualifying advanced energy projects.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to revise the income tax rates for corporations based upon the overall revenue savings from the repeal of the energy tax expenditures by this Act and ensure that each revised rate is reduced by a uniform percentage.

What's happening now May 1, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 259 Related bill Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act
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  • HR 3895 Related bill EXPAND Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2279: Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2279/
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"S. 2279: Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2279/.
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S. 2279, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2279/.
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