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HR 4636 115th Congress House Taxation Alternative and renewable resources Income tax credits Income tax deductions Oil and gas

Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017

Introduced: December 13, 2017 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 13, 2017
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Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credits for producing electricity from wind, geothermal energy, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities; (2) repeal the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells; (3) repeal the tax deduction for income attributable to the production, refining, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any primary product thereof; and (4) repeal the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells.

What's happening now December 13, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 12
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Meng, Grace
New York · Dec 21, 2017
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Gomez, Jimmy
California · Dec 18, 2017
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Dec 13, 2017
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Huffman, Jared
California · Dec 13, 2017
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Khanna, Ro
California · Dec 13, 2017
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 13, 2017
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Dec 13, 2017
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 13, 2017
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 13, 2017
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Dec 13, 2017
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Dec 13, 2017
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Takano, Mark
California · Dec 13, 2017
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Dec 13, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4636: Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4636/
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"H.R. 4636: Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4636/.
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H.R. 4636, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4636/.
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