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S 1102 115th Congress Senate

Offshore WIND Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an investment tax credit related to the production of electricity from offshore wind.

Introduced: May 11, 2017 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
Taxation Alternative and renewable resourcesBusiness investment and capitalElectric power generation and transmissionGreat Lakes
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Income tax creditsMarine and coastal resources, fisheries
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May 11, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 11, 2017
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 Latest action May 11, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act or the Offshore WIND Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax credit for investment in energy property to include a qualified offshore wind property with construction that begins before January 1, 2026.

A "qualified offshore wind property" is a facility that: (1) uses wind to produce electricity; and (2) is located in the inland navigable waters of the United States including the Great Lakes, or in the coastal waters of the United States, including the territorial seas of the United States, the exclusive economic zone of the United States, and the outer Continental Shelf of the United States. The term excludes certain small wind energy property that uses a small wind turbine to generate electricity.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2413 Related bill Offshore WIND Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · May 11, 2017
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · May 11, 2017
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · May 11, 2017
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · May 11, 2017
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · May 11, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1102: Offshore WIND Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1102/
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"S. 1102: Offshore WIND Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1102/.
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S. 1102, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1102/.
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