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S 1396 116th Congress Senate Taxation Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Income tax credits Solid waste and recycling

Protect America's Paper for Recycling Act

Introduced: May 9, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 9, 2019
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Protect America's Paper for Recycling Act

This bill modifies the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources to revise the definition of "municipal solid waste."

The bill specifies that municipal solid waste does not include solid waste collected as part of a system which commingles commonly recycled paper with other solid waste which is not commonly recycled at any point from the time of collection through any materials recovery. The bill includes exceptions for incidental and residual waste.

In the case of a facility that produces electricity both from municipal solid waste and other solid waste that is not a qualified energy resource (1) the facility is a qualified facility if it otherwise meets the requirements for qualified facilities, and (2) the credit only applies to the portion of the electricity produced from municipal solid waste.

What's happening now May 9, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 9, 2019
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 9, 2019
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · May 9, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1396: Protect America's Paper for Recycling Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1396/
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"S. 1396: Protect America's Paper for Recycling Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1396/.
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S. 1396, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1396/.
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