HR 536 119th Congress House Taxation Alternative and renewable resources Building construction Business investment and capital Climate change and greenhouse gases Energy efficiency and conservation Income tax credits Solid waste and recycling

Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2025

Introduced: January 16, 2025 Introduced by: Scholten, Hillary J. Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Jan 16, 2025

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Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2025

This bill extends for one year the energy investment tax credit for qualified biogas property (property that converts biomass into methane and captures the gas for sale or productive use).

Under the bill, the energy investment tax credit (as part of the general business tax credit) is allowed for investments in qualified biogas property for which construction begins on or before December 31, 2025. (Under current law, to qualify for the tax credit, construction of qualified biogas property must begin on or before December 31, 2024.)

What's happening now January 16, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Ways and Means Committee
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Lobbying activity 8

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION
for NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AJW, INC.
for AMERICAN BIOGAS COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION
for NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION · Virginia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION
for NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
AJW, INC.
for AMERICAN BIOGAS COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION
for NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025

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Cosponsors 3

Ryan, Patrick

New York · Jan 22, 2025

Costa, Jim

California · Jan 21, 2025

Valadao, David G.

California · Jan 16, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 536: Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-536/

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"H.R. 536: Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-536/.

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H.R. 536, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-536/.

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