H.R. 5509 · 109th Congress
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax credit for electricity produced from open-loop…
Full title
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax credit for electricity produced from open-loop biomass.
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2 cosponsors · 1 D, 1 R
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Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing a tax credit for producing electricity from open-loop biomass to: (1) eliminate the requirement that open-loop biomass be segregated from other waste material; (2) limit the amount of such credit based on consumption of nonqualified fuel by a open-loop biomass facility; and (3) allow the placing in service of…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 25, 2006
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing a tax credit for producing electricity from open-loop biomass to: (1) eliminate the requirement that open-loop biomass be segregated from other waste material; (2) limit the amount of such credit based on consumption of nonqualified fuel by a open-loop biomass facility; and (3) allow the placing in service of additional open-loop biomass facilities with additional capacity.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax credit for electricity produced from open-loop biomass.
Latest action (May 25, 2006): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: May 25, 2006
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.