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H.R. 5509 · 109th Congress

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax credit for electricity produced from open-loop…

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax credit for electricity produced from open-loop biomass.

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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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.