National Electricity and Environmental Technology Act
Latest action · Jul 9, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary to establish a clean coal power commercial applications initiative that will demonstrate commercial applications of advanced coal-based technologies applicable to new or existing power plants, including coproduction plants.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax credits for: (1) investment in qualifying clean coal technology; (2) production from a qualifying clean coal technology unit; (3) investment in qualifying advanced clean coal technology facilities; and (4) production from qualifying advanced clean coal technology. Mandates creation of a Federal risk pool for qualifying advanced clean coal technology.
Treats such tax credits as refundable overpayments (excessive credits) with respect to specified organizations and governmental units.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2001 to Mar 12, 2002; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WV | Alan B. Mollohan | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| D-IL | David D. Phelps | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| R-PA | Melissa A. Hart | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| R-KY | Ron Lewis | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Original | Jun 26, 2001 |
| R-TN | Ed Bryant | Jul 10, 2001 | |
| D-KY | Ken Lucas | Jul 10, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Jul 10, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Jul 10, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Jul 18, 2001 | |
| R-OH | Robert W. Ney | Jul 18, 2001 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Jul 18, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Frank Mascara | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| R-WY | Barbara Cubin | Jul 30, 2001 | |
| R-PA | George W. Gekas | Jul 30, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Mar 12, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2001 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2001 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jul 9, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Jun 26, 2001Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2001Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize Department of Energy programs to develop and implement an accelerated research and development program for advanced clean coal technologies for use in coal-based electricity generating facilities and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide financial incentives to encourage new construction and the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities to protect the environment and improve efficiency and encourage the early commerical application of advanced clean coal technologies, so as to allow coal to help meet the growing need to the United States for the generation of reliable and afforable electricity.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Electricity and Environmental Technology Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Agricultural cooperatives
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Air pollution control equipment
- Business income tax
- Carbon dioxide
- Carbon monoxide
- Coal
- Coal research
- Coal-fired power plants
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Cooperative societies
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric power production
- Electric utilities
- Electric utility rates
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Energy tax credits
- Environmental Protection
- Feedstock
- Government and business
- Government corporations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Housing and Community Development
- Income tax
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Insurance
- Investment tax credit
- Leases
- Mercury
- Nitrogen oxides
- Recycling of waste products
- Research and development
- Risk management
- Rural electrification
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Smog
- Subsidies
- Sulphur dioxide
- Tax refunds
- Taxation
- Technological innovations
- Technology assessment
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Tennessee Valley development
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2001Introduced in House
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