HR 4843 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel.

Introduced May 23, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Kenny C. Hulshof R-MO

Latest action · Jun 4, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.

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.

IntroducedMay 23, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a credit to promote the production and usage of biodiesel fuel. Requires a taxpayer to obtain a certification from the producer of the biodiesel which identifies the product produced in order to utilize the credit. Imposes a tax for biodiesel not used as fuel, but for which a credit was granted. Reduces motor fuel excise taxes on biodiesel mixtures.

Provides for transfers of funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation to the Highway Trust Fund in amounts equivalent to the reductions that would occur but for this Act.

Cosponsors 88

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2002 to Oct 16, 2002; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	May 23, 2002
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	May 23, 2002
R-IA	Greg Ganske	Original	May 23, 2002
R-IL	Jerry Weller	Original	May 23, 2002
R-IA	Jim Nussle	Original	May 23, 2002
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	May 23, 2002
D-TN	John S. Tanner	Original	May 23, 2002
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	May 23, 2002
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy	Original	May 23, 2002
R-KY	Ron Lewis	Original	May 23, 2002
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	May 23, 2002
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jun 4, 2002
D-AR	Marion Berry		Jun 4, 2002
R-IA	Tom Latham		Jun 4, 2002
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Jun 6, 2002
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Jun 6, 2002
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Jun 6, 2002
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Jun 6, 2002
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Jun 12, 2002
R-SD	John Thune		Jun 12, 2002
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jun 12, 2002
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Jun 12, 2002
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Jun 12, 2002
D-IL	David D. Phelps		Jun 19, 2002
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Jun 19, 2002
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Jun 19, 2002
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jun 19, 2002
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jun 21, 2002
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Jun 21, 2002
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jun 21, 2002
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Jun 26, 2002
R-NE	Doug Bereuter		Jun 26, 2002
R-KS	Jim Ryun		Jun 26, 2002
R-NE	Lee Terry		Jun 26, 2002
D-OK	Brad Carson		Jun 27, 2002
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Jun 27, 2002
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jul 12, 2002
D-IL	Lane Evans		Jul 12, 2002
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Jul 12, 2002
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Jul 12, 2002
R-MI	Nick Smith		Jul 12, 2002
R-IN	Dan Burton		Jul 18, 2002
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 18, 2002
D-NC	David E. Price		Jul 18, 2002
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Jul 18, 2002
R-TN	Ed Bryant		Jul 18, 2002
R-IA	James A. Leach		Jul 18, 2002
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Jul 18, 2002
R-IN	Mike Pence		Jul 18, 2002
D-IL	Rod R. Blagojevich		Jul 18, 2002
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jul 18, 2002
R-TN	Van Hilleary		Jul 18, 2002
D-MN	Bill Luther		Jul 25, 2002
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 25, 2002
R-IN	Brian D. Kerns		Jul 25, 2002
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Jul 25, 2002
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Jul 25, 2002
R-IN	John N. Hostettler		Jul 25, 2002
R-NE	Tom Osborne		Jul 25, 2002
R-OK	Wes Watkins		Jul 25, 2002
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jul 25, 2002
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 26, 2002
D-IN	Julia Carson		Jul 26, 2002
D-TN	Bob Clement		Sep 10, 2002
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Sep 10, 2002
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Sep 10, 2002
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Sep 10, 2002
D-AR	Mike Ross		Sep 10, 2002
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest		Sep 10, 2002
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Sep 10, 2002
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard		Sep 19, 2002
D-NC	Eva M. Clayton		Sep 19, 2002
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Sep 19, 2002
R-GA	John Linder		Sep 19, 2002
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Sep 19, 2002
D-WA	Brian Baird		Oct 3, 2002
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Oct 3, 2002
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Oct 8, 2002
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Oct 8, 2002
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Oct 8, 2002
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Oct 8, 2002
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Oct 10, 2002
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers		Oct 10, 2002
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Oct 10, 2002
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Oct 16, 2002
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Oct 16, 2002
D-MS	Ronnie Shows		Oct 16, 2002
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Oct 16, 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 May 23, 2002
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred May 23, 2002
	Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee	Referred Jun 4, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 4, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
May 23, 2002Introduced in House
May 23, 2002Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 107-143	LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002266 pages	Appropriations Committee	May 2, 2001–Jun 26, 2001

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

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May 23, 2002Introduced in House

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