S 1566 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Renewable Energy Incentives Act

Introduced Oct 18, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Harry Reid D-NV

Latest action · Oct 18, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

IntroducedOct 18, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Renewable Energy Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code respecting the renewable resource credit to: (1) include alternative resources (solar, open loop biomass, incremental hydropower, incremental geothermal, geothermal, and landfill gas); (2) provide an increased credit for certain co-production facilities, and for qualified facilities on Indian and Alaskan Native Indian lands; (3) allow a credit (and its subsequent transferability) for a qualified facility of a tax-exempt organization or governmental unit; (4) provide for credit transferability; (5) require facility compliance with pollution laws; and (6) eliminate the January 1, 2002, placed-in-service date for purposes of qualified facility eligibility.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 18, 2001 to Jan 29, 2002; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith	Original	Oct 18, 2001
D-IA	Tom Harkin		Nov 30, 2001
D-OR	Ron Wyden		Dec 7, 2001
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe		Dec 20, 2001
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		Jan 23, 2002
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle		Jan 23, 2002
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		Jan 28, 2002
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Jan 29, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Oct 18, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 18, 2001Introduced in Senate
Oct 18, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10840-10841)
Oct 18, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S10840	Harry Reid D-NV	Oct 18, 2001

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to modify and expand the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources and waste products, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Renewable Energy Incentives Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 18, 2001Introduced in Senate

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