HR 1241 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Cool and Efficient Buildings Act

Introduced Mar 10, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Peter Hoekstra R-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 10, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

IntroducedMar 10, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Cool and Efficient Buildings Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 20-year depreciation recovery period, calculated on a straight line basis, for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, or commercial refrigeration systems installed in nonresidential buildings.

Cosponsors 57

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2005 to Jul 18, 2006, with 22 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Brian Baird	Original	Mar 10, 2005
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Mar 10, 2005
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Mar 10, 2005
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Original	Mar 10, 2005
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Mar 10, 2005
R-CA	Gary G. Miller	Original	Mar 10, 2005
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.	Original	Mar 10, 2005
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg	Original	Mar 10, 2005
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Mar 10, 2005
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Mar 10, 2005
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Mar 10, 2005
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	Mar 10, 2005
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks	Original	Mar 10, 2005
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Mar 10, 2005
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Mar 10, 2005

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Actions 2

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Mar 10, 2005Introduced in House
Mar 10, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

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

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Mar 10, 2005Introduced in House

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