Cool and Efficient Buildings Act
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; 22 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Apr 6, 2005 | |
| D-AL | Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. | Apr 6, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Apr 6, 2005 | |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Apr 12, 2005 | |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Apr 12, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Ric Keller | Apr 12, 2005 | |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Apr 20, 2005 | |
| R-IN | Steve Buyer | Apr 20, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | May 3, 2005 | |
| R-IN | Chris Chocola | May 11, 2005 | |
| R-MI | John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz | May 11, 2005 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | May 18, 2005 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | May 26, 2005 | |
| R-MN | Mark R. Kennedy | Jun 28, 2005 | |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Jul 12, 2005 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jul 12, 2005 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| R-AL | Jo Bonner | Oct 6, 2005 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Oct 18, 2005 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Nov 15, 2005 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Mar 9, 2006 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 9, 2006 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| R-CT | Nancy L. Johnson | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Apr 26, 2006 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jul 18, 2006 |
Committees 1
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 Mar 10, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2005Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-51 | MEMBER PROPOSALS ON TAX ISSUES INTRODUCED IN THE 109TH CONGRESS146 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Nov 16, 2005 |
Titles 2
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 a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Cool and Efficient Buildings Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2005Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.