Securing America's Energy Independence Act of 2006
Latest action · Apr 26, 2006 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.
- IntroducedApr 26, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Securing America's Energy Independence Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015: (1) the investment tax credit for solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property; and (2) the tax credit for residential photovoltaic, solar water heating, and fuel cell property expenditures. Modifies the maximum amounts for such residential credits based upon kilowatt of capacity.
Allows such credits to be taken against the alternative minimum tax.
Cosponsors 79
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2006 to Sep 29, 2006; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-NY | John E. Sweeney | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-CT | Rob Simmons | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Original | Apr 26, 2006 |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-MT | Denny Rehberg | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Mark Foley | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | May 4, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 4, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | May 4, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | May 11, 2006 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | May 11, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Melissa A. Hart | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 11, 2006 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | May 17, 2006 | |
| R-CO | Bob Beauprez | May 17, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | May 17, 2006 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | May 17, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | May 17, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | May 19, 2006 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 19, 2006 | |
| R-NY | Vito Fossella | May 19, 2006 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | May 24, 2006 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | May 24, 2006 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | May 24, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Curt Weldon | May 25, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Jun 7, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jun 7, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Jun 7, 2006 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jun 7, 2006 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Jun 9, 2006 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 16, 2006 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jun 16, 2006 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Jul 18, 2006 | |
| R-MI | John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz | Jul 18, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Jul 18, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Sep 12, 2006 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Katherine Harris | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Sep 29, 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 Apr 26, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2006Introduced in House
- Apr 26, 2006Referred 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-1120 | ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES88 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Jun 14, 2006 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2677 | Securing America's Energy Independence Act | Identical bill | Apr 27, 2006 |
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 extend the investment tax credit with respect to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Securing America's Energy Independence Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2006Introduced 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.