Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act
Latest action · May 8, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
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 25, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research program; and (2) an Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund to lend funds to approved applicants to cover the costs of projects that produce marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy.
Instructs the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to prepare jointly programmatic environmental impact statements regarding the impacts of the deployment of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies in U.S. navigable waters.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit for electricity produced from marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy; and (2) an investment credit and five-year depreciation for equipment which produces electricity from marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 25, 2007 to Oct 2, 2007; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Apr 25, 2007 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | May 15, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | May 15, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 2, 2007 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Apr 26, 2007 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 8, 2007 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2007 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2007 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Apr 30, 2007 | |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Apr 30, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 8, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Apr 30, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Apr 30, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
- Apr 26, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- Apr 25, 2007Introduced in House
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. 110-32 | MEMBER PROPOSALS ON ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES79 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Apr 24, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1511 | Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2007 | Related bill | May 24, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote the development and use of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Alternative energy sources
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Depreciation and amortization
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric power production
- Energy
- Energy research
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Equipment and supplies
- Government lending
- Government trust funds
- Hydroelectric power
- Income tax
- Investment tax credit
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Ocean energy resources
- Research and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Taxation
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2007Introduced 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.
