Cleaner, Secure, and Affordable Thermal Energy Act
Latest action · Aug 7, 2009 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9075-9076)
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.
- IntroducedAug 6, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cleaner, Secure, and Affordable Thermal Energy Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for residential energy property expenditures to convert a home heating system using oil fuel to a system using natural gas boilers and furnaces and biomass heating appliances; (2) allow bonus depreciation of property used to convert a home heating system; (3) allow the use of tax-exempt energy conservation bonds to finance conversions of fuel oil heating systems; and (4) extend through 2012 accelerated depreciation for natural gas distribution facilities.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 6, 2009 to Jul 30, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Aug 6, 2009 |
| R-NH | Judd Gregg | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Mar 1, 2010 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jul 30, 2010 |
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 Aug 7, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 7, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9075-9076)
- Aug 6, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Aug 6, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 S9075 | Olympia J. Snowe R-ME | Aug 7, 2009 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9044 | Jeff Bingaman D-NM | Aug 6, 2009 |
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 allow a credit for the conversion of heating using oil fuel to using natural gas or biomass feedstocks, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Cleaner, Secure, and Affordable Thermal Energy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 6, 2009Introduced in Senate
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.
