HR 2866 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2011

Introduced Sep 8, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Donald A. Manzullo R-IL

Latest action · Sep 8, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

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IntroducedSep 8, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional tax deduction for the cost of installing mechanical insulation property. Limits the amount of such deduction to the lesser of 30% or the reduction in energy loss from the installed mechanical insulation property compared to property that meets the minimum requirements of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard 90.1-2007. Allows the cost of replacing mechanical insulation property to be treated as a deductible business expense in the current taxable year.

Defines "mechanical insulation property" as insulation materials, facings, and accessory products: (1) placed in service in connection with a mechanical system which is located in the United States and of a character subject to an allowance for depreciation; and (2) utilized for thermal, acoustical, and personnel safety requirements for mechanical piping and equipment, hot and cold applications, and heating, venting and air conditioning applications which can be used in a variety of facilities.

Allows a tax deduction for capital expenditures related to mechanical insulation property.

Cosponsors 77

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 8, 2011 to Sep 25, 2012; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Sep 8, 2011
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Sep 8, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Sep 8, 2011
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Sep 8, 2011
D-PA	Mark S. Critz	Original	Sep 8, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Sep 8, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Sep 8, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Sep 8, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Sep 8, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Sep 8, 2011
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop	Original	Sep 8, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Sep 20, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Sep 20, 2011
D-IN	Joe Donnelly		Oct 6, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Oct 6, 2011
D-VA	James P. Moran		Oct 11, 2011
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Oct 11, 2011
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Oct 14, 2011
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Oct 18, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Oct 24, 2011
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.		Oct 25, 2011
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Oct 26, 2011
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Oct 31, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Oct 31, 2011
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Oct 31, 2011
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Nov 1, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Nov 4, 2011
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Nov 16, 2011
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Nov 18, 2011
R-NC	Howard Coble		Nov 18, 2011
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Nov 18, 2011
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Nov 29, 2011
R-IL	John Shimkus		Dec 1, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Dec 6, 2011
D-VT	Peter Welch		Dec 12, 2011
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Dec 14, 2011
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Dec 19, 2011
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Dec 19, 2011
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Dec 19, 2011
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling		Dec 20, 2011
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Jan 27, 2012
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Feb 16, 2012
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Feb 16, 2012
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Feb 21, 2012
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Mar 5, 2012
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Mar 9, 2012
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Mar 13, 2012
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Mar 16, 2012
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Mar 26, 2012
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		Mar 26, 2012
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 27, 2012
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Mar 28, 2012
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Mar 29, 2012
D-CA	Lois Capps		Apr 16, 2012
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		May 7, 2012
D-KY	Ben Chandler		May 8, 2012
R-TX	Pete Sessions		May 15, 2012
D-MI	John D. Dingell		May 16, 2012
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		May 25, 2012
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jun 5, 2012
D-NC	David E. Price		Jun 6, 2012
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Jun 18, 2012
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Jun 18, 2012
D-IN	André Carson		Jun 26, 2012
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Jun 28, 2012
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jul 9, 2012
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Jul 9, 2012
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Jul 13, 2012
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Aug 1, 2012
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Aug 1, 2012
R-MO	Sam Graves		Aug 2, 2012
D-TX	Gene Green		Sep 10, 2012
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Sep 10, 2012
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Sep 10, 2012
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Sep 11, 2012
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Sep 12, 2012
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Sep 25, 2012

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 Sep 8, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 8, 2011Introduced in House
Sep 8, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1557)
Sep 8, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 3

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
Extensions	Debate and remarks E852	Daniel Lipinski D-IL	May 18, 2012
House	Debate and remarks H2721	Donald A. Manzullo R-IL	May 16, 2012
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1557	Donald A. Manzullo R-IL	Sep 8, 2011

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 8 and Clause I of the United States Constitution. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6010.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1526	Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2011	Identical bill	Sep 8, 2011

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 tax incentive for the installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property.
Short Titles as Introduced: Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 8, 2011Introduced in House

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