HR 3307 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011

Introduced Nov 2, 2011 Originated House Sponsor David G. Reichert R-WA

Latest action · Nov 2, 2011 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.

IntroducedNov 2, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2016 the date by which specified alternative or renewable energy facilities (i.e., wind, biomass, geothermal or solar energy, landfill gas, trash, qualified hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities) must be placed in service to qualify for the electricity production tax credit.

Cosponsors 119

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 2, 2011 to Nov 27, 2012; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley	Original	Nov 2, 2011
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Nov 2, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Nov 2, 2011
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas	Original	Nov 2, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Nov 2, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Nov 2, 2011
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Nov 2, 2011
R-IL	Robert J. Dold	Original	Nov 2, 2011
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Nov 2, 2011
R-IA	Tom Latham	Original	Nov 2, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Nov 3, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack		Nov 15, 2011
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Nov 15, 2011
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Nov 15, 2011
R-AK	Don Young		Nov 29, 2011
D-VT	Peter Welch		Nov 29, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Nov 29, 2011
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Nov 29, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Dec 2, 2011
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Dec 2, 2011
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Dec 2, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Dec 2, 2011
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Dec 2, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Dec 2, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Dec 2, 2011
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Dec 2, 2011
R-ND	Rick Berg		Dec 2, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Dec 2, 2011
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Dec 8, 2011
D-CA	George Miller		Dec 8, 2011
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Dec 8, 2011
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Dec 8, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Dec 8, 2011
D-CA	Lois Capps		Dec 8, 2011
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Dec 8, 2011
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Dec 8, 2011
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Dec 8, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel		Dec 8, 2011
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Dec 8, 2011
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Dec 12, 2011
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Dec 12, 2011
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Dec 12, 2011
D-CA	John Garamendi		Dec 12, 2011
D-NY	William L. Owens		Dec 14, 2011
D-MI	Hansen Clarke		Dec 23, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jan 10, 2012
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jan 23, 2012
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jan 23, 2012
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jan 23, 2012
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jan 23, 2012
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Jan 23, 2012
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jan 23, 2012
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jan 23, 2012
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jan 23, 2012
D-NC	David E. Price		Jan 25, 2012
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jan 25, 2012
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Jan 25, 2012
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Jan 27, 2012
D-CO	Jared Polis		Jan 27, 2012
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Feb 2, 2012
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Feb 2, 2012
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Feb 2, 2012
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Feb 2, 2012
R-OK	Tom Cole		Feb 3, 2012
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		Feb 8, 2012
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Feb 9, 2012
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Feb 9, 2012
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Feb 9, 2012
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Feb 15, 2012
D-OK	Dan Boren		Feb 15, 2012
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Feb 24, 2012
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Feb 24, 2012
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Feb 29, 2012
D-CA	Bob Filner		Mar 5, 2012
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Mar 5, 2012
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Mar 5, 2012
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Mar 5, 2012
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Mar 5, 2012
D-WI	Ron Kind		Mar 5, 2012
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Mar 13, 2012
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 16, 2012
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Mar 16, 2012
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Mar 16, 2012
D-AR	Mike Ross		Mar 19, 2012
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 21, 2012
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Mar 26, 2012
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Mar 29, 2012
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Mar 29, 2012
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 29, 2012
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		Mar 29, 2012
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Apr 16, 2012
R-NY	Ann Marie Buerkle		Apr 17, 2012
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Apr 18, 2012
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 25, 2012
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Apr 25, 2012
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Apr 27, 2012
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		May 10, 2012
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		May 15, 2012
D-NY	Paul Tonko		May 15, 2012
D-RI	James R. Langevin		May 22, 2012
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		May 30, 2012
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jun 7, 2012
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jun 12, 2012
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jun 12, 2012
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Jun 18, 2012
D-NC	Brad Miller		Jun 20, 2012
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jul 11, 2012
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Jul 23, 2012
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Jul 24, 2012
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Aug 2, 2012
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Aug 7, 2012
D-IN	André Carson		Sep 10, 2012
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 10, 2012
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		Sep 12, 2012
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Sep 14, 2012
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Sep 14, 2012
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Oct 23, 2012
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Oct 23, 2012
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Nov 27, 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 Nov 2, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 2, 2011Introduced in House
Nov 2, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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
House	Debate and remarks H5870, H5871, H5872	David Loebsack D-IA, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Ed Perlmutter D-CO, Jared Polis D-CO, John Garamendi D-CA, Lois Capps D-CA, Niki Tsongas D-MA, William R. Keating D-MA	Sep 12, 2012
House	Debate and remarks H1007	Earl Blumenauer D-OR	Feb 28, 2012

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 of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7256.

Printed hearings 2

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. 112-176	THE AMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE, PART 28: A FOCUS ON THE OUTLOOK FOR ACHIEVING NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE WITHIN THE DECADE167 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Sep 13, 2012
Serial No. 112-52	NOAA'S FISHERY SCIENCE: IS THE LACK OF BASIC SCIENCE COSTING JOBS?115 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Jul 26, 2011

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R42576	U.S. Renewable Electricity: How Does the Production Tax Credit (PTC) Impact Wind Markets? Archived	Report	Oct 10, 2012

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2201	American Energy and Job Promotion Act	Related bill	Mar 15, 2012

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 renewable energy credit.
Short Titles as Introduced: American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 2, 2011Introduced in House

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