New Energy for America Act
Latest action · May 19, 2015 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.
- IntroducedMay 19, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
New Energy for America Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend: (1) the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures through calendar year 2021; and (2) the energy tax credit for energy property, including solar energy property, qualified fuel cell property, qualified microturbine property, combined heat and power system property, and thermal energy property, the construction of which begins before January 1, 2022.
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2015 to Nov 15, 2016; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | May 19, 2015 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 22, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Jun 3, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 3, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jun 3, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 3, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jul 28, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Aug 4, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Oct 26, 2015 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Oct 26, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Gwen Graham | Nov 15, 2016 |
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 May 19, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2015Introduced in House
- May 19, 2015Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 77, May 19, 2015, page H3389.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2089 | American Energy Innovation Act | Related bill | Sep 29, 2015 |
| HR 5167 | Technologies for Energy Security Act | Related bill | May 6, 2016 |
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 credit for residential energy efficient property and the energy credit.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- New Energy for America Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2015Introduced 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.
