Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017
Latest action · Dec 13, 2017 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.
- IntroducedDec 13, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credits for producing electricity from wind, geothermal energy, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities; (2) repeal the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells; (3) repeal the tax deduction for income attributable to the production, refining, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any primary product thereof; and (4) repeal the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 13, 2017 to Dec 21, 2017; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Dec 13, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Dec 18, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Dec 21, 2017 |
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 Dec 13, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2017Introduced in House
- Dec 13, 2017Referred 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. 163, no. 203, December 13, 2017, page H9900.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3733 | Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2015 | Reintroduction of | Oct 9, 2015 |
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 certain provisions of the renewable energy credit, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2017Introduced 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.
