Offshore WIND Act
Latest action · Jun 25, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act or the Offshore WIND Act
This bill allows an energy tax credit for investment in qualified offshore wind property, the construction of which begins before January 1, 2026. The bill defines "qualified offshore wind property" as an offshore facility using wind to produce electricity.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2019 to Feb 7, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 2, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Oct 1, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Nov 12, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Nov 15, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 18, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Feb 7, 2020 |
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 Jun 25, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2019Referred 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. 165, no. 107, June 25, 2019, page H5167.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1957 | Offshore WIND Act | Identical bill | Jun 25, 2019 |
| HR 7516 | Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 10, 2020 |
Titles 3
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 for an investment tax credit related to the production of electricity from offshore wind.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Offshore WIND Act
- Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2019Introduced 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.
