Mine Affected Community Energy and Environment Act
Latest action · Oct 18, 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.
- IntroducedOct 18, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Mine Affected Community Energy and Environment Act
This bill allows a new tax credit for the production of electricity from a coal refuse facility. A "coal refuse facility" means any facility (1) that was originally placed in service prior to January 1, 2019, and combusts coal refuse or fuel composed of at least 75 percent coal refuse by BTU energy value; and (2) uses at a minimum, a circulating fluidized bed combustion unit or a pressurized fluidized bed combustion unit, equipped with a limestone injection system for control of acid gases, and a fabric filter particulate emission control system.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 18, 2019 to May 12, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Oct 18, 2019 |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Nov 26, 2019 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Nov 26, 2019 | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Dec 6, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Dec 6, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Dec 6, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Dec 6, 2019 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | May 12, 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 Oct 18, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Oct 18, 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. 165, October 18, 2019, page H8259.
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 allow a credit for certain facilities that remediate and reclaim coal refuse sites in the United States by producing electricity from coal refuse.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Mine Affected Community Energy and Environment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 18, 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.
