HR 4720 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2021

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 28, 2022 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Schweikert asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4720, a bill originally introduced by Representative Reed, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 27, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2021

This bill adds new tax credits for investment in qualified emerging technology energy property and for the production of electricity from emerging energy technology. The bill defines qualified emerging energy property as property that is constructed, reconstructed, erected, or acquired by the taxpayer and is (1) a facility for the production of electricity from emerging energy technology, (2) carbon capture equipment, or (3) energy storage technology.

The bill also adds a new tax credit for the production of electricity from clean hydrogen. The bill defines clean hydrogen as hydrogen that is produced through a production method for which the rate of the greenhouse gas emission is greater than zero and not greater that 2,500g CO2-e per kilogram of hydrogen produced, or is equal to or less than zero.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2021 to Aug 19, 2022, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ILDarin LaHoodOriginalJul 27, 2021
R-AZDavid SchweikertOriginalJul 27, 2021
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalJul 27, 2021
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalJul 27, 2021
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalJul 27, 2021
R-TXMichael C. BurgessJul 28, 2021
R-WVCarol D. MillerNov 1, 2021
R-SCWilliam R. Timmons IVDec 1, 2021
R-NYElise M. StefanikApr 11, 2022
R-FLByron DonaldsAug 19, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 28, 2022ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Schweikert asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4720, a bill originally introduced by Representative Reed, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
  2. Jul 27, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jul 27, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2475Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2021Related billJul 27, 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 27, 2021Introduced in House

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