US Congress Senate Bill 2189 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on April 1 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-05-07 - Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2016, and increase the maximum rate of, the tax deduction for energy-efficient commercial building expenditures; (2) allow a new tax deduction for the cost of retrofitting existing commercial and multifamily buildings; (3) allow a new tax credit, through 2016, for home energy efficiency improvements that increase energy efficiency by at least 20%; (4) extend through 2018 the tax credit for combined heat and power system property expenditures and increase the capacity limitations and credit percentages for systems with a higher efficiency rating; (5) allow an energy tax credit for investment in biomass heating property and for waste heat to power property (i.e., a system which generates electricity through the recovery of a qualified waste heat resource and is placed in service before January 1, 2019); (6) allow a new business-related tax credit for efficient advanced motor systems with adjustable speed capability; (7) allow a new business-related tax credit for replacement of large water-cooled refrigerant chillers that use environmentally harmful refrigerants; and (8) allow a new tax credit for expenditures to increase water use efficiency in the manufacturing sector.

Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-07	Senate	Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy. Hearings held.
2014-04-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1925-1933)
2014-04-01	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1925)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2189/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2189/BILLS-113s2189is.pdf