S. 3183 (112th): A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the use of domestic property to be eligible for certain tax incentives for solar energy.

Introduced:
May 15, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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This bill was introduced on May 15, 2012, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

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Introduced May 15, 2012
Referred to Committee May 15, 2012
Cosponsors
1 cosponsors (1D) (show)
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Last updated May 15, 2012.
3 pages

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5/15/2012--Introduced.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credits for residential energy efficient property and for investment in energy property, to require that either:
(1) more than 70% of the components of property using solar energy either to heat, illuminate, or generate electricity for a taxpayer's residence for which a credit is claimed are made in the United States, or
(2) more than 50% of the components of such property are made in the United States and the final point of manufacture of such property is in the United States.

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