I
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 517
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 17, 2007
Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain tax incentives for alternative energy, to amend the Clean Air Act to accelerate the use of renewable fuels, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Independence from Oil with Agriculture
Act of 2007
.
Excise tax provisions and income tax credit for biodiesel and ethanol made permanent
Income tax credits
Section 40 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to alcohol used as fuel) is amended by striking subsection (e).
Section 40A of such Code (relating to biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel) is amended by striking subsection (g).
Excise tax provisions
Subsection (b) of section 6426 of such Code (relating to alcohol fuel mixture credit) is amended by striking paragraph (5).
Subsection (c) of section 6426 of such Code (relating to biodiesel mixture credit) is amended by striking paragraph (6).
Paragraph (5) of section 6427(e) of such Code is amended—
by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B),
by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
in subparagraph
(A), as so redesignated, by striking subparagraph (D)
and
inserting subparagraph (B)
.
Credit for electricity produced from wind, open-loop biomass, and closed-loop biomass made permanent
Wind
Paragraphs (1) of section 45(d) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking , and before
January 1, 2009
.
Closed-loop biomass
Subparagraph (A) of section 45(d)(2) of such Code is amended—
in clause (i), by
striking , and before January 1, 2009
, and
in clause (ii), by
striking before January 1, 2009,
.
Open-loop biomass
Subparagraph (A) of section 45(d)(3) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
In general
In the case of a
facility using open-loop biomass to produce electricity, the term
qualified facility
means—
in the case of a facility using agricultural livestock waste nutrients—
any facility owned by the taxpayer which is originally placed in service after the date of the enactment of this subclause, and
the nameplate capacity rating of which is not less than 150 kilowatts, and
in the case of any other facility, any facility owned by the taxpayer.
.
Credit for clean-fuel vehicle refueling property made permanent
Section 30C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to clean-fuel vehicle refueling property credit) is amended by striking subsection (g).
Renewable fuels program
Section 211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B) is amended as follows:
In the table in clause (i):
Strike 5.4
and
insert 5.5
in the item relating to 2008.
Strike 6.1
and insert
6.5
in the item relating to 2009.
Strike 6.8
and insert
8.0
in the item relating to 2010.
Strike
7.4
and insert 10.0
in the item relating to
2011.
Strike
7.5
and insert 12.0
in the item relating to
2012.
In clause
(i)(II)(aa) strike 7,500,000,000
and insert
12,000,000,000
.