H.R. 6736: GUST Act
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H.R. 6736: GUST Act
110th Congress · introduced 2008-07-31 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-07-31 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
GUST Act
Plain summary
Generating Energy Using Small Turbines Act of 2008 or the GUST Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a residential energy efficiency tax credit for 30% of qualified small wind energy property expenditures. Defines "qualified small wind energy property expenditure" as an expenditure for property which uses a wind turbine to generate electricity for use in a principal residence located in the United States.
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Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr6736.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>
Record fed-us-cong110-hr6736 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110