S. 3561: HEATR Act of 2008
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S. 3561: HEATR Act of 2008
110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-24 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
HEATR Act of 2008
Plain summary
Home Energy Affordability Tax Relief Act of 2008 or the HEATR Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers an income-based refundable tax credit for residential energy costs. Limits such credit to the lesser of 33% of such costs or $500. Eliminates for major integrated oil companies: (1) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs in taxable years in which the average price of crude oil is greater than $34.71 per barrel and the average price of natural gas is greater that $4.34 per 1,000 cubic feet; and (2) the tax credit for enhanced oil recovery costs in taxable years in which the average price of crude oil is greater than $34.71 per barrel. Denies such oil companies and certain producers or refiners of crude oil a foreign tax credit for payments to certain foreign countries or U.S. possessions from which they receive a specified economic benefit as a dual capacity taxpayer.
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Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s3561.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>
Record fed-us-cong110-s3561 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110