H.R. 6117: Clean Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2010
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H.R. 6117: Clean Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-09-14 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-09-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · 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
Clean Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2010
Plain summary
Clean Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt new clean renewable energy bonds, to: (1) repeal the national limitation amount for such bonds; (2) allow such unlimited bonds to be issued until January 1, 2014; (3) eliminate the eligibility of governmental bodies for new clean renewable energy bond financing; (4) designate a tribal utility as a clean renewable energy bond lender; and (5) provide that any reimbursements with the proceeds of new clean renewable energy bonds are subject to reimbursement rules applicable to all tax-exempt bonds.
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Official text
Clean Renewable Energy Investment Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · 8 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA)
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Bond
- A way to borrow money. A government sells bonds to raise money now and promises to pay it back with interest over time. Bonds repaid from taxes often need voter approval.
- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr6117.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr6117 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111