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H.R. 3238: Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

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H.R. 3238: Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-10-18 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-10-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

Plain summary

Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a 30% tax credit for investment in a qualifying offshore wind facility (an offshore facility using wind to produce electricity), and (2) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a qualifying credit for offshore wind facilities program to consider and award certifications for investments eligible for such a credit to qualifying offshore wind facility sponsors. Requires the Secretary to review credits allocated under this Act and authorizes the Secretary to reallocate such credits upon determining that: (1) there is an insufficient quantity of qualifying applications for certification pending at the time of the review, or (2) scheduled placed-in-service dates of previously certified facilities have been significantly delayed and the applicant will not meet the required timeline.

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Official text

Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] · 75 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), William R. Keating (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Judy Chu (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL) and 15 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr3238 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112