H.R. 1424: SEAM Act of 2013
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H.R. 1424: SEAM Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-09 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-09 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] · 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
SEAM Act of 2013
Plain summary
Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act of 2013 or the SEAM Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit by allocating in 2013 $5 billion of grants or tax credit amounts to manufacturers of goods and components (other than for assembly of components) in the United States that are used in alternative energy projects.
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Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] · 21 cosponsors
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Judy Chu (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
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- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr1424.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr1424 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113