H.R. 1090: Technologies for Energy Security Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-15 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Technologies for Energy Security Act of 2017

Plain summary

Technologies for Energy Security Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credits for residential energy efficient property and investments in energy property. The bill modifies the tax credit for residential energy efficient property to extend through 2021 the credits for expenditures for fuel cell property, small wind energy property, and geothermal heat pump property. For each extended credit, the bill phases out the current credit rate of 30% of expenditures by reducing it to 26% or 22%, depending on the date that the property is placed in service. The bill extends the tax credit for investments in energy property for the following property with construction that begins before January 1, 2022: fiber-optic solar energy property, fuel cell property, microturbine property, combined heat and power system property, small wind energy property, and thermal energy property. The bill phases out the current credit rate of 30% for investments in fuel cell property, small wind energy property, and fiber-optic solar energy property by reducing it to 26% or 22%, depending on the date that the property is placed in service.

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Official text

Technologies for Energy Security Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] · 117 cosponsors

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Mike Thompson (D-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Don Bacon (R-NE), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Mike Kelly (R-PA) and 57 more.

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Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1090.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1090 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115