H.R. 2413: Offshore WIND Act
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H.R. 2413: Offshore WIND Act
115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-11 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] · 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
Offshore WIND Act
Plain summary
Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act or the Offshore WIND Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax credit for investment in energy property to include a qualified offshore wind property until January 1, 2026. A "qualified offshore wind property" is a facility that: (1) uses wind to produce electricity; and (2) is located in the inland navigable waters of the United States including the Great Lakes, or in the coastal waters of the United States, including the territorial seas of the United States, the exclusive economic zone of the United States, and the outer Continental Shelf of the United States. The term excludes certain small wind energy property that uses a small wind turbine to generate electricity.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] · 9 cosponsors
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Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2413.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr2413 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115