H.R. 4317: Building Efficiently Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-09-12 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-09-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Building Efficiently Act of 2019

Plain summary

Building Efficiently Act of 2019 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the new energy efficient home tax credit to allow, in lieu of the existing credit, a credit for 3.3% of the cost of constructing a new energy efficient home that is a qualified energy efficient residential rental property. An energy efficient residential rental property must be certified as being constructed, reconstructed, or retrofitted under a plan designed to reduce energy and power consumption of the building by at least 40% compared to (1) the baseline annual energy and power consumption of the building in the case of a retrofit made to an existing building, or (2) a reference building which meets the minimum requirements of the International Energy Conservation Code 2018 in any other case. The bill also (1) extends through 2020 the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction; and (2) eliminates the basis reduction requirements for certain low-income housing properties receiving the energy efficient home credit, the energy efficient commercial building deduction, or the credit for investments in energy property.

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Building Efficiently Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] · 1 cosponsors

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Peter Welch (D-VT)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr4317.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4317 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116