US Congress House Bill 1149 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 17 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Clean Air Act to include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program. Defines "algae-based biofuel," for purposes of such Act, as liquid fuel derived from the biomass of single- or multi-cellular organisms which are inherently aquatic and classified as non-vascular plants and that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are at least 60% less than the baseline for such emissions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit; and (2) allow accelerated depreciation of property used to produce algae-based biofuel. Defines "algae-based biofuel" as any liquid fuel which is produced from the biomass of an algal organism (i.e., an organism that is primarily aquatic and classified as a non-vascular plant).

To amend the Clean Air Act to include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program and amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include algae-based biofuel in the cellulosic biofuel producer credit.

Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. David Dreier [R-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2011-03-17	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-03-17	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-03-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB1294 (Related) 2011-06-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1149/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1149/BILLS-112hr1149ih.pdf