US Congress House Bill 3460 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 31 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-09-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment 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. 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. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-09-08		Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
2009-07-31		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-07-31		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-07-31		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.

SB1250 (Related) 2009-06-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6557)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3460/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3460/BILLS-111hr3460ih.pdf