I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3834 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance incentives for 
renewable energy development in high job-loss zones in metropolitan 
and micropolitan statistical areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. HIGGINS (for himself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MASSA, Ms. MOORE of Wis-
consin, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. LEE of New York, and Mr. HOLT) introduced 
the following bill; which was 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance 
incentives for renewable energy development in high job- 
loss zones in metropolitan and micropolitan statistical 
areas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green Energy Invest-
ment Zone Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN INCENTIVES RELATING TO ALTER-
NATIVE ENERGY PROPERTIES IN HIGH JOB- 
LOSS AREAS. 
(a) INVESTMENT
TAX
CREDITS
(OTHER
THAN 
QUALIFIED FACILITIES).—Paragraph (2) of section 48(a) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR ENERGY PROP-
ERTY LOCATED IN HIGH JOB-LOSS ZONES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any 
energy property placed in service in a 
green energy investment zone after the 
date of the enactment of this subpara-
graph, subparagraph (A) shall be ap-
plied— 
‘‘(I) by substituting ‘40 percent’ 
for ‘30 percent’ in clause (i) thereof, 
and 
‘‘(II) by substituting ‘20 percent’ 
for ‘10 percent’ in clause (ii) thereof. 
‘‘(ii) GREEN
ENERGY
INVESTMENT 
ZONE.—For purposes of paragraph (1), 
the term ‘green energy investment zone’ 
means an eligible city located within a high 
job-loss metropolitan statistical area or a 
high job-loss micropolitan statistical area. 
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‘‘(iii) ELIGIBLE CITY.—For purposes 
of clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) 
METROPOLITAN
STATIS-
TICAL AREA.—The term ‘eligible city’ 
means, with respect to a metropolitan 
statistical area, any city in such area 
which has a population of at least 
50,000. 
‘‘(II) 
MICROPOLITAN
STATIS-
TICAL AREA.—The term ‘eligible city’ 
means, with respect to a micropolitan 
statistical area, any city in such area 
which has a population of at least 
10,000. 
For purposes of this subparagraph, popu-
lation shall be determined using the 2000 
census. 
‘‘(D) HIGH-JOB
LOSS.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (C)— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘high- 
job loss’ with respect to a metropolitan or 
a micropolitan statistical area, as the case 
may be, means an area designated by the 
Secretary as being among the lowest 1⁄3 of 
all metropolitan or micropolitan statistical 
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areas, as the case may be, on the basis 
of— 
‘‘(I) the economic conditions re-
ferred to in clause (ii), 
‘‘(II) the residential economic 
well-being factors referred to in clause 
(iii), and 
‘‘(III) a comparison of changes 
from 1990 and 2000 (on the basis of 
the 1990 and 2000 censuses) regard-
ing— 
‘‘(aa) employment, 
‘‘(bb) wages, 
‘‘(cc) 
gross 
metropolitan 
product or gross micropolitan 
product, as the case may be, and 
‘‘(dd) 
gross 
metropolitan 
product 
per 
job 
or 
gross 
micropolitan product per job, as 
the case may be. 
‘‘(ii) ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS.—The 
economic conditions referred to in this 
clause are growth in— 
‘‘(I) employment, 
‘‘(II) annual payroll, and 
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‘‘(III) business establishments. 
‘‘(iii) RESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC WELL- 
BEING
FACTORS.—The residential eco-
nomic well-being factors referred to in the 
clause are— 
‘‘(I) per capita income, 
‘‘(II) median household income, 
‘‘(III) poverty rate, 
‘‘(IV) unemployment rate, and 
‘‘(V) labor force participation 
rate.’’. 
(b) ELECTION TO TREAT QUALIFIED FACILITIES AS 
ENERGY PROPERTY.—Paragraph (5) of section 48(a) of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) SPECIAL RULE FOR FACILITIES LO-
CATED IN HIGH JOB-LOSS ZONES.—In the case 
of any qualified investment credit facility placed 
in service in a green energy investment zone (as 
defined in paragraph (2)(C)(ii)) after the date 
of the enactment of this subparagraph, sub-
paragraph (A) shall be applied by substituting 
‘40 percent’ for ‘30 percent’ in clause (ii) there-
of.’’. 
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(c) ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN RE-
NEWABLE RESOURCES, ETC.—Section 45 of such Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR FACILITIES LOCATED IN 
HIGH JOB-LOSS ZONES.—In the case of electricity pro-
duced by a qualified facility placed in service in a high 
job loss metropolitan statistical area or micropolitan sta-
tistical area after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, the amount in effect under subsection (a)(1) for 
a taxable year (without regard to this subsection) shall 
be increased by 0.5 cents. For the preceding sentence, the 
term ‘high job loss’ with respect to a metropolitan statis-
tical area and a micropolitan statistical area has the 
meaning given such term by section 48(a)(2)(D).’’. 
(d) GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED ENERGY PROPERTY IN 
LIEU OF PRODUCTION CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 
1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act 
of 2009 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
SPECIFIED
ENERGY 
PROPERTY LOCATED IN HIGH JOB-LOSS ZONES.—In 
the case of any specified energy property placed in 
service in a green energy investment zone (as de-
fined in section 48(a)(2)(C)(ii)) after the date of the 
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enactment of this paragraph, paragraph (2) shall be 
applied— 
‘‘(A) by substituting ‘40 percent’ for ‘30 
percent’ in subparagraph (A) thereof, and 
‘‘(B) by substituting ‘20 percent’ for ‘10 
percent’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.’’. 
(e) NONBUSINESS ENERGY PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 
25C of such Code is amended by adding at the end 
the following flush sentence: 
‘‘In the case of any such improvement or property which 
was manufactured in a green energy investment zone (as 
defined in section 48(a)(2)(C)(ii)) after the date of the 
enactment of this sentence, the preceding sentence shall 
be applied by substituting ‘40 percent’ for ‘30 percent’.’’. 
(2) INCREASE IN LIMITATION.—Subsection (b) 
of section 25C of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘$1,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000’’. 
(f) RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENT PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 
25D of such Code is amended by adding at the end 
the following flush sentence: 
‘‘In the case of property manufactured in a green energy 
investment zone (as defined in section 48(a)(2)(C)(ii)) 
after the date of the enactment of this sentence, the pre-
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ceding sentence shall be applied by substituting ‘40 per-
cent’ for ‘30 percent’ each place it appears.’’. 
(2) INCREASE IN LIMITATION.—Paragraph (1) 
of section 25D(b) of such Code is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$500’’ and inserting ‘‘$750’’. 
(g) QUALIFYING
ADVANCED
ENERGY
PROJECT 
CREDIT.—Paragraph (3) of section 48C(d) of such Code 
is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(A), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph 
(B) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after subpara-
graph (B) the following: 
‘‘(C) shall take into consideration whether 
the project is located in a green energy invest-
ment 
zone 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
48(a)(2)(C)(ii)).’’. 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) INCREASE
IN
LIMITATIONS.—The amend-
ments made by subsections (e)(2) and (f)(2) shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
2008. 
Æ 
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