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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 649 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that new wind 
turbines located near certain military installations are ineligible for the 
renewable electricity production credit and the energy credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2017 
Mr. COLLINS of New York (for himself, Mr. FARENTHOLD, and Mr. JONES) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure 
that new wind turbines located near certain military in-
stallations are ineligible for the renewable electricity pro-
duction credit and the energy credit. 
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 ‘‘Protection of Military 
Airfields from Wind Turbine Encroachment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NEW WIND TURBINES LOCATED NEAR CERTAIN 
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 45(d) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘Such term’’ and all that follows through the period and 
inserting the following: ‘‘Such term shall not include— 
‘‘(A) any facility with respect to which any 
qualified small wind energy property expendi-
ture (as defined in subsection (d)(4) of section 
25D) is taken into account in determining the 
credit under such section, or 
‘‘(B) any facility which is originally placed 
in service after the date of the enactment of the 
Protection of Military Airfields from Wind Tur-
bine Encroachment Act and is located within a 
50-mile radius of— 
‘‘(i) an airfield or airbase under the 
jurisdiction of a military department which 
is in active use, or 
‘‘(ii) an air traffic control radar site, 
weather radar site, or aircraft navigation 
aid which is— 
‘‘(I) owned or operated by the 
Department of Defense, and 
‘‘(II) a permanent land-based 
structure at a fixed location.’’. 
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(b) QUALIFIED SMALL WIND ENERGY PROPERTY.— 
Paragraph (4) of section 48(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D), and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘qualified 
small wind energy property’ shall not include 
any property which is originally placed in serv-
ice after the date of the enactment of the Pro-
tection of Military Airfields from Wind Turbine 
Encroachment Act and is located within a 50- 
mile radius of any property described in clause 
(i) or (ii) of section 45(d)(1)(B).’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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