Incentivizing Renewable Energy Production Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6552
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2008-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Animals
Authorization
Biomass energy
Cellulose
Coal
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fuel cells
Government Operations and Politics
Government vehicles
Income tax
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Liquefied natural gas
Livestock
Methane
Natural gas
Natural gas vehicles
Petroleum
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse as fuel
Research and development tax credit
Science, Technology, Communications
Service stations
Tax credits
Taxation
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: 
Incentivizing Renewable Energy Production Act of 2008 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to allow loan guarantees for closed-loop ethanol plants. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for the production of livestock-derived renewable energy; (2) allow an increased tax credit for research expenses relating to any clean-burning fuel and closed-loop system (including any anaerobic digester); (3) allow a tax credit for the production of biomaterials from certain renewable resources; and (4) increase the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures.

Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to: (1) require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to support development in biofuel technologies; and (2) authorize appropriations through FY2019 for the grant program for the production of advanced biofuels.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make publicly available at least 100 hydrogen fueling pumps at retail gas stations by 2014 in specified regions of the United States. 

Authorizes appropriations for the purchase of fuel cell vehicles by the federal government in FY2012-FY2014.

Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require committee reports to include a domestic energy impact statement prepared by the Comptroller General. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House