BTU Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3251
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-14
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources

Business investment and capital

Energy efficiency and conservation

Income tax credits

Lighting, heating, cooling

Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2021 or the BTU Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill expands the 30% energy tax credit to include open-loop biomass heating property and extends the residential energy efficient property tax credit for five years. </p> <p>The bill defines <em>open-loop biomass heating property</em> as any property that uses open-loop biomass to produce thermal energy in the form of heat, hot water, hot air, or steam and is used for space heating, air conditioning, domestic hot water, or industrial process heat, but does not include any boiler or furnace unless they operate at thermal output efficiencies of at least 75% and are installed indoors.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3251 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2021 Ms. Kuster (for herself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Welch , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Garamendi , and Mr. Pappas ) 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 include biomass heating appliances in the energy credit and to extent the credit for residential energy efficient property.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2021 or the BTU Act of 2021 . 2. Investment tax credit for biomass heating property (a) In general Section 48(a)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by striking or at the end of clause (vii), (2) by adding or at the end of clause (viii), and (3) and by inserting after clause (viii) the following new clause: (ix) open-loop biomass heating property (within the meaning of section 45(c)(3)) heating property, including boilers or furnaces that operate at thermal output efficiencies of not less than 75 percent (measured by the lower heating value of the fuel at nominal output), that are installed indoors, and that provide thermal energy in the form of heat, hot water, or steam for space heating, air conditioning, domestic hot water, or industrial process heat, . (b) Open-Loop biomass heating property defined Section 48(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Open-loop biomass heating property (A) In general The term open-loop biomass heating property means any property which— (i) uses open-loop biomass (as defined in section 45(c)(3)) to produce thermal energy in the form of heat, hot water, hot air, or steam, and (ii) is used for space heating, air conditioning, domestic hot water, industrial process heat, or any combination of the foregoing. (B) Requirements for boilers and furnaces Such term shall not include any boiler or furnace unless such boiler or furnace— (i) operates at thermal output efficiencies of not less than 75 percent (measured by the lower heating value of the fuel at nominal output), and (ii) is installed indoors. . (c) Energy percentage Section 48(a)(2)(A)(i) of such Code is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of subclause (IV), and (2) by adding at the end the following new subclause: (VI) open-loop biomass heating property, but only with respect to property the construction of which begins before January 1, 2029, and . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to periods after December 31, 2020, in taxable years ending after such date, under rules similar to the rules of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990). 3. Extension of residential energy efficient property credit (a) In general Section 25D(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking December 31, 2023 and inserting December 31, 2028 . (b) Application of phaseout Section 25D(g) of such Code is amended— (1) by striking before January 1, 2023 in paragraph (2) and inserting before January 1, 2022 , (2) by striking and at the end of paragraph (2), (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5) and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs: (3) in the case of property placed in service after December 31, 2021, and before January 1, 2027, 30 percent, (4) in the case of property placed in service after December 31, 2026, and before January 1, 2028, 26 percent, and , and (4) by striking December 31, 2022, and before January 1, 2024 in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) and inserting December 31, 2027, and before January 1, 2029 . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to expenditures made after the date of the enactment of this Act.