American Jobs in Energy Manufacturing Act of 2021

1/11/2023, 1:47 PM

American Jobs in Energy Manufacturing Act of 2021

This bill revises the definition of qualifying advanced energy project for purposes of the tax credit for such project. Specifically, the bill expands the definition to include property designed to produce energy from water, property designed to produce energy conservation technologies, light-, medium-, or heavy-duty electric or fuel cell vehicles, certain hybrid vehicles, and manufacturing facilities designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The definition also includes projects located in a census tract in which a coal mine closed after 1999 and in which a coal-fired electric generating unit was retired after 2009, and provides additional credit allocations for projects to retool, expand, or build new facilities that make or recycle energy-related products, and for projects in communities where coal mines have closed or coal-fired electric units have been retired.

Congress
117

Number
S - 622

Introduced on
2021-03-09

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

3/9/2021

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

American Jobs in Energy Manufacturing Act of 2021

This bill revises the definition of qualifying advanced energy project for purposes of the tax credit for such project. Specifically, the bill expands the definition to include property designed to produce energy from water, property designed to produce energy conservation technologies, light-, medium-, or heavy-duty electric or fuel cell vehicles, certain hybrid vehicles, and manufacturing facilities designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The definition also includes projects located in a census tract in which a coal mine closed after 1999 and in which a coal-fired electric generating unit was retired after 2009, and provides additional credit allocations for projects to retool, expand, or build new facilities that make or recycle energy-related products, and for projects in communities where coal mines have closed or coal-fired electric units have been retired.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the qualifying advanced energy project credit.

Policy Areas
Taxation

Potential Impact
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Solid waste and recycling

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary11/17/2021

American Jobs in Energy Manufacturing Act of 2021

This bill revises the definition of qualifying advanced energy project for purposes of the tax credit for such project. Specifically, the bill expands the definiti...


Latest Action3/9/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.