H.R.6049 - Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. view all titles (9)

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  • Popular: Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 as reported to house.
  • Short: Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 as passed senate.

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09/24/08
Selling in Energy Conversion Devices May Be Overdone With Senate ...

After the Senate finished grilling the Wall Street bailout triumvirate of Bernanke, Paulson, and Cox, it got to work passing HR 6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, aka the Investment Tax Credit (ITC). ...

09/24/08
House, Senate Pass Differing Mental Health Parity Bills

The Senate, which saw a previous stand-alone bill go down to defeat at the hands of a Republican filibuster on July 30, overwhelmingly passed (by a 93-2 margin) energy and tax legislation, HR 6049, that included identical mental health ...

09/24/08
CHPP Daily Brief - September 24, 2008

The Baucus-Grassley Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 (HR 6049) would extend clean energy tax incentives and be fully offset by incoming revenues. Solar energy investment tax credits would be extended for eight years, ...

09/24/08
JOHN McCAIN'S GAME OF POLITICS - LET'S SUSPEND JOHN McCAIN'S ...

HR 6049, NV, Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (52 - 44). 06/10/2008, Increasing Taxes on Profits, Rescinding Certain Tax Deductions, and Increasing Tax Incentives for Alternative Energy Programs for Oil Companies ...

Source: ilovemylife
09/24/08
Tax Credit Bill for Solar Energy

After reaching an agreement last week on the renewable energy credits, the Senate is expected to consider and vote on HR 6049 as early as today. Senators Baucus and Grassley are expected to first offer the energy tax amendment to HR ...

09/24/08
Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act Amendments Approved by the ...

The Senate Amendments [Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 and Tax Extenders and Alterntive Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008] to HR 6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 (REJCA) passed 93-2 in the Senate on Sept ...

09/24/08
House takes up Senate-passed tax break package

... for the more recent victims of hurricanes in Texas and Louisiana. It requires private insurance plans that offer mental health benefits to offer benefits equivalent to those of medical-surgical treatments. ___. The bill is HR 6049.

09/24/08
Tax Extenders Pass Senate, Head to House

The Senate used the previous House-passed tax extender bill (HR 6049) as a shell, amending it in two pieces, first with the energy tax provisions and then the AMT patch and other tax extenders. An amendment to add a fully offset $17 ...

09/24/08
Congress Moves Parity Forward!

House and Senate leaders must now resolve how to move parity forward - whether as an amendment to the "must pass" tax extenders legislation (HR 6049) as the Senate prefers, or as a free-standing bill as the House prefers. ...

09/24/08
Today in Washington DC - Sept 24, 2008

Yesterday, the Senate passed a compromise tax extenders package (HR 6049) by a vote of 93-2. The bill extends “the research tax credit, deductions for tuition and education expenses, and deductions for sales tax in states without income ...

09/24/08
Senate Passes Tax Extenders, AMT Legislation

The Senate overwhelmingly voted to approve an alternative minimum tax (AMT) relief and extenders bill (HR 6049) on September 23, paving the way for House lawmakers to decide whether the partially offset tax measure will reach the ...

Source: Tax News
09/24/08
Renewable Energy Tax Extenders Bill (HR 6049) Passes Senate 93-2

The bill, HR 6049 (Senate Substitute, Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008, [See WIMS 9/22/08] extends the placed-in service date for the credit through December 31, 2009 in the case of wind and refined coal, and through December 31, ...

Source: eNewsUSA
09/24/08
Senate Extends & Improves Solar Tax Credits

The amendment to HR 6049, the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, to extend renewable energy tax credits passed by a vote of 93 to 2. SEIA expects the Senate will complete votes on other amendments and pass HR 6049 later today ...

09/24/08
House Votes on HR 6049

HR 6049 (Adobe pdf) has a lot of good benefits in it. In a phone interview with Kate Smolski who is the Senior Legislative Coordinator for Green Peaces Global Warming Campaign; Smolski advises that the bill is positively beneficial to ...

09/24/08
ATR Will Rate Against House Extenders

AGAINST HOUSE AMENDMENT TO HR 6049, THE EXTENDERS PACKAGE PLUS TAX HIKES. Today, the US House of Representatives will be considering an amendment to the Senate extenders bill. By curtailing the length of the extenders by one year and ...

09/24/08
Credits where credits are due: Senate passes renewable tax credits ...

“[T]he increased global warming pollution and destruction of important wildlife habitat that would result from the oil shale, tar sands, and CTL provisions in HR6049 outweigh the benefits of [the bill’s] clean energy incentives,” wrote ...

09/24/08
Senators Stevens and Murkowski Vote to Increase Education Funding ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today voted to extend the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Act and to approve the Mental Health Parity Act as part of HR 6049, the Renewable Energy and Job ...

09/24/08
American Wind Energy Association Statement on Senate Renewable ...

With more than 100000 jobs and billions of dollars in clean energy investment at risk, we urge all members of the Senate to vote yes on the Baucus-Grassley Amendment to HR 6049 and on final passage of this important legislation. ...

09/24/08
Wind Production Incentives

The bill, HR 6049, also would create a new investment tax credit for purchases of small wind systems used to power homes, farms and small businesses. Next, the bill must be approved by the full House of Representatives in a vote late ...

09/24/08
MegaVote for NC’s 11th Congressional District: Sep. 22, 2008

Upcoming Votes. Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 - HR6049 The Senate is scheduled to take up this bill to extend temporary tax provisions that expired at the end of 2007. ...

09/24/08
Substantial Authority Standard change in law

Rangel today introduced HR 6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008. This bill would amend Senate-passed legislation to ensure that tax incentives provided to encourage renewable energy and energy conservation fit within ...

09/24/08
Senate Shines Light on Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008

After eight attempts, the Senate finally passed HR 6049, the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 with a resounding bipartisan vote of 93 to 2. It now returns to the House, which is expected to act quickly reconcile the Senate ...

09/24/08
Extended Tax Credits Should Cause Solar Stocks to Heat Up

After the Senate finished grilling the Wall Street bailout triumvirate of Bernanke, Paulson, and Cox, it got to work passing HR 6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, aka the Investment Tax Credit [ITC]. ...

09/24/08
Republican dogma

23, 2008, debating the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (HR 6049), arguing against tax increases to offset the cost of the lost revenue. "Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is cautioning against playing politics with the current crisis in ...

Source: Pilgrim Eye
09/24/08
Solar Stocks Warm Up After Senate Backs Tax Credit Plan

He notes that there is some risk in that approach; he points out that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has warned the House against breaking the bill into pieces, asserting that the current version, HR 6049, is the only formulation of ...

09/24/08
Renewable Energy Tax Credits

HR 6049: The Massive Solar Profits Act. Extending the tax credits was once a contentious partisan issue, failing eight times, mostly due to Republican filibusters. But it's not contentious or partisan anymore. With an election looming, ...

09/24/08
Green victory from senate bill proposal

The amended proposal replaced the HR 6049 energy tax legislation approved in the House of Representatives earlier this year. “This bill’s energy tax incentives will spark clean, homegrown sources of power and thousands of good-paying ...

Source: ExoChem
09/24/08
Selling in Energy Conversion Devices May Be Overdone With Senate ...

After the Senate finished grilling the Wall Street bailout triumvirate of Bernanke, Paulson, and Cox, it got to work passing HR 6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, aka the Investment Tax Credit (ITC). ...

09/24/08
Senate Approves Renewable Credit Extender, Fate Hangs in the House

The energy incentives are part of HR 6049 and extend the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and the energy Production Tax Credit (PTC), which would give businesses and individuals tax credits for the use of solar, wind, geothermal and ocean ...

09/24/08
News:Sept. 2008:US Senate Passes Energy Bill

Summary: HR 6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, will provide approximately $18 billion of tax incentives for investment in renewable energy, carbon capture and sequestration demonstration projects, energy efficiency ...

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