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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · May 13, 1999
Comprehensive Electricity Competition Tax Act - Title I: Amendments to Internal Revenue Code - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to tax-exempt private activity bonds to declare that the determination whether any electric output facility bond issued before enactment of this Act (pre-effective date electric output facility bond) is a private activity bond shall be made without regard to any specified permissible competitive action taken by the issuer. Requires such a bond not to be a private activity bond or industrial development bond as of the date of enactment of this Act. Makes this Act inapplicable to any qualified refunding bond meeting certain criteria which is issued to refund a pre-effective date electric output facility bond if the net proceeds of the refunding bond are used within 90 days of issuance to redeem the refunded bond. Qualifies for tax exemption private activity bonds for electric output facilities issued after enactment of this Act, excluding any part of an issue for distribution property that operates at 69 kilovolts or less. Modifies special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs to eliminate cost-of-service as the maximum which a taxpayer may pay into a Nuclear Decommissioning Fund. Includes any distributed power property within 15-year depreciation property. Establishes an eight percent investment credit for combined heat and power (CHP) system property placed in service in calendar years 2000 through 2002. Precludes any carryback of the energy credit prior to the effective date of this Act, except for solar and geothermal energy property.
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Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R–AK
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Subcommittee on Long-term Growth, Debt Reduction. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5288-5292)
Introduced in Senate
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