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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jan 25, 2011
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new energy tax credit for investment in equipment that: (1) uses prismatic or other lenses, glazing, reflectors, or concentrators to convey or diffuse natural light into a structure or that uses a highly reflective light pipe which has a solar collection component and a distribution lens at the ends to transport visible solar radiation from its collection point to illuminate the interior of a structure, and (2) integrates automotic lighting controls to adjust traditionally powered lighting to satisfy building lighting requirements.
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Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D–WI
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S227-228)
Introduced in Senate
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