[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5352 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5352

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote the development 
       of domestic wind energy resources, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 2, 2000

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote the development 
       of domestic wind energy resources, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Winning in New Development for 
Electricity Act'' or ``WIND for Electricity Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM 
              WIND FACILITIES; CLARIFICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.

    (a) Permanent Extension.--Subparagraph (A) of section 45(c)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining qualified facility) is 
amended by striking ``1993, and before January 1, 2002'' and inserting 
``1993''.
    (b) Clarification of Reduction of Credit for Other Credits.--Clause 
(iv) of section 45(b)(3)(A) of such Code (relating to reduction of the 
credit) is amended by inserting ``under this title'' after ``credit 
allowable''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (b) shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 3. TEN-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVE 
              FOR WIND-POWERED GENERATION FACILITIES.

    Subsection (f) of section 1212 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 is 
amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
``No payment may be made under this section to any facility that 
generates electric energy from wind after fiscal year 2023, and no 
payment may be made under this section to any facility after a payment 
has been made with respect to such facility for a 10-fiscal year 
period.''.

SEC. 4. NONDISCRIMINATORY TRANSMISSION SERVICE FOR WIND GENERATION 
              FACILITIES.

    Section 212 of the Federal Power Act, relating to transmission 
service, is amended by inserting after the last subsection (j) the 
following new subsection:
    ``(k) The Commission shall issue such orders so that transmission 
services--
            ``(1) provide equitable allocation of congested capacity 
        among competing users including options such as long-term, non-
        firm transmission agreements, and
            ``(2) achieve nondiscriminatory interconnection of wind 
        generation facilities.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as provided by section 2(c), the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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