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111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3855
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 28, 2010
Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Sanders) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the issuance of new clean renewable energy bonds and to terminate eligibility of governmental bodies to issue such bonds, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Clean Renewable Energy Investment Act
of 2010
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New clean energy renewable bonds
Repeal of limitation on amount of bonds designated
Section 54C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (c).
Termination
Subsection (a) of section 54C of such Code
is amended by striking and
at the end of paragraph (2), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (3), and by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
such bond is issued before January 1, 2014.
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Rules relating to expenditures
In general
Paragraph (1) of section 54C(a) of such Code is amended
by inserting and meet the requirements of subsection (c)
before
the comma at the end.
Requirements
Section 54C of such Code (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
Rules relating to expenditures
An issue shall be treated as meeting the requirements of this subsection if, as of the date of issuance of such issue, the issuer reasonably expects—
95 percent or more of the available project proceeds to be spent for 1 or more purposes specified in subsection (a)(1) within the 3-year period beginning on such date of issuance, and
a binding commitment with a third party to spend at least 10 percent of such available project proceeds will be incurred within the 6-month period beginning on such date of issuance.
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Governmental bodies not eligible
Section 54C of such Code, as amended by the preceding provisions of this section, is amended—
in subsection (a)
by striking governmental bodies, public power providers, or cooperative
electric companies
and inserting public power providers, tribal
utilities, or cooperative electric companies
,
in subsection
(d)(1) by striking public power provider, a governmental body, or a
cooperative electric company
and inserting public power
provider, a tribal utility, or a cooperative electric company
,
in subsection (d) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively, and
in subsection
(d)(6), by striking a governmental body,
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Tribal utilities eligible as qualified issuer
In general
Paragraph (5) of section 54C(d) of such Code (as amended
by subsection (d)(3)) is amended by inserting a tribal utility,
after bond lender,
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Tribal utility defined
Subsection (d) of section 54C of such Code (as so amended) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Tribal utility
The term
tribal utility
means any enterprise, agency, authority, or
instrumentality of any Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)) with a
service obligation or right under tribal law and which provides electric
service to
end-users.
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Reimbursement with proceeds of tax credit bonds
Subparagraph (D) of section
54A(d)(2) of such Code is amended by striking for amounts paid
and all that follows and inserting under rules governing obligations the
interest on which is excluded from gross income by section 103.
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Conforming amendment
Section 54A(d)(1) of such Code is amended by adding at
the end the following flush sentence: Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
paragraph (2) shall not apply to an issue of new clean renewable energy
bonds.
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Effective dates
In general
Except as provided by paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Allocations made before date of enactment
The amendments made by subsections (b), (d), and (e) of this section shall not apply to bonds issued after the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to any allocation of new clean renewable energy bond limitation made on or before such date.