United States 118th Congress Status: Died Bipartisan · 6 R · 4 D cosponsors

HR 3690 — Financing Our Energy Future Act

Last action — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Summary

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels, and for other purposes.

Bill Text

Sections of law this bill changes

1 section in 1 law

From the bill's own amending language, matched to the official United States Code (current through Public Law 119-124).

Definitions · 26 U.S.C. ch. 79 1 section
  • § 7704 Certain publicly traded partnerships treated as corporations Amends

    26 U.S.C. § 7704 — at 7704(d)(1)(E)

    The law today

    (a) General rule For purposes of this title, except as provided in subsection (c), a publicly traded partnership shall be treated as a corporation. (b) Publicly traded partnership For purposes of this section, the term “publicly traded partnership” means any partnership if— (1) interests in such partnership are traded on an established securities market, or (2) interests in such partnership are readily tradable on a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof). (c) Exception for partnerships with passive-type income (1) In general Subsection (a) shall not apply to any publicly traded partnership for any taxable year if such partnership met the gross income requirements of paragraph (2) for such taxable year and each preceding taxable year beginning after December 31, 1987, during which the partnership (or any predecessor) was in existence. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a partnership shall not be treated as being in existence during any period before the 1st taxable year in which such partnership (or a predecessor) was a publicly traded partnership. (2) Gross income requirements A partnership meets the gross income requirements of this paragraph for any taxable year if 90 percent or more of the gross income of such partnership for such taxable year consists of qualifying income. (3) Exception not to apply to certain partnerships which could qualify as regulated investment companies This subsection shall not apply to any partnership which would be described in section 851(a) if such partnership were a domestic corporation. To the extent provided in regulations, the preceding sentence shall not apply to any partnership a principal activity of which is the buying and selling of commodities (not described in section 1221(a)(1)), or options, futures, or forwards with respect to commodities. (d) Qualifying income For purposes of this section— (1) In general Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the term “qualifying income” means— (A) interest, (B) dividends, (C) real property rents, (D) gain from the sale or other disposition of real property (including property described in section 1221(a)(1)), (E) income and gains derived from— (i) the exploration, development, mining or production, processing, refining, transportation (including pipelines transporting gas, oil, or products thereof), or the marketing of any mineral or natural resource (including fertilizer, geothermal energy, and timber), or industrial source carbon dioxide, (ii) the transportation or storage of— (I) any fuel described in subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), or (k) of section 6426, or any alcohol fuel defined in section 6426(b)(4)(A) or any biodiesel fuel as defined in section 40A(d)(1) or sustainable aviation fuel as defined in section 40B(d)(1), or (II) liquified hydrogen or compressed hydrogen, (iii) in the case of a qualified facility (as defined in section 45Q(d), without regard to any date by which construction of the facility or equipment is required to begin) not less than 50 percent of the total carbon oxide production of which is qualified carbon oxide (as defined in section 45Q(c))— (I) the generation, availability for such generation, or storage of electric power at such facility, or (II) the capture of carbon dioxide by such facility, (iv) the production of electricity from any advanced nuclear facility (as defined in section 45J(d)(2)), (v) the production of electricity or thermal energy exclusively using a qualified energy resource described in subparagraph (D) or (H) of section 45(c)(1), or (vi) the operation of energy property described in clause (iii) or (vii) of section 48(a)(3)(A) (determined without regard to any requirement under such section with respect to the date on which construction of property begins). (F) any gain from the sale or disposition of a capital asset (or property described in section 1231(b)) held for the production of income described in any of the foregoing subparagraphs of this paragraph, and...

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Also cites: 7 U.S.C. § 8102

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The bill adds new definitions and provisions related to energy public traded partnerships in the Internal Revenue Code, specifically referencing biobased products.

  • 7 U.S.C. 8102(b)

    None → is approved to use the USDA Certified Biobased Product label under section 9002(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102(b)),

    This adds a requirement for renewable chemicals to be approved for the USDA Certified Biobased Product label to qualify as a renewable chemical.

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Sponsors

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 3690 do?
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels, and for other purposes.
Who sponsors HR 3690?
HR 3690 is sponsored by Thompson, Mike (Democratic), Fletcher, Lizzie (Democratic), LaHood, Darin (Republican), Van Duyne, Beth (Republican), Miller, Carol D. (Republican), Kelly, Mike (Republican), Carey, Mike (Republican), DelBene, Suzan K. (Democratic), Pascrell, Bill (Democratic), and Estes, Ron (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 3690?
This bill died with 118th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HR 3690?
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