United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 17 (109th)
Residential Solar Energy Tax Credit Act
Introduced
4 January 2005
Last action
20 April 2005 · Introduced
Status
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2205)
Sponsors
Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5], Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6], GENE GREEN, Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2], Ed Case, Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1], Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15], Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2], LAMAR SMITH
Subjects
Energy, Taxation
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Residential Solar Energy Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit through tax year 2010 for residential solar energy property equal to the sum of: (1) 15 percent of the taxpayer's qualified photovoltaic property expenditures during the taxable year; and (2) 15 percent of the taxpayer's qualified solar water heating property expenditures during the same year. Limits the amount of such credit to $2,000.
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Timeline
4 January 2005
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
20 April 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2205)
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 4 January 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 4 January 2005
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 4 January 2005
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 4 January 2005
Sponsors
- Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] · R · Cosponsor
- GENE GREEN · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
- Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Ed Case · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] · R · Cosponsor
- LAMAR SMITH · R · Cosponsor
- · hswm00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/17
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/17
- us · 109-hr-17 · source updated 15 August 2025