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| http://reichert.house.gov/press-release/reichert-blumenaur-introduce-bill-strengthen-use-energy-efficient-commercial-buildings | Reichert, Blumenauer introduce bill to strengthen use of the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction | 2016-12-07 | 2016 | 2016-12 | Republican | House | WA | Dave Reichert | R000578 | reichert.house.gov | legacy | Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released the following statement after introducing H.R. 6376, a bill to strengthen and incentivize the use of the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction found in Section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code. Specifically, the bill ensures that non-profits and tribal governments can benefit from the deduction just like federal, state, and local government building owners do. “Non-profit schools, hospitals, community organizations, and tribal community centers should be allowed to focus on the important services they provide to residents in Washington State and people around the country,” said Congressman Dave Reichert. “By reducing their energy bills and construction costs, this legislation will help ease the financial concerns faced by many of these entities and allow them to better serve the people who count on them. I thank my colleagues for joining me in introducing this important, bipartisan bill.” “Improving energy efficiency saves money and reduces pollution,” said Congressman Earl Blumenauer. “By strengthening incentives for energy efficiency, we can help our organizations cut costs and protect the environment.” Background: Since becoming law in 2005, 179D has proven to be an effective policy for investment in design and installation of energy efficient systems and structures benefitting consumers across the country. This simple, common-sense bill makes several important improvements to enhance and promote the use of 179D. First, it expands the current law allocation provision to cover tribal governments and non-profits. Under current law, a public building owner may allocate the deduction to the primary designer of the property. Our bill expands this provision to allow non-profit and tribal government building owners to do the same. Second, the bill ensures that S corporations and partnerships receive the full benefit of an allocated deduction. Finally, the bill makes the deduction more compatible with the low-income housing tax credit thereby encouraging the construction of energy efficient affordable housing. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |