A bill to temporarily suspend the clean electricity production credit to support the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Tom Cotton

Republican · AR · Senator

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

2026-03-20

Source: Congress.gov

This bill would pause a tax credit that encourages companies to produce clean electricity from sources like wind and solar, temporarily redirecting the money that would have gone to those credits toward filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (the government's emergency stockpile of oil). The suspension would affect renewable energy companies and investors who currently benefit from the tax incentive, while freeing up federal funds for oil purchases.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4158 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4158 To temporarily suspend the clean electricity production credit to support the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 20, 2026 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To temporarily suspend the clean electricity production credit to support the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CLEAN ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION CREDIT. (a) In General.--Section 45Y of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(i) Suspension During Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027.--This section shall not apply with respect to any electricity produced during the period beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2027.''. (b) Transfer to SPR Petroleum Account.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit into the SPR Petroleum Account established under section 167(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247(a)) amounts equal to the increase in revenues to the Treasury by reason of the amendment made by subsection (a). <all>

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