H.R. 6474

Summary

H.R. 6474, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of the increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates, was introduced in the House on Dec 4, 2025 by Rep. Dan Newhouse (R) with 3 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Dec 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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H.R. 6474 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 HR 6474 IH: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of the increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-04
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6474  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 4, 2025   Mr. Newhouse  (for himself,  Mr. Fleischmann , and  Ms. Tenney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of the increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates.
1.
Expansion of meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates
(a)
Increased renewable electricity production credit rate
 Section 45(b)(11)(B)(iv)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting  or non-metropolitan statistical area  after  a metropolitan statistical area .
(b)
Increased clean electricity investment credit rate
Section 48E(a)(3)(A)(i) of such Code is amended by striking  , as applied without regard to clause (iv) thereof .
(c)
Effective dates
(1)
Increased renewable electricity production credit rate
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in section 70512(f)(1) of  Public Law 119–21 .
(2)
Increased clean electricity investment credit rate
The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in section 70512(f)(2) of  Public Law 119–21 .

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of the increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates.

Sponsors

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R) sponsors H.R. 6474, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Dan Newhouse

Rep. · R–WA-4 · Sponsor

Introduced Dec 4, 2025

Charles Fleischmann

Rep. · R–TN-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 4, 2025 · Original

Claudia Tenney

Rep. · R–NY-24 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 4, 2025 · Original

Pat Harrigan

Rep. · R–NC-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 12, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 6474 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Dec 4, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6474 has taken 2 actions since Dec 4, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 6474 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6474 goes by 2 titles.

• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of the increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates. — Official Title as Introduced
• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of the increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates. — Display Title

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 10 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6474 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Trade (domestic/foreign).

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6474 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6474’s is Taxation.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com