# 115-hr-4636: Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017

115-hr-4636, Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4636
- Congress: 115
- Title: Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2017-12-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credits for producing electricity from wind, geothermal energy, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities; (2) repeal the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells; (3) repeal the tax deduction for income attributable to the production, refining, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any primary product thereof; and (4) repeal the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells.

## Cosponsors (21)

- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

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- 115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-5087: Assault Weapons Ban of 2018
- 115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017
- 115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017
- 115-hr-3222: Do No Harm Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-4636 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4636)

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- [115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6135)
- [115-hr-5087: Assault Weapons Ban of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5087)
- [115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4240)
- [115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3440)
- [115-hr-3222: Do No Harm Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3222)
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