H.R. 2187 (119th)Bill Overview

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow the production tax credit…

Taxation|Taxation
Cosponsors
Support
Republican
Introduced
Mar 18, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the investment tax credit and production/clean electricity credits for offshore wind facilities located in the inland navigable waters or the coastal waters of the United States. It modifies sections 45, 45Y, 48, and 48E to exclude such facilities from qualified status.

Why people may split

Left emphasizes climate and jobs losses; right emphasizes subsidy reduction and local impacts.

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly targeted substantive change to the Internal Revenue Code that is mechanically precise in amending specific tax-credit provisions and provides an explicit effective date.

The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the investment tax credit and production/clean electricity credits for offshore wind facilities located in the inland navigable waters or the coastal waters of the United States.

It modifies sections 45, 45Y, 48, and 48E to exclude such facilities from qualified status.

The rule applies to energy produced and property placed in service after December 31, 2025.

Passage25/100

Narrow statutory change but politically sensitive; reduces popular clean-energy incentives and lacks compromise features, lowering enactment chances.

CredibilityPartially aligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly targeted substantive change to the Internal Revenue Code that is mechanically precise in amending specific tax-credit provisions and provides an explicit effective date. It lacks definitional precision for the geographic terms it relies on, omits discussion of transitional or partial-location edge cases, and contains no fiscal-impact or reporting provisions.

Contention70/100

Left emphasizes climate and jobs losses; right emphasizes subsidy reduction and local impacts.

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Federal agencies · Local governmentsFederal agencies

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Federal agenciesReduces federal tax support for nearshore wind, potentially protecting coastal ecosystems and shorelines from developme…
  • Potential benefitMay reduce interference with navigation, commercial fishing, and port operations nearshore.
  • Local governmentsCould preserve coastal views and local tourism interests by discouraging nearshore turbine construction.
Likely burdened
  • Federal agenciesRemoves major federal incentives, likely slowing deployment of offshore wind capacity sited in nearshore waters.
  • Potential burdenMay cause job losses or reduced hiring in construction and manufacturing for affected nearshore projects.
  • Potential burdenIncreases project financing costs and reduces investor certainty for projects in excluded waters.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Left emphasizes climate and jobs losses; right emphasizes subsidy reduction and local impacts.
Progressive10%

Likely to oppose the bill as a restriction on federal support for renewable energy deployment.

They will emphasize harms to U.S. clean energy buildout, climate goals, and related job growth.

Likely resistant
Centrist50%

Mixed view: sees rationale for limiting some subsidies, but worries about climate and economic impacts.

Would look for clearer definitions and measured, evidence-based tradeoffs.

Split reaction
Conservative80%

Likely to support the bill as a sensible rollback of federal subsidies for nearshore offshore wind.

Emphasizes limiting federal spending and protecting navigation, fishing, and coastal property interests.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

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President

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Law

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Passage likelihood25/100

Narrow statutory change but politically sensitive; reduces popular clean-energy incentives and lacks compromise features, lowering enactment chances.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • Precise legal scope of 'inland navigable waters' and 'coastal waters' definitions
  • Absent cost estimate or revenue impact in bill text
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.

06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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Left emphasizes climate and jobs losses; right emphasizes subsidy reduction and local impacts.

Narrow statutory change but politically sensitive; reduces popular clean-energy incentives and lacks compromise features, lowering enactmen…

Unlocked analysis

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly targeted substantive change to the Internal Revenue Code that is mechanically precise in amending specific tax-credit provisions and provides an explici…

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