Legislation sponsored on April 23 by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) — developed in partnership with the North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) — would restore specific energy and efficiency tax incentives to help lower costs, bolster domestic supply chains, drive long-term investment in American energy infrastructure, and support good-paying union jobs.
“This bill is a pro-worker, pro-growth, pro-America solution that will help drive investment, strengthen domestic energy production, expand affordability, and ensure the next chapter of American growth is built here at home by American workers,” Rep. Fitzpatrick said.
The congressman introduced the American Energy Dominance Act, H.R. 8477, alongside three original GOP cosponsors, including U.S. Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH), to reverse certain energy-related modifications enacted by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Under the current law, incentives such as 179D and 45L are scheduled to expire on June 30. For capital-intensive sectors, a shortened policy horizon disrupts planning and raises the risk that critical projects are delayed, scaled back, or never built at all, according to Rep. Fitzpatrick.
“If America wants to lower costs, strengthen its energy supply, and build with confidence for the future, then we need a policy framework strong enough to support the scale of that work,” said Rep. Fitzpatrick. “That means certainty. When the rules are unstable, projects stall, hiring slows, investment hesitates, and the people counting on progress pay the price.
“The men and women of NABTU understand that better than anyone because they are the ones building America’s future with their hands, skill, and grit,” he added.
If enacted, H.R. 8477 would restore the 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction without a scheduled expiration; extend the 45L New Energy Efficient Home Credit through Dec. 31, 2032; extend the 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Credit construction deadline from Jan. 1, 2028, to Jan. 1, 2033; and preserve long-term certainty for the 45Y Clean Electricity Production Credit and 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit to help bring more affordable power online, support job creation, and strengthen domestic energy supply.
H.R. 8477, which is supported by NABTU, has been referred for consideration to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee.