To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage investment in facilities which use woody biomass to produce electricity.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for up to 20 percent of the basis of qualified woody biomass energy property placed in service in any taxable year. Defines "qualified woody biomass energy property" as new property which is used to produce electricity from woody biomass (e.g., trees and woody plant debris) placed in service before January 1, 2010, and which has a useful life of not less than five years.