IIB 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7980 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

AN ACT 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude 

vehicles the batteries of which contain materials sourced 

from prohibited foreign entities from the clean vehicle 

credit. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Chinese Domi3 nance of Electric Vehicles in America Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM CLEAN VEHICLE CREDIT OF VE5 HICLES CONTAINING MATERIALS SOURCED 

6 FROM PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITIES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30D(d)(7) of the Internal 

8 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(7) EXCLUDED ENTITIES.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 

11 section, the term ‘new clean vehicle’ shall not 

12 include any vehicle— 

13 ‘‘(i) with respect to which any of the 

14 components contained in the drive battery 

15 or any material contained in such a compo16 nent was extracted, processed, recycled, 

17 manufactured, or assembled by a prohib18 ited foreign entity, or 

19 ‘‘(ii) the drive battery of which is de20 signed, manufactured, or produced using 

21 any process attributable to any licensing, 

22 royalty, service, or similar agreement with 

23 a prohibited foreign entity the estimated 

24 total contract cost, including variable, con25 tingent, or sales-based payments, of which 

26 exceeds $5,000,000. 


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1 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITY.—For 

2 purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘pro3 hibited foreign entity’ means— 

4 ‘‘(i) any foreign entity of concern (as 

5 defined in section 40207(a)(5) of the In6 frastructure Investment and Jobs Act), 

7 ‘‘(ii) any entity with respect to which 

8 the government of a covered nation has the 

9 right or power (directly or indirectly) to 

10 appoint or approve the appointment of a 

11 covered officer, or 

12 ‘‘(iii) any entity 25 percent or more of 

13 the capital or profits interests of which are 

14 owned (directly or indirectly) in the aggre15 gate by 1 or more of the following: 

16 ‘‘(I) A covered nation or an enti17 ty described in clause (i) or (ii). 

18 ‘‘(II) A citizen, national, or resi19 dent of a covered nation. 

20 ‘‘(III) An entity organized under 

21 the laws of a covered nation. 

22 ‘‘(C) COVERED OFFICER.—For purposes of 

23 this paragraph, the term ‘covered officer’ 

24 means— 


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1 ‘‘(i) any member of the board of direc2 tors, board of supervisors, or an equivalent 

3 governing body, 

4 ‘‘(ii) the president, senior vice presi5 dent, chief executive officer, chief operating 

6 officer, chief financial officer, or general 

7 counsel, or 

8 ‘‘(iii) any individual who performs du9 ties usually associated with a title listed in 

10 clause (i) or (ii). 

11 ‘‘(D) COVERED NATION.—For purposes of 

12 this paragraph, the term ‘covered nation’ has 

13 the meaning given such term in section 4872(d) 

14 of title 10, United States Code. 

15 ‘‘(E) DRIVE BATTERY.—For purposes of 

16 this paragraph, the term ‘drive battery’ means, 

17 with respect to a vehicle, the battery from 

18 which the electric motor of such vehicle draws 

19 electricity.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 this section shall apply to vehicles placed in service after 

3 the date of enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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