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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3367 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 

credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 28, 2009 

Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. PETERS, and Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 

and modify the credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Heavy Duty Hybrid 

5 Truck Incentives Improvement Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NEW QUALIFIED HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE CREDIT. 

7 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (k) of section 30B of 

8 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 


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1 ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

2 2014’’. 

3 (b) QUALIFIED INCREMENTAL HYBRID COST.— 

4 Clause (iii) of section 30B(d)(2)(B) of such Code is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘does not exceed—’’ and all that fol6 lows and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘does not exceed— 

8 ‘‘(I) $15,000, if such vehicle has 

9 a gross vehicle weight rating of not 

10 more than 14,000 pounds, 

11 ‘‘(II) $30,000, if such vehicle has 

12 a gross vehicle weight rating of more 

13 than 14,000 pounds but not more 

14 than 26,000 pounds, 

15 ‘‘(III) $60,000, if such vehicle 

16 has a gross vehicle weight rating of 

17 more than 26,000 pounds but not 

18 more than 33,000 pounds, and 

19 ‘‘(IV) $100,000, if such vehicle 

20 has a gross vehicle weight rating more 

21 than 33,000 pounds.’’. 

22 (c) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE FOR HEAVY TRUCKS

23 ACHIEVING 20 PERCENT INCREASE IN CITY FUEL ECON24 OMY.—Clause (ii) of section 30B(d)(2)(B) of such Code 

25 is amended by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), and (III) 


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1 as subclauses (II), (III), and (IV), respectively, and by in2 serting before subclause (II) (as so redesignated) the fol3 lowing new subclause: 

4 ‘‘(I) 10 percent in the case of a 

5 vehicle to which clause (iii)(IV) ap6 plies if such vehicle achieves an in7 crease in city fuel economy relative to 

8 a comparable vehicle of at least 20 

9 percent but less than 30 percent.’’. 

10 (d) DOLLAR LIMITATION.—Subparagraph (B) of sec11 tion 30B(d)(2) of such Code is amended by adding at the 

12 end the following: 

13 ‘‘(vi) LIMITATION.—The amount al14 lowed as a credit under subsection (a)(3) 

15 with respect to a vehicle by reason of 

16 clause (i) of this subparagraph shall not 

17 exceed $24,000.’’. 

18 (e) HEAVY ELECTRIC VEHICLES.—Paragraph (3) of 

19 section 30B(d) of such Code is amended by redesignating 

20 subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), 

21 (D), and (E), respectively, and by inserting after subpara22 graph (A) the following new subparagraphs: 

23 ‘‘(B) HEAVY ELECTRIC VEHICLES.—In the 

24 case of a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rat25 ing of not less than 8,500 pounds, the term 


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1 ‘new qualified hybrid motor vehicle’ includes a 

2 motor vehicle— 

3 ‘‘(i) which draws propulsion energy 

4 exclusively from a rechargeable energy 

5 storage system, and 

6 ‘‘(ii) which meets the requirements of 

7 clauses (iii), (v), (vi), and (vii) of subpara8 graph (A).’’. 

9 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 this section shall apply to vehicles acquired after Decem11 ber 31, 2009. 

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