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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Chinese Domi-
nance of Electric Vehicles in America Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM CLEAN VEHICLE CREDIT OF VE-
HICLES CONTAINING MATERIALS SOURCED 
FROM PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30D(d)(7) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(7) EXCLUDED ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘new clean vehicle’ shall not 
include any vehicle— 
‘‘(i) with respect to which any of the 
components contained in the drive battery 
or any material contained in such a compo-
nent was extracted, processed, recycled, 
manufactured, or assembled by a prohib-
ited foreign entity, or 
‘‘(ii) the drive battery of which is de-
signed, manufactured, or produced using 
any process attributable to any licensing, 
royalty, service, or similar agreement with 
a prohibited foreign entity the estimated 
total contract cost, including variable, con-
tingent, or sales-based payments, of which 
exceeds $5,000,000. 
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‘‘(B) PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITY.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘pro-
hibited foreign entity’ means— 
‘‘(i) any foreign entity of concern (as 
defined in section 40207(a)(5) of the In-
frastructure Investment and Jobs Act), 
‘‘(ii) any entity with respect to which 
the government of a covered nation has the 
right or power (directly or indirectly) to 
appoint or approve the appointment of a 
covered officer, or 
‘‘(iii) any entity 25 percent or more of 
the capital or profits interests of which are 
owned (directly or indirectly) in the aggre-
gate by 1 or more of the following: 
‘‘(I) A covered nation or an enti-
ty described in clause (i) or (ii). 
‘‘(II) A citizen, national, or resi-
dent of a covered nation. 
‘‘(III) An entity organized under 
the laws of a covered nation. 
‘‘(C) COVERED OFFICER.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ‘covered officer’ 
means— 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to vehicles placed in service after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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