ELITE Vehicles Act

119 HR 1367 IH: Eliminate Lavish Incentives To Electric Vehicles Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1367 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2025 Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Estes , Ms. Van Duyne , Mr. Ellzey , Mr. Smith of Nebraska , Mr. Feenstra , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Yakym , Mr. Moran , Mr. Palmer , Ms. Tenney , and Ms. Fedorchak ) 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 repeal the credit for new clean vehicles, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminate Lavish Incentives To Electric Vehicles Act or the ELITE Vehicles Act . 2. Repeal of clean vehicle credit (a) In general Subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 30D (and by striking the item relating to such section in the table of sections for such subpart). (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 30B(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (D). (2) Section 38(b) of such Code is amended by striking paragraph (30). (3) Section 179D(d) of such Code is amended— (A) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking (as defined in section 30D(g)(9)) , and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Indian tribal government For purposes of this subsection, the term Indian tribal government means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this paragraph pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5131 ). . (4) Section 1016(a) of such Code is amended— (A) in paragraph (36), by adding and at the end, (B) by striking paragraph (37), and (C) by redesignating paragraph (38) as paragraph (37). (5) Section 6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended by striking subparagraph (T). (6) Section 6417(d)(1)(A)(iv) of such Code is amended by striking section 30D(g)(9) and inserting section 179D(d)(6) . (7) Section 6501(m) of such Code is amended by striking 30D(f)(6), . (8) Section 166(b)(5)(A)(ii) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting , as in effect on the date of the enactment of the ELITE Vehicles Act after section 30D(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to vehicles purchased, or for which a written binding contract to purchase has been entered into, after the date which is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 3. Repeal of credit for previously-owned clean vehicles (a) In general Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 25E (and by striking the item relating to such section in the table of sections for such subpart). (b) Conforming amendment Section 6213(g)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (U). (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to vehicles purchased, or for which a written binding contract to purchase has been entered into, after the date which is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 4. Repeal of credit for qualified commercial clean vehicles (a) In general Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 45W (and by striking the item relating to such section in the table of sections for such subpart). (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 38(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by sections 13502, 13701, and 13704 of Public Law 117–169 , is amended— (A) by striking paragraph (37), and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (38) through (41) as paragraphs (37) through (40), respectively. (2) Section 6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended— (A) by adding and at the end of subparagraph (R), (B) by striking the comma at the end of subparagraph (S) and inserting a period, and (C) by striking subparagraph (V). (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to vehicles purchased, or for which a written binding contract to purchase has been entered into, after the date which is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 5. Exclusion of electric vehicle recharging property from alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit (a) In general Section 30C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking clause (iii), and (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Exclusion of electric vehicle recharging property The term qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property shall not include any property for the recharging of motor vehicles propelled by electricity. , and (2) by striking subsection (f). (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to property purchased, or for which a written binding contract to purchase has been entered into, after the date which is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.