Electric CARS Act of 2019
Latest action · Apr 2, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 2, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Electric Credit Access Ready at Sale Act of 2019 or the Electric CARS Act of 2019
This bill modifies and extends several tax credits related to electric cars.
The bill extends the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles through 2029. In addition, the bill modifies the credit to
- remove the limitation on the number of vehicles per manufacturer that are eligible for the credit,
- allow a taxpayer to assign the credit to a financing entity, and
- allow an unused credit to be carried forward for five years.
The bill also extends through 2029 the tax credits for (1) alternative fuel vehicle refueling property, and (2) alternative motor vehicles.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 2, 2019 to Apr 3, 2019; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Apr 3, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Apr 3, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 2, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Apr 2, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46864 | Alternative Fuels and Vehicles: Legislative Proposals Archived | Report | Jul 28, 2021 |
| R46231 | Electric Vehicles: A Primer on Technology and Selected Policy Issues | Report | Feb 14, 2020 |
| R45747 | Vehicle Electrification: Federal and State Issues Affecting Deployment Archived | Report | Jun 3, 2019 |
| IF11017 | The Plug-In Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Archived | Resource | May 14, 2019 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 395 | Electric CARS Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 23, 2021 |
| HR 2025 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the alternative fuel refueling property credit. | Related bill | Apr 2, 2019 |
| HR 2042 | Electric CARS Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Apr 2, 2019 |
| S 3449 | Electric CARS Act of 2018 | Reintroduction of | Sep 17, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain tax credits related to electric cars, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Electric CARS Act of 2019
- Electric Credit Access Ready at Sale Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
