E-BIKE Act
Latest action · Feb 11, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment Act or the E-BIKE Act
This bill allows a refundable tax credit for 30% of the cost of a qualified electric bicycle. The credit is limited to $1,500 per taxpayer less all credits allowed for the two preceding taxable years.
A qualified electric bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle that is, among other things, equipped with an electric motor of less than 750 watts that is capable of propelling such vehicle.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2021 to Nov 3, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Feb 22, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Feb 22, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Feb 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 22, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Aug 5, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Sep 30, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Oct 14, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Nov 3, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 26, February 11, 2021, page H503.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2420 | E-BIKE Act | Related bill | Jul 21, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for the purchase of certain new electric bicycles.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- E-BIKE Act
- Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2021Introduced in House
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.
