HR 8495 · 118th Congress 2023โ€“2025, ended

EV Fair Trade Act of 2024

Latest action · May 22, 2024 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 22, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 22, 2024.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-UTBurgess OwensOriginalMay 22, 2024
R-WIDerrick Van OrdenOriginalMay 22, 2024

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred May 22, 2024
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred May 22, 2024
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred May 22, 2024

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 22, 2024Introduced in House
  2. May 22, 2024Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure electric vehicle companies do not use child or slave labor in the manufacture of, or sourcing of materials for, electric vehicles

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 89, May 22, 2024, page H3484.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 118-63OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AND FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET REQUEST156 pagesTransportation and Infrastructure CommitteeJun 27, 2024

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To ensure electric vehicle companies do not use child or slave labor in the manufacture of, or sourcing of materials for, electric vehicles.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
EV Fair Trade Act of 2024

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 22, 2024Introduced in House

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