ELITE Vehicles Act
Latest action · Feb 14, 2025 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 14, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Eliminate Lavish Incentives To Electric Vehicles Act or the ELITE Vehicles Act
This bill eliminates federal tax credits for the purchase of certain clean vehicles (generally electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles) and electric vehicle recharging stations.
Specifically, the bill repeals the federal tax credits for
- the purchase of a qualified used clean vehicle (tax credit of up to $4,000 for the purchase of a previously-owned clean vehicle before 2033),
- the purchase of a qualified new clean vehicle (tax credit of up to $7,500 for the purchase of a new clean vehicle before 2033),
- the purchase of a qualified commercial clean vehicle (business tax credit of up to $40,000 for the purchase of a commercial clean vehicle before 2033), and
- alternative fuel vehicle refueling property used to recharge electric vehicles (tax credit of up to $1,000 for individuals or up to $100,000 for businesses for the installation of property before 2033 that is used to recharge electric vehicles).
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2025 to Mar 27, 2025, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-ND | Julie Fedorchak | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-KS | Ron Estes | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Original | Feb 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Craig A. Goldman | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Mar 27, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 541 | ELITE Vehicles Act | Identical bill | Feb 12, 2025 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2025Introduced in House
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