Michael F. Donoughe Tax Credit for Off Road Electric Vehicles Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5656.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PHILLIPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4458):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, Congress has the power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To expand the use of new, off-road plug-in electric vehicles by providing a tax credit for their purchase.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5656, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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