S. 369 (119th)Bill Overview

NO GOTION Act

Taxation|Taxation
Cosponsors
Support
Republican
Introduced
Feb 3, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Introduced
Committee
Floor
President
Law
Congressional Activities
01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

The bill adds a new Section 7531 to the Internal Revenue Code denying a long list of federal green energy tax credits and incentives to any "disqualified company" tied to a defined set of foreign adversaries. "Disqualified company" covers foreign-adversary governments and entities, entities organized in or headquartered in covered nations, entities with at least 10% equity held by such parties, entities controlled or materially influenced by them, or entities with certain prohibited arrangements that give influence or substantial benefit. The Secretary may issue guidance; the change applies to taxable years beginning after enactment.

Why people may split

Progressive worried about slowing clean-energy deployment and supply-chain impacts

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is clear in purpose and highly specific in the statutory mechanism and definitions, and it integrates cleanly into the Internal Revenue Code.

The bill adds a new Section 7531 to the Internal Revenue Code denying a long list of federal green energy tax credits and incentives to any "disqualified company" tied to a defined set of foreign adversaries. "Disqualified company" covers foreign-adversary governments and entities, entities organized in or headquartered in covered nations, entities with at least 10% equity held by such parties, entities controlled or materially influenced by them, or entities with certain prohibited arrangements that give influence or substantial benefit.

The Secretary may issue guidance; the change applies to taxable years beginning after enactment.

Passage35/100

National-security framing helps, but substantive roll-back of many green energy tax incentives, broad definitions, industry pushback, and legal/administrative complexity lower odds.

CredibilityPartially aligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is clear in purpose and highly specific in the statutory mechanism and definitions, and it integrates cleanly into the Internal Revenue Code. It leaves significant implementation details to Treasury/IRS guidance and omits fiscal impact and explicit accountability/reporting provisions.

Contention58/100

Progressive worried about slowing clean-energy deployment and supply-chain impacts

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
TaxpayersTaxpayers

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • TaxpayersReduces taxpayer-funded tax benefits flowing to companies tied to designated foreign adversaries.
  • Potential benefitLowers perceived national security risks from subsidizing firms affiliated with hostile governments.
  • Potential benefitEncourages sourcing and investment shifts toward domestic or allied energy supply chains.
Likely burdened
  • Potential burdenCould reduce clean energy project eligibility for credits, raising project costs and slowing deployment.
  • Potential burdenMay discourage investment from multinational firms with complex ownership, impacting financing and jobs.
  • TaxpayersImposes additional compliance and documentation burdens on taxpayers and the IRS.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Progressive worried about slowing clean-energy deployment and supply-chain impacts
Progressive60%

Supports preventing taxpayer subsidies from directly aiding repressive foreign governments.

Worries the measure could unintentionally slow clean energy deployment if key supply-chain firms become ineligible.

Seeks stronger domestic-content and worker-protection measures alongside national-security safeguards.

Split reaction
Centrist55%

Sees reasonable national-security rationale for blocking subsidies to hostile-state-linked firms, but wants precise, narrow implementation.

Prioritizes minimizing economic disruption, avoiding unintended supply-chain shocks, and ensuring rules are administrable and legally defensible.

Split reaction
Conservative90%

Views the bill favorably as a fiscally sensible national-security measure preventing U.S. taxpayers from subsidizing geopolitical rivals.

Prefers strict enforcement and wide application to deny benefits to entities with foreign-adversary ties.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

Still ahead

President

Still ahead

Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood35/100

National-security framing helps, but substantive roll-back of many green energy tax incentives, broad definitions, industry pushback, and legal/administrative complexity lower odds.

Scope and complexity
52%
Scopemoderate
86%
Complexityhigh
Why this could stall
  • Specific countries covered under the referenced 10 U.S.C. definition
  • Projected fiscal impact and revenue savings not provided
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.

06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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Progressive worried about slowing clean-energy deployment and supply-chain impacts

National-security framing helps, but substantive roll-back of many green energy tax incentives, broad definitions, industry pushback, and l…

Unlocked analysis

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is clear in purpose and highly specific in the statutory mechanism and definitions, and it integrates cleanly into the Internal Revenue Code. It leaves significant im…

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