On Thursday, Jan. 16, Congressman John Moolenaar, along with Congressmen Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Jared Golden (D-ME), reintroduced the bipartisan No Official Giveaways Of Taxpayers’ Income to Oppressive Nations Act, or the 'NO GOTION Act' in the House of Representatives. The bill will also be introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Rick Scott (R-FL). 

The legislation would prohibit companies affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, known as CCP, from qualifying for green energy production tax credits implemented by the Biden administration through the Inflation Reduction Act. If signed into law, the bill would prevent any company based in China, Russia, Iran or North Korea, and the subsidiaries of those companies from benefiting from these tax credits. 

“The 'NO GOTION Act' is a commonsense, bipartisan measure that prohibits our adversaries from benefitting from the tax dollars of hardworking American families, and right now there is a loophole that allows IRA tax credits to go to Chinese companies. This legislation closes that loophole and makes sure CCP-affiliated companies will not be able to receive tax credits. The United States is in competition with the CCP and under no circumstance should we be giving taxpayer money to Chinese companies,” said Moolenaar. 

The legislation comes as a response to Gotion, a CCP-affiliated company, claiming it was reviewing and assessing how it can utilize the green energy production tax credits. Gotion is currently planning to build factories in Green Charter Township and Kankakee, Illinois. In June 2024, investigations led by Moolenaar and the House Select Committee on the CCP uncovered Gotion’s close ties to the CCP, including its reliance on forced labor in Xinjiang Province.

In federal filings Gotion has admitted it is “wholly owned and controlled” by its China-based parent company, Gotion High-Tech, and it is subsidized by the Chinese government. According to Gotion High-Tech’s by-laws it is required to “carry out Party activities in accordance with the Constitution of the [Chinese Communist Party].”

The text of the NO GOTION Act can be found here. The legislation is cosponsored in the House by Representatives Jack Bergman (R-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), John James (R-MI), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Ben Cline (R-VA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Rouzer (R-NC), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Rick Allen (R-GA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Greg Murphy (R-NC), and Neal Dunn (R-FL) .