,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,kildee 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1
 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,ms4      
,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4  
,suozzi1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mrs4 ,murphy1  
,mr4 ,gomez1 and ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis 
of ,illinois7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf to modify limitations on
 the credit for plug-in electric drive  
motor vehicles1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,driving ,america ,forward ,act4
  #b4 ,modification of limitations on   
new qualified plug-in electric drive    
motor vehicle credit  7a7 ,in general   
,subsection 7e7 of section #cj;,d of the
 ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is   
amended to read as follows3  7e7        
,limitation on number of new qualified  
plug-,in electric drive motor vehicles  

eligible for credit  7#a7 ,in general   
,in the case of any new qualified       
plug-in electric drive motor vehicle    
sold after the date of the enactment of 
the ,driving ,america ,forward ,act--   
7,a7 if such vehicle is sold during the 
transition period1 the amount determined
 under subsection 7b77#b7 shall be      
reduced by #ejj1 and  7,b7 if such      
vehicle is sold during the phaseout     
period1 only the applicable percentage  
of the credit otherwise allowable under 
subsection 7a7 shall be allowed4  7#b7  
,transition period ,for purposes of this
 subsection1 the transition period is   
the period subsequent to the first date 
on which the number of new qualified    
plug-in electric drive motor vehicles   
manufactured by the manufacturer of the 
vehicle referred to in paragraph 7#a7   
sold for use in the ,united ,states     
after ,december #ca1 #bjji1 is at least 
#bjj1jjj4  7#c7 ,phaseout period  7,a7  
,in general ,for purposes of this       
subsection1 the phaseout period is the  

period beginning with the second        
calendar quarter following the calendar 
quarter which includes the first date on
 which the number of new qualified      
plug-in electric drive motor vehicles   
manufactured by the manufacturer of the 
vehicle referred to in paragraph 7#a7   
sold for use in the ,united ,states     
after ,december #ca1 #bjji1 is at least 
#fjj1jjj4  7,b7 ,applicable percentage  
,for purposes of paragraph 7#a77;,b71   
the applicable percentage is-- 7i7 #ej  
percent for the first calendar quarter  
of the phaseout period1 and  7ii7 #j    
percent for each calendar quarter       
thereafter4  7,c7 ,exclusion of sale of 
certain vehicles  7i7 ,in general ,for  
purposes of subparagraph 7,a71 any new  
qualified plug-in electric drive motor  
vehicle manufactured by the manufacturer
 of the vehicle referred to in paragraph
 7#a7 which was sold during the         
exclusion period shall not be included  
for purposes of determining the number  
of such vehicles sold4  7ii7 ,exclusion 

period ,for purposes of this            
subparagraph1 the exclusion period is   
the period-- 7,i7 beginning on the first
 date on which the number of new        
qualified plug-in electric drive motor  
vehicles manufactured by the            
manufacturer of the vehicle referred to 
in paragraph 7#a7 sold for use in the   
,united ,states after ,december #ca1    
#bjji1 is at least #bjj1jjj1 and  7,,ii7
 ending on the date of the enactment of 
the ,driving ,america ,forward ,act4    
7#d7 ,controlled groups ,rules similar  
to the rules of section #cj;,b7f77#d7   
shall apply for purposes of this        
subsection4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the
 amendment made by this section shall   
apply to vehicles sold after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4  #c4       
,extension of credit for new qualified  
fuel cell motor vehicles  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #cj;,b7k77#a7 of the   
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is    
amended by striking ,december #ca1 #bjag
 and inserting ,december #ca1 #bjbh4    

7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this section shall apply to property
 purchased after ,december #ca1 #bjag4