Reps. Golden, Moolenaar, LaHood, Sen. Scott Reintroduce NO GOTION Act to End Taxpayer Support of CCP Companies

WASHINGTON --- Today Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), along with John Moolenaar (MI-02), Darin LaHood (IL-16), reintroduced the bipartisan No Official Giveaways Of Taxpayers’ Income to Oppressive Nations (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 (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. 

“America’s push for domestic manufacturing should not be exploited for our adversaries’ gain,” Golden said. “These manufacturing credits are designed to strengthen our economy, and closing a loophole that allows them to be used to benefit China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea is a goal that all of us should be able to share. I’m proud to join a bipartisan coalition to fix this problem and ensure federal dollars aren’t being spent to enrich those who would undermine America.” 

“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 Chinese Communist Party is working to replace the United States every day and as we continue to find ways to better protect U.S. businesses and workers from that effort, the least we can do in the short term is ensure we aren’t allowing CCP-affiliated competitors to benefit from our federal tax incentives,” said LaHood. “As a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Select Committee China, I will not allow hard-working American taxpayers to fund the CCP’s development of energy and critical technologies that will be used to harm the United States. The NO GOTION Act will ensure that companies with ties to the Chinese Communist Party, Russia, Iran, and North Korea cannot, in any way, benefit from the energy incentives in our tax code. I look forward to working alongside President Trump and my colleagues in Congress to promote pro-growth tax policy that supports American businesses, protect our national security, and cement U.S. leadership on the world stage.”

Senator Rick Scott said, “U.S. adversaries shouldn’t be allowed to benefit off American taxpayer dollars with incentives meant to build American businesses. Americans elected us to represent their best interests, and I’m proud to do that with our NO GOTION Act to crack down on companies owned by our adversaries attempting to take advantage of U.S. tax subsidies.”

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) .

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