"Inflation Reduction Act ties clean-energy tax credits to critical-minerals sourcing requirements"
The Inflation Reduction Act conditions the IRC § 30D clean-vehicle credit on critical-minerals content sourced from the US or a US free-trade-agreement partner (explicitly including Australia) and excludes content sourced from Foreign Entities of Concern.
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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA, Pub L 117-169) restructured the Section 30D clean-vehicle credit and created new advanced-manufacturing production credits (45X) and clean-energy tax credits (45, 45Y, 48, 48E). The 30D credit is conditional on the percentage of critical minerals in the battery that were extracted or processed in the United States or a country with which the US has a free-trade agreement — explicitly including Australia. Foreign-Entity-of-Concern (FEOC) rules (effective 2024) exclude vehicles with battery components or critical minerals sourced from Chinese, Russian, North Korean or Iranian entities.
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Verified against Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Pub L 117-169) amending IRC s 30D. The clean-vehicle credit conditions a critical-minerals component on extraction/processing in the US or in a country with a US FTA in effect (Australia is treated as such per the 2023 IRA-FTA guidance) and excludes Foreign Entity of Concern sourcing. Canonical claim accurate.