HR0960 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has established laws, including the Reimagining Electric Vehicles Act (REV) and the Invest in Illinois Act (Closing Fund), that use State funds to attract clean energy manufacturers; and

WHEREAS, On September 8, 2023, the Pritzker Administration announced a REV deal with Gotion, Inc., the subsidiary of Chinese-owned Gotion High-tech, to build an electric vehicle battery factory in Manteno; and

WHEREAS, According to the Illinois comptroller's database, Gotion has been awarded upfront direct payments totaling $125 million as part of a total $536 million incentive package from the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Gotion, Inc. is estimated to be eligible for an additional $7 billion from the federal government in green energy tax subsidies; and

WHEREAS, At a time when the electric vehicle market is imploding, as proven by companies such as Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, and others that are ending or scaling back future production of electric vehicles, the State of Illinois is committing even more taxpayer money to these fledgling industries while other Illinois businesses are denied the same incentives; and

WHEREAS, A letter from the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party to the Department of Homeland Security revealed evidence implicating Chinese battery manufacturer Gotion, Inc. for its ties to state-sponsored slave labor and perpetuating the ongoing Uyghur genocide; and

WHEREAS, According to the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), since 2000, at least 224 publicly reported cases have been found of Chinese espionage of the U.S. government and U.S. companies with estimations of billions of dollars in commercial and technological espionage, far outnumbering any of other country in reported cases; and

WHEREAS, The governments of the United States and the State of Illinois should not under any circumstance give tax payer money to a foreign company owned by a country designated by United States federal regulation and the U.S. Congress as a country of concern, including the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and Venezuela; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Governor to rescind the REV agreement with Gotion, Inc. effective immediately; and be it further

RESOLVED, That we urge the General Assembly to pass legislation to ban any future State incentives from going to any corporation owned and operated by a foreign country of concern as designated by Congress; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the Governor, the Comptroller, the Speaker of the House, the Senate President, and each member of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.