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No Solar Panels on Fertile Farmland Act of 2025

USA119th CongressHR-1080| House 
| Updated: 2/6/2025
Mary E. Miller

Mary E. Miller

Republican Representative

Illinois

Ways and Means Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent renewable energy projects from receiving federal tax credits if they are located on prime farmland . Prime farmland is defined as land determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be prime farmland within the meaning of part 657.5 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations. The legislation aims to preserve fertile agricultural land by removing financial incentives for its conversion to renewable energy facilities. Specifically, the bill excludes property and facilities on prime farmland from eligibility for the residential clean energy credit , the renewable electricity production credit , and the general energy credit . It further extends this exclusion to the clean electricity investment credit and the clean electricity production credit . These amendments apply to property and facilities placed in service or construction begun after the date of the act's enactment, effectively discouraging the development of renewable energy infrastructure on valuable agricultural land.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-4257
No Solar Panels on Fertile Farmland Act of 2023
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Feb 6, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 6, 2025
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H519)
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-4257
    No Solar Panels on Fertile Farmland Act of 2023


  • February 6, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • February 6, 2025
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


  • February 6, 2025
    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H519)

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No Solar Panels on Fertile Farmland Act of 2025

USA119th CongressHR-1080| House 
| Updated: 2/6/2025
This bill seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent renewable energy projects from receiving federal tax credits if they are located on prime farmland . Prime farmland is defined as land determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be prime farmland within the meaning of part 657.5 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations. The legislation aims to preserve fertile agricultural land by removing financial incentives for its conversion to renewable energy facilities. Specifically, the bill excludes property and facilities on prime farmland from eligibility for the residential clean energy credit , the renewable electricity production credit , and the general energy credit . It further extends this exclusion to the clean electricity investment credit and the clean electricity production credit . These amendments apply to property and facilities placed in service or construction begun after the date of the act's enactment, effectively discouraging the development of renewable energy infrastructure on valuable agricultural land.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-4257
No Solar Panels on Fertile Farmland Act of 2023
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Feb 6, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 6, 2025
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H519)
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-4257
    No Solar Panels on Fertile Farmland Act of 2023


  • February 6, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • February 6, 2025
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


  • February 6, 2025
    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H519)
Mary E. Miller

Mary E. Miller

Republican Representative

Illinois

Ways and Means Committee

Taxation

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted