Taxation
Protecting American Farmland Act
- Introduced
- Committee
- House
- Senate
- President
- Law
- Introduced
- May 8, 2025
- Sponsor
- · R–OH
- Recorded roll calls
- None recorded
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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The bill would prohibit Federal agencies from using Federal funds, loans, or loan guarantees for covered ground-mounted solar projects that would convert prime farmland. It would exclude solar property or facilities placed in service on prime farmland from several specified clean-energy credits, while separately excluding any property located on prime farmland from the energy credit. The exclusions would apply according to the section-specific effective dates after enactment.
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