Protecting American Farmland Act

This bill would bar federal agencies from using federal funds, loans, or loan guarantees for ground-mounted solar projects built mainly to sell electricity if the project would convert prime farmland so it no longer qualifies for agricultural use under state rules. It would also remove solar property and solar facilities located on prime farmland from several federal tax credits, including the residential clean energy credit, the renewable and clean electricity production credits, the energy credit, and the clean electricity investment credit. The tax changes would apply to property and facilities placed in service after the bill becomes law. Section 6 is worded more broadly and would exclude any property located on prime farmland from the energy credit, not only solar property.

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Sponsors

• Marsha Blackburn Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors