119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 26, 2025
SOLAR Act
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Latest action (Mar 28, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Feb 26, 2025)
Securing Our Lands and Resources Act or the SOLAR Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from providing financial assistance for certain projects that would result in the conversion of covered farmland for solar energy production.
Under the bill, covered farmland generally refers to prime farmland, unique farmland, and farmland that is of statewide or local importance. Conversion means any activity that results in the covered farmland no longer meeting certain requirements for agricultural production, activity, or use.
The bill includes an exception for certain smaller projects that result in the conversion of (1) less than 5 acres of covered farmland, or (2) less than 50 acres of covered farmland if the majority of the energy produced by the project is for on-farm use.
The bill also includes an exception for projects that have the approval or support from the local county and municipality. For these projects, the applicant must (1) develop a farmland conservation plan for the project (e.g., implementing best practices to protect future soil health and productivity), and (2) ensure that sufficient funds are provided for the decommissioning of the solar energy production system and the remediation and restoration of the farmland.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Agricultural conservation and pollution · Alternative and renewable resources · Farmland · Land use and conservation · Soil pollution
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CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · amended · posted Aug 31, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$150,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t; H.R.1047, the GRID Power Act (queue jumping); H.R.1077/S.456, the Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act or the STEAM Act (geothermal); H.R. 1592, the SOLAR Act; H.R.1687, the Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act or the CLEAN Act (geothermal); S.896, the Co-Location Energy Act; S.1020, the To requ…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$140,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t; H.R.1047, the GRID Power Act (queue jumping); H.R.1077/S.456, the Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act or the STEAM Act (geothermal); H.R.1592, the SOLAR Act; H.R.1687, the Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act or the CLEAN Act (geothermal); S.896, the Co-Location Energy Act; S.1020, To require…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
INDEPENDENT SECTOR · lobbying firm or registrant: INDEPENDENT SECTOR
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ort for maintaining the Johnson Amendment protecting nonprofits from partisan politics Support for increasing the charitable mileage rate for volunteer drivers H.R. 1592 Support for facilitating post-graduation scholarships in high-need communities Retirement fairness for charities. Access to tax credits for nonprofit employers…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing