House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Keep China Out of Solar Energy Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit the procurement of solar panels manufactured or assembled in the People's Republic of China.
Sponsor: Rep. Carlos Gimenez R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1167.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIMENEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 27, February 10, 2025, Page H614):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution stating that Congress has the authority to ``make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution''.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 247 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1167, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1167
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carlos Gimenez.
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- H.R. 1608 (119th) Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025
- H.R. 9388 (119th) One-Stop Pilot Program Extension Act
- H.R. 1166 (119th) Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act
- H.Res. 998 (119th) Commending President Trump, his administration, and the brave men and women of the Armed Forces, Intelligence Community, and Justice…
- H.R. 1165 (119th) Port Crane Security and Inspection Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.