House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PANELS Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the energy credit to property located on prime or unique farmland, as defined by the Secretary of Agriculture in part 657 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, if such property is used for generating solar energy.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1237.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H677):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1237, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 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 June 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brad Finstad (R-MN), Sam Graves (R-MO), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), David Taylor (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
- H.R. 1041 (119th) Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
- H.R. 988 (119th) To amend title 36, United States Code, to move the place of incorporation and domicile of the National Woman’s Relief Corps to Illinois…
- H.R. 740 (119th) Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025
- H.R. 2283 (119th) Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act
- H.R. 3834 (119th) Protecting Veteran’s Claim Options Act
- H.R. 1659 (119th) Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.