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Planes Not Panels Act

H.R. 8044 · 117th Congress · Jun 13, 2022 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit the President from making provision for the purchase of solar panels under the authority of such Act, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Planes Not Panels Act”.

Sec. 2 Limitation on presidential action

Section 303(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4533(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(8) Solar panels

“(A) In general—The President may not use any authority under this section to make provision for purchases of or commitments to purchase solar panels.

“(B) Solar panel defined—In this paragraph, the term “solar panel” means a crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell or module.”