Planes Not Panels Act

Bill: 117-hr-8044
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2022-06-13
Policy area: Energy
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Planes Not Panels Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the President from using any authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to make provision for purchases of or commitments to purchase solar panels.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8044 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 13, 2022 Mr. Perry (for himself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mrs. Boebert , and Mr. Gohmert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Planes Not Panels Act . 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. .