{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bost.house.gov/2023/6/bost-bill-aims-to-keep-prime-farmland-in-production", "BOST BILL AIMS TO KEEP PRIME FARMLAND IN PRODUCTION", "2023-06-27", "2023", "2023-06", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Mike Bost", "B001295", "bost.house.gov", "bost", "https://bost.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) is working to ensure that prime and unique farmland is used for farming by introducing legislation today that restricts access to federal tax credits for companies converting these properties into solar panels tracts. The PANELS Act would not prevent a farmer from leasing their property for solar panels, but it would reduce the economic incentive for companies to do so.\n\n\u201cWe are losing precious and productive farmland to companies that are gobbling up acre after acre to install solar panels,\u201d said Bost. \u201cThat has a big impact on America\u2019s agricultural supply chain, our food security, and our local economies. My legislation provides a commonsense solution by excluding prime and unique farmland from receiving solar clean energy tax credits. We\u2019re saying to our farmers that you still have the private property rights to make the decision that\u2019s best for you; but we\u2019re not incentivizing companies to swoop into our rural communities to convert these vital plots of land.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:08:25Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bost.house.gov/2023/6/bost-bill-aims-to-keep-prime-farmland-in-production"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.098467968404293, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}