Stop a ban on USDA dollars from being used for voluntary solar energy projects.

Nikki Budzinski · Illinois · Democratic

policy impact 0.57 specificity 0.93 extraction confidence 94%

Occurrences

Budzinski says she introduced an amendment that would allow USDA funding to continue supporting voluntary solar projects.

Budzinski Statement on Vote Against Farm Bill
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Evidence

SEC. 9012. LIMITATION ON USDA FUNDING FOR GROUND-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ... is further amended by adding at the end the following: 'SEC. 9015. LIMITATION ON USDA FUNDING FOR GROUND-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS.'

House Agriculture reported a farm bill including a USDA funding limitation on ground-mounted solar energy systems, showing the sought-after ban was still present in the committee-reported text rather than removed.

unresolved unknown A for effort

H. Rept. 119-620, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Book 1)
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SEC. 9012. LIMITATION ON USDA FUNDING FOR GROUND-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. ... 'SEC. 9016. LIMITATION ON USDA FUNDING FOR GROUND-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS.' ... '(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not provide financial assistance for a project that would result in the conversion of covered farmland for solar energy production.'

The House Record shows the solar funding limitation in the floor text of H.R. 7567, confirming the ban was moving forward during the lookback window instead of being stopped.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congressional Record, April 29, 2026
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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes.

The House adopted a rule to consider H.R. 7567, indicating the farm bill with the USDA solar limitation was active on the floor during the lookback window. There is no evidence here that the limitation was reversed or removed.

unresolved same_term

H. Res. 1224 (House resolution providing for consideration of H.R. 7567)
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Assessments

unresolved same_term

The available evidence shows that H.R. 7567 and related House floor materials still included a limitation barring USDA financial assistance for projects converting covered farmland to solar energy production. That indicates the promised outcome, stopping the ban on USDA dollars for voluntary solar energy projects, had not been achieved during the same congressional term. However, the evidence does not establish that the ban became final law or that all opportunities to remove it were exhausted, so the status is unresolved rather than never. The record provided also does not show Budzinski personally sponsored, wrote, or materially advanced a serious successful or failed legislative vehicle to stop the provision, so no effort badge is warranted from this payload alone.

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