[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3133 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3133

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to clarify 
   certain requirements relating to solar electric power generation 
                               projects.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2018

  Ms. Harris introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to clarify 
   certain requirements relating to solar electric power generation 
                               projects.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Solar Farm Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. PARITY FOR RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM.

    Section 9007(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately;
            (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so 
        designated), by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Requirements relating to solar electric power 
        generation projects.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law (including regulations), for purposes of providing 
        financial assistance to a solar electric power generation 
        project under this section, the size standard in number of 
        employees applicable to electric power distribution under 
        section 121.201 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 
        effect on the date of enactment of the Solar Farm Fairness 
        Act), shall apply to solar electric power generation instead of 
        the size standard in number of employees that would otherwise 
        apply to solar electric power generation under that section.''.
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