119-hr1985

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1985 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1985

 To enhance the participation of precision agriculture in the United 
 States, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 10, 2025

 Mr. Davis of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Mann) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To enhance the participation of precision agriculture in the United 
 States, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Promoting Precision Agriculture 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Advanced wireless communications technology.--The term 
 ``advanced wireless communications technology'' means advanced 
 technology that contributes to mobile (5G or beyond) networks, 
 next-generation Wi-Fi networks, or other future networks using 
 other technologies, regardless of whether the network is 
 operating on an exclusive licensed, shared licensed, or 
 unlicensed frequency band.

    (2) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
 intelligence'' has the meaning given the term in 

section 238

    (g) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
 Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 
 4061).

    (3) Foreign adversary.--The term ``foreign adversary'' 
 means any foreign government or foreign nongovernment person 
 engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct 
 significantly adverse to the national security of the United 
 States, or security and safety of United States persons.

    (4) Precision agriculture.--The term ``precision 
 agriculture'' means managing, tracking, or reducing crop or 
 livestock production inputs, including seed, feed, fertilizer, 
 chemicals, water, time, and such other inputs as the Secretary 
 determines to be appropriate, at a heightened level of spatial 
 and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, 
 and maintain environmental quality.

    (5) Precision agriculture equipment.--The term ``precision 
 agriculture equipment'' means any equipment or technology that 
 directly contributes to a reduction in, or improved efficiency 
 of, inputs used in crop or livestock production, including--
        (A) global positioning system-based or geospatial 
 mapping;
        (B) satellite or aerial imagery;
            (C) yield monitors;
            (D) soil mapping;
        (E) sensors for gathering data on crop, soil, and 
 livestock conditions;
        (F) Internet of Things and technology that relies 
 on edge and cloud computing;
        (G) data management software and advanced 
 analytics;
        (H) network connectivity products and solutions, 
 including public and private wireless networks;
            (I) global positioning system guidance, auto-steer 
 systems, autonomous fleeting, and other machine-to-
 machine operations;
        (J) variable rate technology for applying inputs, 
 such as section control; and
        (K) any other technology, as determined by the 
 Secretary, that directly contributes to a reduction in, 
 or improved efficiency of, the use of crop or livestock 
 production inputs, which may include--
            (i) seed;
            (ii) feed;
            (iii) fertilizer;
            (iv) soil amendments;
            (v) chemicals;
            (vi) water;
            (vii) time;
            (viii) fuel; and
            (ix) such other inputs as the Secretary 
 determines to be appropriate.

    (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of Agriculture.

    (7) Trusted.--The term ``trusted'' means, with respect to a 
 provider of advanced communications service or a supplier of 
 communications equipment or service, that the Secretary has 
 determined that the provider or supplier is not owned by, 
 controlled by, or subject to the influence of, a foreign 
 adversary.

    (8) Voluntary consensus standards development 
 organization.--The term ``voluntary consensus standards 
 development organization'' means an organization that develops 
 standards in a process that meets the principles for the 
 development of voluntary consensus standards (as defined in the 
 document of the Office of Management and Budget entitled 
 ``Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary 
 Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities'' 
 (OMB Circular A-119)).

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

 The purposes of this Act are--

    (1) to enhance the participation of precision agriculture 
 in the United States; and

    (2) to promote United States leadership in voluntary 
 consensus standards development organizations that set 
 standards for precision agriculture.

SEC. 4. INTERCONNECTIVITY STANDARDS FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Federal 
Communications Commission, shall--

    (1) develop voluntary, consensus-based, private sector-led 
 interconnectivity standards, guidelines, and best practices for 
 precision agriculture that will promote economies of scale and 
 ease the burden of the adoption of precision agriculture; and

    (2) in carrying out paragraph

    (1) --
        (A) coordinate with relevant public and trusted 
 private sector stakeholders and other relevant industry 
 organizations, including voluntary consensus standards 
 development organizations; and
        (B) consult with sector-specific agencies, other 
 appropriate agencies, and State and local governments.

    (b) Considerations.--The Secretary, in carrying out subsection

    (a) , 
shall, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission and 
the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
consider--

    (1) the evolving demands of precision agriculture;

    (2) the connectivity needs of precision agriculture 
 equipment;

    (3) the cybersecurity challenges facing precision 
 agriculture, including cybersecurity threats for agriculture 
 producers and agriculture supply chains;

    (4) the impact of advanced wireless communications 
 technology on precision agriculture; and

    (5) the impact of artificial intelligence on precision 
 agriculture.

SEC. 5. GAO ASSESSMENT OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE STANDARDS.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the Secretary develops 
standards under 

section 4, and every 2 years thereafter for the 
following 8 years, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study that assesses those standards, including the extent to 
which those standards, as applicable--

    (1) are voluntary;

    (2) were developed in coordination with relevant industry 
 organizations, including voluntary consensus standards 
 development organizations; and

    (3) have successfully encouraged the adoption of precision 
 agriculture.

    (b) Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate a report that summarizes the findings of each 
study conducted under subsection

    (a) .
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