119-s1618

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1618 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1618

 To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make 
 precision agriculture practices and technologies eligible under the 
 conservation loan and loan guarantee program.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 6, 2025

 Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Mr. Warnock) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

 To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make 
 precision agriculture practices and technologies eligible under the 
 conservation loan and loan guarantee program.

 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 ``Precision Agriculture Loan Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. PRECISION AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE 
 PROGRAM.

 

Section 304 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1924) is amended--

    (1) in the section heading, by striking ``conservation'' 
 and inserting ``precision agriculture and conservation'';

    (2) in subsection

    (b)

    (3) --
        (A) by redesignating subparagraphs
        (F) and
        (G) as 
 subparagraphs
        (H) and
            (I) , respectively; and
        (B) by inserting after subparagraph
        (E) the 
 following:
 ``
        (F) the adoption of precision agriculture 
 practices;
 ``
        (G) the acquisition of precision agriculture 
 technologies;'';

    (3) in subsection
            (d) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``1985.'' and 
 inserting ``1985 (16 U.S.C. 3812); and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) producers who use the loans to adopt precision 
 agriculture practices or acquire precision agriculture 
 technologies, including adoption or acquisition for the purpose 
 of participating in the environmental quality incentives 
 program under subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title 
 XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et 
 seq.).'';

    (4) in subsection

    (f) --
        (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
 following:
 ``

    (1) Geographic diversity.--The Secretary''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (2) Efficiency and effectiveness for precision 
 agriculture.--The Secretary shall consider and implement 
 processes and techniques to improve the efficiency and 
 effectiveness of the administration of this section with 
 respect to the purposes of adopting precision agriculture 
 practices and acquiring precision agriculture technologies, 
 including--
 ``
        (A) delegating the authority to administer this 
 section to the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs 
 of the Farm Service Agency; and
 ``
        (B) streamlining any necessary approvals with the 
 Natural Resources Conservation Service.''; and

    (5) in subsection

    (h) , by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
 ``2029''.
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