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HR 725 105th Congress House

Precision Agriculture Research, Education, and Information Dissemination Act of 1997

Official title: To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to provide increased emphasis on competitive grants to promote agricultural research proje… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to provide increased emphasis on competitive grants to promote agricultural research projects regarding precision agriculture and to provide for the dissemination of the results of such research projects.

Introduced: July 31, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 8, 1997
See H.R.2534.
Jun 23, 1997
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
Feb 25, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.
Feb 25, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Feb 12, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 12, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 8, 1997

See H.R.2534.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Precision Agriculture Research, Education, and Information Dissemination Act of 1997 - Amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to emphasize competitive grants that promote precision agriculture (as defined by this Act) research projects and to promote dissemination of such projects' results.

Provides for the establishment of multistate and national agriculture partnerships, including existing partnerships between national laboratories (Secretary of Energy) and the Department of Agriculture.

Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to include precision agriculture within the research categories of the Fund for Rural America.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2534 Procedurally related Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reauthorization Act of 1997
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 31, 1997
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Apr 29, 1997
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Feb 12, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 725: Precision Agriculture Research, Education, and Information Dissemination Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-725/
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"H.R. 725: Precision Agriculture Research, Education, and Information Dissemination Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-725/.
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