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HR 4291 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Government lending and loan guarantees Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Telecommunication rates and fees

Precision Farming Act

Introduced: November 7, 2017 Introduced by: Stefanik, Elise M. Republican · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Dec 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Nov 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Nov 7, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 7, 2017
Introduced in House
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Precision Farming Act

This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to require the Department of Agriculture to give priority to loan applicants that offer to provide broadband service, at better than the minimum acceptable level of broadband service, to agricultural producers in the proposed service territory to improve their ability to conduct precision farming or ranching. (Precision farming is a strategy that uses various technologies to manage production through data analysis and automation.)

The bill also amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide universal service support for the installation of broadband services to improve the ability of an agricultural producer to conduct precision farming or ranching. The bill requires broadband providers to install the services at a discount and makes the providers eligible for a reimbursement of the discount. Agricultural producers are limited to one discount that is the lesser of: (1) the amount that the provider would charge other parties for a similar installation, or (2) $15,000.

What's happening now December 5, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4291: Precision Farming Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4291/
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"H.R. 4291: Precision Farming Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4291/.
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