S 4971
117th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Innovative Agricultural Technology Act of 2022
Introduced: September 28, 2022
Introduced by:
Blackburn, Marsha
Republican
· Tennessee
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 28, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 28, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Innovative Agricultural Technology Act of 2022
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Innovative Agricultural Technology Pilot Program to enable certain U.S. citizens and corporations to test agricultural technologies without complying with applicable laws or regulations, subject to market access limits.
Additionally, USDA must (1) establish an online program that educates agricultural producers about using distributed ledger technology in agricultural production, and (2) conduct a study to identify potential applications for distributed ledger technology in agricultural operations.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1