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S 4971 117th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

Innovative Agricultural Technology Act of 2022

Introduced: September 28, 2022 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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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 September 28, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Sep 28, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4971: Innovative Agricultural Technology Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4971/
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