Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2023
Latest action · May 11, 2023 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 22, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop voluntary standards for precision agriculture (i.e., managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs, including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality).
USDA, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), must develop voluntary, consensus-based, private sector-led interconnectivity standards and best practices for precision agriculture to promote economies of scale and ease the burden of adoption. USDA must (1) coordinate with relevant public and trusted private sector stakeholders and relevant industry organizations, and (2) consult with sector-specific agencies and state and local governments.
Further, in developing the standards, USDA must, in consultation with NIST and the FCC, consider
- the connectivity needs of precision agriculture equipment,
- cybersecurity challenges facing precision agriculture, and
- the impact of artificial intelligence on this area.
The Government Accountability Office must periodically assess and report on the standards.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2023 to Feb 28, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Apr 19, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Jul 24, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Aug 18, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Marcus J. Molinaro | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Feb 28, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 22, 2023Discharged May 11, 2023Markup May 11, 2023 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Apr 25, 2023Discharged May 11, 2023 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 11, 2023Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Discharged.
- May 11, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 11, 2023Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Apr 25, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
- Mar 22, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 22, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1319-1320)
- Mar 22, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1319 | Donald G. Davis D-NC | Mar 22, 2023 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 30, 2023H.R. 1697, Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 11, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 52, March 22, 2023, page H1328.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-19 | HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING TESTIMONY FROM THE HONORABLE THOMAS J. VILSACK, SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE253 pages | Agriculture Committee | Feb 14, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-18 | MEMBER DAY1,004 pages | Agriculture Committee | Dec 6, 2023 |
| Serial No. 118-17 | CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN RURAL AMERICA100 pages | Agriculture Committee | Jun 21, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 734 | Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2023 | Related bill | Mar 9, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enhance the participation of precision agriculture in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
