HR 1985
Promoting Precision Agriculture Act
Summary
Promoting Precision Agriculture Act 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, guidelines, 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 impact of artificial intelligence on this area. The Government Accountability Office must periodically assess and report to Congress on the standards.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Donald G. Davis [D-NC-1]
- Cosponsors
- 2
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Introduced
- 2025-03-10
- Latest action
- 2025-03-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-03-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
- 2025-03-10: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2025-03-10: Introduced in House
- 2025-03-10: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1045)
- 2025-03-10: Introduced in House