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<dc:title>115 HR 1618 IH: Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-02-26</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 1618</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250226">February 26, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="L000566">Mr. Latta</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="K000385">Ms. Kelly of Illinois</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HIF00">Committee on Energy and Commerce</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To require the Federal Communications Commission to review certain rules of the Commission and develop recommendations for rule changes to promote precision agriculture, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H155EC705277746F7BBF5F42B8E098E04" style="OLC"><section id="HF2D2C41376A34A46AD0B3537B77B29DC" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H00C49BDED2FD40159059937342F42FAC"><enum>2.</enum><header>Precision agriculture satellite connectivity</header><subsection id="HDC1FDEEF476841089D2DEA7D9117F6EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission, in consultation with the Task Force, shall—</text><paragraph id="H8968C34AA9BB42E7BF8085E1E46F5E1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the rules of the Commission relating to fixed satellite service, mobile satellite service, and earth exploration satellite service to determine if there are rule changes that the Commission could implement under existing authority to promote precision agriculture; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H638697939B8D46F6B3B921F12B3BDD29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the Commission determines under paragraph (1) that there are rule changes that the Commission could implement, develop recommendations for how to implement the changes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC70CB1F48D7E4EDCB32F879D24C3FBCB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 15 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the review conducted under subsection (a), including any recommendations developed under paragraph (2) of such subsection.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4B5F386055B741EB87423619414EFAEB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="H6A0230C9E14345148C6CE005917CBB49"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Communications Commission.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE37079173D84718BA7AA63017E623CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Task Force</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Task Force</term> means the Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States established under section 12511 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/334">Public Law 115–334</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

