3.0.0 4291 2023-01-11T13:38:05Z 2023-01-11T13:38:05Z House HR 2017-11-07 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 181 (Tuesday, November 7, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. STEFANIK:H.R. 4291.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution of the UnitedStates of America.[Page H8598]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2017-12-05T21:57:33Z Referred to 2017-11-07T15:00:40Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2017-11-10T16:53:19Z Referred to 2017-11-07T15:00:35Z 2017-12-05 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Committee 2017-11-10 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2017-11-07 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2017-11-07 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-11-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-11-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001196 Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] Elise Stefanik R NY M. 21 N Agriculture and Food Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Government lending and loan guarantees Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Telecommunication rates and fees Agriculture and Food 00 2017-11-07 Introduced in House 2018-02-26T21:10:53Z Precision Farming Act

This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to require the Department of Agriculture to give priority to loan applicants that offer to provide broadband service, at better than the minimum acceptable level of broadband service, to agricultural producers in the proposed service territory to improve their ability to conduct precision farming or ranching. (Precision farming is a strategy that uses various technologies to manage production through data analysis and automation.)

The bill also amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide universal service support for the installation of broadband services to improve the ability of an agricultural producer to conduct precision farming or ranching. The bill requires broadband providers to install the services at a discount and makes the providers eligible for a reimbursement of the discount. Agricultural producers are limited to one discount that is the lesser of: (1) the amount that the provider would charge other parties for a similar installation, or (2) $15,000.

]]> Precision Farming Act Display Title Precision Farming Act Short Titles as Introduced Precision Farming Act Official Title as Introduced To utilize loans and loan guarantees under the rural broadband access program to provide broadband service for agricultural producers and to provide universal service support for installation charges for broadband service for agricultural producers in order to improve precision farming and ranching, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4291ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4291ih.xml 2017-12-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.