3.0.0 3549 2023-08-24T11:30:26Z 2023-08-24T11:30:26Z Senate S 2022-02-01 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-02-01T22:25:58Z 2022-02-01 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2022-02-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2022-02-01 True Agriculture and Food Transportation and Public Works Agriculture and Food 00 2022-02-01 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-24T11:28:47Z Agricultural Right to Repair Act

This bill requires original manufacturers of electronics-enabled agricultural equipment to provide (on fair and reasonable terms) owners or independent repair shops with the documentation, parts, software, and tools needed to diagnose, maintain, or repair such equipment.

If an original manufacturer stops providing required items, any related copyrights or patents held by that manufacturer shall be placed in the public domain. Furthermore, the bill allows individuals, in specified circumstances, to circumvent copyright protections to facilitate diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of electronics-enabled agricultural equipment.

The bill provides for enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission.

]]> Agricultural Right to Repair Act Display Title Agricultural Right to Repair Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Agricultural Right to Repair Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require original equipment manufacturers to make available certain documentation, parts, software, and tools with respect to electronics-enabled implements of agriculture, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3549is/xml/BILLS-117s3549is.xml 2022-02-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.