3.0.0 734 2025-12-06T00:47:52Z 2025-12-06T00:47:52Z Senate S S 2023-03-09 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/734 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-09T17:07:14Z 118 1697 HR 2023-05-11 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Related bill CRS 2023-03-09 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S744-745; text: CR S745-746) IntroReferral 2023-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD N W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA 2023-03-09 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural practices and innovations 2025-02-07T16:45:05Z Agricultural research 2025-02-07T16:45:05Z Computer security and identity theft 2025-02-07T16:45:05Z Computers and information technology 2025-02-07T16:45:05Z Congressional oversight 2025-02-07T16:45:05Z Government studies and investigations 2025-02-07T16:45:05Z Performance measurement 2025-02-07T16:45:05Z Telephone and wireless communication 2025-02-07T16:45:05Z Agriculture and Food 2023-03-30T19:00:21Z

00 2023-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2023-12-04T17:40:54Z <p><b>Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2023 </b></p> <p>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). </p> <p> USDA, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 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.</p> <p>Further, in developing the standards, USDA must, in consultation with NIST and the Federal Communications Commission, consider</p> <ul> <li>the connectivity needs of precision agriculture equipment,</li> <li>cybersecurity challenges facing precision agriculture, and</li> <li> the impact of artificial intelligence on this area.</li> </ul> <p>The Government Accountability Office must periodically assess and report on the standards.</p>

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