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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1618 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Federal Communications Commission to review certain rules |
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| 6 | 6 | | of the Commission and develop recommendations for rule changes to |
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| 7 | 7 | | promote precision agriculture, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. L |
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| 11 | 11 | | ATTA(for himself and Ms. KELLYof Illinois) introduced the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the Federal Communications Commission to re- |
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| 15 | 15 | | view certain rules of the Commission and develop rec- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ommendations for rule changes to promote precision agri- |
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| 17 | 17 | | culture, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Precision Agriculture 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Satellite Connectivity Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 1618 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. PRECISION AGRICULTURE SATELLITE 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | CONNECTIVITY. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) R |
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| 29 | 29 | | EVIEW.—The Commission, in consultation with 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the Task Force, shall— 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) review the rules of the Commission relating 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | to fixed satellite service, mobile satellite service, and 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | earth exploration satellite service to determine if 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | there are rule changes that the Commission could 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | implement under existing authority to promote pre-9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | cision agriculture; and 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) if the Commission determines under para-11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | graph (1) that there are rule changes that the Com-12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | mission could implement, develop recommendations 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | for how to implement the changes. 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) R |
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| 42 | 42 | | EPORT.—Not later than 15 months after the 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | on the results of the review conducted under subsection 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (a), including any recommendations developed under para-21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | graph (2) of such subsection. 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) D |
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| 51 | 51 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) C |
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| 53 | 53 | | OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | means the Federal Communications Commission. 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 1618 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | means the Task Force for Reviewing the 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Ag-3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | riculture in the United States established under sec-4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | tion 12511 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2018 (Public Law 115–334). 6 |
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