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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 1705
55 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a credit for
66 investments in innovative agricultural technology.
77 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
88 FEBRUARY27, 2025
99 Mr. K
1010 ELLYof Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. THOMPSONof California, Mr.
1111 M
1212 ILLERof Ohio, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. RILEYof New York,
1313 Mr. L
1414 AMALFA, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. BYNUM, Mr. MORAN, Mr. VALADAO,
1515 and Mr. H
1616 ARDERof California) introduced the following bill; which was
1717 referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
1818 A BILL
1919 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish
2020 a credit for investments in innovative agricultural technology.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2222 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2323 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2424 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Innovation 4
2525 in Agriculture Act of 2025’’. 5
2626 SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR INVESTMENT IN INNOVATIVE AGRI-6
2727 CULTURAL TECHNOLOGY. 7
2828 (a) I
2929 NGENERAL.—Subpart E of part IV of sub-8
3030 chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 9
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3434 1986 is amended by inserting after section 48E the fol-1
3535 lowing new section: 2
3636 ‘‘SEC. 48F. INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN-3
3737 VESTMENT CREDIT. 4
3838 ‘‘(a) I
3939 NGENERAL.—For purposes of section 46, the 5
4040 innovative agricultural technology investment credit for 6
4141 any taxable year is an amount equal to 30 percent of the 7
4242 qualified investment for such taxable year with respect to 8
4343 any innovative agricultural technology project. 9
4444 ‘‘(b) Q
4545 UALIFIEDINVESTMENT.— 10
4646 ‘‘(1) I
4747 N GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 11
4848 (a), the qualified investment with respect to any in-12
4949 novative agricultural technology project for any tax-13
5050 able year is the basis of any qualified property 14
5151 placed in service by the taxpayer during such taxable 15
5252 year which is part of an innovative agricultural tech-16
5353 nology project. 17
5454 ‘‘(2) Q
5555 UALIFIED PROPERTY.—For purposes of 18
5656 this section, the term ‘qualified property’ means 19
5757 property— 20
5858 ‘‘(A) which is— 21
5959 ‘‘(i) tangible personal property, wheth-22
6060 er or not affixed to real property (including 23
6161 equipment, systems and their components, 24
6262 materials, machinery, accessories, and 25
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6666 structural components), which is used as 1
6767 an integral part of an innovative agricul-2
6868 tural technology project, or 3
6969 ‘‘(ii) software, a computer system, or 4
7070 similar technology, 5
7171 ‘‘(B) with respect to which depreciation (or 6
7272 amortization in lieu of depreciation) is allow-7
7373 able, and 8
7474 ‘‘(C)(i) the construction, reconstruc-9
7575 tion, or erection of which is completed by 10
7676 the taxpayer, or 11
7777 ‘‘(ii) which is acquired by the 12
7878 taxpayer if the original use of such 13
7979 property commences with the tax-14
8080 payer. 15
8181 ‘‘(3) I
8282 NNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY 16
8383 PROJECT.—The term ‘innovative agricultural tech-17
8484 nology project’ means an agricultural technology or 18
8585 system— 19
8686 ‘‘(A) which is placed in service before De-20
8787 cember 31, 2035, and 21
8888 ‘‘(B) for which the primary purpose is to 22
8989 produce, store, process, and package specialty 23
9090 crops (as defined in section 3 of the Specialty 24
9191 Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004) using— 25
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9595 ‘‘(i) precision agriculture, or 1
9696 ‘‘(ii) controlled environment agri-2
9797 culture. 3
9898 ‘‘(c) S
9999 PECIALRULES.— 4
100100 ‘‘(1) C
101101 ERTAIN PROCESS EXPENDITURE RULES 5
102102 MADE APPLICABLE.—Rules similar to the rules of 6
103103 subsections (c)(4) and (d) of section 46 (as in effect 7
104104 on the day before the date of the enactment of the 8
105105 Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990) shall apply for 9
106106 purposes of subsection (a). 10
107107 ‘‘(2) D
108108 ENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT UNDER 11
109109 GRANT PROGRAMS .—Rules similar to the rules of 12
110110 section 48(d) shall apply for purposes of this section 13
111111 with respect to— 14
112112 ‘‘(A) any renewable energy system, energy 15
113113 efficiency improvement, or equipment or system 16
114114 purchased, made, or installed using a grant 17
115115 provided under section 9007(c) of the Farm Se-18
116116 curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 19
117117 U.S.C. 8107(c)), or 20
118118 ‘‘(B) any physical improvement to land 21
119119 made using a payment provided under the envi-22
120120 ronmental quality incentives program estab-23
121121 lished under subchapter A of chapter 4 of sub-24
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125125 title D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1
126126 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.). 2
127127 ‘‘(d) D
128128 EFINITIONS.—In this section— 3
129129 ‘‘(1) C
130130 ONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRI -4
131131 CULTURE.—The term ‘controlled environment agri-5
132132 culture’ means a closed, indoor agricultural produc-6
133133 tion system using controlled environment agriculture 7
134134 technology in which the environment and inputs can 8
135135 be controlled throughout the lifecycle of a crop. 9
136136 ‘‘(2) C
137137 ONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRI -10
138138 CULTURE TECHNOLOGY .—The term ‘controlled envi-11
139139 ronment agriculture technology’ means any tech-12
140140 nology (including equipment, systems and their com-13
141141 ponents, materials, and accessories that are nec-14
142142 essary for the deployment of such technology) that 15
143143 is required to create, support, and maintain the nec-16
144144 essary growing environment for plants and directly 17
145145 contributes to the efficient production, harvesting, 18
146146 processing, or packaging of agricultural products 19
147147 and goods, including— 20
148148 ‘‘(A) heating, cooling, thermal screening, 21
149149 humidification, dehumidification, and air cir-22
150150 culation systems, 23
151151 ‘‘(B) horticultural lighting systems and 24
152152 glazing materials, 25
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156156 ‘‘(C) irrigation and water treatment and 1
157157 filtration systems, 2
158158 ‘‘(D) nutrient delivery and management, 3
159159 ‘‘(E) sensors and vision systems for gath-4
160160 ering data within a commercial controlled envi-5
161161 ronment agricultural facility, 6
162162 ‘‘(F) software, including data management 7
163163 software, advanced analytics, machine learning 8
164164 systems and artificial intelligence systems, de-9
165165 signed as part of or sold in connection with con-10
166166 trolled environment agriculture technology, 11
167167 ‘‘(G) robotics, conveyance, and automation 12
168168 systems, including automated storage and re-13
169169 trieval equipment, 14
170170 ‘‘(H) automatic harvesting, seeding, trans-15
171171 planting, and sanitation systems, and 16
172172 ‘‘(I) any other technology, as determined 17
173173 by the Secretary, that contributes to the effi-18
174174 cient production, harvesting, processing, or 19
175175 packaging of agricultural products and goods in 20
176176 commercial controlled environment agricultural 21
177177 facilities. 22
178178 ‘‘(3) P
179179 RECISION AGRICULTURE .—The term 23
180180 ‘precision agriculture’ means the use of on-farm pre-24
181181 cision agriculture technology in— 25
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185185 ‘‘(A) managing, tracking, or reducing crop 1
186186 production inputs, including seed, land, fer-2
187187 tilizer, chemicals, water, and time, 3
188188 ‘‘(B) optimizing weed, pest, and disease 4
189189 identification, 5
190190 ‘‘(C) managing and tracking crop harvest 6
191191 and on-farm storage at a heightened level of 7
192192 spatial and temporal granularity to improve ef-8
193193 ficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environ-9
194194 mental quality, and 10
195195 ‘‘(D) improving on-farm water conserva-11
196196 tion and irrigation efficiency. 12
197197 ‘‘(4) P
198198 RECISION AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY .— 13
199199 The term ‘precision agriculture technology’ means 14
200200 any technology (including equipment that is nec-15
201201 essary for the deployment of such technology) that 16
202202 directly contributes to a reduction in, or improved 17
203203 efficiency of, inputs used in specialty crop produc-18
204204 tion, harvesting, and on-farm storage including— 19
205205 ‘‘(A) Global Positioning System-based or 20
206206 geospatial mapping, 21
207207 ‘‘(B) satellite or aerial imagery, 22
208208 ‘‘(C) yield monitors, 23
209209 ‘‘(D) soil mapping, 24
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213213 ‘‘(E) non-chemical weed and pest control 1
214214 technologies, including autonomous laser weed-2
215215 ers, 3
216216 ‘‘(F) vision systems, remote sensors, and 4
217217 temperature and soil moisture monitors, 5
218218 ‘‘(G) internet of things and telematics 6
219219 technologies, 7
220220 ‘‘(H) software, including data manage-8
221221 ment, advanced analytics, machine learning, 9
222222 and artificial intelligence systems, designed as 10
223223 part of or sold in connection with other preci-11
224224 sion agriculture technology, 12
225225 ‘‘(I) network connectivity products and so-13
226226 lutions, 14
227227 ‘‘(J) Global Positioning System guidance 15
228228 or auto-steer systems, 16
229229 ‘‘(K) variable rate technology for applying 17
230230 inputs, such as section control, 18
231231 ‘‘(L) robotics, 19
232232 ‘‘(M) uncrewed aircraft systems and 20
233233 uncrewed ground vehicles, and 21
234234 ‘‘(N) any other technology, as determined 22
235235 by the Secretary, that leads to a reduction in, 23
236236 or improves efficiency of, inputs used in crop 24
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240240 production and harvesting, which may include 1
241241 seed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time.’’. 2
242242 (b) E
243243 LECTIVEPAYMENT OFCREDIT.—Section 6417 3
244244 of such Code is amended— 4
245245 (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 5
246246 following: 6
247247 ‘‘(13) The innovative agricultural technology in-7
248248 vestment credit under section 48F.’’, and 8
249249 (2) in subsection (d)(1)— 9
250250 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘(C), 10
251251 or (D)’’ each place such term appears and in-11
252252 serting ‘‘(C), (D), or (E)’’, 12
253253 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) (as 13
254254 amended by clause (i)) as subparagraph (F), 14
255255 and 15
256256 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 16
257257 the following: 17
258258 ‘‘(E) E
259259 LECTION WITH RESPECT TO INNO -18
260260 VATIVE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY INVEST -19
261261 MENT CREDIT.—If a taxpayer other than an en-20
262262 tity described in subparagraph (A) makes an 21
263263 election under this subparagraph with respect 22
264264 to any taxable year in which such taxpayer has, 23
265265 after December 31, 2023, placed in service 24
266266 qualified property which is part of an innovative 25
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270270 agricultural technology project (as defined in 1
271271 section 48F(b)), such taxpayer shall be treated 2
272272 as an applicable entity for purposes of this sec-3
273273 tion for such taxable year, but only with respect 4
274274 to the credit described in subsection (b)(13).’’. 5
275275 (c) T
276276 RANSFERABILITY.—Section 6418(f)(1)(A) of 6
277277 such Code is amended by adding at the end the following 7
278278 new clause: 8
279279 ‘‘(xii) The innovative agricultural 9
280280 technology investment credit determined 10
281281 under section 48F.’’. 11
282282 (d) C
283283 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 12
284284 (1) Section 46 of such Code is amended— 13
285285 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 14
286286 the end, 15
287287 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-16
288288 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 17
289289 (C) by adding at the end the following new 18
290290 paragraph: 19
291291 ‘‘(8) the innovative agricultural technology in-20
292292 vestment credit.’’. 21
293293 (2) Section 49(a)(1)(C) of such Code is amend-22
294294 ed— 23
295295 (A) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 24
296296 end, 25
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300300 (B) in clause (viii), by striking the period 1
301301 at the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 2
302302 (C) by adding at the end the following new 3
303303 clause: 4
304304 ‘‘(ix) the basis of any qualified prop-5
305305 erty which is part of an innovative agricul-6
306306 tural technology project under section 7
307307 48F.’’. 8
308308 (3) Section 50(a)(2)(E) of such Code is amend-9
309309 ed by striking ‘‘or 48E(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘48E(e), 10
310310 or 48F(c)(1)’’. 11
311311 (4) The table of sections for subpart E of part 12
312312 IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is 13
313313 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-14
314314 tion 48E the following new item: 15
315315 ‘‘Sec. 48F. Innovative agricultural technology investment credit.’’.
316316 (e) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 16
317317 this section shall apply to property the construction of 17
318318 which began after January 1, 2025. 18
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