[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1618 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 159
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1618

                          [Report No. 119-195]

  To require the Federal Communications Commission to review certain 
rules of the Commission and develop recommendations for rule changes to 
         promote precision agriculture, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2025

   Mr. Latta (for himself and Ms. Kelly of Illinois) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

                             July 10, 2025

                    Additional sponsor: Mrs. Houchin

                             July 10, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 26, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Federal Communications Commission to review certain 
rules of the Commission and develop recommendations for rule changes to 
         promote precision agriculture, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Precision Agriculture Satellite 
Connectivity Act''.

SEC. 2. PRECISION AGRICULTURE SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY.

    (a) Review.--The Commission shall--
            (1) review the rules of the Commission relating to fixed 
        satellite service, mobile satellite service, and earth 
        exploration satellite service to determine if there are rule 
        changes that the Commission could implement under existing 
        authority to promote precision agriculture; and
            (2) if the Commission determines under paragraph (1) that 
        there are rule changes that the Commission could implement, 
        develop recommendations for how to implement the changes.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 15 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
results of the review conducted under subsection (a), including any 
recommendations developed under paragraph (2) of such subsection.
    (c) Commission Defined.--In this section, the term ``Commission'' 
means the Federal Communications Commission.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 159

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1618

                          [Report No. 119-195]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To require the Federal Communications Commission to review certain 
rules of the Commission and develop recommendations for rule changes to 
         promote precision agriculture, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 10, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed