Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section would let the Act be called the Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act .
2: Precision agriculture satellite connectivity
This section would require the Federal Communications Commission, working with the Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States, to review the Commission's rules on fixed satellite service, mobile satellite service, and earth exploration satellite service to decide whether there are rule changes the Commission could make under its existing authority to support precision agriculture. If the Commission decides such changes are possible, it would then have to develop recommendations for how to carry them out. Not later than 15 months after this Act becomes law, the Commission would have to submit a report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation covering the results of the review and any recommendations it developed. For purposes of this section, Commission means the Federal Communications Commission, and Task Force means the Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States, which was established under section 12511 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334).
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2. Precision agriculture satellite connectivity (a) Review The Commission, in consultation with the Task Force, 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) Definitions In this section: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. (2) Task Force The term Task Force means the Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States established under section 12511 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–334 ).