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Union Calendar No. 28 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1339 

[Report No. 118–42] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2023 

Mr. LATTA (for himself and Ms. KELLY of Illinois) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

APRIL 25, 2023 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BALDERSON, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, and Mr. ALLEN

APRIL 25, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; committed to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 

to be printed 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Precision Agriculture 

5 Satellite Connectivity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PRECISION AGRICULTURE SATELLITE 

7 CONNECTIVITY. 

8 (a) REVIEW.—The Commission, in consultation with 

9 the Task Force, shall— 

10 (1) review the rules of the Commission relating 

11 to fixed satellite service, mobile satellite service, and 

12 earth exploration satellite service to determine if 

13 there are rule changes that the Commission could 

14 implement under existing authority to promote pre15 cision agriculture; and 

16 (2) if the Commission determines under para17 graph (1) that there are rule changes that the Com18 mission could implement, develop recommendations 

19 for how to implement the changes. 

20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 15 months after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 

22 submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com24 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 

25 on the results of the review conducted under subsection 


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1 (a), including any recommendations developed under para2 graph (2) of such subsection. 

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

5 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

6 (2) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 

7 means the Task Force for Reviewing the 

8 Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Ag9 riculture in the United States established under sec10 tion 12511 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

11 2018 (Public Law 115–334). 


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Union Calendar No. 28 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1339 

[Report No. 118–42] 

A BILL 

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

APRIL 25, 2023 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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