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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. 
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 re-
view certain rules of the Commission and develop rec-
ommendations for rule changes to promote precision agri-
culture, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 imple-
ment under existing authority to promote precision 
agriculture; and 
(2) if the Commission determines under para-
graph (1) that there are rule changes that the Com-
mission 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), includ-
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ing any recommendations developed under paragraph (2) 
of such subsection. 
(c) COMMISSION DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal Communications Com-
mission. 
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Union Calendar No. 159 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1618 
[Report No. 119–195] 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Communications Commis-
sion to review certain rules of the Commission 
and develop recommendations for rule changes to 
promote precision agriculture, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 10, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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