Satellite-Based Agricultural Data Act

Bill: 119-hr-4414
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2025-07-15
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4414 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 15, 2025 Ms. Pettersen (for herself and Mr. Moolenaar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To include commercial weather services as a priority area for funding under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Satellite-Based Agricultural Data Act . 2. Inclusion of commercial weather as AFRI priority area Subsection (b)(2)(E)(iii) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(2)(E)(iii) ) is amended by inserting , including through the use of data and tools available from commercial weather services after mitigation measures .