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H.R.4291: Precision Farming Act
About This Bill
- Introduced Nov. 7, 2017
- Latest Major Action Dec. 5, 2017
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Version
- Introduced in House - Nov. 7, 2017
Bill Summary
Precision Farming Act This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to require the Department of Agriculture to give priority to loan applicants that offer to provide broadband service, at better than the minimum acceptable level of broadband service, to agricultural producers in the proposed service territory to improve their ability to conduct precision farming or ranching. (Precision farming is a strategy that uses various...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Dec. 5, 2017 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
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| Nov. 10, 2017 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
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| Nov. 7, 2017 |
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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| Nov. 7, 2017 |
Introduced in the House by Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) |