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To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to support a smart agriculture industry technology roadmap, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5449 · 115th Congress · Apr 10, 2018 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Smart agriculture industry technology roadmap

(a)
In general— Section 6402(g)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b(g)(1)) is amended—
(1)
by striking “each fiscal year, the Secretary shall use $300,000” and inserting the following:

“(A) use $300,000”

(2)
in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(B) use $500,000 to support a public-private partnership that would produce, and update, a smart agriculture industry technology roadmap.”

(b)
Definition— Section 6402(g) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(3) Smart agriculture industry technology roadmap defined—In this section, the term “smart agriculture industry technology roadmap” means a set of policies designed to—

“(A) guide the future development of technology in the agriculture industry; and

“(B) help align the efforts of the United States agriculture industry, including agricultural producers, the research community (including the public-private partnership referred to in paragraph (1) and colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 1303)), and other members of the agriculture community to increase efforts of the United States to become the global leader in smart farming and agriculture.”

(c)
Report— Section 6402(h)(2)(A) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b(h)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting “including the smart agriculture technology roadmap” after “Program”.
(d)
Authorization of appropriations— Section 6402(i) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b(i)) is amended by striking “$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018” and inserting “$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023”.
(e)
Technical correction— Section 6402(g)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b(g)(2)) is amended by striking “subparagraph (A)” and inserting “subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1)”.