H.R. 1459 · 118th Congress
PRECISE Act
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Fischbach3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Producing Responsible Energy and Conservation Incentives and Solutions for the Environment Act or the PRECISE Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 8, 2023
Producing Responsible Energy and Conservation Incentives and Solutions for the Environment Act or the PRECISE Act
This bill incorporates support for precision agriculture into various programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Precision agriculture refers to managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs, including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time, at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality. Precision agriculture technology includes any technology and equipment that directly contributes to a reduction in, or improved efficiency of, inputs used in crop or livestock production.
Specifically, the bill makes changes to eligibility criteria, administrative procedures, and other aspects of the Conservation Loan Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and the Conservation Stewardship Program. These changes include allowing the programs to support the adoption of precision agriculture practices and acquisition of precision agriculture technologies.
In addition, the bill expands a program through which USDA makes and insures loans to for-profit and nonprofit organizations that invest in rural areas by allowing the loans to be used for precision agriculture practices.
Also, USDA must emphasize the use of third-party providers when providing technical assistance on matters related to soil health for participants in certain USDA conservation programs.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: PRECISE Act
Also known as: Producing Responsible Energy and Conservation Incentives and Solutions for the Environment Act
Latest action (Apr 4, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 8, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.