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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-837
PRECISION AGRICULTURE CONNECTIVITY ACT OF 2018
JULY 18, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WALDEN, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4881]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 4881) to require the Federal Communications Com-
mission to establish a task force for meeting the connectivity and
technology needs of precision agriculture in the United States, hav-
ing considered the same, report favorably thereon with amend-
ments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 4
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 4
C om m ittee A ction ................................................................................................... 4
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 5
Oversight Findings and Recommendations .......................................................... 5
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 5
Congressional Budget Office Estim ate ................................................................... 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Cost E stim ate ....................................................................................... 5
Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............................. 6
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .................................................................... 6
A dvisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 6
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 6
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 7
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of 2018.
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