May 6, 2025
Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Mr. Warnock) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make precision agriculture practices and technologies eligible under the conservation loan and loan guarantee program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Precision Agriculture Loan Act of 2025
.
Sec. 2. Precision agriculture and conservation loan and loan guarantee program
Section 304 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1924) is amended—
(1)
in the section heading, by striking Conservation
and inserting Precision agriculture and conservation
;
(2)
in subsection (b)(3)—
(A)
by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (H) and (I), respectively; and
(B)
by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
(F)
the adoption of precision agriculture practices;
(G)
the acquisition of precision agriculture technologies;;
(3)
in subsection (d)—
(A)
in paragraph (2), by striking and
at the end;
(B)
in paragraph (3), by striking 1985.
and inserting 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3812); and
; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(4)
producers who use the loans to adopt precision agriculture practices or acquire precision agriculture technologies, including adoption or acquisition for the purpose of participating in the environmental quality incentives program under subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.).;
(4)
in subsection (f)—
(A)
by striking The Secretary
and inserting the following:
(1) Geographic diversity
The Secretary; and
(B)
by adding at the end the following:
(2) Efficiency and effectiveness for precision agriculture
The Secretary shall consider and implement processes and techniques to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the administration of this section with respect to the purposes of adopting precision agriculture practices and acquiring precision agriculture technologies, including—
(A)
delegating the authority to administer this section to the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs of the Farm Service Agency; and
(B)
streamlining any necessary approvals with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.; and
(5)
in subsection (h), by striking 2023
and inserting 2029
.