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H. Rept. 119-195 1 (2025-07-10)

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                     119TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES           119-195






                     PRECISION AGRICULTURE SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY ACT


                     JULY  10, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                        the Union and ordered to be printed



                        Mr. GUTHRIE,  from  the Committee  on  Energy  and Commerce,
                                           submitted  the following


                                              REPORT

                                            [To accompany H.R. 1618]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee   on Energy   and Commerce,   to whom   was referred
                     the bill (H.R. 1618) to require the  Federal Communications Com-
                     mission to review certain rules of the Commission   and develop  rec-
                     ommendations for   rule  changes  to promote  precision  agriculture,
                     and for other purposes, having  considered  the same,  reports favor-
                     ably thereon with  an amendment and recommends that the bill as
                     amended  do pass.

                                                  CONTENTS
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                     Purpose and Sum m ary  ........................................................................................... .  2
                     Background and Need for  Legislation  ....................................................................  2
                     Com m ittee  A ction  ................................................................................................... .  2
                     C om m ittee  V otes  .....................................................................................................  3
                     Oversight Findings and  Recommendations     ...........................................................  3
                     New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............     3
                     Congressional Budget Office  Estimate   ...................................................................  3
                     Federal M andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  4
                     Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................             4
                     Duplication of Federal Program s  ............................................................................  4
                     Related Committee and Subcommittee Hearings .................................................  4
                     Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  5
                     Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .............................  5
                     Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  5
                     Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  5
                     Section-by-Section  Analysis of the  Legislation  ......................................................  5
                     Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................             5
                       The amendment is   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 Satellite Connectivity Act.
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