42 U.S.C. § 19068: Advancing IoT for Precision…

Summary

Requires the Foundation to support research on connected technologies that help precision farming. The Foundation Director must consider projects that study how sensors and networks work when connections or computing are intermittent. The work must aim to make advanced sensing reliable in rural areas and look at things like local gateway access to stored data, signal weakening and loss, and how wireless power works at scale. Not later than 18 months after August 9, 2022, the Comptroller General must report a technology assessment of precision agriculture tools (for example, sensors and RFID, livestock and soil monitoring, network and wireless options for rural areas, aerial or satellite imagery, ground robots, control systems like smart irrigation, GPS apps, and data analytics) and review Federal programs that supported precision agriculture research, adoption, education, or training as of August 9, 2022.

Title 42, §19068

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(a)Short title

This section may be cited as the “Advancing IoT for Precision Agriculture Act of 2021”.

(b)Purpose

It is the purpose of this section to promote scientific research and development opportunities for connected technologies that advance precision agriculture capabilities.

(c)Foundation directive on agricultural sensor research

In making awards under the sensor systems and networked systems programs of the Foundation, the Director shall include in consideration of portfolio balance research and development on sensor connectivity in environments of intermittent connectivity and intermittent computation—

(1)to improve the reliable use of advance sensing systems in rural and agricultural areas; and

(2)that considers—

(A)direct gateway access for locally stored data;

(B)attenuation of signal transmission;

(C)loss of signal transmission; and

(D)at-scale performance for wireless power.

(d)Omitted

(e)GAO review

Not later than 18 months after August 9, 2022, the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide—

(1)a technology assessment of precision agriculture technologies, such as the existing use of—

(A)sensors, scanners, radio-frequency identification, and related technologies that can monitor soil properties, irrigation conditions, and plant physiology;

(B)sensors, scanners, radio-frequency identification, and related technologies that can monitor livestock activity and health;

(C)network connectivity and wireless communications that can securely support digital agriculture technologies in rural and remote areas;

(D)aerial imagery generated by satellites or unmanned aerial vehicles;

(E)ground-based robotics;

(F)control systems design and connectivity, such as smart irrigation control systems;

(G)Global Positioning System-based applications; and

(H)data management software and advanced analytics that can assist decision making and improve agricultural outcomes; and

(2)a review of Federal programs that provide support for precision agriculture research, development, adoption, education, or training, in existence on August 9, 2022.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of section 10361 of Pub. L. 117–167. Subsec. (d) of section 10361 of Pub. L. 117–167 amended section 1862i of this title.

§19068 Advancing Iot for Precision Agriculture Capabilities Act

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Title 42, §19068

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