,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #g1        
#bjag,ms4 ,stefanik introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,agriculture1 for a period to be        
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to utilize loans and loan   
guarantees under the rural broadband    
access program to provide broadband     
service for agricultural producers and  
to provide universal service support for
 installation charges for broadband     
service for agricultural producers in   
order to improve precision farming and  
ranching1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,precision ,farming ,act4  #b4 ,loan
 priorities in providing access to      
broadband telecommunications services in

 rural areas ,section #fja7;c77#b7 of   
the ,rural ,electrification ,act of     
#aicf 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #iej;bb7c77#b77 is  
amended--  7#a7 by striking and at the  
end of subparagraph 7,c72  7#b7 by      
redesignating subparagraph 7,d7 as      
subparagraph 7,e7 and1 in such          
subparagraph1 by striking in the        
applications of the applicants2 and     
7#c7 by inserting after subparagraph    
7,c7 the following new subparagraph     
7,d73  7,d7 give priority to applicants 
that offer to provide broadband service1
 at better than the minimum acceptable  
level of broadband service established  
under subsection 7e71 to agricultural   
producers in the proposed service       
territory to improve their ability to   
conduct precision farming or ranching1  
as determined by the ,secretary2 and  4 
#c4 ,universal service support for      
broadband service installation charges  
for agricultural producers ,section #bed
 of the ,communications ,act of #aicd   
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bed7 is amended by      

adding at the end the following3  7m7   
,support for broadband service          
installation charges for agricultural   
producers  7#a7 ,in general ,a provider 
of broadband service serving a          
geographic area shall1 upon a bona fide 
request from an agricultural producer   
for connection to such service to       
improve the ability of the producer to  
conduct precision farming or ranching1  
install any line or other facility or   
equipment necessary to enable such      
connection at a discount from the amount
 that the provider would charge other   
parties for a similar installation4     
7#b7 ,amount of discount ,the amount of 
the discount provided under paragraph   
7#a7 shall be the lesser of-- 7,a7 the  
amount that the provider would charge   
other parties for a similar             
installation2 or  7,b7 #ae1jjj4  7#c7   
,limit of one discount per agricultural 
producer ,an agricultural producer may  
not receive more than one discount under
 paragraph 7#a74  7#d7 ,offset or       

reimbursement ,a provider of broadband  
service that makes an installation under
 paragraph 7#a7 shall-- 7,a7 have an    
amount equal to the amount of the       
discount provided under such paragraph  
treated as an offset to its obligation  
to contribute to the mechanisms to      
preserve and advance universal service2 
or  7,b7 notwithstanding the provisions 
of subsection 7e71 receive reimbursement
 utilizing the support mechanisms to    
preserve and advance universal service4 
7#e7 ,consistency with rural broadband  
access program ,the ,commission shall1  
in consultation with the ,secretary of  
,agriculture1 promulgate such           
regulations as are necessary to ensure  
that this subsection is carried out in a
 manner that is consistent with the     
manner in which the ,secretary of       
,agriculture carries out subparagraph   
7,d7 of section #fja7;c77#b7 of the     
,rural ,electrification ,act of #aicf   
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #iej;bb7c77#b774  4