,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eddi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjah,mr4
 ,soto introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,farm ,security and ,rural ,investment  
,act of #bjjb to support a smart        
agriculture industry technology roadmap1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,smart    
agriculture industry technology roadmap 
7a7 ,in general ,section #fdjb7;g77#a7  
of the ,farm ,security and ,rural       
,investment ,act of #bjjb 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#afcb;b7g77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 by   
striking each fiscal year1 the          
,secretary shall use #cjj1jjj and       
inserting the following3 each fiscal    
year1 the ,secretary shall-- 7,a7 use   
#cjj1jjj  2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,a7  
7as so designated71 by striking the     
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following new subparagraph3  7,b7 use   
#ejj1jjj to support a public-private    

partnership that would produce1 and     
update1 a smart agriculture industry    
technology roadmap4  4  7b7 ,definition 
,section #fdjb7;g7 of the ,farm         
,security and ,rural ,investment ,act of
 #bjjb 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #afcb;b7g77 is     
amended by adding at the end the        
following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,smart   
agriculture industry technology roadmap 
defined ,in this section1 the term smart
 agriculture industry technology roadmap
 means a set of policies designed to--  
7,a7 guide the future development of    
technology in the agriculture industry2 
and  7,b7 help align the efforts of the 
,united ,states agriculture industry1   
including agricultural producers1 the   
research community 7including the       
public-private partnership referred to  
in paragraph 7#a7 and colleges and      
universities 7as defined in section     
#adjd of the ,national ,agricultural    
,research1 ,extension1 and ,teaching    
,policy ,act of #aigg 7#g ,u4,s4,c4     
#acjc771 and other members of the       

agriculture community to increase       
efforts of the ,united ,states to become
 the global leader in smart farming and 
agriculture4  4  7c7 ,report ,section   
#fdjb7;h77#b77;,a7 of the ,farm         
,security and ,rural ,investment ,act of
 #bjjb 7#g ,u4,s4,c4                    
#afcb;b7h77#b77;,a77 is amended by      
inserting including the smart           
agriculture technology roadmap after    
,program4  7d7 ,authorization of        
appropriations ,section #fdjb7;i7 of the
 ,farm ,security and ,rural ,investment 
,act of #bjjb 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #afcb;b7i77 
is amended by striking #a1jjj1jjj for   
each of fiscal years #bjad through #bjah
 and inserting #a1ejj1jjj for each of   
fiscal years #bjai through #bjbc4  7e7  
,technical correction ,section          
#fdjb7;g77#b7 of the ,farm ,security and
 ,rural ,investment ,act of #bjjb 7#g   
,u4,s4,c4 #afcb;b7g77#b77 is amended by 
striking subparagraph 7,a7 and inserting
 subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b7 of paragraph 
7#a74