,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #f1 #bjbe 
,mrs4 ,fischer 7for herself and ,mr4    
,warnock7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1         
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,consolidated ,farm and   
,rural ,development ,act to make        
precision agriculture practices and     
technologies eligible under the         
conservation loan and loan guarantee    
program4  #a4  ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,precision          
,agriculture ,loan ,act of #bjbe4  #b4  
,precision agriculture and conservation 
loan and loan guarantee program         
,section #cjd of the ,consolidated ,farm
 and ,rural ,development ,act 7#g       
,u4,s4,c4 #aibd7 is amended--  7#a7 in  
the section heading1 by striking        
,conservation and inserting ,precision  
agriculture and conservation2  7#b7 in  
subsection 7b77#c7-- 7,a7 by            

redesignating subparagraphs 7,f7 and    
7,g7 as subparagraphs 7,h7 and 7,i71    
respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
after subparagraph 7,e7 the following3  
7,f7 the adoption of precision          
agriculture practices2  7,g7 the        
acquisition of precision agriculture    
technologies2  2  7#c7 in subsection    
7d7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#b71 by        
striking and at the end2  7,b7 in       
paragraph 7#c71 by striking #aihe4 and  
inserting #aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #chab72  
and2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end the 
following3  7#d7 producers who use the  
loans to adopt precision agriculture    
practices or acquire precision          
agriculture technologies1 including     
adoption or acquisition for the purpose 
of participating in the environmental   
quality incentives program under        
subchapter ,a of chapter #d of subtitle 
,d of title ,,xii of the ,food ,security
 ,act of #aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #chci;aa  
et seq474  2  7#d7 in subsection 7f7--  
7,a7 by striking ,the ,secretary and    

inserting the following3  7#a7          
,geographic diversity  ,the ,secretary  
2 and  7,b7 by adding at the end the    
following3  7#b7  ,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         
technologies1 including--  7,a7         
delegating the authority to administer  
this section to the ,deputy             
,administrator for ,farm ,programs of   
the ,farm ,service ,agency2 and  7,b7   
streamlining any necessary approvals    
with the ,natural ,resources            
,conservation ,service4  2 and  7#e7 in 
subsection 7h71 by striking #bjbc and   
inserting #bjbi4