Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2025

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2025-02-11

Risk subdomain coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with limited focus on cybersecurity (2.2) and governance structures (6.5). The document primarily addresses voluntary standards development for precision agriculture equipment interconnectivity, with only passing consideration of AI's impact. Most risk subdomains receive no coverage as the document focuses on technical standards rather than AI-specific risks.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Information
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Agriculture sector through development of voluntary interconnectivity standards for precision agriculture equipment and practices. It also has implications for the Information sector through requirements for data management, connectivity, and advanced wireless communications technology standards.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act from the United States Congress with mandatory obligations on the Secretary of Agriculture and the Comptroller General, using mandatory language ('shall') and establishing legal requirements for standards development and assessment.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; Senate; House of Representatives
• Summary: The document is a Congressional bill proposed by the United States Congress, as indicated by the opening text 'Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled'.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer, AI_Infrastructure_Provider
• Entities: Secretary of Agriculture; voluntary consensus standards development organizations; relevant public and trusted private sector stakeholders; agriculture producers
• Summary: The Act targets the Secretary of Agriculture who must develop standards, voluntary consensus standards development organizations that participate in standards development, and private sector stakeholders in precision agriculture including equipment manufacturers and agriculture producers who would adopt the standards.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Agriculture; Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; Federal Communications Commission
• Summary: The Secretary of Agriculture is the primary enforcer responsible for developing the standards in consultation with NIST and FCC. However, the Act focuses on voluntary standards development rather than enforcement of compliance.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Comptroller General of the United States; Government Accountability Office; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; Committee on Agriculture
• Summary: The GAO (through the Comptroller General) is explicitly designated to monitor and assess the standards every two years, reporting findings to four Congressional committees.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Plan and Design stage by requiring development of interconnectivity standards for precision agriculture. It also covers Operate and Monitor through mandated GAO assessments of standards adoption and effectiveness. The document mentions AI's impact on precision agriculture but does not deeply engage with AI model development, training, or deployment stages.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence as a consideration for standards development but does not define or extensively discuss AI models, systems, or specific AI types. It references AI's impact on precision agriculture without detailed technical specifications or compute thresholds.