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Satellite-Based Agricultural Data Act
To include commercial weather services as a priority area for funding under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to explicitly include commercial weather services as a priority area for research funding. The change allows USDA grants for agricultural research to support projects that use data and tools from commercial weather services to develop climate change mitigation measures for agriculture. The bill clarifies eligibility for federal research funding to encompass weather-based approaches to addressing agricultural challenges related to climate adaptation and resilience.
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Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Brittany Pettersen’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $30,671
- COINBASE $18,000
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $13,200
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $13,000
- SOLANA LABS $9,900
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Actions (2)
- Jul 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Jul 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 15, 2025
Ms. Pettersen (for herself and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To include commercial weather services as a priority area for funding under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Satellite-Based Agricultural Data Act”.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF COMMERCIAL WEATHER AS AFRI PRIORITY AREA.
Subsection (b)(2)(E)(iii) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(2)(E)(iii)) is amended by inserting “, including through the use of data and tools available from commercial weather services” after “mitigation measures”. <all>
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