(a) Short title
This section may be cited as the “Advancing IoT for Precision Agriculture Act of 2021”.
(b) Purpose
It is the purpose of this section to promote scientific research and development opportunities for connected technologies that advance precision agriculture capabilities.
(c) Foundation directive on agricultural sensor researchIn making awards under the sensor systems and networked systems programs of the Foundation, the Director shall include in consideration of portfolio balance research and development on sensor connectivity in environments of intermittent connectivity and intermittent computation—
(e) GAO reviewNot later than 18 months after August 9, 2022, the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide—
(1) a technology assessment of precision agriculture technologies, such as the existing use of—
(A)
sensors, scanners, radio-frequency identification, and related technologies that can monitor soil properties, irrigation conditions, and plant physiology;
(B)
sensors, scanners, radio-frequency identification, and related technologies that can monitor livestock activity and health;