GAO assessment of precision agriculture standards

(a) Study Not later than 1 year after the Secretary develops standards under section 4, and every 2 years thereafter for the following 8 years, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study that assesses those standards, including the extent to which those standards, as applicable— (1) are voluntary; (2) were developed in coordination with relevant industry organizations, including voluntary consensus standards development organizations; and (3) have successfully encouraged the adoption of precision agriculture. (b) Report The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report that summarizes the findings of each study conducted under subsection (a).