S. 4794 — Precision Agriculture Cybersecurity Act

This section defines "foreign country of concern" as the People's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. It defines "precision agriculture technology" as sensors, software, data collection tools, networking systems, and machines that measure, record, manage, and deliver spatial and temporal data for agricultural production and farm management decisionmaking.

This section directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and in coordination with the Food and Agriculture Sector Coordinating Council and the Food and Agriculture-Information Sharing and Analysis Center, to prepare and publish a report within one year assessing cyber-threats to precision agriculture technologies. The report must evaluate all such threats, assess those from foreign countries of concern, identify planning gaps with recommendations to address them, and review related funding opportunities and existing staff at both departments; it must be submitted to the Senate and House Agriculture, Foreign Relations/Affairs, and Homeland Security committees, with a classified annex permitted for the congressional version.

This section requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study, within one year of enactment, assessing current federal coordination on cybersecurity in precision agriculture technologies, developing recommendations to enhance it, and evaluating the Food and Agriculture Sector Government Coordinating Council and Sector Coordinating Council on the same topic. It also requires a public report with findings and recommendations, submitted to the Senate and House agriculture and homeland security committees, that excludes classified information.