American Farm Bureau is joining more than 80 organizations in support of a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate that would protect farmers and others from paying to fix GPS interface issues caused by a wireless network expansion.
The Recognizing and Ensuring Taxpayer Access to Infrastructure Necessary for GPS and Satellite Communications Act (RETAIN GPS Act) was created after a 2020 Federal Communications Commission decision to allow the satellite communications company Ligado (li-ga-doh) to provide 5G services which could interfere and reduce GPS capabilities.
