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Amends the Organic agriculture research and extension initiative to add new authorized purposes, replace the subsection governing indigenous traditional ecological knowledge with explicit requirements, and update authorized funding levels for specified fiscal years.
Inserts a new section (1674) into Title XVI authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to make competitive grants for research, education, and extension related to transitioning nonorganic production systems to organic systems; requires application of specified paragraphs of 7 U.S.C. 3157(b) to grants under the section; encourages partnerships with producers and certain designated institutions; and authorizes specified appropriations for FY2026 onward.
Inserts a new section (titled "Coordinating and expanding Organic Research Initiative") into Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 immediately before existing section 404 (7 U.S.C. 7624). The new section establishes the Initiative, defines terms, sets membership and duties, requires periodic surveys and reports, prescribes consultation requirements, and requires the Secretary to consider Initiative recommendations in annual budget submissions.
Redesignates existing subsection (d) as subsection (e); inserts a new subsection (d) requiring the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Economic Research Service, to conduct an economic impact analysis of organic agricultural management in accordance with the National Organic Program and to submit a plan and a subsequent report to the House and Senate Agriculture committees; and amends the funding paragraph (formerly subsection (d), now (e)) by adding a $10,000,000 paragraph for fiscal years 2025–2030 and by striking a prior $5,000,000 clause and inserting replacement text (quoted in the amendment).
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced October 6, 2025 by Eugene Simon Vindman · Last progress October 6, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House