Sec. 4. Studies and reports by the Secretary of Agriculture

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The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall carry out a grant program under which the Secretary shall make grants to land-grant colleges or universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 )) to conduct research on establishing hemp as a domestic agricultural commodity. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall— submit a report to Congress that includes— the grants awarded under paragraph

(1)in the prior year; and the results of the research conducted pursuant to such grants; and make such report publicly available on the website of the Department. The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service, shall conduct a study on the foods, drinks, and supplements produced from hemp-based or hemp-blended products, including— the nutritional value of such foods, drinks, and supplements; and the nutritional benefits derived from such foods, drinks, and supplements, including digestible protein, essential fatty acid, and allergen content. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that includes the results of the study conducted under paragraph

(1)and make such report publicly available on the website of the Department. The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, shall conduct a study on the foods, drinks, and supplements produced from hemp, including— the nutritional value of such foods, drinks, and supplements; and the potential to use such foods, drinks, and supplements as low-cost healthy alternatives to other foods, drinks, and supplements served under the free or reduced price school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the free or reduced price school breakfasts under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that includes the results of the study conducted under paragraph

(1)and make such report publicly available on the website of the Department. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other executive agencies (as defined in section 102 of title 31, United States Code), including the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Defense, shall— determine which items procured by the Federal Government, or items used by contractors or subcontractors at any tier, can be substituted for a hemp-based product; and submit to Congress a report containing a list of such items. Not later than 180 days after the report under paragraph

(1)is submitted to Congress, the Secretary, acting through the appropriate agricultural research agency heads, shall— conduct a cost-benefit analysis of substituting a hemp-based product for each item listed in such report; and submit a report to Congress on the result of such cost-benefit analysis. In this paragraph, the term appropriate agricultural research agency heads means the Administrator of the Economic Research Service, the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, and the Administrator of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Not later than 180 days after the report under paragraph

(2)is submitted to Congress, the Secretary shall, using the information described in subparagraph (A)(ii) of such paragraph, update the report of the Department entitled Industrial Hemp in the United States: Status and Market Potential and dated January, 2000. The Secretary shall make the reports required under paragraphs

(1)through

(3)publicly available on the website of the Department. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall— conduct a study to determine the potential for hemp to be used for the purposes of soil erosion control and as a windscreen; and shall submit a report to Congress that includes the results of the study required under subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall make the report required under paragraph (1)(B) publicly available on the website of the Department. The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service and in consultation with the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall provide guidance and information regarding the cultivation of hemp in accordance with the guidelines of the national organic program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) to each State that permits the growth or cultivation of organic hemp under the laws of the State. Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat noxious species (such as insects and weeds) that could impact hemp farms and establishing an areawide integrated pest management program for areas that could be affected by, or areas at risk of, being affected by the noxious species. . Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update the study entitled Industrial Hemp in the United States: Status and Market Potential published by the Economic Research Service to include data, information, and analysis with respect to— the quantity of hemp imported, its cost, country of origin, and the country from which it is imported; the quantity of hemp cultivated in the United States, for what purposes the hemp is cultivated, and where the hemp is distributed and for what purposes; and the projected amount of money to be generated from domestic growth and sales of hemp and the impact of such sales on the national economy. The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall— conduct a study that examines the use and presence of agricultural chemicals and pathogens in consummable hemp products, including therapeutic, ingestible, and other hemp-based or hemp-blended products and the impact of such use and presence on the health and safety of consumers of such products; and in conducting such study, use data generated from the Pesticide Data Program of the Agricultural Marketing Service. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— submit to Congress a report that includes— the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1); and recommendations, as applicable, to nullify the impacts of pathogens and agricultural chemicals on the products described in subparagraph

(A)of such paragraph; and make such report publicly available on the website of the Department. In this subsection: The term agricultural chemical means an insecticide, pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, or other chemical product used in agriculture. The term pathogen means a mold, mildew, fungus, yeast, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease or illness. Section 2(a) of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 ( 7 U.S.C. 2204g(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Effective beginning with the census of agriculture required to be conducted in 2008, the Secretary shall conduct as part of each census of agriculture a census of hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1639o )). . Section 9001(4)(A) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 8101(4)(A) ) is amended by inserting hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( after 7 U.S.C. 1639o )), chemicals, . Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925(d) ), as amended by subsection (g), is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of developing and disseminating research-based information regarding the cultivation and use of hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1639o )) as a commodity, including by issuing production guidance for underserved and rural communities and providing technical assistance with respect to any such grant. . The Secretary acting through the Agricultural Resource Management Survey, and in collaboration with the Economic Research Service and the National Agricultural Statistics Service, shall include hemp production in all publications in which data from such Survey are used and in outreach toolkits issued by such Survey. The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the Secretary’s recommendations on how to best establish buffer zones between hemp and marijuana farms for purposes of preventing cross-pollination between such plants. Section 7526(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 8114(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , including with respect to the production of hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( ; and 7 U.S.C. 1639o )) in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: , including with respect to the production of hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( ; and 7 U.S.C. 1639o )) in subparagraph (b), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , including with respect to the production of hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( . 7 U.S.C. 1639o )) In this section: The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. The term Department means the Department of Agriculture.

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