Sec. 4. Researching the transition to organic

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Title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 1673 ( 7 U.S.C. 5926 ) the following: The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), in consultation with the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, may make competitive grants to support research, education, and extension activities relating to the transition of nonorganic production systems into organic agricultural production systems for the purposes of— overcoming barriers to transitioning to organic agricultural production; documenting and understanding the effects of organic practices on ecosystem services, including soil health and fertility, greenhouse gas mitigation and sequestration, water management, biodiversity-related services, and pest management; and developing improved technologies, methods, models, and metrics to document, describe, and optimize ecosystem services of transitioning agricultural production into organic management.

Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection

(b)of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 3157(b) ) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section. Following the completion of a peer review process for grant proposals received under this section, the Secretary may provide a priority to the grant proposals, found in the peer review process to be scientifically meritorious, that— actively partner with producers or conduct on-farm research; and actively involve— 1890 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7601 )); 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382 )); Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined in section 502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1101a )); or Alaska Native-serving institutions or Native Hawaiian-serving institutions (as those terms are defined in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1059d(b) )). There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027; and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter. .

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