Organic research and extension initiative

Section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (i) by striking subsection (e) and inserting subsection (f); and (ii) by striking 2023 and inserting 2030; (B) in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end; (C) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (9) facilitating the identification and adoption of traditional ecological knowledge in accordance with subsection (e); (10) developing cultural practices and other allowable alternatives to substances recommended for removal from the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances of the National Organic Program of the Agricultural Marketing Service; and (11) identifying how organic agriculture can adapt to and mitigate climate change through reducing greenhouse gas emissions, building landscape resiliency, establishing regenerative agriculture systems, and facilitating other related ecosystem services.; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking Types and Process, and inserting Term, Types, and Process;; (B) by inserting (3) after Paragraphs; and (C) by striking (7 U.S.C. 450i) and inserting (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)); (3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: (e) Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge Any grants made under this section for the purposes of facilitating the identification and adoption of indigenous traditional ecological knowledge shall be subject to the following requirements: (1) A 1994 Institution (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)) or an Alaska Native-serving institution or Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as those terms are defined in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b))) shall have the role of project director. (2) The free, prior, and informed consent of any Indian Tribes (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) or Native Hawaiian organizations that possess the applicable indigenous traditional ecological knowledge shall be obtained. (3) Appropriate attribution to the sources of the applicable indigenous traditional ecological knowledge shall be identified.; and (4) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (F), by striking and at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (G), by striking 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter. and inserting 2023;; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (H) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; (I) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; (J) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; (K) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; and (L) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2030 and each fiscal year thereafter.; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 2023 and inserting 2030.