National organic certification cost-share program

Section 10606 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 6523) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting (referred to in this section as the program) after cost-share program; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking Not and inserting the following: (1) Annual report Not; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) GAO assessment (A) Efficacy study The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to assess the impact that the program has had on the rising cost of organic certification. (B) Report Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report that summarizes the findings of the study conducted under subparagraph (A).; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (e) Discretionary funding In addition to amounts made available under subsection (d), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section not more than $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031..