Opportunities in Organic Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7318 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7318 To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to expand the national organic certification cost-share program into a comprehensive organic program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 2, 2026 Mr. Panetta (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Lofgren, and Ms. Pingree) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to expand the national organic certification cost-share program into a comprehensive organic program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Opportunities in Organic Act''. SEC. 2. OPPORTUNITIES IN ORGANIC PROGRAM. Section 10606 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 6523) is amended-- (1) in the section heading, by striking ``national organic certification cost-share'' and inserting ``opportunities in organic''; (2) by striking subsection (b); (3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; (4) in subsection (a), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through ``Secretary of Agriculture'' and inserting the following: ``(b) Establishment.--The Secretary''; (5) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following: ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Certified organic farm; certified organic handling operation.--The terms `certified organic farm' and `certified organic handling operation' have the meanings given th