ORGANIC AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INITIATIVE.

SEC. 7218. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 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 paragraph (1), by inserting “, breeding,” after “production”; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end; (C) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (D) by adding at the end the following: “(4) determining desirable traits for organic commodities; “(5) identifying marketing and policy constraints on the expansion of organic agriculture; and “(6) conducting advanced on-farm research and development that emphasizes observation of, experimentation with, and innovation for working organic farms, including research relating to production and marketing and to socioeconomic conditions.”; and (2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: “(e) Funding.—On October 1, 2003, and each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2007, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer $3,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture for this section.”.