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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7406 
To amend the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to provide producers 
with the option to confirm the absence of prohibited substances through 
testing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2026 
Mr. NEWHOUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to 
provide producers with the option to confirm the absence 
of prohibited substances through testing, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Meeting Demand for 
Organic Produce Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. OPTION TO CONFIRM THE ABSENCE OF PROHIB-
ITED SUBSTANCES THROUGH TESTING. 
(a) NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR ORGANIC PRODUC-
TION.—Section 2105 of the Organic Foods Production Act 
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6504) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘To be’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) (as so designated)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘shall’’ 
before ‘‘have been’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘products; and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘product; or’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘livestock, not’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘livestock— 
‘‘(A) shall not’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) shall be produced in soil or another 
growing medium that has been confirmed prior 
to the time of planting to contain no prohibited 
substances, 
including 
synthetic 
chemicals, 
through testing or other methods certified by 
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the Secretary to verify the absence of prohibited 
substances in the growing medium; and’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘shall’’ 
before ‘‘be produced’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of the Meeting Demand 
for Organic Produce Act, the Secretary shall issue an ad-
vanced notice of proposed rulemaking to develop guide-
lines and criteria for approved verification methods de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B) to ensure accuracy and re-
liability with respect to the testing described in that sub-
section.’’. 
(b) 
MANAGEMENT
OF
WILD
CROPS.—Section 
2114(f) of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 6513(f)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, 
and indenting appropriately; 
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
(as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘An organic’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An organic’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1)(B) (as so redesignated)— 
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(A) by adding ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at 
the end; 
(B) by striking ‘‘include a 3 year’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘include— 
‘‘(i) a 3-year’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) a certification that the soil or 
other growing medium of the area has 
been confirmed prior to the time of plant-
ing to contain no prohibited substances, in-
cluding synthetic chemicals, through test-
ing or other methods certified by the Sec-
retary to verify the absence of prohibited 
substances in the growing medium;’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) GUIDELINES
AND
CRITERIA.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of the 
Meeting Demand for Organic Produce Act, the Sec-
retary shall issue an advanced notice of proposed 
rulemaking to develop guidelines and criteria for ap-
proved verification methods described in paragraph 
(1)(B)(ii) to ensure accuracy and reliability with re-
spect to the testing described in that paragraph.’’. 
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