under subsection (b) and expedite approval of these 
practices for implementation by agricultural pro-
ducers. 
(2) IMPROVED EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT 
PLANS.—The Secretary shall develop and make 
available criteria to enable staff of the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service and agricultural pro-
ducers operating in priority areas identified under 
subsection (b) to effectively compare pest manage-
ment plans, considering relative risks and potential 
benefits to multiple resources of concern, including 
air, surface water, ground water, bees and other pol-
linators, wildlife, and worker safety. 
(3) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
may enter in cooperative agreements, memorandums 
of understanding, and contracts for services with 
technical service providers, other agencies, and non- 
Federal organizations, as necessary, to assist in pro-
viding technical assistance regarding integrated pest 
management planning and implementation to pro-
ducers operating in priority areas identified under 
subsection (b). 
(4) MARKETING.—The Secretary may market 
the availability of integrated pest management tools 
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and training to agricultural producers in the priority 
areas identified under subsection (b). 
(5) PROGRAM
INTEGRATION.—The Secretary 
shall set goals for integrating the integrated pest 
management initiative with the environmental qual-
ity incentives program established under chapter 4 
of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) and other con-
servation programs in each priority area identified 
under subsection (b), including indicators of the ex-
tent to which these programs fund integrated pest 
management practices and the extent to which sup-
ported integrated pest management practices reduce 
pesticide use and risk. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall submit to Congress an annual report on the inte-
grated pest management initiative, including progress in 
meeting the program integration goals set under sub-
section (c)(5). 
(e) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Agriculture may use 
resources provided for programs under subtitle D of title 
XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3830 
et seq.) to implement the integrated pest management ini-
tiative. 
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SEC. 115. NATIONAL ORGANIC CERTIFICATION AND TRAN-
SITION COST SHARE PROGRAM. 
Section 10606 of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 6523) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 10606. NATIONAL ORGANIC CERTIFICATION AND 
TRANSITION COST SHARE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture (acting 
through the Natural Resources Conservation Service) shall 
use $37,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2013 to establish a national organic certification and tran-
sition cost-share program to assist producers and handlers 
of agricultural products in obtaining certification under 
the national organic production program established under 
the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 
et seq.) and to assist producers and handlers in making 
the transition to organic production under the such pro-
gram. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pay 
under this section a portion of the costs incurred by 
a producer or handler in obtaining certification 
under the national organic production program, as 
certified to and approved by the Secretary. 
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