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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6593 
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish the Domestic 
Organic Investment Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2025 
Ms. SALINAS (for herself and Mr. VAN ORDEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to estab-
lish the Domestic Organic Investment Program, 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 ‘‘Domestic Organic In-
vestment Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DOMESTIC ORGANIC INVESTMENT PROGRAM. 
Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 210B. DOMESTIC ORGANIC INVESTMENT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CERTIFIED ORGANIC PRODUCT.—The term 
‘certified organic product’ means an agricultural 
product (as defined in section 2103 of the Organic 
Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502)) 
that is organically produced (as defined in that sec-
tion). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means an entity described in subparagraph 
(B) that— 
‘‘(i) is owned and operated within— 
‘‘(I) a State; 
‘‘(II) the District of Columbia; 
‘‘(III) any territory or possession 
of the United States; or 
‘‘(IV) the jurisdiction of an In-
dian Tribe; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) is certified in accordance with 
subpart E of part 205 of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or successor regula-
tions); or 
‘‘(II) is in transition to certification, 
as defined by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(B) ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—An entity re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) is— 
‘‘(i) a producer, producer cooperative, 
or other commercial entity that produces 
or handles certified organic products; 
‘‘(ii) a unit of Tribal government; or 
‘‘(iii) such other entity as the Sec-
retary may designate. 
‘‘(C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ does not include an entity described in sub-
paragraph (B) the operations of which are sus-
pended or revoked under section 205.662 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or a suc-
cessor regulation). 
‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service. 
‘‘(5) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘Tribal 
government’ means the governing body of an Indian 
Tribe. 
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‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT
AND PURPOSE.—The Sec-
retary shall establish a program, to be known as the ‘Do-
mestic Organic Investment Program’, that— 
‘‘(1) increases the capacity of the domestic or-
ganic product supply chain for producers, handlers, 
suppliers, and processors of certified organic prod-
ucts; 
‘‘(2) modernizes manufacturing, tracking, stor-
age, and information technology systems specific to 
the purposes described in this subsection, such as 
process control or organic product ingredient track-
ing systems; 
‘‘(3) improves the capacity of eligible entities to 
comply with applicable regulatory requirements or 
quality standards required to access markets, such 
as requirements and standards relating to food safe-
ty and organic product certification; 
‘‘(4) expands capacity for storage, processing, 
aggregation, and distribution of certified organic 
products to create more and better markets for pro-
ducers of certified organic products; 
‘‘(5) facilitates market development for domesti-
cally produced certified organic products currently 
being serviced by organic imports; and 
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‘‘(6) addresses additional barriers and bottle-
necks in the domestic organic product supply chain 
for producers, handlers, suppliers, and processors of 
certified organic products, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS.—For each fiscal year for which 
amounts are made available to carry out this section under 
subsection (j), the Secretary shall provide grants to sup-
port eligible entities in conducting activities in accordance 
with the purposes of the program described in subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an eligible entity shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(2) SIMPLIFIED
PROCESS.—The Secretary 
shall implement a simplified application and award 
process under this section for use by any eligible en-
tity seeking to carry out an equipment-only project. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—The Secretary may establish 
an annual priority for grants under this section 
based in part on— 
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‘‘(A) imbalance of trade and reliance on 
organic imports; 
‘‘(B) National Organic Standards Board 
recommendations; and 
‘‘(C) identified organic processing and sup-
ply chain bottlenecks inhibiting market growth 
and efficiency. 
‘‘(4) COMPETITIVE PROCESS.—The Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall conduct a competitive process to 
select applications submitted under this sub-
section; 
‘‘(B) may assess and rank applications 
with similar purposes as a group; and 
‘‘(C) before accepting any application 
under this subsection, shall make publicly avail-
able the criteria to be used in evaluating the ap-
plications. 
‘‘(e) PROJECT TYPES.—An eligible entity may use 
amounts received under this section to carry out, in ac-
cordance with such goals and deadlines for completion as 
the Secretary may establish, the following types of 
projects: 
‘‘(1) Certified organic product storage (includ-
ing cold storage), aggregation, processing, and dis-
tribution capacity expansion. 
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‘‘(2) Equipment-only. 
‘‘(f) TERM.—Unless otherwise determined by the 
Secretary, a grant provided under this section shall have 
a term of not longer than 3 years. 
‘‘(g) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amount of a grant 
provided under this section for a project described in 
subsection (e)(1) shall be not more than $2,000,000. 
‘‘(2) 
EQUIPMENT-ONLY
PROJECTS.—The 
amount of a grant provided under this section for a 
project described in subsection (e)(2) shall be not 
more than $100,000. 
‘‘(h) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section to carry out a 
project described in subsection (e)(1) shall provide a 
non-Federal share equal to not less than 50 percent 
of the cost of the project. 
‘‘(2) EQUIPMENT-ONLY PROJECTS.—An eligible 
entity that receives a grant under this section to 
carry out a project described in subsection (e)(2) 
shall provide a non-Federal share equal to not less 
than 25 percent of the cost of the project. 
‘‘(3) RULE FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS.—The 
Secretary may waive or lower the non-Federal share 
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required under this subsection for beginning farmers 
and ranchers and veterans applying for a grant 
under this section. 
‘‘(i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 
provide to eligible entities technical assistance under this 
section, directly or through 1 or more cooperative agree-
ments. 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available, there are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 
2026 through 2030, to remain available until expended.’’. 
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