SEC. 309. USE OF ‘‘DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS’’ 
IN 
SPECIAL 
NUTRITION 
PROGRAMS 
AND 
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS. 
Section 9(a) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) ALLOCATIONS TO BE BASED ON DIETARY 
GUIDELINES.—For the school year beginning in July 
2007 and each school year thereafter, the Secretary 
shall ensure that allocations of food and food ingre-
dients offered in school nutrition programs under 
this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) are based on the most recent 
Dietary Guidelines for Americans.’’. 
SEC. 310. SECTION 32 SPECIALTY CROP PURCHASES. 
(a) MINIMUM LEVEL OF PURCHASES.—Section 32 of 
the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) is amended 
in the sixth sentence by inserting after ‘‘and their prod-
ucts’’ the following: ‘‘, and, for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2012, the Secretary of Agriculture shall devote 
not less than $400,000,000 of sums appropriated under 
this section to purchases of non-basic agricultural com-
modities, such as fruits, vegetables, and other specialty 
food crops’’. 
(b) EXPANSION OF DOD FRESH PROGRAM.—Such 
section is further amended by inserting after the sixth sen-
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tence, as amended by subsection (a), the following new 
sentence: ‘‘Of the funds specified in the preceding sen-
tence, the Secretary of Agriculture shall expend not less 
than $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012 for the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for 
distribution to schools and service institutions in accord-
ance with section 6(a) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(a)).’’. 
SEC. 311. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITION.— Section 3 of the Food Stamp Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended by adding at the end 
the following 
‘‘(v) ‘Food stamp nutrition education’ means direct 
education, group activities, community health promotion, 
and comprehensive public health approaches (including 
but not limited to, social marketing, mass media, public- 
private partnerships, policy, systems and environmental 
changes, and evaluation) that promote healthy eating and 
make healthy food and physical activity choices more de-
sired, affordable, and accessible. To serve all those poten-
tially eligible for food stamps, nutrition education pro-
grams should be designed to reach large numbers of low- 
income individuals. Programs shall support behavior 
change consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Ameri-
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cans, including a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and 
whole grains.’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 11(e)(1)(A) of the 
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(1)(A) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, and provide food stamp nutrition 
education’’ after ‘‘program’’. 
SEC. 312. FOOD STAMP FRUIT AND VEGETABLE ELEC-
TRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER PILOT PROJECT. 
(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that increased 
consumption of fruits and vegetables by participants in the 
food stamp program will significantly improve the overall 
dietary habits of such participants. 
(b) PILOT PROJECT.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall establish and carry out a pilot project that will pro-
vide to each participant in the food stamp program who 
receives benefits in the form of an electronic benefit trans-
fer, financial incentives for each dollar of such benefits 
expended by such recipient to facilitate the purchase of 
fresh fruits and vegetables. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of 5 
fiscal years to carry out this section. 
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TITLE IV—PROMOTION OF NEW 
MARKETS AND FARM VIABILITY 
SEC. 401. FARM VIABILITY PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Subsection (a) of section 
1238J of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3838j) is amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary may’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Using amounts made available under sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Subsection (b) of such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—In addition to other funds made 
available to carry out this subchapter for each of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013, the Secretary shall use 
$50,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion each fiscal year to make grants to eligible entities 
under subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 402. 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 
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through the Natural Resources Conservation Service) shall 
use $80,000,000 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. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The amount of a 
payment made to a producer or handler for certifi-
cation under this section shall be $750 per year. 
‘‘(3) FUNDING.—Of the funds made available 
under subsection (a), the Secretary (acting through 
the Agricultural Marketing Service) shall use 
$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2013 to share up to 75 percent of the cost 
of certification. 
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‘‘(c) ACCREDITATION AND ENFORCEMENT COSTS.— 
Of the funds made available under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary (acting through the Agricultural Marketing Serv-
ice) shall use $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2013 to fund the accreditation and enforcement 
programs operated by the National Organic Program to 
implement the accreditation and enforcement provisions of 
the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. 
‘‘(d) REIMBURSEMENTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEC-
ESSARY TO IMPLEMENT ORGANIC PRACTICE STAND-
ARDS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall establish a program to reimburse 
producers and handlers for the costs of transition to 
organic production. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—Under the program estab-
lished under paragraph (1), the Secretary (acting 
through the Natural Resources Conservation Serv-
ice) shall use $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013 to assist producers and 
handlers developing and implementing infrastructure 
and practices necessary to transition land and ani-
mals to meet the requirements of the Organic Food 
Production Act of 1990. 
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‘‘(3) PLAN
SUBMISSION.—The Secretary may 
only reimburse a producer or handler under this sec-
tion if the producer or handler submits to the Sec-
retary an organic transition plan that contains the 
expected costs for infrastructure and practices, the 
environmental and economic benefits derived from 
the infrastructure or implementing organic practice 
standards, and a demonstration of the existence of 
a market or the reasonable expectation of a future 
market for the products to be produced or handled. 
‘‘(4) 
APPROPRIATE
INFRASTRUCTURE
AND 
PRACTICE STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall only re-
imburse producers and handlers under this sub-
section for the costs of the following: 
‘‘(A) Organic practices and activities dur-
ing transition to certified organic production 
consistent with an approved plan to transition 
to certified organic production. 
‘‘(B) Farm infrastructure necessary to im-
plement organic practice standards, including 
livestock watering facilities and fencing, so long 
as such infrastructure is consistent with an ap-
proved plan to transition to certified organic 
production. 
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‘‘(C) Organic livestock welfare measures, 
so long as such infrastructure or practices and 
activities are necessary to implement an organic 
practice standard and are consistent with an 
approved plan to transition to certified organic 
production. 
‘‘(D) Advanced organic practices consistent 
with approved certified organic production. 
‘‘(E) Technical assistance, including the 
costs of developing an approved transition plan 
under this section. 
‘‘(F) Other measures the Secretary, after 
consultation with the National Organic Stand-
ards Board, determines are appropriate. 
‘‘(5) ORGANIC
TRANSITION
TECHNICAL
AD-
VICE.—The Secretary shall consult with the Na-
tional Organic Standards Board regarding the ele-
ments of an approved organic transition plan and to 
identify and recommend ways that the Secretary 
may generally use the resources provided for pro-
grams under subtitle D of title XII of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3830 et seq.) to facili-
tate transition to organic production, including the 
resources provided by the Environmental Quality In-
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centives Program and the Conservation Security 
Program. 
‘‘(6) MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR TRANSITION RE-
IMBURSEMENT.—Except as provided in (A) and (B), 
the maximum amount of reimbursement paid to a 
producer or handler for transition to organic produc-
tion under this section shall be $10,000 per fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(A) SPECIALTY CROPS.—In the case of an 
individual or entity who annually produces 
three or more types of specialty crops, the indi-
vidual or entity may not receive, directly or in-
directly, cost-share or incentive payments under 
this section that, in the aggregate, exceed 
$20,000 per year, for a period not to exceed 
four years. 
‘‘(B) DAIRY.—In the case of an individual 
or entity whose principal farming enterprise is 
dairy, the individual or entity may not receive, 
directly or indirectly, cost-share or incentive 
payments under this section that, in the aggre-
gate, exceed $20,000 per year, for a period not 
to exceed four years. 
‘‘(7) ELIGIBLE FISCAL YEARS.—A producer or 
handler may only receive payments— 
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‘‘(A) in four fiscal years; and 
‘‘(B) after the first payment, in the fiscal 
year in which such payment was made and the 
three subsequent fiscal years. 
‘‘(8) TRANSITION
REIMBURSEMENTS.—A cer-
tified organic producer or handler under the national 
organic production program shall be eligible for re-
imbursements to make the transition to organic pro-
duction for new lands and livestock. 
‘‘(9) SUSPENSION AUTHORITY.—To ensure or-
derly and continued growth in organic farming— 
‘‘(A) prior to each fiscal year and no later 
than October 1st of each year, the Secretary 
shall publish organic commodity specific assess-
ments analyzing the domestic production and 
consumption, import and export organic market 
demand and growth potential for each organic 
commodity and the anticipated number and 
total amount of new reimbursements for the fol-
lowing year affecting each commodity; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary shall not enroll new 
producers under this subsection if, for any par-
ticular agricultural commodity, any new pro-
ducers would produce an increased amount of 
that agricultural commodity that the Secretary 
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finds is reasonably anticipated to affect the con-
tinuing economic viability of farmers currently 
certified under the national organic production 
program or would create unreasonable geo-
graphic disparities in the distribution of reim-
bursements provided under this section. 
‘‘(10) APPEALS.—An applicant seeking transi-
tion assistance under this section has the right to 
appeal an adverse decision by Secretary with regard 
to an application for assistance, as provided in sec-
tion 275 of the Department of Agriculture Reorga-
nization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6995). 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.— 
Of the funds made available under subsection (a) for a 
fiscal year, the Secretary shall use not less than 
$15,000,000 to provide technical and educational assist-
ance to producers and handlers to carry out this section, 
including entering into cooperative agreements with quali-
fied entities to implement the transition to organic produc-
tion. 
‘‘(f) REPORTING.—Not later than March 1 of each 
year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and the Na-
tional Organic Standards Board a report detailing State- 
by-State expenditures on certification, including the num-
ber of producers and handlers served by the program, and 
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State-by-State expenditures on transition assistance, in-
cluding the number of producers and handlers served by 
the program, the practices implemented, an assessment of 
the impacts of the program on organic production, and 
recommended reforms, if any.’’. 
SEC. 402a. NATIONAL ORGANIC TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a National Organic Technical Committee to oversee devel-
opment and implementation of the Organic Certification 
and Transition Program and to improve the organic agri-
culture interface with all other conservation programs and 
activities 
administered 
by 
the 
NRCS, 
including 
developoment of criteria for the approval of qualified or-
ganic technical advisors. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of the National 
Organic Technical Committee shall be comprised of— 
(1) three organic farmers; 
(2) two organic certifying agents; 
(3) two organic inspectors; 
(4) one representative of an environmental or-
ganization knowledgeable about organic agriculture; 
and 
(5) one scientist with expertise in conservation 
planning. 
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SEC. 403. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTEN-
SION INITIATIVE. 
Section 1672B(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b(e)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—Of the funds available to the Com-
modity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 
to carry out this section.’’. 
SEC. 404. FUNDING FOR EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAMS 
FOR HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 
Subsection (c) of section 1455 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3241) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) FUNDING.—Of the funds available to the Com-
modity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use 
$25,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 405. EXTENSION AND FUNDING INCREASE FOR THE 
VALUE-ADDED 
AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCT 
MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 231(b)(4) of the Agricultural Risk Protection 
Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 106–224) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘through October 1, 2006’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$60,000,000’’. 
Æ 
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