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‘‘(C) research on stewardship, such as— 
‘‘(i) minimizing or reducing the flow 
of nutrients from animal production sys-
tems; 
‘‘(ii) improving sustainability and in-
creasing efficiency of natural resource use; 
and 
‘‘(iii) better understanding animal 
production systems and the interactions 
between animals, plants, and human man-
agement. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Secretary may 
carry out the Initiative through— 
‘‘(A) Federal agencies, including the Agri-
cultural Research Service and the National In-
stitute of Food and Agriculture; 
‘‘(B) National Laboratories; 
‘‘(C) institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(D) research institutions or organizations; 
‘‘(E) private organizations or corporations; 
‘‘(F) State agricultural experiment sta-
tions; 
‘‘(G) individuals; and 
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‘‘(H) groups consisting of 2 or more enti-
ties or individuals described in subparagraphs 
(A) through (G). 
‘‘(4) RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this 
subsection, the Secretary shall award grants on 
a competitive basis in accordance with subpara-
graphs (B) and (C). 
‘‘(B) PROCESS FOR AWARDING GRANTS.— 
The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) seek and accept proposals for 
grants; 
‘‘(ii) determine the relevance and 
merit of proposals through a system of 
peer review, in consultation with the ani-
mal agriculture industry; and 
‘‘(iii) award grants on the basis of 
merit, quality, and relevance. 
‘‘(C) 
PRIORITIES.—In 
making 
grants 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 
priority to projects that— 
‘‘(i) are multistate, multiinstitutional, 
and multidisciplinary; and 
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‘‘(ii) include explicit mechanisms to 
communicate results to the animal agri-
culture industry and the public. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018.’’; 
(7) in subsection (j) (as redesignated by para-
graph (5)), by striking ‘‘2012’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(8) in subsection (k) (as redesignated by para-
graph (5)), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 7209. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTEN-
SION INITIATIVE. 
Section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘, education,’’ after ‘‘support re-
search’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
improvement’’ after ‘‘development’’; 
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(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘to pro-
ducers and processors who use organic meth-
ods’’ and inserting ‘‘of organic agricultural pro-
duction and methods to producers, processors, 
and rural communities’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and 
researching solutions to’’ after ‘‘identifying’’; 
and 
(E) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and 
marketing’’ and inserting ‘‘, marketing, and 
food safety’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (e); 
(3) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (e); and 
(4) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) (as so re-
designated)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FOR FIS-
CAL YEARS 2008 THROUGH 2012’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018.’’. 
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