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. 
‘‘(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-
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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-
centives Program and the Conservation Security 
Program. 
‘‘(6) MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR TRANSITION RE-
IMBURSEMENT.—The maximum amount of reim-
bursement paid to a producer or handler for transi-
tion to organic production under this section shall be 
$10,000 per fiscal year. 
‘‘(7) ELIGIBLE FISCAL YEARS.—A producer or 
handler may only receive payments— 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(9) LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall not enroll a producer or handler 
under this subsection if, for any particular agricul-
tural product, the producers and handlers currently 
enrolled in the program produce a number of that 
agricultural product that is greater than 10 percent 
of the amount of that agricultural product produced 
by all producers and handlers certified under the Or-
ganic Foods Production Act of 1990 on the date of 
the enactment of 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 ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 
provide technical assistance to producers and handlers to 
carry out this section, including entering into cooperative 
agreements with qualified entities to implement the transi-
tion to organic production. 
‘‘(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-
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