This bill aims to boost organic agricultural research and data collection. It creates a new USDA initiative to coordinate and expand organic research, reauthorizes and increases funding for existing organic research and data programs, and allows for grants to help farmers transition to organic production.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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This bill aims to boost organic agricultural research and data collection. It creates a new USDA initiative to coordinate and expand organic research, reauthorizes and increases funding for existing organic research and data programs, and allows for grants to help farmers transition to organic production.
Last updated: 12/29/2025
Official Summary
Congressional Research Service summary
<p><strong>Streamlining Organic Research Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill expands Department of Agriculture (USDA) support for organic agricultural research.</p><p>USDA must establish the Coordinating and Expanding Organic Research Initiative for USDA resources dedicated to organic agricultural research. Every five years, the initiative must survey USDA's organic agricultural research and produce a report, including findings and recommendations on expanding research and increasing coordination. USDA must take the findings and recommendations into consideration when preparing USDA's annual budget recommendations.</p><p>The bill also reauthorizes the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative through FY2028. Further, eligible grant projects are expanded to include (1) facilitating the identification and adoption of traditional ecological knowledge; (2) developing cultural practices and other allowable alternatives to substances recommended for removal from the National List of approved and prohibited substances for organic production; and (3) identifying how organic agriculture can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, build landscape resiliency, and facilitate other related ecosystem services.</p><p>The bill also reauthorizes, and extends funding for, organic production and market data initiatives of the Economic Research Service (ERS) through FY2028. ERS must conduct an economic impact analysis of organic agricultural management conducted in accordance with the National Organic Program and submit a report to Congress.</p><p>USDA may make competitive grants to support research, education, and extension activities relating to the transition from nonorganic into organic agricultural production systems. </p><p>Further, the Agricultural Research Service must submit a report to Congress on the resources needed to increase the research conducted on certified organic agricultural 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Key Points
Main provisions of the bill
Establishes the Coordinating and Expanding Organic Research Initiative within USDA to survey and report on organic research efforts every 5 years
Reauthorizes and increases funding for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative through 2028
Expands eligible grant projects to include traditional ecological knowledge, developing alternatives to banned substances, and studying organic agriculture's impact on greenhouse gases and ecosystems
Reauthorizes and extends funding for USDA's organic production and market data initiatives through 2028
Allows USDA to make grants to support the transition from non-organic to organic farming
How This Impacts Americans
Potential effects on citizens and communities
This bill would primarily benefit organic farmers and researchers by providing more USDA resources and coordination for organic agriculture research. Increased data collection and analysis could also help organic producers and consumers better understand the market. Farmers interested in transitioning to organic practices could also access grant funding to support that process.
Policy Areas
Primary Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Scope & Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction Level
federal
Congressional Session
119th Congress
Citation Reference
2756, 119th Congress (2025). "Affordable Inhalers and Nebulizers Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-2756