12 2 STA T . 1 347PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 234 —M A Y 22 , 200 8prog r amdu r in g thec urrent and pre v iou sf isca ly ear , including the num b er of producers and handlers served by the program in the previous fiscal year .’ ’. SEC.103 0 2 . ORGANI C P RO DU C T ION AND M AR K ET DATA INITIATI V ES. S ection 740 7of the F arm Security and R ural I nvestment A ct of 2 002 ( 7 U .S. C . 59 25c ) is amended to read as follo w s
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‘SEC. 74 07. ORGANIC PRODUCTION AND MARKET DATA INITIATIVES. ‘ ‘(a) I NGE NE RAL . —T he Secretary shall collect and report data on the production and mar k eting of organic agricultural products. ‘‘(b) RE QUI RE M EN TS .—In carrying out subsection (a), the Sec - retary shall, at a minimum— ‘‘( 1 ) collect and distribute comprehensive reporting of prices relating to organically produced agricultural products
‘‘(2) conduct surveys and analysis and publish reports relating to organic production, handling, distribution, retail, and trend studies (including consumer purchasing patterns); and ‘‘( 3 ) develop surveys and report statistical analysis on organically produced agricultural products. ‘‘(c) RE PO RT.— N ot later than 1 8 0 days after the date of enact- ment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the H ouse of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that— ‘‘(1) describes the progress that has been made in imple- menting this section; and ‘‘(2) identifies any additional production and marketing data needs. ‘‘(d) FUN D IN G .— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— O f the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $ 5,000,000, to remain available until e x pended. ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL F UNDING.—In addition to funds made available under paragraph (1), there are authori z ed to be appro- priated to carry out this section not more than $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, to remain available until expended.’’. SEC. 10303. NATIONA L ORGANIC PROGRAM. Section 2123 of the Organic Foods P roduction Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6 522) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘There are’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(b) NATIONAL ORGANI C PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to carry out activities under the national organic program established under this title, there are authorized to be appropriated— ‘‘(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; ‘‘(2) $6,500,000 for fiscal year 2009; ‘‘(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; ‘‘(4) $9,500,000 for fiscal year 2011; ‘‘(5) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and ‘‘(6) in addition to those amounts, such additional sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’.
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