,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aa1 
#bjag ,mr4 ,casey introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,food ,security
 ,act of #aihe to better assist         
producers desiring to voluntarily       
transition into organic production      
systems4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,homegrown ,organic 
,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,programs for       
producers transitioning to organic      
production systems  7a7 ,payments under 
the conservation reserve program        
,section #abcd7;c7 of the ,food         
,security ,act of #aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4  
#chcd7;c77 is amended-- 7#a7 by         
redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7  
as subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71         
respectively1 and indenting             
appropriately2  7#b7 by inserting after 
7c7 ,incentive ,payments4-- the         

following3  7#a7 ,thinning and other    
practices promoting forest management   
and wildlife habitat  2  7#c7 in        
paragraph 7#a77;,b7 7as redesignated71  
by striking paragraph 7#a7 and inserting
 subparagraph 7,a72 and  7#d7 by adding 
at the end the following3  7#b7 ,organic
 farming and ranching  7,a7 ,in general 
,the ,secretary shall offer an incentive
 payment to an owner or operator of     
eligible land in an amount that the     
,secretary determines is sufficient to  
encourage the voluntary transition of   
the eligible land to organic farming or 
ranching immediately following the      
termination of the contract under this  
subchapter that covers the eligible     
land4  7,b7 ,organic certification      
process ,in carrying out subparagraph   
7,a71 the ,secretary shall allow the    
owner or operator to begin the organic  
certification process under the ,organic
 ,foods ,production ,act of #aiij 7#g   
,u4,s4,c4 #feja et seq47 beginning on   
the date that is #a year before the date

 of termination of the contract under   
this subchapter4  7,c7 ,terms of payment
 ,the ,secretary-- 7i7 shall make       
payments under subparagraph 7,a7 for a  
period of not less than #b years        
beginning on the date of termination of 
the contract under this subchapter2 and 
7ii7 may establish an annual limitation 
on the number of acres of eligible land 
for which an incentive payment is made  
under subparagraph 7,a7 if the          
,secretary determines that the          
limitation is necessary to mitigate     
significant erosion of organic commodity
 premiums4  4  7b7 ,coordination with   
organic certification under the         
conservation stewardship program        
,section #abch;,g7h7 of the ,food       
,security ,act of #aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4  
#chch;g7h77 is amended-- 7#a7 by        
striking 7h7 ,coordination with ,organic
 ,certification4--,the ,secretary and   
inserting the following3  7h7 ,organic  
,certification  7#a7 ,coordination ,the 
,secretary  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the

 end the following3  7#b7 ,transition   
,the ,secretary shall establish suites  
of organic transition conservation      
activities to be available through the  
program for cropping systems and grazing
 systems4  4  7c7 ,removal of payment   
limitations under the environmental     
quality incentives program ,section     
#abdj;,b7i7 of the ,food ,security ,act 
of #aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #chci;aa-#b7;i77
 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking paragraph
 7#c72 and  7#b7 by redesignating       
paragraphs 7#d7 and 7#e7 as paragraphs  
7#c7 and 7#d71 respectively4  #c4       
,funding and ,administration ,section   
#abda7;a7 of the ,food ,security ,act of
 #aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #chda7;a77 is     
amended--  7#a7 in the matter preceding 
paragraph 7#a71 by striking #bjah and   
inserting #bjbc2 and  7#b7 in paragraph 
7#a7--  7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 
by striking section #abcd7;c7 and       
inserting section #abcd7;c77#a72 and    
7ii7 by striking and at the end2  7,b7  
by redesignating subparagraph 7,b7 as   

subparagraph 7,c72 and  7,c7 by         
inserting after subparagraph 7,a7 the   
following3  7,b7 #ej1jjj1jjj for the    
period of fiscal years #bjai through    
#bjbc to provide payments under section 
#abcd7;c77#b72 and  4