Proposed rule published on June 5 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a six page proposed rule on June 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Regulations and Statements of General Policy Issued Under the Packers and Stockyards Act: Scales & Weighing, Restrictions of Competition, Records, Packer Financial, Packer-Custom Feeding and Dealer/Order Buyer Arrangements, Meat Packer Sales and Purchase Contracts, Gifts to Government Employees, and Packer/Dealer Service Charges.

The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Agriculture Department on June 5

Title
Eastern Region; Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Maine, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and New York, West Virginia, and Wisconsin; Legal Notice of Appealable Decisions
North Star Inc. Mine Operating Plan
Milk in the Paducah, Kentucky, Marketing Area; Order Amending the Order
Regulations and Statements of General Policy Issued Under the Packers and Stockyards Act: Scales & Weighing, Restrictions of Competition, Records, Packer Financial, Packer-Custom Feeding and Dealer/Order Buyer Arrangements, Meat Packer Sales and Purchase Contracts, Gifts to Government Employees, and Packer/Dealer Service Charges