Agriculture Department publishes notice on Oct. 31

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection.

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 Oct. 31

Title
Zoological Park Quarantine of Ruminants and Swine Imported From Countries Where Foot-and-Mouth Disease or Rinderpest Exists
Interstate Movement of Livestock; Approved Livestock Facilities, Hog Cholera Provisions, and Livestock Identification
General Administrative Regulations; Ineligibility for Programs Under the Federal Crop Insurance Act
Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Louisiana
CEM; Remove Interstate Movement Regulations
Davis-Bacon Act *C*
Departee Creek Watershed, Independence and Jackson Counties, Arkansas
Granting of Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Waiver for Digital Signature Standard
Eastern Washington Cascades Provincial Interagency Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory Committee
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection