Agriculture Department publishes rule on April 27

The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2001 Tariff-Rate Quota Year.

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 April 27

Title
Plant Protection Act; Revisions to Authority Citations
Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2001 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Onions
President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public Health
Notice of Intent to Seek Approval to Collect Information; Correction
Sweet Onions Grown in the Walla Walla Valley of Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon; Continuance Referendum