Agriculture Department publishes rule on June 22

The US Agriculture Department published a six page rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al.; Revision of Current Procedures for Handlers To Receive Exempt Use/Diversion Credit for New Product and New Market Development Activities.

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 22

Title
Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al.; Revision of Current Procedures for Handlers To Receive Exempt Use/Diversion Credit for New Product and New Market Development Activities
Milk in the Mideast Marketing Area: Order Amending the Order
Notice of Request for New Information Collection
Notice of Federal Invention Available for Licensing and Intent To Grant Exclusive License
Notice of Federal Invention Available for Licensing and Intent To Grant Exclusive License
Tobacco Loan Program-Removal of Requirement That Producers of Burley and Flue Cured Tobacco Designate Sales Locations
Emerging Markets Program
Bayou Des Cannes Watershed, Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Request for Comments on Whether the Food Stamp Program Should Be Renamed
Notice of Tri-County Advisory Committee Meeting
Black Hills National Forest, Mystic Ranger District, South Dakota, Deerfield Project Area Proposal and Analysis
WTO Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels
Fishlake National Forest, Utah, Fishlake OHV Route Designation Project