Agriculture Department publishes proposed rule on Sept. 5

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

The proposed rule is focused on Swine Packer Marketing Contracts.

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 Sept. 5

Title
Plum Pox
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Implementation of WIC Mandates of Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Elimination of Requirements for Partial Quality Control Programs; Correction
Winter Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Establishment of Quality Requirements for the Beurre D'Anjou Variety of Pears; Correction
Citrus Canker; Addition to Quarantined Areas
Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah; Termination of Proceeding on Proposed Marketing Agreement and Order
Swine Packer Marketing Contracts
Plant Variety Protection Board; Notice of Teleconference
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; Federal Subcontracting Workshop
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request