Rule published by Agriculture Department on March 14

The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Ante-Mortem Inspection of Horses; Correction.

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 March 14

Title
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities; Technical Amendments
Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas
Karnal Bunt; Criteria for Releasing Fields From Regulation
Ante-Mortem Inspection of Horses; Correction
Announcement of Grant Application Deadlines and Funding Levels
Southern Washington County Watershed Protection Project; Washington County, ID
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Texas Area
Wrangell-Petersburg Resource Advisory Committee