What did Agriculture Department publish on Aug. 9?

The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Animal Welfare; Elephants.

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 Aug. 9

Title
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Importation of Sheep and Goat Semen
Small Business Timber Sale Set-Aside Program Share Recomputation; Correction
Quachita-Ozark Resource Advisory Committee
Intermountain Region, Boise, Payette, and Sawtooth National Forests; Supplement to the Environmental Impact Statement for the Revised Land and Resource Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement
Information Collection; Rate Quotation for Transportation Services
Del Norte County Resource Advisory Committee
Animal Welfare; Elephants
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions, Identification of Ruminants and Processing and Importation of Commodities