What did Agriculture Department publish on Dec. 31?

The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Dec. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Trafficking Controls and Fraud Investigations.

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 Dec. 31

Title
Importation of Fresh Blueberry Fruit From Morocco Into the Continental United States
Restructuring of Regulations on the Importation of Plants for Planting
Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program and Interstate Movement of Farmed or Captive Deer, Elk, and Moose; Program Standards
Gallatin County Resource Advisory Committee
Enhancing Agricultural Coexistence; Extension of Comment Period
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Child Nutrition Database
Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc.; Availability of Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status of Apples Genetically Engineered To Resist Browning
Environmental Impact Statement; Animal Carcass Management
Availability of an Environmental Assessment for Issuance of a Permit for Distribution and Sale of an Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus Vaccine, DNA
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Approval of Laboratories for Conducting Aquatic Animal Tests for Export Health Certificates
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Trafficking Controls and Fraud Investigations
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Income Deductions and Resource Eligibility; Approval of Information Collection Request
Importation of Fresh Apricots From Continental Spain
Importation of Avocados From Continental Spain
National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in Schools as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; Approval of Information Collection Request