Agriculture Department publishes rule on March 31

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

The rule is focused on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program.

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 31

Title
Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Implementation of Electronic Benefit Transfer-Related Provisions
Hood and Willamette Resource Advisory Committee
Pike-San Isabel Resource Advisory Committee
Siskiyou County Resource Advisory Committee
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; APHIS Pest Reporting and Asian Longhorn Beetle Program
Announcement of Grant and Loan Application Deadlines