Agriculture Department publishes rule on July 29

The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on July 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Administrative Reviews in the School Nutrition Programs.

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 July 29

Title
National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Eliminating Applications Through Community Eligibility as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
Administrative Reviews in the School Nutrition Programs
Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
Reauthorization of the United States Grain Standards Act
Mountain Run Watershed Dam No. 50, Culpeper County, Virginia
Assessment Report of Ecological, Social and Economic Conditions, Trends and Sustainability for the Manti-La Sal National Forest
Sabine-Angelina Resource Advisory Committee
Request for Nominations of Members for the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board and Specialty Crop Committee
Information Collection; Forest Industries and Logging Operations Data Collection Systems
Ontonagon Resource Advisory Committee