Proposed Rules

The following is a current list of proposed, interim final rules, or final rules related to the regulations AMS is responsible for enforcing. All notices, except for final rules, are open for public comment until the deadline stated within the notice.

Public feedback to notices open for comment is gathered via www.regulations.gov. Please include your full name and mailing address (street, city, state and zip code) with your comments. Your comments must also reference the Title and Document Number. All comments will be posted without change, including any personal information provided. All comments submitted in response to this notice will be included in the record and will be made available to the public via regulations.gov. If your comments are not able to be transmitted via the document management system, please use the mailing address that is included in the notice.

For National Organic Program Federal Register rulemaking prior to 2019, please visit the Organic Rulemaking and Notices Archive

For GIPSA Federal Register notices prior to 2018, please visit the Federal Register

Below is a list of rules currently going through the regulatory process.
Regulation Status Date Title
Research & Promotion Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order
Rulemaking (General) Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Section 8e Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Specified Commodities Imported into the United States, Exempt from Import Regulations
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Assessment Exemption for Organic Commodities Under Federal Marketing Orders
Rulemaking (General) Open for Comment Tomatoes Grown in Florida
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Free and Restricted Percentages for the 2019-20 Crop Year: Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al.
US Grain Standards Act Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Grades & Standards Rulemaking Open for Comment United States Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins
US Grain Standards Act Open for Comment Intent to Certify Delegated Agencies: Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and the Washington State Department of Agriculture
Grades & Standards Rulemaking Open for Comment Plant Records to Include Grade Label Butterfat Testing