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

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

Below is a list of rules currently going through the regulatory process.
Regulation Status Date Title
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin: Changes to Subcommittee Size and Addition of Term Limits
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Marketing Order: Tomatoes Grown in Florida
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final U.S. Standards for Grades of Grapefruit and U.S. Standards for Grades of Oranges
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Proposed Avocados Grown in South Florida: Continuance Referendum
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Notice Referendum Order: Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Pummelos Grown in Florida
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan, Realignment
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Notice Onions Grown in South Texas: Continuance Referendum
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Establishment of Reporting Requirements and New Information Collection: Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Pummelos Grown in Florida
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Changes to Reporting Requirements: Walnuts Grown in California
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Marketing Order: Walnuts Grown in California