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
Rulemaking (General) Open for Comment Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection for Commodities Covered by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999
Mandatory Market Reporting Open for Comment Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection for Commodities Covered by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999
Rulemaking (General) Final Livestock Mandatory Reporting: Reauthorization of Livestock Mandatory Reporting and Revision of Swine and Lamb Reporting Requirements
Mandatory Market Reporting Final Livestock Mandatory Reporting: Reauthorization of Livestock Mandatory Reporting and Revision of Swine and Lamb Reporting Requirements
Rulemaking (General) Final Livestock Mandatory Reporting: Revision of Lamb Reporting Requirements
Mandatory Market Reporting Final Livestock Mandatory Reporting: Revision of Lamb Reporting Requirements
Research & Promotion Proposed Softwood Lumber Research, Promotion, Consumer Education and Industry Information Order
Research & Promotion Proposed Blueberry Promotion, Research and Information Order; Continuance Referendum
Rulemaking (General) Open for Comment Classification of Foreign-Growth Cotton
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Minimum Quality and Handling Standards for Domestic and Imported Peanuts Marketed in the United States; Change to the Quality and Handling Requirements