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 Proposed Onions Grown in South Texas: Proposed Amendments to Marketing Order 959 and Referendum Order
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Handling Regulations: Tomatoes Grown in Florida
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Dried Prunes Produced in California: Increased Assessment Rate
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Pummelos Grown in Florida: Increased Assessment Rate
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Marketing Order: Spearmint Oil
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Notice International Trade Data System Test Concerning the Electronic Submission Through the Automated Commercial Environment of Notification of Importation of Fruits, Vegetables, and Specialty Crops Required by the Agricultural Marketing Service Using the Partn
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Marketing Order: Irish Potatoes Grown in Washington State; Termination
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Proposed Cranberries Grown in Multiple States, Continuance Referendum
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Modification to Container Requirements: Irish Potatoes Grown in Certain Designated Counties in Idaho, and Malheur County, OR