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 Open for Comment Marketing Order: Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Salable Quantities and Allotment Percentages for the 2021-2022 Marketing Year
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, and New Mexico
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Other Products Inspection, Certification and Standards - Administrative Changes
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Decreased Assessment Rates: Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas
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.
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Vegetable and Specialty Crop Marketing Orders; Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Proposed Amendment of Marketing Order No. 989: Raisins Produced from Grapes Grown in California
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open Forum Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, and New Mexico; Increased Assessment Rate
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Kiwifruit Grown in California: Increased Assessment Rate