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
Transportation Regulations Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Meat and Poultry Interstate Shipment and Inspection Readiness Program
Transportation Regulations Open for Comment Notice of Availability of the Programmatic Environmental Assessment for AMS Organic Market Development Grant Program
Transportation Regulations Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Pandemic Response and Safety Program; Request for Emergency Approval
Transportation Regulations Notice Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program, Finding of No Significant Impact
Shell Egg Surveillance Final Amendment to the Definition of Condition and Prerequisite Requirement for Shell Eggs
Shell Egg Surveillance Final Revision to Incorporate the Electronic Submission of the Import Request of Shell Eggs
Shell Egg Surveillance Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Seed Open for Comment Request for an Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection for the Seed Service Testing Program
Seed Open for Comment Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection for the Federal Seed Act Program
Section 8e Final Irish Potatoes Grown in Colorado and Imported Irish Potatoes