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 Termination of Marketing Order: Washington Apricots
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 Final Marketing Orders: Almonds Grown in California; Adjusted Kernel Weight Computation
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 for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Assessment Exemption for Organic Commodities Under Federal Marketing Orders
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Marketing Orders: Cranberries Proposed Amendment to Marketing Order 929 and Referendum Order
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Decreased Assessment Rate
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Increased Assessment Rate: Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Pummelos Grown in Florida
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Olives Grown in California: Increased Assessment Rate