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

Below is a list of rules currently going through the regulatory process.
Regulation Status Sort descending Date Title
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Increased Assessment Rate: Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, CA
Research & Promotion Open for Comment Soybean Promotion and Research: Adjusting Representation on the United Soybean Board
Research & Promotion Open for Comment Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2020 Amendments)
Grades & Standards Rulemaking Open for Comment Peanut Standards Board
Research & Promotion Open for Comment Adjustment to Membership: Softwood Lumber Research, Promotion, Consumer Education, and Information Order
Plant Variety Protection Act Open for Comment Application for Plant Variety Protection Certification and Objective Description of Variety-Asexually Reproduced Varieties
Rulemaking (General) Open for Comment Classification of Foreign-Growth Cotton
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 Assessment Rate: Avocados Grown in South Florida
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, and New Mexico