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 Honey Packers and Importers Research, Promotion, Consumer Education and Information Order
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Minimum Quality and Handling Standards for Domestic and Imported Peanuts Marketed in the United States; Change to the Quality and Handling Requirements
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Marketing Orders: Cranberries Proposed Amendment to Marketing Order 929 and Referendum Order
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Cranberries Grown in the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in the State of New York; Proposed Amendment to Marketing Order
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Irish Potatoes Grown in Southeastern States; Suspension of Marketing Order Provisions
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Marketing Order: Almonds Grown in California; Amendments
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Proposed Avocados Grown in South Florida: Continuance Referendum
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Irish Potatoes Grown in Colorado and Imported Irish Potatoes
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Notice Marketing Order: Raisins Produced from Grapes Grown in California; Hearing
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Final Processed Pear Committee; Membership Reapportionment: Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington