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 Temporary Relaxation of Substandard and Maturity Dockage Requirements: Raisins Produced from Grapes Grown in California
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Notice Sweet Cherries Grown in Designated Counties in Washington; Continuance Referendum
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Orders Open for Comment Marketing Order: Tart Cherries Grown in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin
Dairy Marketing Orders Final Milk in the Appalachian, Florida, and Southeast Marketing Areas; Recommended Decision on Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreements and to Orders
Packers and Stockyard Act Final Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments
Rulemaking (General) Open for Comment Notice of Availability of the Programmatic Environmental Assessment for AMS Organic Market Development Grant Program
Transportation Regulations Open for Comment Notice of Availability of the Programmatic Environmental Assessment for AMS Organic Market Development Grant Program
Packers and Stockyard Act Open for Comment Proposed Posting and Posting of Stockyards