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USDA/FAS

RIN: 0551-AA80

Publication ID: Fall 2009

Title: Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers
Abstract: TAA for Farmers provides free technical assistance, in the development of business plans, to producers of raw agricultural commodities, who have been adversely affected by import competition. The plans are to serve as a guide for adjusting their business operations to the new economic conditions. TAA for Farmers also provides cash payments related to the development and implementation of an initial business plan and then a long-term business adjustment plans. The revision of the existing regulation is necessary to comply with provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which amends and reauthorize's the program. The new law changes eligibility requirements for groups of producers, benefits individual producers may receive, amounts of cash payments received, and the actions that must be taken before they are approved for cash payments.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 1580
Legal Authority: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PL 111-5) Trade Act of 2002 (PL 107-210)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	08/25/2009	74 FR 42799
NPRM Comment Period End	09/24/2009
Final Rule	12/00/2009

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Tamoria S Thompson-Hall Budget Analyst Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Room 6087, Room 6083-S, MS 1028, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1028 Phone:202 690-1690 Email: tammy.thompson@usda.gov