0560-AI22 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0560 Farm Service Agency FSA 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Cotton Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)

The 2014 Farm Bill authorizes CTAP to assist producers of upland cotton in 2014 and 2015. The rule specifies the eligibility requirements and payment amounts for CTAP. CTAP provides assistance to cotton producers for the period between the end of the Direct and Counter-cyclical Payments Program (DCP) and Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program, which was not reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, and the start of the new Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX), which is administered by the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA), authorized to begin no later than the 2015 crop year.

]]> Economically Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions Yes No 7 CFR 1412 7 USC 9019 No Final Rule 08/08/2014 79 FR 46335 Final Rule Effective 08/08/2014 79 FR 46335 No None No No No Deirdre Holder Branch Chief, Regulatory Analysis and PRA Requirements Branch 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA 202 205-5851 deirdre.holder@usda.gov Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20250-0572