0570-AA89 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0570 Rural Business-Cooperative Service RBS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Methodology and Formulas for Allocation of Loan and Grant Program Funds

The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) is proposing to amend the 1940-L regulations for allocating programs funds to State offices as follows: 1. Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), Value Added Producer (VAPG), and Intermediary Relending Program (IRP) will be incorporated as State allocated programs, and allocation criteria will be developed for these programs. 2. A provision will be added that enables RBS to utilize the allocation criteria provided by the 1940-L for newly authorized programs without publishing a new 1940-L. 3. A provision will be added that enables RBS the flexibility to change whether a program, for a specific year, will be allocated to States or not. 4. For programs for which State allocations will be made, the allocation provisions will be made consistent for each such RBS program. 5. Update the data sources used to calculate the existing allocation criteria. 6. A provision will be added that enables RBS to change the weightings of the criteria used to make State allocations through the publication of a notice in the Federal Register.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No 7 CFR 1940-L 5 USC 301 7 USC 1989 42 USC 1480 No NPRM 03/18/2014 79 FR 15052 NPRM Comment Period End 05/19/2014 Final Rule 09/19/2014 79 FR 56217 No No None No Undetermined No No Chad Parker Deputy Administrator 0570 Rural Business-Cooperative Service RBS 202 720-7287 202 690-0097 chad.parker@wdc.usda.gov STOP 3220, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20250