0570-AB03 202310 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0570 Rural Business-Cooperative Service RBS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Modernizing Program Regulations

This action is intended to implement the provisions of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) related to section 10102 for the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Program and section 7608 for the Agriculture Innovation Center (AIC) Program and modernize section 6412 for the Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program (RCDG). In addition, this action will support ways to simplify and streamline Rural Development (RD) program delivery by removing outdated and ineffective definitions, requirements and scoring criterion for the grant regulations (programs) under 7 CFR 4284. 

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 7 CFR 4284 subpart A 7 CFR 4284 subpart F 7 CFR 4284 subpart J 7 CFR 4284 subpart K 5 U.S.C. 301 7 U.S.C. 1989 7 U.S.C. 1932(e) No Final Rule With Comment 02/00/2024 No No None No No No No Amy Cavanaugh Branch Chief, Direct Programs 0570 Rural Business-Cooperative Service RBS 202 690-1681 amy.cavanaugh@usda.gov Stop 3225, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20250