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        <RIN>0599-AA00</RIN>
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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <CODE>0599</CODE>
            <NAME>Office of Procurement and Property Management</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>OPPM</ACRONYM>
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            <CODE>0500</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Agriculture</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>USDA</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Agriculture Acquisition Regulation</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Agriculture Acquisition Regulation is the Department of Agriculture's agency acquisition regulation, issued to implement or supplement the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The Agriculture Acquisition Regulation is being revised to incorporate changes required by the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, Executive Orders, The Federal Acquisition Regulation, and recent Office of Federal Procurement Policy Letters. The revised regulation will also incorporate changes suggested by the National Performance Review, by the Department of Agriculture's Procurement Review Task Force, and by the Department of Agriculture's Modernization of the Administrative Process Project.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Info./Admin./Other</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Prerule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>48 CFR 401 to 453 (Revision)</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 USC 301</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>40 USC 486(c)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/00/1996</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/00/1996</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>RFA:  N</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Joseph</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Daragan</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>J.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Procurement Analyst</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0599</CODE>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 720-5729</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 720-5729</FAX>
                <EMAIL>joe.daragan@usda.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Mail Stop 9303, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20250</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>Revising Text to Reduce Burden or Duplication, or Streamline Requirements</REINVENT_GOVT>
        <SIC_DESC>Multiple</SIC_DESC>
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