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USDA/AMS RIN: 0581-AD07 Publication ID: 2012 
Title: Wholesale Pork Reporting Program 
Abstract: On September 15, 2010, Congress passed the Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010 reauthorizing Livestock Mandatory Reporting for 5 years and adding a provision for mandatory reporting of wholesale pork cuts. The Act was signed by the President on September 28, 2010. Congress directed the Secretary to engage in negotiated rulemaking to make required regulatory changes for mandatory wholesale pork reporting. Further, Congress required that the negotiated rulemaking committee include representatives from (i) organizations representing swine producers; (ii) organizations representing packers of pork, processors of pork, retailers of pork, and buyers of wholesale pork; (iii) the Department of Agriculture; and (iv) interested parties that participate in swine or pork production. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 59   
Legal Authority: 7 USC 1635 to 1636   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    03/28/2012 

Overall Description of Deadline: With the passage of S. 3656, the Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture is required to amend chapter 3 of subtitle B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 by adding a new section for mandatory reporting of wholesale pork cuts. To make these amendments, the Secretary was directed to promulgate a final rule no later than 1 1/2 years after the date of the enactment of the Act. Accordingly, a final rule will be promulgated by March 28, 2012.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Changes to Livestock Mandatory Reporting  11/24/2010  75 FR 71568   
Wholesale Pork Reporting; Notice of Meeting  01/26/2011  76 FR 4554   
NPRM  03/23/2012  77 FR 16951   
NPRM Comment Period End  05/22/2012 
Final Action  08/22/2012  77 FR 50561   
Final Action Effective  01/07/2013 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Michael Lynch
Director, Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing Service
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2619,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:202 720-4868