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RIN: 1018-BD90

Publication ID: Spring 2019

Title: ●Migratory Bird Hunting; Normal Agricultural Operations
Abstract: The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 includes a provision that directs the Secretary of the Interior to revise the Federal migratory bird hunting regulations in part 20 of title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The provision directs the Secretary to clarify that rice ratooning and post-disaster flooding, when carried out as part of a normal agricultural operation, do not constitute baiting. Current Federal regulations in 50 CFR part 20 prohibit the use of baiting to attract birds when hunting. This rule implements the Congressional directives in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 by making the necessary revisions to the migratory bird hunting regulations regarding rice ratooning and post-disaster flooding.
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 20
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 115-334

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		01/21/2019

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Final Action	05/00/2019

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Ronald Kokel Wildlife Biologist, Division of Migratory Bird Management Department of the Interior United States Fish and Wildlife Service 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: MB, Falls Church, VA 22041-3808 Phone:703 358-1714 Fax:703 358-2217 Email: ronald_kokel@fws.gov