[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 94 (Monday, May 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29730-29731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10449]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Document Number AMS-AMS-22-0026]


Competition in Food Retail and Distribution Markets and Access 
for Agricultural Producers and Small and Midsized Food Processors

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is providing an 
additional 30 days for comments and information from the public to 
assist AMS in preparing the report required by the Executive Order 
titled ``Promoting Competition in the American Economy,'' which creates 
a White House Competition Council and directs Federal agency actions to 
enhance fairness and competition across America's economy. Among other 
things, the Executive Order directs the Secretary of Agriculture to 
prepare a report on concerns and strategies to promote competition in 
the food and agricultural markets.

DATES: The comment period for the notice originally published on March 
17, 2022, at 87 FR 15194, is extended. Comments must be submitted on or 
before June 15, 2022.

ADDRESSES: All written comments in response to this notice should be 
posted online at https://www.regulations.gov. Comments received will be 
posted without change, including any personal information provided. All 
comments should reference the docket number AMS-AMS-22-0026, the date 
of submission, and the page number of this issue of the Federal 
Register. Comments may also be sent to Jaina Nian, Agricultural 
Marketing Service, USDA, Room 2055-S, STOP 0201, 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0201. Comments will be made available 
for public inspection at the above address during regular business 
hours or via the at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaina Nian, Agricultural Marketing 
Service, at (202) 378-2541; or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an

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Executive Order titled ``Promoting Competition in the American 
Economy,'' which creates a White House Competition Council and directs 
Federal agency actions to enhance fairness and competition across 
America's economy. Among other things, the Executive Order directs the 
Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to prepare a report on 
concerns and strategies to promote competition in the food and 
agricultural markets.
    A notice, published in the Federal Register on March 17, 2022 (87 
FR 15194), requested comments and information from the public to assist 
AMS in preparing the report required by the Executive Order and 
advancing policy steps on the effect of retail concentration and 
retailers' practices on competition in the food industries. This notice 
established a 60-day comment period, ending May 16, 2022. As the 
comment period overlapped a critical time for agricultural producers to 
plant crops and for academics to conclude semesters, AMS is extending 
the public comment period for an additional 30 days to encourage 
additional public comment.

Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-10449 Filed 5-13-22; 8:45 am]
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