[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 95 (Monday, May 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 21270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08859]


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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 95 / Monday, May 19, 2025 / Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Notice of Termination of Seven Discretionary Federal Advisory 
Committees

AGENCY: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Termination of Federal advisory committees.

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SUMMARY: On February 19, 2025, the President issued the Executive Order 
(E.O.), ``Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,'' which 
set forth the Administration's policy of reducing the size of the 
Federal Government in order to minimize waste, fraud, abuse, and 
inflation and to promote American freedom and innovation. The 
President's order directed the termination of several Federal advisory 
committees and ordered the identification of additional Federal 
Advisory Committees for termination.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries may be sent to, Cikena Reid, 
USDA Committee Management Officer, United States Department of 
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, Whitten Building, Suite 536-A, 
SW, Washington, DC 20250; [email protected], (202) 720-8351.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 19, 2025, the President issued 
Executive Order 14217, ``Commencing the Reduction of the Federal 
Bureaucracy.'' Consistent with the E.O., on February 20, 2025, the 
Secretary of Agriculture issued a Secretary's Memorandum 1078-002 
``Elimination of Federal Advisory Committees within the Department of 
Agriculture.'' The Secretary determined that the following Federal 
advisory committees should be terminated, as they were no longer 
necessary:

 Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics
 Advisory Committee on Universal Cotton Standards
 Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
 National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
 National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for 
Foods
 National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee
 Northwest Forest Plan Area Advisory Committee

    In consultations with the USDA Committee Management Officer, 
Committee Management Secretariat of the General Services 
Administration, and the Office of General Counsel, this determination 
is consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 
U.S.C. ch.10), as well as 41 CFR 102-3.55.
    In a separate Secretary's Memorandum 1078-007 issued on April 21, 
2025, ``Restructuring of Federal Advisory Committees within the 
Department of Agriculture,'' the following terminations have been 
paused until further notice:

 Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animal 
and Animal Products
 Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Fruits 
and Vegetables
 Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Grains, 
Feed, Oilseeds, and Planting Seeds
 Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in 
Processed Foods
 Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in 
Sweeteners and Sweetener Products
 Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in 
Tobacco, Cotton, Peanuts, and Hemp
 Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board
 General Conference Committee of the National Poultry 
Improvement Plan

    Dated: May 12, 2025.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-08859 Filed 5-16-25; 8:45 am]
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