United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1996_register executive 2010-09-24 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be040e08 D09002ee1be040f3d United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Office of the Secretary originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Farm Service Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Commodity Credit Corporation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This final rule implements farm program provisions required by Title I of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act). The primary issues concern: changes to the dairy, sugar, and peanut programs; the establishment of production flexibility contracts for producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice that specify the terms and conditions for receiving payments from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC); statutory payment limitation provisions; implementation of marketing assistance loans, reduced loan repayment rates, and loan deficiency payments; and a cap on Cotton User Marketing Certificate payments. This action will also: amend Chapter II to delegate authority to implement these programs from the Secretary to the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services and to the Administrator, Farm Service Agency (FSA) and to correct an erroneous reference to an existing delegation with respect to the Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS); reorganize Chapter VII to consolidate the regulations in a more efficient manner, to free parts for future use and to remove obsolete provisions; and reorganize Chapter XIV so that the regulations of separate agencies that operate through CCC are located and organized in separate and identifiable parts. This regulation will complete many of the actions being taken by FSA as part of the National Performance Review Initiative to eliminate unnecessary regulations and improve those that remain in force. 61 FR 37544 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-07-18/96-17486 96-17486 fr18jy96-21 RIN 0560-AE81 3410-05-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-07-18/96-17486 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-07-18/html/96-17486.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-07-18/pdf/96-17486.pdf 82 p. 37544 37625 61 FR 37544 Title 7 Part 1400 7 CFR Part 1400 Title 7 Part 1401 7 CFR Part 1401 Title 7 Part 1402 7 CFR Part 1402 Title 7 Part 1405 7 CFR Part 1405 Title 7 Part 1412 7 CFR Part 1412 Title 7 Part 1413 7 CFR Part 1413 Title 7 Part 1421 7 CFR Part 1421 Title 7 Part 1425 7 CFR Part 1425 Title 7 Part 1427 7 CFR Part 1427 Title 7 Part 2 7 CFR Part 2 Title 7 Part 2et al. 7 CFR Part 2et al. Title 7 Part 718 7 CFR Part 718 Title 7 Part 719 7 CFR Part 719 Title 7 Part 720 7 CFR Part 720 Title 7 Part 729 7 CFR Part 729 Title 7 Part 790 7 CFR Part 790 Title 7 Part 791 7 CFR Part 791 Title 7 Part 793 7 CFR Part 793 Title 7 Part 796 7 CFR Part 796 RIN 0560-AE81 Implementation of the Farm Program Provisions of the 1996 Farm Bill; Federal Register Vol. 61, Issue RULE 96-17486 II DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Office of the Secretary Farm Service Agency Commodity Credit Corporation 3410-05-P 96-17486 Final rule.

This final rule implements farm program provisions required by Title I of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act). The primary issues concern: changes to the dairy, sugar, and peanut programs; the establishment of production flexibility contracts for producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice that specify the terms and conditions for receiving payments from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC); statutory payment limitation provisions; implementation of marketing assistance loans, reduced loan repayment rates, and loan deficiency payments; and a cap on Cotton User Marketing Certificate payments. This action will also: amend Chapter II to delegate authority to implement these programs from the Secretary to the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services and to the Administrator, Farm Service Agency (FSA) and to correct an erroneous reference to an existing delegation with respect to the Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS); reorganize Chapter VII to consolidate the regulations in a more efficient manner, to free parts for future use and to remove obsolete provisions; and reorganize Chapter XIV so that the regulations of separate agencies that operate through CCC are located and organized in separate and identifiable parts. This regulation will complete many of the actions being taken by FSA as part of the National Performance Review Initiative to eliminate unnecessary regulations and improve those that remain in force.

July 12, 1996. David Winningham, Director, Regulatory Review Group, FSA, USDA, Stop 0572, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-0572, Telephone: (202) 720-5457. Vol. 61, no. 139 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1996-07-18 continuing daily deposited born digital 316 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-07-18 P0b002ee180a299a8 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr18jy96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-07-18 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-07-18/pdf/FR-1996-07-18.pdf fdlp 37351 37655 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1996-07-18 machine generated eng FR FR-1996-07-18 61 139