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 2015_register executive 2015-10-22 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f6fa91 D09002ee1c7f6fb73 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Farm Service Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is establishing the regulation for the Agriculture Priorities and Allocations System (APAS). Food is a critical commodity essential to the national defense (including civil emergency preparedness and response). To avoid civilian hardship during national defense emergencies, it may be necessary to regulate the production, processing, storage, and wholesale distribution of food. Through the APAS rule, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will respond to requests to place priority ratings on contracts or orders (establishing priority on which contracts or orders are filled first) for agriculture commodities up through the wholesale levels, including agriculture production equipment, and allocate resources, as specified in the Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950, as amended, if the necessity arises. FSA is implementing this rule as a way to redirect the agriculture commodities and resources to areas of hardship or potential hardship due to national emergencies. In most cases, there is likely to be no economic impact in filling priority orders because it would generally just be changing the timing in which orders are completed. 80 FR 63890 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-10-22/2015-26766 2015-26766 fr22oc15-2 RIN 0560-AH68 3410-05-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-10-22/2015-26766 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-10-22/html/2015-26766.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-10-22/pdf/2015-26766.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Business and Industry Government Contracts National Defense Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 20 p. 63890 63909 80 FR 63890 Title 7 Part 789 7 CFR Part 789 RIN 0560-AH68 Agriculture Priorities and Allocations System; Federal Register Vol. 80, Issue RULE 2015-26766 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Farm Service Agency 2015-12-21 3410-05-P 2015-26766 Final rule.

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is establishing the regulation for the Agriculture Priorities and Allocations System (APAS). Food is a critical commodity essential to the national defense (including civil emergency preparedness and response). To avoid civilian hardship during national defense emergencies, it may be necessary to regulate the production, processing, storage, and wholesale distribution of food. Through the APAS rule, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will respond to requests to place priority ratings on contracts or orders (establishing priority on which contracts or orders are filled first) for agriculture commodities up through the wholesale levels, including agriculture production equipment, and allocate resources, as specified in the Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950, as amended, if the necessity arises. FSA is implementing this rule as a way to redirect the agriculture commodities and resources to areas of hardship or potential hardship due to national emergencies. In most cases, there is likely to be no economic impact in filling priority orders because it would generally just be changing the timing in which orders are completed.

Effective December 21, 2015. Robert Haughton, telephone (202) 702- 0135. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). Administrative Practice and Procedure Business and Industry Government Contracts National Defense Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Agriculture Priorities and Allocations System , FSA.EPD@wdc.usda.gov http://forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/eForms/welcomeAction.do?Home www.regulations.gov Vol. 80, no. 204 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2015-10-22 continuing daily deposited born digital 425 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-10-22 P0b002ee18dc70374 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr22oc15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-10-22 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-10-22/pdf/FR-2015-10-22.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-10-22/xml/FR-2015-10-22.xml fdlp 63889 64304 DGPO 2015-10-22 2024-06-02 FR-2015-10-22 machine generated eng FR FR-2015-10-22 80 204