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 2019_register executive 2019-08-08 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7d1fd31 D09002ee1c7d1fdeb United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Fish and Wildlife Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency 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. 84 FR 38883 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-08-08/2019-16629 2019-16629 fr08au19-17 RIN 1018-BD90 4333-15-P Docket No. FWS-HQ-MB-2019-0008 FF09M21200-189-FXMB1231099BPP0 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-08-08/2019-16629 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-08-08/html/2019-16629.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-08-08/pdf/2019-16629.pdf Exports Hunting Imports Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Transportation Wildlife 3 p. 38883 38885 84 FR 38883 Title 50 Part 20 50 CFR Part 20 RIN 1018-BD90 Migratory Bird Hunting; Normal Agricultural Operations; Federal Register Vol. 84, Issue RULE 2019-16629 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 2019-08-08 Docket No. FWS-HQ-MB-2019-0008 FF09M21200-189-FXMB1231099BPP0 4333-15-P 2019-16629 Final rule.

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.

This action is effective August 8, 2019. Ron W. Kokel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, MS: MB, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; (703) 358-1967. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877- 8339. Exports Hunting Imports Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Transportation Wildlife Migratory Bird Hunting: Normal Agricultural Operations , http://www.regulations.gov https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2018-title50-vol9/pdf/CFR-2018-title50-vol9-sec20-11.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2018-title50-vol9/pdf/CFR-2018-title50-vol9-sec20-21.pdf Vol. 84, no. 153 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2019-08-08 continuing daily deposited born digital 335 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-08-08 P0b002ee1a2630384 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr08au19 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-08-08 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-08-08/pdf/FR-2019-08-08.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-08-08/xml/FR-2019-08-08.xml fdlp 38847 39173 DGPO 2019-08-08 2024-05-31 FR-2019-08-08 machine generated eng FR FR-2019-08-08 84 153