A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu
H.R. 5303: Water Resources Development Act of 2016.
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure which will consider it before sending it to the House. Sponsor: Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA9].
H.Res. 742: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2576) to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 897) to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungici.
Passed 238/171
S.J.Res. 28: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture relating to inspection of fish of the order Siluriformes.
The committees assigned to this resolution sent it to the House or Senate as a whole for consideration on May 23, 2016.
Department of Agriculture: Notice Department of Agriculture has submitted information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Info here.
Environmental Protection Agency: Rule that EPA approves a State Implementation Plan revision submitted by Connecticut on April 22, 2014, establishing sulfur in fuel oil content limits for use in stationary sources. Info here.
Food and Nutrition Services: Notice FNS issuing an RFI to obtain State government and stakeholder perspectives on establishing data exchange standards. Info here.
Foreign Agricultural Service: Notice listing updated quantity-based trigger levels for products subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. Info here.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Notice that NIFA is announces the I-FAST prize competition to develop and implement the Innovations in Food and Agricultural Science and Technology Pilot Program. Info here.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
Notice announcing the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council proposes to amend the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Mariana Archipelago. Info here.
Rule establishing a limit for calendar year 2016 on fishing effort by U.S. purse seine vessels in the U.S. exclusive economic zone and on the high seas between the latitudes of 20° N. and 20° S. regarding the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Info here.
Rule implementing accountability measures for commercial blueline tilefish in the economic zone of the South Atlantic. Commercial landings for blueline tilefish are projected to reach the commercial annual catch limit by June 1, 2016. Info here.