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OGC-99-40 1 (1999-04-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablze0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-282434 April 16, 1999 The Honorable Richard G. Lugar Chairman The Honorable Tom Harkin Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable Larry Combest Chairman The Honorable Charles W. Stenholm Ranking Minority Member Co mmittee o n Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation: Livestock Assistance Program Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), entitled Livestock Assistance Program (RIN: 0560-AF59). We received the rule on April 2, 1999. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on March 19, 1999. 64 Fed. Reg. 13497. The final rule provides new terms and conditions for the Livestock Assistance Program (LAP) authorized in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999 (1999 Act). In counties that have suffered a 40 percent or greater loss of normal grazing as a result of a natural disaster, the LAP will provide emergency feed assistance for losses suffered by livestock producers in calendar year 1998. Enclosed is our assessment of the CCC's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review indicates that the CCC complied with the applicable requirements. GAO/OGC-99-40

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