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United States General Accounting Office                       Office of the General Counsel
Washington, DC 20548

          B-285617



          June 21, 2000

          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, Co mmo dity Credit Co rpo ration: Agricultural
                  Disaster and Market Assistance

          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 Agricultural Disaster and Market Assistance (RIN:
          0560-AG14). We received the rule on June 2, 2000. It was published in the Federal
          Register as an interim rule and a final rule on June 8, 2000. 65 Fed. Reg. 36550.

          The interim and final rules, in part, implement statutory provisions related to
          cottonseed market loss, a competitiveness program for extra long staple (ELS)
          cotton, warehouse-stored tobacco loss assistance, pasture recovery, oilseeds
          marketing loss, livestock disaster assistance for contract growers and emergency
          assistance for Harney County, Oregon.

          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.

          If you have any questions about this report, please contact James W. Vickers,
          Assistant General Counsel, at (202) 512-8210. The official responsible for GAO


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