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GAO-16-229R 1 (2015-11-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrpt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-327509 November 13, 2015 The Honorable Pat Roberts Chairman The Honorable Debbie Stabenow Ranking Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable K. Michael Conaway Chairman The Honorable Collin C. Peterson Ranking Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services 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, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) entitled User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services (RIN: 0579- AD77). We received the rule on October 29, 2015. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on October 29, 2015. 80 Fed. Reg. 66,748. The rule has a stated effective date of December 28, 2015. The final rule amends the user fee for agricultural quarantine and inspection services regulations by adding new fee categories and adjusting current fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine and inspection services that are provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international passengers arriving at ports in the customs territory of the United States. The final rule also adjusts or removes the fee caps associated with commercial trucks, commercial vessels, and commercial railcars. APHIS determined that revised user fee categories and revised user fees are necessary to recover the costs of the current level of activity, to account for actual increases in the cost of doing business, and to more accurately align fees with the costs associated with each fee service. Enclosed is our assessment of APHIS'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 of the procedural steps taken indicates that APHIS complied with the applicable requirements. GAO-16-229R

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