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GAO-07-511R 1 (2007-04-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwqs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GA 0 T I IAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-309014 April 16, 2007 The Honorable Tom Harkin Chairman The Honorable Saxby Chambliss Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable Collin Peterson Chairman The Honorable Robert Goodlatte Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department ofAgriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation: 2006 Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs 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 2006 Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs (RIN: 0560-AH62). We received the rule on March 30, 2007. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on February 12, 2007. 72 Fed. Reg. 6435. The final rule implements Title III of the Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 (Act). The final rule establishes seven disaster programs to provide funds to eligible producers in counties affected by the 2005 hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia, Rita, Wilma, or a related condition. To be eligible, counties must have been designated or declared a major disaster or emergency area by the President or the Secretary of Agriculture, or be contiguous counties. The Act provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds of the CCC to assist producers of agricultural commodities through programs administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). Section 3034 of the Act requires that the regulations necessary to implement Title III shall be made without regard to the notice and comment provisions of the GAO-07-51IR

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