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GAO-09-961R 1 (2009-08-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwxx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GA0 LV.WX11M§= Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-318525 August 17, 2009 The Honorable Tom Harkin Chairman The Honorable Saxby Chambliss Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable Collin C. Peterson Chairman The Honorable Frank D. Lucas Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department ofAgriculture, Commodity Credit Coiporation: Conservation Stewardship 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, National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), entitled Conservation Stewardship Program (RIN: 0578-AA43). We received the rule on July 31, 2009. It was published in the Federal Register as an interim final rule with request for comment on July 29, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 37,499. The interim final rule is effective on July 29, 2009, and comments must be received on or before September 28, 2009. Section 2301 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-246, 122 Stat. 1651, 1768 (the 2008 Act) amended the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish the Conservation Stewardship Program. NRCS states in the interim final rule that the purpose of the Conservation Stewardship Program is to encourage producers to address resource concerns in a comprehensive manner by undertaking additional conservation activities, and improving, maintaining, and managing existing conservation activities. Section 2904 of the 2008 Act authorized the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Commodity Credit Corporation, to issue this regulation as an interim final rule effective on the date of publication. This interim final rule sets forth the policies, procedures, and requirements necessary to implement the Conservation Stewardship Program as authorized by the 2008 Act. GAO-09-961R

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