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B-331417 1 (2019-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadzxc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-331417 September 25, 2019 The Honorable Pat Roberts Chairman The Honorable Debbie Stabenow Ranking Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable Collin C. Peterson Chairman The Honorable K. Michael Conaway Ranking Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department of Agriculture, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation: Agricultural Disaster Indemnity 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 (USDA), Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) entitled Agricultural Disaster Indemnity Programs (RIN: 0560-AI52). We received the rule on September 13, 2019. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on September 13, 2019. 84 Fed. Reg. 48518. The effective date of the rule is September 13, 2019. This final rule prescribes how USDA will provide agricultural disaster assistance as authorized by the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019 (Disaster Relief Act). The final rule also contains specific administrative provisions for payments to eligible producers and dairy operations for milk through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+), the On-Farm Storage Loss Program, and the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program (WHIP). This final rule expands the eligibility for 2017 WHIP to include losses incurred from Tropical Storm Cindy and updates regulations from the Tree Assistance Program (TAP). Finally, the rule provides support to producers who were prevented from planting eligible crops in 2019 due to various natural disaster events. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). The 60-day delay in effective date can be waived, however, if the agency finds for good cause that delay is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, and the agency incorporates a statement of the findings and its reasons in the rule issued. 5 U.S.C. §§ 553(b)(3)(B). USDA found good cause for the provisions of this rule to become effective immediately upon publication because it determined that the notice and public procedures are contrary to the public interest given the nature and

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