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B-332964 Feb 16, 2021 1 (2021-02-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecpd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: O1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-332964 February 16, 2021 The Honorable Debbie Stabenow Chairwoman The Honorable John Boozman Ranking Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable David Scott Chairman The Honorable K. Michael Conaway Ranking Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation: Agricultural Conservation Easement 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 (CCC) entitled Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (RIN: 0578-AA66). We received the rule on February 4, 2021. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on February 4, 2021. 86 Fed. Reg. 8113. The effective date of the rule is February 4, 2021. According to CCC, this final rule adopts, with minor changes, an interim rule that implemented changes to the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program that were necessitated by enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-334, 132 Stat. 4490 (Dec. 20, 2018), and changes for administrative streamlining improvements and clarifications. CCC also stated that the rule makes permanent many of the changes made in the interim rule, responds to comments received, and makes further adjustments in response to some of the comments received. 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. § 808(2). Here, CCC stated that the regulations to implement the programs of chapter 58 of title 16 of the United States Code, as specified in 16 U.S.C. § 3846, and the administration of those programs, are to be made as an interim rule effective on publication, with an opportunity for notice and comment, and are to use the authority under 5 U.S.C. § 808 related to congressional review. CCC stated that consistent with the use of the authority under 5 U.S.C. § 808 related to congressional review for the immediate

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