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GAO-09-891R 1 (2009-07-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwxp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I im TM WAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-318411 July 21, 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 of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation: Sugar 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 (USDA), Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), entitled Sugar Program (RIN: 0560-AH86). It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on April 6, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 15,359. It was received by the Senate on April 9, 2009, and by the House of Representatives on April 24, 2009. 155 Cong. Rec. S4441 (April 20, 2009); 155 Cong. Rec. H5166 (May 5, 2009). As of July 20, 2009, we have not received the rule. The final rule implements provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) administering the sugar loan and sugar marketing allotment program through 2012. The 2008 Farm Bill generally extends the existing sugar program with some changes, including new loan rates for raw cane sugar and beet sugar, new provisions to guarantee domestic suppliers an 85 percent market share, and revised procedures for granting new allocations for new entrants. As noted by CCC, all of the changes made by this final rule are required by the 2008 Farm Bill, for which USDA has little or no discretion in when and how to implement. The final rule has an effective date of April 6, 2009, the same date as its publication in the Federal Register The Congressional Review Act (Act) requires major rules to have a 60-day delay in their effective date following their publication in the Federal Registeror receipt by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). However, the Act exempts any rule that an agency for good cause finds that notice GAO-09-891R

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