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B-331868 1 (2020-02-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeatk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-331868 February 26, 2020 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, Commodity Credit Corporation: Regional Conservation Partnership 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 Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RIN: 0578-AA70). We received the rule on February 13, 2020. It was published in the Federal Register as an interim rule on February 13, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg. 8131. The effective date of the rule is February 13, 2020. The interim rule with request for public comments adds a new part to the existing regulations to implement the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), which is reauthorized by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Pub. L. No. 115-334, 132 Stat. 4490 (2018) (2018 Farm Bill). The new part has four subparts: Subpart A provides the general framework for the program and provides the purposes, scope, definitions, fund allocations, and basic program requirements; Subpart B provides the framework for the proposal, selection, and administration of RCPP partnership agreements, including the supplemental agreements to facilitate the provision of program assistance to producers, and further includes general provisions related to third party contracts; Subpart C provides the framework under which National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides program assistance to producers to implement eligible activities; and Subpart D provides the standard programmatic information about appeals, assignments, and related matters. 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 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 states that, due to the nature of the rule, the mandatory

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