# Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Program: Amendment of Procedures and Notification of Request for Referendum
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as a final rule. · Published 2014-09-10 · Effective 2014-09-11 · 79 FR 53605
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-21512
- **Category:** farm-program
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 53605
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1220
- **Publication date:** 2014-09-10
- **Effective date:** 2014-09-11
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. AMS-LPS-13-0066
## Abstract

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is affirming without changes its interim rule (79 FR 12037) to amend the procedures to Request a Referendum at 7 CFR Part 1220 by removing the specific number of soybean producers eligible to request a referendum under the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information program, commonly known as the Soybean Checkoff Program. The number of soybean producers will be replaced with language that allows the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to update this number based on information provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Additionally, this rule removes specific USDA and Farm Service Agency (FSA) Web site and office addresses and replaces them with more flexible language. These changes will enable AMS to announce future Requests for Referendum without engaging in additional informal rulemaking.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/09/10/2014-21512/soybean-promotion-research-and-consumer-information-program-amendment-of-procedures-and-notification)
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