Livestock Mandatory Reporting: Revision of Lamb Reporting Requirements
other · Agricultural Marketing Service · Rule · Published 2016-02-29 · Effective 2016-05-31 · 81 FR 10057
Document
Document number
2016-04047
Federal Register citation
81 FR 10057
CFR reference
7 CFR 59
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
Agricultural Marketing Service
Publication date
2016-02-29
Effective date
2016-05-31
USDA docket
Doc. No. AMS-LPS-15-0071
Abstract
On April 2, 2001, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) implemented the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) program as required by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (1999 Act). The LMR program was reauthorized in October 2006 and again in September 2010. On September 30, 2015, the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015 (2015 Reauthorization Act) reauthorized the LMR program for an additional 5 years and directed the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to amend the LMR lamb reporting requirements by redefining terms within the Code of Federal Regulations not later than 180 days after enactment. This direct final rule incorporates the lamb reporting changes contained within the 2015 Reauthorization Act under the USDA LMR regulations.