# Establishment of a Domestic Hemp Production Program
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Final rule. · Published 2021-01-19 · Effective 2021-03-22 · 86 FR 5596
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-00967
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 5596
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 990
- **Publication date:** 2021-01-19
- **Effective date:** 2021-03-22
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-SC-19-0042
## Abstract

This final rule supersedes the interim final rule that established the Domestic Hemp Production Program, as mandated by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). This rule includes regulations used by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to approve plans submitted by States and Indian Tribes for the domestic production of hemp. This rule also includes regulations on the Federal hemp production plan for producers in States or territories of Indian Tribes that do not have their own USDA-approved plans. The program provides requirements for maintaining records about the land where hemp is produced, testing the levels of total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, disposing of non-compliant plants, licensing hemp producers, and ensuring compliance under the new program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/19/2021-00967/establishment-of-a-domestic-hemp-production-program)
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