Programs To Help Develop Foreign Markets for Agricultural Commodities

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised and renumbered certain provisions in its regulation establishing uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for Federal awards to non-Federal entities. This final rule amends the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) regulations on Programs to Help Develop Foreign Markets for Agricultural Commodities ("FMD regulation") to make technical corrections to reflect the revised OMB regulations. This final rule also makes three minor changes to the FMD regulation: To modify the timing of the evaluation provision; to add one additional exemption for a USA Pavilion waiver request; and to add certain flexibilities to the sample shipment requirements.