Regional Agricultural Promotion Program

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Commodity Credit Corporation 7 CFR Part 1489 RIN 0551-AB06 AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service and Commodity Credit Corporation, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is amending the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program regulation to implement the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP). The RAPP will provide assistance to eligible organizations that conduct market promotion activities, including activities to address existing or potential non-tariff barriers to trade, to promote U.S. agricultural commodities in certain foreign markets. Among other changes, this rule updates terminology used throughout the regulation, clarifies timeframes for reporting requirements, and removes the specific application and review ( printed page 80093) requirements from the regulation to be defined in Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) announced through the Grants.gov website. DATES: This rule is effective November 17, 2023. Although not required by the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), CCC will accept comments received by December 18, 2023. ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by RIN 0551-AB06, by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov . This portal enables respondents to enter short comments or attach a file containing lengthier comments. Email: PODadmin@usda.gov . Include 0551- in the subject line of the message. Mail, Courier, o…