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Agriculture Priorities and Allocations System
Document ID: FSA-2011-0014-0001
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Agency: Farm Service Agency
Topics: Administrative Practices and Procedures, Business and Industry, Government Contracts, National Defense, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements
The Farm Service Agency
(FSA) is establishing the regulation for
the Agriculture Priorities and
Allocations System (APAS). Food is a
critical commodity essential to the
national defense (including civil
emergency preparedness and response).
To avoid civilian hardship during
national defense emergencies it may be
necessary to regulate the production,
processing, storage, and wholesale
distribution of food. Through the APAS
rule, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) will respond to requests to
place priority ratings on contracts, or
orders of agriculture commodities up
through the wholesale levels for
agriculture production and equipment,
allocate resources, and handle food
claims as specified in the Defense
Production Act (DPA) of 1950, as
amended, if the necessity arises. FSA
needs to implement this rule to direct
the agriculture commodities and
resources to areas of hardship or
potential hardship due to national
emergencies. For example, APAS is
designed to use the DPA authority to
help ensure that food is available when
and where it is needed most, such as
after a hurricane or earthquake. In most
cases, there is likely to be no economic
impact in filling priority orders because
it would generally just be changing the
timing in which orders are completed.
Agriculture Priorities and Allocations System
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Comments
Submitter: Cook, Nancy Posted: 07/27/2011 ID: FSA-2011-0014-0003
Jul 18,2011 11:59 PM ET
Posted: 07/27/2011 ID: FSA-2011-0014-0002
Jul 18,2011 11:59 PM ET
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