USDA has sent the final rule for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The rule was sent to OMB Tuesday May 5, sources signaled and OMB confirmed.
The rule is labeled as being “economically significant” and there is no deadline listed for the targeted completion.
Now attention will shift quickly to what is in the rule and whether the push by farm-state lawmakers and farm and commodity groups to adjust the pay caps USDA said will be part of the program. Indications are that OMB staff have been working with USDA on the rule so the review by the agency may not take as long as can be the case. Some USDA rules have been pending at OMB since March or April, with one even showing as having been at the agency since November 2019.
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