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Modernizing Grant Program Regulation
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on September 16, 2024. It took effect on November 15, 2024. Comments closed on October 16, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS or the Agency), an agency of the Rural Development (RD) mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is issuing a final rule with comment to implement the provisions of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 related to the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Program and the Agriculture Innovation Center (AIC) Program and to modernize the Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program (RCDG). In addition, this action will support ways to simplify and streamline RD program delivery by removing outdated and ineffective definitions, requirements, and scoring criteria for the grant programs above.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-19804
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; request for comment
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Rural Business-Cooperative Service
- Published
- September 16, 2024
- Takes effect
- November 15, 2024
- Comments due
- October 16, 2024
- Dates
- Effective date: This final rule is effective November 15, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. RBS-24-BUSINESS-0004
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0570-AB03
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 4284
- Topics
- Agriculture; Business and industry; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Rural areas
- Pages
- 35
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