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Removal of Regulatory Overreach and Federal Crop Insurance Policy Provisions
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation published this final rule in the Federal Register on April 1, 2026. It took effect on May 1, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is amending its regulations regarding final agency determinations and interpretations of the Federal Crop Insurance Act and its associated regulations. This action is necessary to align agency procedures with Supreme Court precedent and the Administrative Procedure Act, ensuring that interpretive determinations are not improperly characterized as legislative rules. The effect of this rule is to clarify that final agency determinations are not matters of general applicability and are binding only on the parties requesting them. Furthermore, this rule removes provisions that previously attempted to make such determinations binding on independent adjudicators, such as Federal judges and the National Appeals Division. This final rule will also remove Federal crop insurance policy provisions from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This action modernizes program administration by discontinuing the practice of codifying detailed insurance contracts in regulation. Policy terms will continue to be published through official program materials and made available on the Risk Management Agency (RMA) website. This change does not affect the statutory authority of FCIC or the availability of crop insurance coverage.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-06277
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
- Published
- April 1, 2026
- Takes effect
- May 1, 2026
- Dates
- Effective May 1, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. FCIC-26-0067
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0563-AC91
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 400; 7 CFR 402; 7 CFR 407; 7 CFR 457
- Topics
- Acreage allotments; Administrative practice and procedure; Barley; Claims; Corn; Cotton; Crop insurance; Disaster assistance; Drug traffic control; Fraud; Government employees; Income taxes; Intergovernmental relations; Peanuts; Penalties; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Sorghum; Soybeans; Wages; Wheat
- Pages
- 6
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Everything from the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation · Rules on acreage allotments · Rules on administrative practice and procedure · Rules on barley · Published in April 2026
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