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design, integrated eligibility, deliberate 

program operations and meaningful 

outcomes. 

(i) FNS may require a State agency to 

make modifications to its SNAP E&T 

plan to improve outcomes if FNS 

determines that the E&T outcomes are 

inadequate. FNS will consider these 

modifications in determining whether to 

approve a State’s E&T plan. 

(ii) [Reserved] 

(17) The State agency shall submit an 

annual E&T report by April 15 each year 

that contains the following: 

(i) Employment and Earnings 

Reporting Measures: State agencies shall 

report four consecutive quarters of data 

from the two previous Federal fiscal 

years ending the preceding September 

30 for the following measures: 

(A) The number and percentage of 

E&T participants and former 

participants who are in unsubsidized 

employment during the second quarter 

after completion of participation in E&T. 

(B) Median quarterly earnings of the 

E&T participants and former 

participants who are in unsubsidized 

employment during the second quarter 

after completion of participation in E&T. 

(C) The number and percentage of 

E&T participants and former 

participants who are in unsubsidized 

employment during the fourth quarter 

after completion of participation in E&T. 

(ii) Educational Reporting Measures: 

State agencies shall report data for the 

Federal fiscal year ending the preceding 

September 30 for the following 

measures: 

(A) Attainment of a credential or 

certificate. The number and percentage 

of E&T participants enrolled in an 

education or training program, 

excluding those in on-the-job training, 

customized training or transitional jobs, 

who attain a recognized postsecondary 

credential, certificate or a secondary 

school diploma, or its recognized 

equivalent, during participation in or 

upon completion of participation in 

E&T. 

(B) Measurable skill gains. The 

number and percentage of E&T 

participants who, during the preceding 

Federal fiscal year, are in an education 

or training program that leads to a 

recognized postsecondary credential or 

employment and who are achieving 

measurable skill gains, defined as 

documented academic, technical, 

occupational, or other forms of progress, 

towards such a credential or 

employment. 

(iii) State agencies shall report the 

employment and earnings measures 

specified in paragraphs (c)(17)(i)(A) 

through (C) and educational measures 

specified in paragraphs (c)(17)(ii)(A) 

and (B) for each of following participant 

characteristics: 

(A) By Race and/or Ethnicity; 

(B) Voluntary E&T Participants; 

(C) Mandatory E&T Participants; 

(D) Mandatory E&T Participants 

deemed ineligible due to failure to 

comply with mandatory E&T; 

(E) E&T Participants who obtained 

high school diploma or equivalency 

prior to participation in E&T; and 

(F) ABAWDs. 

(iv) State agencies that serve 

mandatory E&T participants shall report 

for the Federal fiscal year ending the 

preceding September 30 the following: 

(A) the unduplicated number of SNAP 

participants who were required to 

participate in E&T; 

(B) of those required to participate the 

unduplicated number and percentage 

referred to E&T; and 

(C) the unduplicated number and 

percentage of SNAP participants that 

were determined ineligible for failure to 

comply with E&T requirements. 

(v) The number and percentage of 

E&T participants for the Federal fiscal 

year ending the preceding September 30 

who: 

(A) Are voluntary E&T participants; 

(B) Are mandatory E&T participants; 

(C) Have received a high school 

diploma or equivalent prior to being 

provided with E&T services; 

(D) Are ABAWDs; 

(E) Are English language learners; 

(F) By Gender identity; 

(G) Are within each of the following 

age ranges: 16–17, 18–35, 36–49, 50–59, 

60 or older; and 

(H) By Race and/or Ethnicity 

(vi) Reports for the measures 

identified in a State’s E&T plan related 

to components that are designed to 

serve at least 100 participants a year; 

and 

(vii) States that have committed to 

offering all at-risk ABAWDs 

participation in a qualifying activity and 

have received an additional allocation 

of funds as specified in paragraph (d)(3) 

of this section shall include: 

(A) The monthly average number of 

individuals in the State who meet the 

conditions in paragraph (d)(3)(i) of this 

section; 

(B) The monthly average number of 

individuals to whom the State offers a 

position in a program described in 

§ 273.24(a)(3) and (4); 

(C) The monthly average number of 

individuals who participate in such 

programs; and 

(D) A description of the types of 

employment and training programs the 

State agency offered to at risk ABAWDs 

and the availability of those programs 

throughout the State. 

(viii) States may be required to submit 

the annual report in a standardized 

format based upon guidance issued by 

FNS. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Amend § 273.24 by adding 

paragraph (a)(4) to read as follows: 

§ 273.24 Time limit for able-bodied adults. 

(a) * * * 

(4) Workfare program means: 

(i) A program under § 273.7(m); or 

(ii) A comparable program established 

by a State or political subdivision of a 

State. 

* * * * * 

Tameka Owens, 

Acting Administrator and Assistant 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26809 Filed 11–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 1220 

[Doc. No. AMS–LP–23–0079] 

Soybean Promotion and Research: 

Adjustments to Representation on the 

United Soybean Board 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule adjusts the 

number of members on the United 

Soybean Board (Board) to reflect 

changes in production levels that have 

occurred since the Board was last 

reapportioned in 2021. As required by 

the Soybean Promotion, Research, and 

Consumer Information Act (Act), 

membership on the Board is reviewed 

every 3-years and adjustments are made 

accordingly. These adjustments 

decrease Board membership for the 

State of North Dakota from four 

members to three members and increase 

Board membership for the State of New 

York from one member to two members, 

thus the total number of Board members 

will remain at 77. These changes will be 

reflected in the Soybean Promotion and 

Research Order (Order) and become 

effective with the Secretary of 

Agriculture’s (Secretary) appointments 

for terms in 2025. 

DATES: This final rule is effective as of 

December 18, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Julian, Research and Promotion 

Division, at (202) 731–2149; or by email 

at jason.julian@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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Executive Orders 12866, 13563 and 

14094 

USDA issues this final rule in 

conformance with Executive Orders 

(E.O.) 12866, 13563, and 14094. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563, and 

14094 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, reducing costs, 

harmonizing rules, and promoting 

flexibility. E.O. 14094 reaffirms, 

supplements, and updates E.O. 12866 

and further directs agencies to ask for 

and consider input from a wide range of 

affected and interested parties through a 

variety of means. This final rule is not 

a significant regulatory action within 

the meaning of E.O. 12866. So, this 

action has not been reviewed by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). 

Executive Order 13175 

This action has been reviewed per the 

requirements of E.O. 13175, 

Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments, which 

requires agencies to consider whether 

their rulemaking actions would have 

Tribal implications. The review 

revealed that this regulation would not 

have substantial and direct efforts on 

Tribal governments or significant Tribal 

implications. 

Executive Order 12988 

This final rule was reviewed under 

E.O. 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This 

rule is not intended to have retroactive 

effect. 

The Act (7 U.S.C. 6309) provides that 

nothing in the Act may be construed to 

preempt or supersede any other program 

relating to soybean promotion organized 

and operated under the laws of the U.S. 

or any State. There are no 

administrative proceedings that must be 

exhausted prior to any judicial 

challenge to the provisions of this rule. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with OMB regulations 

(5 CFR part 1320) that implement the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. part 35), the information 

collection and recordkeeping 

requirements contained in the Order 

and accompanying Rules and 

Regulations have previously been 

approved by OMB and were assigned 

OMB control number 0581–0093. 

Background 

The Board was initially appointed on 

July 11, 1991, per the provisions of the 

Act (7 U.S.C. 6301–6311), and the Order 

(7 CFR part 1220) issued thereunder. 

The Order set up an initial Board with 

sixty members, composed of soybean 

producers. For purposes of setting up 

the Board, the United States was 

divided into 31 States and geographical 

units. Representation on the Board from 

each unit was determined by the level 

of production in each unit. 

Reapportionment 

Section 1220.201(c) of the Order 

provides that at the end of each 3-year 

period, the Board shall review soybean 

production levels in the geographic 

units throughout the United States. 

Section 1220.130 of the Order defines a 

unit as each State, or group of States, 

which is represented on the Board. The 

Board may recommend to the Secretary 

that Board membership for each unit be 

changed to reflect current production 

levels. 

Section 1220.201(d) of the Order 

provides that at the end of each 3-year 

period, the Secretary must review the 

volume of production of each unit and 

adjust the boundaries of any unit and 

the number of Board members from 

each such unit as necessary to conform 

with the criteria set forth in 

§ 1220.201(e): (1) To the extent 

practicable, States with annual average 

soybean production of less than 3 

million bushels shall be grouped into 

geographically contiguous units, each of 

which has a combined production level 

equal to or greater than 3 million 

bushels, and each such group shall be 

entitled to at least 1 member on the 

Board; (2) units with at least 3 million 

bushels, but fewer than 15 million 

bushels shall be entitled to 1 board 

member; (3) units with 15 million 

bushels or more but fewer than 70 

million bushels shall be entitled to 2 

Board members; (4) units with 70 

million bushels or more but fewer than 

200 million bushels shall be entitled to 

3 Board members; and (5) units with 

200 million bushels or more shall be 

entitled to 4 Board members. 

The Board was last reapportioned in 

2021. The total Board membership 

decreased from 78 to 77 members, with 

Alabama decreasing one member. The 

final rule was published in the Federal 

Register (86 FR 61668) on November 8, 

2021, and became effective with the 

2022 appointments. 

This final rule keeps total 

membership of the Board at 77 

members. Production data was used for 

years 2018–2022 (excluding the crops in 

years in which production was the 

highest and in which production was 

the lowest in each State) was reported 

by USDA’s National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS). This change 

does not affect the number of 

geographical units. 

This final rule adjusts representation 

on the Board as follows: 

State Previous 

representation 

Current 

representation 

New York ..... 1 2 

North Dakota 4 3 

Board adjustments by this final rule 

will become effective with the 2025 

appointment process. 

Summary of Comments 

A proposed rule was published in the 

Federal Register (89 FR 51277) on June 

17, 2024, with a 30-day comment 

period. USDA received three comments. 

One comment communicated 

displeasure for North Dakota’s 

decreased number from four seats to 

three seats. Upon reviewing the 

requirements of the Act and Order, 

USDA determined that leaving the 

North Dakota seats at four would not be 

consistent with the Act and Order, 

which requires that at the end of each 

3-year period, the Secretary review the 

volume of production of each unit and 

adjust the boundaries of any unit and 

the number of Board members from 

each such unit as necessary to conform 

with the formula to determine the 

number of directors for each unit set 

forth in § 1220.201(e) of the Order. This 

was done by calculating production data 

for years 2018–2022 (excluding the 

crops in years in which production was 

the highest and in which production 

was the lowest in each State) as reported 

by USDA’s NASS, resulting in a 3-year 

average for North Dakota that fell below 

the required number of bushels to retain 

four seats under § 1220.201(e)(5) of the 

Order. Accordingly, no change is made 

in response to this comment. 

One comment was in favor of the seat 

adjustments for North Dakota and New 

York. 

One comment was not germane to the 

proposed rule. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Pursuant to the requirements set forth 

in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) considered the 

economic effect of this action on small 

entities and determined that this final 

rule would not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The purpose of 

the RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the 


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1https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/ 

index.php. 

2https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/results/ 

F0860BE3-0E1F-33B4-8571-74E2B061CBED. 

scale of businesses subject to such 

actions in order that small businesses 

will not be unduly burdened. 

Effective August 19, 2019, the Small 

Business Administration (SBA) (13 CFR 

121.201) published an interim final rule 

(84 FR 34261) that adjusts the monetarybased size standards for inflation. As a 

result of this rule, the size classification 

for soybean producers changed from 

sales of $750,000 or less to sales of 

$1,000,000 or less. There are an 

estimated 413,358 soybean producers 

and an estimated 10,000 first purchasers 

who collect the assessment, most who 

would be considered small businesses 

under the criteria set up by SBA. 

According to USDA’s NASS 2022 

Census of Agriculture, the number of 

operations in the United States with 

soybean production totaled 270,851.1

The most recent (2022) Census of 

Agriculture data show that roughly 19 

percent of producers with soybean 

production, or 52,756 operations, have 

annual receipts of $1,000,000 or more.2

Therefore, most soybean producers, 81 

percent, are considered small businesses 

with the new SBA guidance. It should 

be noted that producers are only 

indirectly affected by this final rule. 

This final rule imposes no new 

burden on the industry, as it only 

adjusts representation on the Board to 

reflect changes in soybean production. 

The adjustments are required by the 

Order and do not result in a change to 

Board membership, which will remain 

at 77 members. 

AMS is committed to following eGovernment Act of 2002 to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

USDA has not found any relevant 

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or 

conflict with this rule. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1220 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Advertising, Agricultural 

research, Marketing agreements, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Soybeans. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Agricultural Marketing 

Service amends 7 CFR part 1220 as 

follows: 

PART 1220—SOYBEAN PROMOTION, 

RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER 

INFORMATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 1220 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6301–6311 and 7 

U.S.C. 7401. 

■ 2. Amend § 1220.201 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 1220.201 Membership of Board. 

(a) For the purposes of nominating 

and appointing producers to the Board, 

the United States shall be divided into 

thirty-one geographic units and the 

number of Board members from each 

unit, subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) of 

this section shall be as follows: 

TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (a) 

State/unit Number of 

members 

South Dakota ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 

Ohio ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 

Nebraska .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 

Missouri ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 

Minnesota ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 

Iowa ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 

Indiana ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 

Illinois ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 

North Dakota ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 

Wisconsin ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 

Tennessee ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 

Mississippi ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 

Michigan ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 

Kentucky .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 

Kansas ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 

Arkansas .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 

Virginia ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 

Pennsylvania ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 

North Carolina ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 

Maryland .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 

Louisiana .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 

New York ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 

Alabama ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 

Texas ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 

South Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 

Oklahoma ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 

New Jersey .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 

Georgia ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 

Delaware .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 

Unit: 

Eastern Region (Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) .......................................................................................................................................... 1 

Western Region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, 

Washington, and Wyoming) ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 


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1See sec. 828(a). 

2Sec. 815(a). 

3Sec. 815(b). 

4OMB Circular No. A–4 updated November 9, 

2023, page 12. Accessed September 30, 2024 at: 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/ 

2023/11/CircularA-4.pdf. 

* * * * * 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26787 Filed 11–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 11, 61, 68, and 91 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–2580; Amdt. Nos. 

11–70, 61–158, 68–3, and 91–380] 

RIN 2120–AM06 

Regulatory Updates to BasicMed 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule implements, 

without interpretation, the provisions of 

sections 815 and 828 of the FAA 

Reauthorization Act of 2024 (‘‘the Act’’). 

To conform the FAA’s regulations to the 

self-enacting provisions in the Act, this 

final rule amends certain regulations to: 

align aircraft conditions and limitations 

with the term ‘‘covered aircraft’’ as 

defined in section 2307(j) of the FAA 

Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 

2016 to increase the number of 

allowable passengers from 5 to 6, 

increase the number of occupants from 

6 to 7, and increase the maximum 

takeoff weight from 6,000 pounds to 

12,500 pounds, while excluding certain 

transport category rotorcraft. This final 

rule facilitates updates to current 

standards the medical form a Statelicensed physician uses in completing a 

comprehensive medical examination. 

Further, this final rule amends 

regulations to incorporate the statutory 

expansion of BasicMed medical 

eligibility to examiners conducting 

practical tests or proficiency checks if 

they meet the requirements for 

operating covered aircraft under 

BasicMed, as provided in the Act. 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

November 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: For information on where to 

obtain copies of rulemaking documents 

and other information related to this 

final rule, see ‘‘How to Obtain 

Additional Information’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bradley C. Zeigler, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–1100; email: 

Bradley.C.Zeigler@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

On May 16, 2024, the President 

signed into law the FAA 

Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Pub. L. 

118–63) (‘‘the Act’’), impacting certain 

requirements for BasicMed in section 

815, BasicMed for Examiners 

Administering Tests or Proficiency 

Checks, and section 828, Expansion of 

BasicMed. Specifically, section 815 

expanded the privileges of BasicMed to 

examiners and section 828 amended 

provisions in section 2307 of the FAA 

Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 

2016 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note) (FESSA) 

directly applicable to BasicMed. The 

Act also directed the Administrator of 

the FAA to implement the amendments 

made in sections 815 and 828 through 

rulemaking. Section 828 further 

provides that the Administrator of the 

FAA shall update regulations in 14 CFR 

parts 61 and 68 to implement the 

amendments made in the Act (i.e., the 

updated statutory language in FESSA), 

and within 180 days of the enactment, 

apply parts 61 and 68 to ensure that an 

individual may operate as pilot in 

command of a covered aircraft if the 

provisions of section 2307 of FESSA are 

met. The amendments to parts 61 and 

68 in this final rule align with the 

statutory charge set forth by section 

828 1 in the following manner: 

• Increase the number of allowable 

passengers from 5 to 6 and occupants 

from 6 to 7 for covered aircraft; 

• Increase the maximum takeoff 

weight from 6,000 pounds to 12,500 

pounds for covered aircraft; 

• Clarify that calendar months will be 

used in determining the duration of the 

comprehensive medical examination for 

those persons acting as the pilot in 

command or as a required flightcrew 

member for operations under 

§ 61.113(i); 

• Specify that covered aircraft does 

not include transport category rotorcraft 

certified to airworthiness standards 

under part 29; and 

• Clarify which versions of FAA 

Form 8500–8, Application for Airman 

Medical Certificate, may be used to 

populate the questions in the BasicMed 

Comprehensive Medical Examination 

Checklist. 

Section 815, BasicMed For Examiners 

Administering Tests or Proficiency 

Checks, provides that an examiner may 

administer a practical test or proficiency 

check if such examiner meets the 

medical eligibility requirements for 

BasicMed and the flight is conducted in 

a covered aircraft.2 While the FAA finds 

the expansion to be self-enacting, the 

section provided the FAA with three 

years to issue a final rule updating the 

regulations, as well as any related 

requirements the Administrator finds 

are in the interest of aviation safety.3

This final rule will, therefore, update 

§ 61.23 to permit persons performing the 

duties of an examiner to administer a 

practical test or proficiency check 

without holding a medical certificate 

issued under part 67, provided those 

persons meet the requirements to 

operate under the conditions and 

limitations set forth in § 61.113(i). 

Summary of the Costs and Benefits 

There are no costs or benefits of this 

rule relative to the with-statute baseline. 

This rule conforms FAA regulations to 

self-implementing legislation in sections 

815 and 828 of the FAA Reauthorization 

Act of 2024. Under the updated Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circular A–4 guidance,4 an agency may 

use a with-statute baseline for 

estimating costs and benefits for 

regulations that simply restate statutory 

requirements in self-implementing 

legislation. Since the rule does not 

deviate from the self-implementing 

statutory provisions, there are no costs 

or benefits as measured against the 

with-statute baseline. 

II. Authority for This Rulemaking 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules on 

aviation safety is found in Title 49 of the 

United States Code (49 U.S.C.). Subtitle 

I, section 106 describes the authority of 

the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, 

Aviation Programs, describes in more 

detail the scope of the agency’s 

authority. This final rule is promulgated 

under the authority described in subtitle 

VII, part A, subpart iii, section 44701, 

General Requirements; section 44702, 

Issuance of Certificates; and section 

44703, Airman Certificates. Under these 

sections, the FAA is charged with 

prescribing regulations and minimum 

standards for practices, methods, and 

procedures the Administrator finds 

necessary for safety in air commerce. 

The FAA is also authorized to issue 

certificates, including airman 

certificates and medical certificates, to 

qualified individuals. This final rule is 

within the scope of that authority. 

BasicMed provisions were originally 

promulgated under section 2307 of 


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