Farm Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘RELATE with the Farm Act 
of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. REGULATORY REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY OF AG-
RICULTURE. 
(a) REVIEW OF REGULATORY AGENDA.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall review publications that may 
give notice that the Environmental Protection Agency is 
preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, policy, memo-
randum, regulation, or statement of general applicability 
and future effect that may have a significant impact on 
a substantial number of agricultural entities, including— 
(1) any regulatory agenda of the Environmental 
Protection Agency published pursuant to section 602 
of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) any regulatory plan or agenda published by 
the Environmental Protection Agency or the Office 
of Management and Budget pursuant to an Execu-
tive order, including Executive Order 12866; and 
(3) any other publication issued by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency or the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget that may reasonably be foreseen 
to contain notice of plans by the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency to prepare any guidance, policy, 
memorandum, regulation, or statement of general 
applicability and future effect that may have a sig-
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nificant impact on a substantial number of agricul-
tural entities. 
(b) INFORMATION GATHERING.—For a publication 
item reviewed under subsection (a) that the Secretary de-
termines may have a significant impact on a substantial 
number of agricultural entities, the Secretary shall— 
(1) solicit from the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency any information the 
Administrator may provide to facilitate a review of 
the publication item; 
(2) utilize the Chief Economist of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to produce an economic impact 
statement for the publication item that contains a 
detailed estimate of potential costs to agricultural 
entities; 
(3) identify individuals representative of poten-
tially affected agricultural entities for the purpose of 
obtaining advice and recommendations from such in-
dividuals about the potential impacts of the publica-
tion item; and 
(4) convene a review panel for analysis of the 
publication item that includes the Secretary, any 
full-time Federal employee of the Department of Ag-
riculture appointed to the panel by the Secretary, 
and any employee of the Environmental Protection 
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Agency or the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget 
that accepts an invitation from the Secretary to par-
ticipate in the panel. 
(c) DUTIES OF THE REVIEW PANEL.—A review panel 
convened for a publication item under subsection (b)(4) 
shall— 
(1) review any information or material obtained 
by the Secretary and prepared in connection with 
the publication item, including any draft proposed 
guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or state-
ment of general applicability and future effect; 
(2) collect advice and recommendations from 
agricultural entity representatives identified by the 
Administrator after consultation with the Secretary; 
(3) compile and analyze such advice and rec-
ommendations; and 
(4) make recommendations to the Secretary 
based on the information gathered by the review 
panel or provided by agricultural entity representa-
tives. 
(d) COMMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date the Secretary convenes a review panel pur-
suant to subsection (b)(4), the Secretary shall sub-
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mit to the Administrator comments on the planned 
or proposed guidance, policy, memorandum, regula-
tion, or statement of general applicability and future 
effect for consideration and inclusion in any related 
administrative record, including— 
(A) a report by the Secretary on the con-
cerns of agricultural entities; 
(B) the findings of the review panel; 
(C) the findings of the Secretary, including 
any adopted findings of the review panel; and 
(D) recommendations of the Secretary. 
(2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall publish 
the comments in the Federal Register and make the 
comments available to the public on the public Inter-
net website of the Department of Agriculture. 
(e) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive initiation of 
the review panel under subsection (b)(4) as the Secretary 
determines appropriate. 
(f) DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURAL ENTITY.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘agricultural entity’’ means any entity 
involved in or related to agricultural enterprise, including 
enterprises that are engaged in the business of production 
of food and fiber, ranching and raising of livestock, aqua-
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culture, and all other farming and agricultural related in-
dustries. 
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