Fair and Transparent Stakeholder Involvement Fee Act

Bill: 114-hr-1091
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2015-02-25
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Agricultural trade

Animal and plant health

Department of Agriculture

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fair and Transparent Stakeholder Involvement Fee Act </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from issuing or enforcing a final rule based on the proposed rule entitled &quot;User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services.&quot; The proposed rule adds new fee categories and adjusts current fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine and inspection services that are provided in connection with vessels, trucks, railroad cars, aircraft, and international passengers arriving at ports in the customs territory of the United States. </p> <p>The bill also prohibits USDA from issuing a final rule for quarantine and inspection fees authorized by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade (FACT) Act of 1990, except in compliance with negotiated rulemaking procedures. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1091 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2015 Ms. Wilson of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use negotiated rulemaking to develop a rule about agriculture quarantine inspection, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair and Transparent Stakeholder Involvement Fee Act . 2. Revised rulemaking authority with respect to agriculture quarantine inspection (a) Annul existing regulations The Secretary of Agriculture may not issue a final rule based on the proposed rule entitled User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services (79 Fed. Reg. 22895; April 25, 2014) and if such final rule is issued before the date of the enactment of this Act, the final rule shall have no force or effect. (b) Restrictions on rulemaking authority The Secretary of Agriculture may not issue a final rule pursuant to section 2509(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade (FACT) Act of 1990 ( 21 U.S.C. 136a(a) ) except in compliance with the procedures described in subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code.