Department of Agriculture January 20, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

We are advising the public that we are reinstating the animal health status of the Cantons of Neuch[acirc]tel and Ticino in Switzerland as free of Newcastle disease. This recognition is based on an assessment we prepared and made available for public review and comment.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) requires that within 60 days of its enactment, each agency must submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress a report listing all Federal financial assistance programs for infrastructure administered by the agency. The IIJA also requires that the report be published in the Federal Register. In accordance with that requirement, we are making available the report prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Departments) recognize that subsistence is vital to the cultures and life ways of Alaska Natives and Alaska Native communities. Under Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture jointly implement the Federal Subsistence Management Program. This program provides a preference for take of fish and wildlife resources for subsistence uses on Federal public lands and waters in Alaska. In accordance with The White House Tribal Nations Summit Progress Report, the Departments will jointly conduct consultation sessions with federally recognized Tribes and with Alaska Native corporations on Federal subsistence policy in Alaska.