Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America

2017-04-28Executive Order 13790
Signed by: Donald Trump
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Headline: Interagency Task Force Established to Boost Rural Agriculture Prosperity

What it does: Agencies must form and participate in a Task Force to recommend policy changes and submit a report within 180 days.

Real World Impact:
  • Creates a federal Task Force to recommend changes affecting rural agriculture policy.
  • May lead to new rules on crop protections, land use, and energy production.
  • Requires agencies to gather stakeholder input and deliver a report within 180 days.
Topics: agriculture policy, rural development, regulatory reform, public lands, energy

Summary

This order creates an Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity charged with identifying legislative, regulatory, and policy changes to support farming, rural economic development, infrastructure, technology, energy, and quality of life. The Department of Agriculture will chair the Task Force and provide administrative support.

The Task Force must get input from state, local, and tribal officials and rural stakeholders, coordinate with other regulatory reviews, and deliver a report with recommendations to the President within 180 days; it also revokes the prior White House Rural Council.

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