Tobacco Grading and Inspections Services-Rescission of Tobacco Quota Provisions

Document 2025-09550 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on May 29, 2025, with an effective date of July 28, 2025. This direct final rule amends regulations that govern the inspection of tobacco under the national marketing quota system established under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 eliminated the price support and quota system for tobacco produced in the United States. In alignment with E.O. 14192, AMS is removing and, where appropriate, amending regulations that have expired authorizing statutes and govern non- operational programs. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/29/2025-09550/tobacco-grading-and-inspections-services-rescission-of-tobacco-quota-provisions.

No. Document 2025-09550 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.