Economic Adjustment Assistance for Textile Mills-Payment Rate

Document 2026-03645 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on February 24, 2026, with an effective date of February 24, 2026. The Economic Adjustment Assistance for Textile Mills (EAATM) program provides qualified domestic users of upland cotton financial assistance that can be used to acquire, construct, install, modernize, develop, convert, or expand land, plant, buildings, equipment, facilities, or machinery used in the manufacture of final cotton products. Under the program, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) makes payments to eligible domestic users who have entered into an Upland Cotton Domestic User Agreement with AMS to participate in the EAATM. In this final rule, AMS is revising the payment rate from three cents per pound to five cents per pound, applicable August 1, 2025, as provided for in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/24/2026-03645/economic-adjustment-assistance-for-textile-mills-payment-rate.

No. Document 2026-03645 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.