{"abstract":"USAID is amending its regulations to provide that USAID may issue guidelines setting forth standard practices to be followed by Cooperating Sponsors for booking ocean freight under Public Law 480, title II food donation programs. Such guidelines are needed in order to ensure transparency, fairness, and effectiveness of such bookings. The guidelines themselves will not be included in the regulation; they are being developed in consultation with Cooperating Sponsors, forwarders, carriers, the Department of Agriculture and the Maritime Administration. The guidelines will set basic procedural standards for soliciting and evaluating freight quotations and provide certain standard contract provisions. They will not impose unnecessary burdens or restrictions on the operational flexibility and business judgment of Cooperating Sponsors and their forwarders.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY","name":"International Development Cooperation Agency","id":258,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/international-development-cooperation-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/258","parent_id":6,"slug":"international-development-cooperation-agency"},{"raw_name":"Agency for International Development","name":"Agency for International Development","id":6,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agency-for-international-development","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/6","parent_id":null,"slug":"agency-for-international-development"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/1995/07/19/95-17132.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":211,"title":22}],"citation":"60 FR 36990","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"August 18, 1995.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["AID Regulation 11"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"95-17132","effective_on":null,"end_page":36991,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":null,"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/07/19/95-17132/transfer-of-food-commodities-for-use-in-disaster-relief-economic-development-and-other","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/95-17132?publication_date=1995-07-19","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-1995-07-19/95-17132/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":15,"last_updated":"2026-08-25 02:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-07-19/pdf/95-17132.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"1995-07-19","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/1995/07/19/95-17132.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0412-AA27":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0412-AA27"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-09-21T06:26:10Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":36990,"subtype":null,"title":"Transfer of Food Commodities for Use in Disaster Relief, Economic Development and Other AssistanceBooking Guidelines","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Rule","volume":60}