date:Mar 07, 2013
including grading and inspection by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Services. No specific furlough plans have been issued by USDA, and no immediate impacts are expected.
The Budget Control Act was passed by Congress in 2011 with bipartisan majorities in both the House of Representatives and Senate. The act requires sequestration as a mechanism to compel Congress to act on deficit reduction legislation. As a result of the Congress's failure to act, the law required