[Billing Code:  3410-KD-U]

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. _____, USDA/Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration]

Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed New System of Records

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed new system of records

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Agriculture is publishing for comment a proposed new system of records, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA/GIPSA-1, Packers and Stockyards Automated System (PAS).  PAS will be used by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) to enforce the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act of 1921, as amended.  PAS, an automated information management system, integrates case file management, data monitoring, and reporting into a single enterprise application that shares data across organizational units.