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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

13,090Words in 10 parts
14.5Restriction density (per 1,000 words)
15.8Reading grade
100.0%Unchanged since 2017
0Flagged parts
2025-07-03Last change

Section changes per year

From the eCFR versioner, for the parts that the agency owns now. Before 2017 is the baseline load.

Text and size

Sentences
24.7 words on average; 15.8% over 40 words; 31.7% passive; 16.4 cross-references per 1,000 words
Sentence types
definition 2.1% · prohibition 9.5% · paperwork 4.1% · obligation 16.5% · permission 9.5% · other 58.2%
Checksum
3915b1861a3ac513557876fd399ba8b5a3c11bf7e31442302ba69b05a6c5d494

Review candidates in this agency

RankPartWordsScore
1,805 7 CFR 502 CONDUCT ON BELTSVILLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER PROPERTY, BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND
High signals: Directive share +1.8 SD · Restriction density +1.7 SD
 1,307 0.33
2,914 7 CFR 550 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY FOR NON-ASSISTANCE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
High signals: none above 1 SD; ranked by the combined score
 4,787 0.06
3,639 7 CFR 501 CONDUCT ON U.S. MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER, CLAY CENTER, NEBRASKA
High signals: Restriction density +1.1 SD
 1,356 -0.10
4,247 7 CFR 500 NATIONAL ARBORETUM
High signals: none above 1 SD; ranked by the combined score
 3,447 -0.24

Score: the mean of six signals, in standard deviations (SD). Across the CFR, the top 641 of 6,402 ranked parts (10%) get a flag for review; this list shows 4. A flag is not a finding.

Statutes behind the most text

  • 7 U.S.C. 3318: 4,787 words in 1 parts (36.6% of this agency's text)
  • 40 U.S.C. 318: 3,592 words in 3 parts (27.4% of this agency's text)
  • 40 U.S.C. 486: 3,592 words in 3 parts (27.4% of this agency's text)
  • 20 U.S.C. 196: 3,447 words in 1 parts (26.3% of this agency's text)
  • 40 U.S.C. 121: 3,447 words in 1 parts (26.3% of this agency's text)
  • 40 U.S.C. 1315: 3,447 words in 1 parts (26.3% of this agency's text)
  • 40 U.S.C. 753: 2,663 words in 2 parts (20.3% of this agency's text)
  • 5 U.S.C. 301: 1,004 words in 2 parts (7.7% of this agency's text)
  • 7 U.S.C. 3125a: 403 words in 1 parts (3.1% of this agency's text)
  • 31 U.S.C. 9701: 253 words in 1 parts (1.9% of this agency's text)

From the authority notes. A citation is not proof that the statute requires the rule.

Largest parts

  • 7 CFR 550: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY FOR NON-ASSISTANCE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS (4,787 words)
  • 7 CFR 500: NATIONAL ARBORETUM (3,447 words)
  • 7 CFR 501: CONDUCT ON U.S. MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER, CLAY CENTER, NEBRASKA (1,356 words)
  • 7 CFR 502: CONDUCT ON BELTSVILLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER PROPERTY, BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND (1,307 words)
  • 7 CFR 503: CONDUCT ON PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER (929 words)
  • 7 CFR 510: PUBLIC INFORMATION (601 words)
  • 7 CFR 505: NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY FEES FOR LOANS AND COPYING (403 words)
  • 7 CFR 504: USER FEES (253 words)
  • 7 CFR 551-599: PARTS 551-599 [RESERVED] (4 words)
  • 7 CFR 520: PART 520 [RESERVED] (3 words)

Reading grade and sentence types are approximate. Simple rules label each sentence; the first match wins.