In a bit of a surprise announcement, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , the Office of Management and Budget , the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Council on Environmental Quality released a memorandum on July 2, 2015, directing three federal agencies with jurisdiction over products of biotechnology, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to update the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology . The Memorandum for Heads of Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Agriculture , is short, but clear as to timetable and deliverables.