{"description":"Documents matching 'complete benefit transfer requests facilitate'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=complete+benefit+transfer+requests+facilitate&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission or Agency) is modifying a system of records, FCC/WCB-3, Affordable Connectivity Program, subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the agency. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the successor to the Commission's Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, provides discounts for broadband internet access service (BIAS) to qualifying households. A household may qualify for the ACP if an individual in the household has applied for and has been approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced price lunch program, receives assistance through the special supplemental nutritional program for women, infants, and children (WIC), receives a Pell Grant, qualifies for the Lifeline program, meets certain income requirements, or qualifies for a low-income program offered by internet service providers. The ACP is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Commission and, by delegation, of the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB). This system of records contains information about individual ACP applicants and participants, providers' claims and certifying officers, and providers' enrollment representatives. This modification adds one new routine use.","document_number":"2026-03737","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03737/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-25/pdf/2026-03737.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03737.pdf?1771940711","publication_date":"2026-02-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"purposes of assisting individuals in applying for and recertifying for the ACP. \n 7. Service Providers—Records may be disclosed to broadband providers, and their registered representatives, in order to confirm an individual's eligibility, complete benefit transfer requests, facilitate the provision of service, complete de-enrollments, allow for the provider to receive reimbursement through the ACP, to provide information to the relevant provider about a registered enrollment representative whose account has been disabled for cause, and provide enrollment"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission or Agency) is modifying a system of records, FCC/WCB-3, Affordable Connectivity Program, subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the agency. The Affordable Connectivity Program (\"ACP\"), the successor to the Commission's Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, provides discounts for broadband internet access service (\"BIAS\") to qualifying households. A household may qualify for the ACP if an individual in the household has applied for and has been approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced price lunch program, receives assistance through the special supplemental nutritional program for women, infants, and children (\"WIC\"), receives a Pell Grant, qualifies for the Lifeline program, meets certain income requirements, or qualifies for a low-income program offered by internet service providers. The ACP is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Commission and, by delegation, of the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB). This system of records contains information about individual ACP applicants and participants, providers' claims and certifying officers, and providers' enrollment representatives.","document_number":"2024-08375","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-08375/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-08375.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08375.pdf?1713444346","publication_date":"2024-04-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Nations—To Tribal Nations for purposes of assisting individuals in applying for and recertifying for the ACP. \n 7. Service Providers—To broadband providers, and their registered representatives, in order to confirm an individual's eligibility, complete benefit transfer requests, facilitate the provision of service, complete de-enrollments, allow for the provider to receive reimbursement through the ACP, to provide information to the relevant provider about a registered enrollment representative whose account has been disabled for cause, and provide enrollment"},{"title":"Signatures on Immigration Benefit Requests","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the submission of benefit requests to provide that if U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) accepts a benefit request and determines later that it lacks a valid signature, USCIS may, in its discretion, reject or deny the request. This interim final rule (IFR or rule) will clarify USCIS procedures relating to the rejection or denial of benefit requests that do not meet regulatory requirements to ensure better enforcement of signature requirements.","document_number":"2026-09289","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/11/2026-09289/signatures-on-immigration-benefit-requests","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-11/pdf/2026-09289.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09289.pdf?1778244318","publication_date":"2026-05-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"whether each benefit request meets the requirements to be accepted but it does not make adjudicative decisions. USCIS can only begin to adjudicate a benefit request after USCIS accepts the request, processes any required fees, and issues a receipt notice (or date stamp, where applicable), reflecting the date of physical or electronic receipt. USCIS does not consider benefits requests that are rejected to be properly filed.\n 11 \n \n If the benefit request is accepted, USCIS issues a receipt notice to the requestor and forwards the request for processing"},{"title":"Licensee “eZ Check” Verification for Transfers","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (\"ATF\") is amending Department of Justice (\"Department\") regulations to allow federal firearms licensees (\"FFLs\") that are transferring a firearm to another FFL to verify the transferee FFL's license through ATF's publicly available \"FFL eZ Check\" system, as an alternative to the current requirement to obtain a certified copy of the transferee's license. Additionally, because the eZ Check system is accessible, free to use, and updated regularly, this rule removes the now-unnecessary provision that allows a transferor to rely on a certified list provided by a multi-licensed organization for up to 45 days to make transfers to licensees operated by such organization.","document_number":"2026-08924","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/06/2026-08924/licensee-ez-check-verification-for-transfers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-06/pdf/2026-08924.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08924.pdf?1777985129","publication_date":"2026-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives","name":"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau","id":19,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/19","parent_id":268,"slug":"alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau"}],"excerpts":"of its federal firearms license to the transferor. Under § 478.95, a licensee may reproduce its original license and certify the reproduction to verify its licensed status for transfers under § 478.94, or the licensee may request a certified copy of its license from ATF for a nominal fee. \n II. Direct Final Rule \n \n In 2002, ATF launched the FFL eZ Check system, which was designed to allow an FFL that has a copy of another FFL's license to verify or authenticate the license prior to shipping or transferring a firearm(s) to that FFL.\n 3 \n \n The regulations"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; State Data Transfer","type":"Notice","abstract":"NHTSA invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a renewal with modification of a currently approved information collection. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from OMB. Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. This document describes a collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval on the State Data Transfer (SDT) program for Vehicle Crash Information.","document_number":"2026-12776","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12776/agency-information-collection-activities-notice-and-request-for-comment-state-data-transfer","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-25/pdf/2026-12776.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12776.pdf?1782305110","publication_date":"2026-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"OMB.\n \n \n Title: \n State Data Transfer (SDT).\n \n \n OMB Control Number: \n 2127-0753.\n \n \n Form Number(s): \n N/A.\n \n \n Type of Request: \n Renewal with modification of a currently approved information collection.\n \n \n Type of Review Requested: \n Regular.\n \n \n Requested Expiration Date of Approval: \n Three years from date of approval.\n \n \n Summary of the Collection of Information: \n The State Data Transfer (SDT) program is a voluntary collection of motor vehicle crash data. Participating States electronically transfer Police Crash Report (PCR) data"},{"title":"Facilitating More Intensive Use of Upper Microwave Spectrum","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (\"FCC\" or \"Commission\") seeks comment on a variety of measures aimed at facilitating more intensive use of spectrum in the 24 GHz, 28 GHz, upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, 47 GHz, and 50 GHz bands (together, the UMFUS bands). These bands are shared between the terrestrial Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service (UMFUS) and the Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS) pursuant to the Commission's rules. When the Commission created this framework in 2016, it assumed that UMFUS bands would be used intensively as a part of terrestrial 5G networks, that earth station deployment in the bands would be relatively light, and that the technical rules adopted were necessary to protect terrestrial UMFUS operations but not too onerous to chill FSS earth station siting. Since that time, it has become more clear how the bands are being used for terrestrial service and how growth in the space economy has increased interest in using the UMFUS bands for FSS. Given these shifts, the requirements contained in the Commission's rules have proven to be an impediment to processing earth station applications in the bands. Accordingly, the NPRM would seek input on a variety of mechanisms that might facilitate more intensive use of the UMFUS bands and improve licensing efficiency.","document_number":"2025-21805","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/03/2025-21805/facilitating-more-intensive-use-of-upper-microwave-spectrum","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-03/pdf/2025-21805.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21805.pdf?1764683112","publication_date":"2025-12-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"we seek comment on alternative thresholds that more accurately facilitate an initial, automated interference check. \n \n 24. We also invite comment on procedures to govern good-faith coordination after the light-licensing database returns a yellow light. At what point should coordination be considered complete, and at what point should a site be registered and authorized to operate? On the one hand, the Commission might permit operations only when coordination is confirmed to be complete. On the other, it might allow operations on a non-interfering"},{"title":"Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review, Request for Comments","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and approval by OIRA ensures that we impose appropriate paperwork burdens. The RRB invites comments on the proposed collections of information to determine (1) the practical utility of the collections; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is the subject of collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments to the RRB or OIRA must contain the OMB control number of the ICR. For proper consideration of your comments, it is best if the RRB and OIRA receive them within 30 days of the publication date. Title and purpose of information collection: Citizen-Centric Online Self-Services (CCOSS) Authorization; OMB 3220-NEW. Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231f) and 20 CFR 321 under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) permits annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants to submit mailing address and direct deposit authorizations to facilitate the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) verification and certification of benefit payments electronically. The Government Paperwork Elimination Act requires federal agencies to provide the public with the option to submit, maintain and transact business electronically. The procedures pertaining to the RRB's authority to collection direct deposit and mailing address information to carry out RRA and RUIA benefit payment are contained in 45 U.S.C. 231 and 20 CFR 321. The RRB propose to use Form COA-1, Change of Address (internet) to allow railroad annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants to initiate a change to their mailing address through the Citizen-Centric Online Self-Services (CCOSS) on the myRRB web portal (RRB.gov) after completing the Login.gov identify verification process. Railroad annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants can update their mailing address as needed and retirees, who have multiple residences and live temporarily at each residence for part of the year, can request two or more address changes annually. The RRB will use the information to verify the name and address of each annuitant, beneficiary and claimant entitled to receive a benefit payment. The RRB propose to use Form DDC-1, Direct Deposit Change (internet) to allow a railroad annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants to update their direct deposit information through the Citizen-Centric Online Self-Services (CCOSS) on the myRRB web portal (RRB.gov) after completing the Login.gov identify verification process. Railroad annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants can update their direct deposit information as needed. The RRB will provide the information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury to process electronic fund transfer payments to the claimant's financial institution account. Previous Requests for Comments: The RRB has already published the initial 60-day notice (90 FR 24167 on June 6, 2025) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments.","document_number":"2025-14868","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/06/2025-14868/agency-forms-submitted-for-omb-review-request-for-comments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-06/pdf/2025-14868.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14868.pdf?1754397908","publication_date":"2025-08-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","name":"Railroad Retirement Board","id":444,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/railroad-retirement-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/444","parent_id":null,"slug":"railroad-retirement-board"}],"excerpts":"portal (\n RRB.gov \n ) after completing the \n Login.gov \n identify verification process. Railroad annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants can update their direct deposit information as needed. The RRB will provide the information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury to process electronic fund transfer payments to the claimant's financial institution account.\n \n \n Previous Requests for Comments: \n The RRB has already published the initial 60-day notice (90 FR 24167 on June 6, 2025) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments.\n"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) proposes rules that would help ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with Internet Protocol (IP)-based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. When the Commission first adopted 911 reliability rules in 2013, the transition to NG911 was in its very early stages. Since then, many state and local 911 Authorities have made significant progress in deploying NG911 capabilities in their jurisdictions. This Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) is the next step in fulfilling the Commission's commitment to facilitate the NG911 transition and to ensure that the transition does not inadvertently create vulnerabilities in the nation's critical public safety networks. The FNPRM proposes to update the definition of \"covered 911 service provider\" in the Commission's existing 911 reliability rules to ensure that the rules apply to service providers that control or operate critical pathways and components in NG911 networks. It also proposes to update the reliability standards for providers of critical NG911 functions to ensure the reliable delivery of 911 traffic to NG911 delivery points, and proposes to establish NG911 interoperability requirements for interstate transfer of 911 traffic between Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInets). In addition, the FNPRM proposes to modify the certification and oversight mechanisms in the current 911 reliability rules to improve reliability and interoperability in NG911 systems while minimizing burdens on service providers, and proposes to empower state and local 911 Authorities to obtain reliability and interoperability certifications directly from covered 911 service providers.","document_number":"2025-09279","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/04/2025-09279/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-04/pdf/2025-09279.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09279.pdf?1748954707","publication_date":"2025-06-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"however, that one of the greatest potential benefits of NG911 technology is its ability to empower PSAPs to use ESInets to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and associated call data to other PSAPs that are better positioned to respond and deploy resources for emergencies. This life-saving benefit is an emerging one, but its potential will be substantially diminished if PSAPs cannot transfer calls to nearby PSAPs located across a state border, or if someone must retranslate or reformat the traffic to allow transfers to occur. In order to ensure that this"},{"title":"Proposed Collection; Comment Request","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the requirement of section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data collections. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden related to the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Type of Information Collection: New Collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number). Title and Purpose of Information Collection: Citizen-Centric Online Self-Services (CCOSS) Authorization; OMB 3220-NEW. Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231f) and 20 CFR part 321 under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) permits annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants to submit mailing address and direct deposit authorizations to facilitate the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) verification and certification of benefit payments electronically. The Government Paperwork Elimination Act requires federal agencies to provide the public the option to submit, maintain and transact business electronically. The procedures pertaining to the RRB's authority to collection direct deposit and mailing address information to carry out RRA and RUIA benefit payment are contained in 45 U.S.C. 231 and 20 CFR part 321. The RRB propose to use \"Form COA-1, Change of Address (internet)\" to allow railroad annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants to initiate a change to their mailing address through the Citizen-Centric Online Self-Services (CCOSS) on the myRRB web portal (RRB.gov) after completing the Login.gov identify verification process. Railroad annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants can update their mailing address as needed and retirees, who have multiple residences and live temporarily at each residence for part of the year, can request two or more address changes annually. The RRB will use the information to verify the name and address of each annuitant, beneficiary and claimant entitled to receive a benefit payment. The RRB propose to use \"Form DDC-1, Direct Deposit Change (internet)\" to allow a railroad annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants to update their direct deposit information through the Citizen-Centric Online Self-Services (CCOSS) on the myRRB web portal (RRB.gov) after completing the Login.gov identify verification process. Railroad annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants can update their direct deposit information as needed. The RRB will provide the information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury to process electronic fund transfer payments to the claimant's financial institution account.","document_number":"2025-10295","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/06/2025-10295/proposed-collection-comment-request","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-06/pdf/2025-10295.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10295.pdf?1749127513","publication_date":"2025-06-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","name":"Railroad Retirement Board","id":444,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/railroad-retirement-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/444","parent_id":null,"slug":"railroad-retirement-board"}],"excerpts":"Collection: \n New Collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number).\n \n \n Title and Purpose of Information Collection: \n Citizen-Centric Online Self-Services (CCOSS) Authorization; OMB 3220-NEW.\n \n \n Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231f) and 20 CFR part 321 under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) permits annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants to submit mailing address and direct deposit authorizations to facilitate the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) verification and certification of benefit payments electronically"},{"title":"Protecting Public Health and Unleashing American Energy by Facilitating Scrap Tire Pile Cleanups","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to improve protection of public health and recover valuable energy and mineral resources by designating scrap tires, including previously abandoned scrap tires, that are combusted in cement kilns, as non-waste fuel. In addition, the EPA is proposing to revise the definition of established tire collection program to include abandoned scrap tires that are recovered for use as fuel so they can be managed the same as collected scrap tires. These proposed regulatory changes support several goals of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by facilitating the use of abandoned scrap tires as a non-waste fuel and ingredient in Portland cement manufacturing while simultaneously reducing risks to human health and addressing environmental harms caused by tire piles. These proposed revisions are amendments to the Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials (NHSM) regulations, which establish standards and procedures for identifying whether non- hazardous secondary materials are solid wastes when legitimately used as fuels or ingredients in combustion units.","document_number":"2026-05586","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/23/2026-05586/protecting-public-health-and-unleashing-american-energy-by-facilitating-scrap-tire-pile-cleanups","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-23/pdf/2026-05586.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05586.pdf?1774010713","publication_date":"2026-03-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"consistent with the state's laws and administrative procedures. \n VII. Costs and Benefits \n This action is definitional in nature, and any costs or benefits accrue to the corresponding Clean Air Act rules. In accordance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-4 requirement that the EPA analyze the costs and benefits of regulations, the EPA prepared a RIA document for this proposal that examined the scope of indirect impacts for both costs and benefits. \n The proposed changes are expected to result in an annual cost savings of $11"},{"title":"Facilitating Opportunities for Advanced Air Mobility","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) proposes and seeks comment on changes to the rules that govern the operations of three distinct bands of spectrum, modernizing rules to facilitate opportunities for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS). First, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes and seeks comment on opening up the 450 MHz band to aeronautical command and control operations; allowing for a single, nationwide license in the band; and adopting flexible licensing, operating, and technical rules that will facilitate robust use of the band at a range of altitudes while minimizing interference to neighboring operations. It also proposes expanding radiolocation operations in the 24.45-24.65 GHz band for uncrewed aircraft system detection operations. Finally, the NPRM proposes to modernize the Commission's legacy power rules for Commercial Aviation Air-Ground Systems in the 849-851 and 894-896 MHz band, which is used for in-flight connectivity.","document_number":"2025-03602","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/17/2025-03602/facilitating-opportunities-for-advanced-air-mobility","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-17/pdf/2025-03602.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03602.pdf?1741956310","publication_date":"2025-03-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"comment on our proposal to amend part 90 but not part 87. Should we, as Echodyne suggests, add to certain part 87 provisions language that would permit airborne radiolocation devices? What are the potential benefits or drawbacks to such an approach? What would distinguish a request to conduct radiolocation operations under part 87 from a request to do so under part 90?\n \n \n 61. \n License Term, Performance Requirements, Renewal. \n In order to streamline the application and authorization process for prospective licensees, we propose to make use of our"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This final rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); requirements related to defrayal for the cost of any State-required benefits in addition to the EHB; cost- sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive plan years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); and revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States. This final rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-10050","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10050/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10050.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10050.pdf?1779135308","publication_date":"2026-05-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"the 2023 benefit year.\n 10 \n \n We also repealed the ability for States, other than prior participants, to request a reduction in HHS risk adjustment State transfers starting with the 2024 benefit year. We approved a 25 percent reduction to 2023 benefit year HHS risk adjustment transfers in Alabama's individual market and a 10 percent reduction to 2023 benefit year HHS risk adjustment transfers in Alabama's small group market. We finalized further refinements to the HHS-RADV error rate calculation methodology beginning with the 2021 benefit year.\n"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) adopts rules to ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with internet Protocol (IP)- based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must be designed to safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. The rules require entities essential to delivering emergency calls in the NG911 environment to implement common sense measures to safeguard the reliability of NG911 networks and reduce the risk of 911 outages, and require certain entities to report on their support for NG911 interoperability. The rules also eliminate unnecessary and burdensome legacy rules to increase flexibility and encourage technical innovation to make NG911 services reliable, interoperable, and accessible to all.","document_number":"2026-13998","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/10/2026-13998/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-10/pdf/2026-13998.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13998.pdf?1783601118","publication_date":"2026-07-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"The NG911 transition framework rules took effect in March 2025,\n 26 \n \n and since then, 911 Authorities have issued more than 190 requests to begin Phase 1 service and one request for Phase 2 service. The requests cover parts or all of twenty-eight states and encompass more than 2,200 PSAPs.\n 27 \n \n \n \n \n 21 \n \n See generally Next Generation 911 (NG911) Valid Requests, \n PS Docket No. 25-143.\n \n \n \n \n 22 \n \n Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911), \n PS Docket No. 21-479, PS Docket No. 18-64, Report and Order, 39 FCC Rcd"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This proposed rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); cost-sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States; and seeks comment on potential adjustments to other Federal standards, including the Federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard in the individual market. This proposed rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-02769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02769/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02769.pdf?1770671709","publication_date":"2026-02-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"the 2023 benefit year.\n 10 \n \n We also repealed the ability for States, other than prior participants, to request a reduction in HHS risk adjustment State transfers starting with the 2024 benefit year. We approved a 25 percent reduction to 2023 benefit year HHS risk adjustment transfers in Alabama's individual market and a 10 percent reduction to 2023 benefit year HHS risk adjustment transfers in Alabama's small group market. We finalized further refinements to the HHS-RADV error rate calculation methodology beginning with the 2021 benefit year.\n"},{"title":"Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing a regulation that would require providers of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). These disclosures are needed so that fiduciaries can assess the reasonableness of the contracts or arrangements with these service providers, including the reasonableness of the service providers' compensation. These disclosure requirements would apply for purposes of ERISA's statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements. This proposal implements section 12 of President Trump's Executive Order 14273, Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First, which instructs the Department to propose regulations to improve employer health plan transparency into the direct and indirect compensation received by pharmacy benefit managers. If finalized, this regulation would affect sponsors and other fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans and certain service providers to such plans.","document_number":"2026-01907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01907/improving-transparency-into-pharmacy-benefit-manager-fee-disclosure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01907.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-01-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"Pharmacy Benefits Consulting, \n https://www.milliman.com/en/services/pharmacy-benefits-consulting. \n \n \n \n \n 45 \n Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, \n PBM Compensation and Fee Disclosure \n at 3 (November 2014), \n https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ebsa/pdf_files/2014-pbm-compensation-and-fee-disclosure.pdf.; \n AJ Ally, Patrick Cambel, Mark Gruenhaupt, & Kristin Niakan, \n Report of Pharmacy Benefit Manager Practices \n at 34 (2025), \n https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ohs/reports/ohs-report-of-pharmacy-benefit-manag"},{"title":"Facilitating Earlier Filing of Certain Electronically Submitted H-2A Petitions","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends DHS regulations to modify the timing of when USCIS must receive a valid temporary labor certification when an H-2A petitioner electronically files a Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker requesting unnamed beneficiaries.","document_number":"2025-19235","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19235/facilitating-earlier-filing-of-certain-electronically-submitted-h-2a-petitions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19235.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19235.pdf?1759263309","publication_date":"2025-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"Deregulation) \n Executive Orders 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review) and 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review), direct agencies to assess the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits. Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying costs and benefits, reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and promoting flexibility. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has not designated this rule a “significant regulatory action"},{"title":"Firearm Records Retention Periods","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (\"ATF\") proposes to amend Department of Justice (\"Department\") regulations establishing records retention periods for federal firearms licensees' (\"FFLs\" or \"licensees\") acquisition and disposition (\"A&D\") records, and the retention period for records the National Tracing Center (\"NTC\") receives. Specifically, ATF is proposing these records be retained for a specific period rather than indefinitely, and is considering either 20 or 30 years for the specified period. ATF is also proposing a brief retention period for forms used to facilitate private-party transfers or to conduct voluntary firearm handlers checks.","document_number":"2026-08929","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/06/2026-08929/firearm-records-retention-periods","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-06/pdf/2026-08929.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08929.pdf?1777985130","publication_date":"2026-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives","name":"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau","id":19,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/19","parent_id":268,"slug":"alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau"}],"excerpts":"Comments Sought \n ATF requests comments on the proposed rule from all interested persons. ATF specifically requests comments on the clarity of this proposed rule and how it may be made easier to understand. In addition, ATF requests comments on the costs or benefits of the proposed rule and on the appropriate methodology and data for calculating those costs and benefits. \n \n All comments must reference this document's RIN 1140-AA95 and, if handwritten, must be legible. If submitting by mail, you must also include your complete first and last name"},{"title":"Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers; Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support; Affordable Connectivity Program; Emergency Broadband Benefit Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to ensure that Lifeline services are used to benefit and support eligible low-income Americans, that the program's funding is protected from waste, fraud, and abuse, and that service providers are in compliance with Commission rules. The Commission also seeks to update and streamline Lifeline and related rules.","document_number":"2026-06531","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06531/lifeline-and-link-up-reform-and-modernization-bridging-the-digital-divide-for-low-income-consumers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06531.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06531.pdf?1775133915","publication_date":"2026-04-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"fraudulent information to receive Lifeline benefits is punishable by law.\n \n The Commission proposes to require a secondary verification of consent, that is, confirmation of consent via a method separate from the application or transfer request, from a consumer before an enrollment or transfer is effectuated. Current rules for enrollment require providers to obtain completed application certification forms from subscribers. Current procedures for benefit transfers require providers to obtain a new, completed application form; review proof of eligibility;"},{"title":"Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would codify the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (\"Negotiation Program\") and would establish certain new policies for the Negotiation Program and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program as required by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This proposed rule would also propose a modification to the fixed combination drug policy.","document_number":"2026-12059","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/16/2026-12059/medicare-drug-price-negotiation-program-and-medicare-prescription-drug-benefit-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-16/pdf/2026-12059.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12059.pdf?1781295308","publication_date":"2026-06-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"by one initial price applicability year (“Initial Delay Request” as defined in proposed § 429.20) under section 1192(f)(1)(B)(i)(I) of the Act; and (2) a request to delay the inclusion of a Reference Drug for which an Initial Delay Request has been granted for a second initial price applicability year \n \n (“Additional Delay Request”) under section 1192(f)(1)(B)(i)(II) of the Act. Together, CMS refers to an Initial Delay Request and an Additional Delay Request as “Biosimilar Delay Requests” as defined in proposed § 429.20. Proposed § 429.110(b) through"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) proposes rules to enhance Next Generation 911 (NG911) interoperability and improve NG911 accessibility. Specifically, the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes requiring NG911 service providers to conduct multi-party interstate interoperability testing of 911 traffic. The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking also seeks comment about how 911 Authorities can integrate advanced technology such as Direct Video Calling into NG911 networks to improve accessibility.","document_number":"2026-13999","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/10/2026-13999/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-10/pdf/2026-13999.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13999.pdf?1783601118","publication_date":"2026-07-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"for a “successful transfer” certification, provided these requirements are mutually agreed upon after negotiations with the providers. We also seek comment on requiring such interoperability only if requested by a 911 Authority. \n \n We propose a three-year timetable for testing to allow time for NG911 stakeholders to develop a comprehensive interoperability certification regime that meets the above criteria.\n 4 \n \n At the end of the three-year period, NGCS and ESInet providers would certify that they have successfully completed the required testing"}]}