{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance federal standards governing unfair narrative requirements'","count":886,"total_pages":45,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+federal+standards+governing+unfair+narrative+requirements&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2026 and 2027, Partial Waiver of 2025 Cellulosic Biofuel Volume Requirement, and Other Changes","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to determine the applicable volume requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for years after those specified in the statute. EPA is proposing the applicable volumes and percentage standards for 2026 and 2027 for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel (BBD), advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel. EPA is also proposing to partially waive the 2025 cellulosic biofuel volume requirement and revise the associated percentage standard due to a shortfall in cellulosic biofuel production. Finally, EPA is proposing several regulatory changes to the RFS program, including reducing the number of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) generated for imported renewable fuel and renewable fuel produced from foreign feedstocks and removing renewable electricity as a qualifying renewable fuel under the RFS program (eRINs).","document_number":"2025-11128","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-11128/renewable-fuel-standard-rfs-program-standards-for-2026-and-2027-partial-waiver-of-2025-cellulosic","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-11128.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11128.pdf?1750077923","publication_date":"2025-06-17","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":"rule (\n i.e., \n 2026 and 2027) to be severable from the volume <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> and percentage <span class=\"match\">standards</span> for the other year. Each year's volume <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> and percentage <span class=\"match\">standards</span> are supported by analyses for that year.\n \n We intend for the revised cellulosic biofuel volume <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> and percentage <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for 2025 in Section VII to be severable from the volume <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> and percentage <span class=\"match\">standards</span> for the other years. The cellulosic biofuel volume <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> and percentage <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for 2025 is supported by the analysis for that year. \n We intend"},{"title":"Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Deadline Extensions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or Agency) is finalizing a Clean Water Act (CWA) rule to extend deadlines promulgated in the 2024 \"Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category\" (2024 rule), update the 2024 rule's transfer provisions to allow facilities to switch between compliance alternatives, and create authority for alternative applicability dates and paperwork submission dates, based on site-specific factors.","document_number":"2025-24102","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/31/2025-24102/effluent-limitations-guidelines-and-standards-for-the-steam-electric-power-generating-point-source","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-31/pdf/2025-24102.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24102.pdf?1767102318","publication_date":"2025-12-31","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":"initial pretreatment <span class=\"match\">standards</span> for an industry. This is supported by CWA section 307(b)(2), which includes language stating that the Administrator shall “from time to time” revise its pretreatment <span class=\"match\">standards</span> and \n does not \n include language directing <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with revised <span class=\"match\">standards</span> under that paragraph by any particular date. In other words, it would be illogical to read into the statute a deadline for <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with revised <span class=\"match\">standards</span> if it remains within the EPA's discretion as to when to initiate revisions to such <span class=\"match\">standards</span>. Nonetheless, even"},{"title":"USDA Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is revising parts of the USDA Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. USDA's revision provides policy changes and clarifications including plain language revisions. These revisions are intended in many cases to reduce agency and recipient burden.","document_number":"2024-18544","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/26/2024-18544/usda-uniform-administrative-requirements-cost-principles-and-audit-requirements-for-federal-awards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-26/pdf/2024-18544.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18544.pdf?1724417113","publication_date":"2024-08-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"excerpts":"S.C. 552(f), includes <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> executive departments and agencies as well as independent regulatory commissions and Government corporations, as defined in 31 U.S.C. 9101(1).\n \n \n (b) \n Covered <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> action \n means:\n \n (1) Any of the following <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> actions: \n (i) The awarding of any <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> contract; \n (ii) The making of any <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> grant; \n (iii) The making of any <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> loan; \n (iv) The entering into of any cooperative agreement; and, \n (v) The extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> contract, grant, loan"},{"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":"in the March 11, 2014 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (79 FR 13743), the May 27, 2014 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (79 FR 30339), the February 27, 2015 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (80 FR 10749), the March 8, 2016 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (81 FR 12203), the December 22, 2016 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (81 FR 94183), the April 17, 2018 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (83 FR 16930), the May 14, 2020 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (85 FR 29164), the May 5, 2021 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (86 FR 24140), the May 6, 2022 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (87 FR 27208), and the January 15, 2025 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (90 FR 4424)"},{"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":"final rules published in the March 11, 2014 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (79 FR 13743), the May 27, 2014 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (79 FR 30339), the February 27, 2015 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (80 FR 10749), the March 8, 2016 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (81 FR 12203), the December 22, 2016 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (81 FR 94183), the April 17, 2018 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (83 FR 16930), the May 14, 2020 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (85 FR 29164), the May 5, 2021 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (86 FR 24140), and the May 6, 2022 \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n (87 FR 27208), and an interim final rule that was"},{"title":"USDA Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposes to revise parts of the USDA Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. USDA proposes both policy changes and clarifications to existing requirements including plain language revisions. USDA is proposing revisions intended in many cases to reduce agency and recipient burden.","document_number":"2024-13845","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/01/2024-13845/usda-uniform-administrative-requirements-cost-principles-and-audit-requirements-for-federal-awards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-01/pdf/2024-13845.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-13845.pdf?1719578717","publication_date":"2024-07-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"excerpts":"552(f), includes <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> executive departments and agencies as well as independent regulatory commissions and Government corporations, as defined in 31 U.S.C. 9101(1). \n (b) Covered <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> action. \n (1) Covered <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> action means any of the following <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> actions: \n (i) The awarding of any <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> contract; \n (ii) The making of any <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> grant; \n (iii) The making of any <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> loan; \n (iv) The entering into of any cooperative agreement; and, \n (v) The extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> contract, grant"},{"title":"Fair Lending, Fair Housing, and Equitable Housing Finance Plans","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA or the Agency) is issuing this final rule that addresses barriers to sustainable housing opportunities for underserved communities by codifying existing FHFA practices in regulation and adding new requirements related to fair lending, fair housing, unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and Equitable Housing Finance Plans. The final rule furthers FHFA's fulfillment of its statutory purposes and its oversight of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and the Federal Home Loan Banks (Banks) (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collectively, the Enterprises; the Enterprises and the Banks collectively, the regulated entities), and their fulfillment of their statutory purposes.","document_number":"2024-09559","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/16/2024-09559/fair-lending-fair-housing-and-equitable-housing-finance-plans","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-16/pdf/2024-09559.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09559.pdf?1715777113","publication_date":"2024-05-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY","name":"Federal Housing Finance Agency","id":174,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-housing-finance-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/174","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-housing-finance-agency"}],"excerpts":"advocate commenters supported the proposed <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> to codify UDAP <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> and asserted it was consistent with FHFA's authority and the oversight of financial institutions by other <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> financial regulators.\n \n \n \n 87 \n  \n See \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Reserve et. al., \n Interagency Guidance Regarding <span class=\"match\">Unfair</span> or Deceptive Credit Practices \n (Aug. 22, 2014), \n available at https://ncua.gov/regulation-supervision/letters-credit-unions-other-guidance/<span class=\"match\">unfair</span>-or-deceptive-credit-practices/interagency-guidance-regarding-<span class=\"match\">unfair</span>-deceptive-credit-practices; \n Consumer"},{"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, and 53","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council or FAR Council) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement. The E.O. directs the elimination of excessive acquisition regulations to stop the inefficient use of American taxpayer dollars. The FAR Council is issuing twelve proposed rules that collectively will streamline the FAR in its entirety. This rule proposes revisions to FAR parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, 52, and 53.","document_number":"2026-12559","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12559/federal-acquisition-regulation-revolutionary-federal-acquisition-regulation-overhaul-parts-1-2-4-33","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12559.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12559.pdf?1782132314","publication_date":"2026-06-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"},{"raw_name":"Office of Federal Procurement Policy","name":"Federal Procurement Policy Office","id":184,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-procurement-policy-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/184","parent_id":280,"slug":"federal-procurement-policy-office"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"FAR 52.240-3(d)(1). \n 3. Harmonization of <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n This proposed rule harmonizes <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for security prohibitions and exclusions. Changes are proposed to align <span class=\"match\">standards</span> for reasonable inquiry, reporting time frame and report <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>. \n Previously, some of the prohibitions did not include a reasonable inquiry <span class=\"match\">standard</span> that clarified what level of effort is required to determine if there are any prohibited products or services. Also, the prohibitions that had reasonable inquiry <span class=\"match\">standards</span> used slightly different language between the"},{"title":"Representation-Case Procedures: Election Bars; Proof of Majority Support in Construction Industry Collective-Bargaining Relationships","type":"Rule","abstract":"As part of its ongoing efforts to more effectively administer the National Labor Relations Act (the Act or the NLRA) and to further the purposes of the Act, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) hereby rescinds and replaces the amendments the Board made in April 2020 to its rules and regulations governing the filing and processing of petitions for a Board-conducted representation election while unfair labor practice charges are pending and following an employer's voluntary recognition of a union as the majority-supported collective- bargaining representative of the employer's employees. The Board also rescinds an amendment governing the filing and processing of petitions for a Board-conducted representation election in the construction industry. The Board believes that the amendments made in this final rule better protect employees' statutory right to freely choose whether to be represented by a labor organization, promote industrial peace, and encourage the practice and procedure of collective bargaining.","document_number":"2024-16535","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/01/2024-16535/representation-case-procedures-election-bars-proof-of-majority-support-in-construction-industry","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-01/pdf/2024-16535.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16535.pdf?1721997916","publication_date":"2024-08-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD","name":"National Labor Relations Board","id":355,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-labor-relations-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/355","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-labor-relations-board"}],"excerpts":"election should be delayed until there has been sufficient <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the Board's order to dissipate the effects of the <span class=\"match\">unfair</span> labor practices and to permit an election uninfluenced by the employer's conduct. Similarly, where charges have been filed alleging that the employer has engaged in <span class=\"match\">unfair</span> labor practices, the Board has frequently postponed the election indefinitely pending the investigation and determination of the charges.”); 13th NLRB Ann. Rep. 34 &amp; fn. 90 (1948) (“Unremedied <span class=\"match\">unfair</span> labor practices constituting coercion of employees"},{"title":"Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Pell Grant Exclusion Relating to Other Grant Aid; and Workforce Pell Grants","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations governing institutional eligibility, general provisions, and the Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs). The final regulations implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA), signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. In the NPRM, we referenced the WFTCA as the \"One Big Beautiful Bill\"; however, for clarity and consistency in this final rule, we will instead use WFTCA. The WFTCA made numerous changes to the HEA, including changes to student eligibility requirements for the Pell Grant Program and the establishment of Workforce Pell Grants for students who enroll in a new type of eligible program called an \"eligible workforce program,\" intended to be a high-quality, performance-based, short-term program that supports America's workforce needs.","document_number":"2026-10013","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-10013/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand-driven-workforce-pell-pell-grant","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-19/pdf/2026-10013.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10013.pdf?1779108315","publication_date":"2026-05-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"an eligible institution. The Department expects postsecondary institutions to comply with all applicable <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> laws. The Department does not have enforcement authority over most of the <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> laws the commenter included in the submission. The appropriate <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> agency with jurisdiction will oversee proper enforcement of such laws and the Department is committed to working with any <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> agency that seeks assistance in enforcing <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> laws. Section 117 of the HEA requires institutions of higher education to report covered gifts and contracts"},{"title":"Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces 15-Business Day Filing Window for Cybersecurity Labeling Administrator and Lead Administrator Applications","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB or Bureau) announces a 15-business day filing window for applications from entities seeking designation as a Cybersecurity Labeling Administrator (CLA) and Lead Administrator and also adopt additional requirements for CLA and Lead Administrator applications as well as responsibilities that must be met by the selected Lead Administrator and CLAs. These requirements will provide additional guidance to administrator applicants and further implements the Commission's IoT labeling program.","document_number":"2024-23844","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/21/2024-23844/public-safety-and-homeland-security-bureau-announces-15-business-day-filing-window-for-cybersecurity","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-21/pdf/2024-23844.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23844.pdf?1729255519","publication_date":"2024-10-21","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":"Labeling <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>; \n g. Expert knowledge of NIST's cybersecurity guidance, including but not limited to NIST's recommended criteria and labeling program approaches for cybersecurity labeling of consumer IoT products; \n \n h. Expert knowledge of FCC rules and procedures associated with product <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> testing and certification; \n 18 \n \n \n \n \n 18 \n  For example, Applicants may describe their experience with the FCC's Equipment Authorization Program or another FCC-run <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> program.\n \n \n i. Knowledge of <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> law and guidance <span class=\"match\">governing</span> the"},{"title":"North Dakota: Approval of State Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is approving the North Dakota Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) partial permit program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). After reviewing the CCR permit program application submitted by the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ), EPA has determined that North Dakota's partial CCR permit program meets the standard for approval under RCRA. North Dakota's CCR permit program will operate in lieu of the Federal CCR program with the exception of the specific provisions noted below.","document_number":"2025-19923","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/17/2025-19923/north-dakota-approval-of-state-coal-combustion-residuals-permit-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-17/pdf/2025-19923.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19923.pdf?1763127911","publication_date":"2025-11-17","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":"program operates in lieu of the <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>. 42 U.S.C. 6945(d)(1)(A). In a State with a partial program, only the State <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> that have been approved by EPA operate in lieu of the <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, and facilities remain responsible for <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with all remaining <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> in 40 CFR part 257. \n \n As noted above, the <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> CCR regulations are self-implementing, meaning that CCR landfills and surface impoundments must comply with the terms of the regulations prior to obtaining a <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> permit or permit issued by an"},{"title":"Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (\"FTC\" or \"Commission\"), with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice (\"Assistant Attorney General\" or \"Antitrust Division\") (together the \"Agencies\"), is issuing this final rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose (\"SBP\") to amend the Premerger Notification Rules (the \"Rules\") that implement the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act (\"the HSR Act\" or \"HSR\"), including the Premerger Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (\"Form\") and Instructions to the Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (\"Instructions\"). The final rule requires parties to transactions that are reportable under the HSR Act to provide documentary material and information that are necessary and appropriate for the Agencies to efficiently and effectively conduct an initial assessment to determine whether the transaction may violate the antitrust laws and whether to issue a Request for Additional Information (\"Second Request\") as provided by the HSR Act. In addition, the final rule implements certain requirements of the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (\"Merger Modernization Act\") and ministerial changes to the Rules as well as the necessary amendments to the Instructions to effect the final changes.","document_number":"2024-25024","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/12/2024-25024/premerger-notification-reporting-and-waiting-period-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-12/pdf/2024-25024.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25024.pdf?1731073564","publication_date":"2024-11-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"minimal reporting <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, including a few of the new information <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> required by the final rule. Where the Commission has not excused <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, it believes that the burden of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> will be low because parties to select 801.30 transactions generally have less complex internal structures, do not hold significant stakes in similar companies, and have not generated the types of documentation the Form and Instructions generally require. As a result, the Commission expects that responses to the remaining <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for these types"},{"title":"Comprehensive Centers Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) announces final priorities, requirements, and definitions under the Comprehensive Centers (CC) Program, Assistance Listing Numbers (ALNs) 84.283B and 84.283D. We may use one or more of these priorities, requirements, and definitions for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2026 and later years. These final priorities, requirements, and definitions are intended to redesign the CC program to better meet its statutory purpose to provide high-quality capacity-building services to State, regional, and local educational agencies and schools that improve educational opportunities and outcomes, close achievement gaps, and improve the quality of instruction for all students.","document_number":"2026-09203","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/08/2026-09203/comprehensive-centers-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-08/pdf/2026-09203.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09203.pdf?1778157921","publication_date":"2026-05-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"establish final priorities, <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, and definitions that the Department may use for competitions in FY 2026 and later years. To the extent not otherwise specified or incorporated herein, this NFP supersedes and revokes the 2024 Notice of Final Priorities, <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span>, Definitions, and Selection Criteria (2024 NFP) published in the \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n on May 13, 2024 (89 FR 41498) and the 2019 Notice of Final Priorities, <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span>, Definitions, and Performance Measures (2019 NFP) published in the \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Register \n on April 4, 2019 (84"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2026 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This major final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of establishment of new policies for: the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; the Ambulatory Specialty Model; updates to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program expanded model; updates to drugs and biological products paid under Part B; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; updates to policies for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers; update to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; updates to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.","document_number":"2025-19787","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/05/2025-19787/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2026-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-05/pdf/2025-19787.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19787.pdf?1761945018","publication_date":"2025-11-05","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":"establish a range of appropriate <span class=\"match\">standard</span> minutes for the clinical labor activity, “Technologist QCs images in PACS, checking for all images, reformats, and dose page.” These <span class=\"match\">standard</span> minutes will be applied to new and revised codes that make use of this clinical labor activity when they are reviewed by us for valuation. We finalized a policy to establish 2 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the simple case, 3 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the intermediate case, 4 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the complex case, and 5 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the highly complex case"},{"title":"Restoring Integrity to the Issuance of Non-Domiciled Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL)","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the Federal regulations for State Driver's Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) issuing commercial driving credentials to non-domiciled individuals. This final rule reaffirms, with minor changes, the provisions of the interim final rule (IFR) published on September 29, 2025. Specifically, this final rule limits eligibility for non-domiciled Commercial Learner's Permits (CLPs) and Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs) for foreign-domiciled individuals to those who hold specific, verifiable employment-based nonimmigrant status. This rule reaffirms the IFR requirements, aligning the issuance of non- domiciled CDLs with FMCSA's statutory mandate to ensure the fitness of all drivers who operate a CMV. By limiting eligibility to statuses subject to enhanced consular vetting of driver history and interagency screening, FMCSA restores the integrity of the CDL system, closes a significant safety gap, and enhances the safety of the traveling public.","document_number":"2026-02965","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/13/2026-02965/restoring-integrity-to-the-issuance-of-non-domiciled-commercial-drivers-licenses-cdl","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-13/pdf/2026-02965.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02965.pdf?1770844509","publication_date":"2026-02-13","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":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"performance <span class=\"match\">standards</span> with which State \n 24 \n \n CDL programs must comply to avoid having amounts withheld from Highway Trust Fund apportionment under 49 U.S.C. 31314 and to avoid CDL program decertification under 49 U.S.C. 31312.\n 25 \n \n In this regard, States are required to be in substantial <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of 49 U.S.C. 31311(a) and its implementing regulations in 49 CFR part 383 and part 384, subpart B. Under 49 CFR 384.301(a), to be in substantial <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with 49 U.S.C. 31311(a), a State must meet each and every <span class=\"match\">standard</span> of part"},{"title":"Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rules on Firm and Engagement Metrics and Related Amendments to PCAOB Standards","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2024-28142","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/11/2024-28142/public-company-accounting-oversight-board-notice-of-filing-of-proposed-rules-on-firm-and-engagement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-11/pdf/2024-28142.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28142.pdf?1733838314","publication_date":"2024-12-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"Possible Revisions to PCAOB <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> Related to Reports on Audited Financial Statements and Related Amendments to PCAOB <span class=\"match\">Standards</span>; Notice of Roundtable \n (June. 21, 2011), \n available at https://pcaobus.org/news-events/news-releases/news-release-detail/pcaob-issues-concept-release-on-auditor's-reporting-model_337. \n \n \n After multiple rounds of Board releases and stakeholder input, the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> took effect in 2019 and 2020. \n iii. Recent PCAOB <span class=\"match\">Standard</span>-Setting and Rulemaking Activities \n \n At the November 2022 <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> and Emerging Issues Advisory"},{"title":"Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is revising the OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements, which is now called the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance. The final guidance reflects public comments received in response to the OMB Notification of Proposed Guidance published in October 2023 and comments received from Federal agencies. In response to comments, OMB is revising and updating the guidance to incorporate recent OMB policy priorities related to Federal financial assistance and to reduce agency and recipient burden. OMB is also incorporating certain statutory requirements and clarifying certain sections of the prior version of the guidance that recipients or agencies have interpreted in different ways. OMB is also making revisions to use plain language, improve flow, and address inconsistent use of terms within the guidance text. Finally, OMB is making revisions to improve Federal financial assistance management, transparency, and oversight through more accessible and readily comprehensible guidance.","document_number":"2024-07496","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/22/2024-07496/guidance-for-federal-financial-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-22/pdf/2024-07496.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07496.pdf?1713271514","publication_date":"2024-04-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"}],"excerpts":"entities should direct all comments and questions pertaining to the implementation of specific <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> awards to the appropriate <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> agency making the award. <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> agencies are the best resource for questions related to specific <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> awards.\n \n Section 1.305—<span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Agency Responsibilities \n OMB proposed to revise section 1.305 to further clarify <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> agency responsibilities, such as coordinating with the Council on <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Financial Assistance (see OMB Memorandum M-23-19), the Grants Quality Service Management Office (QSMO), and other governance"},{"title":"Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (Uniform Act) regulations. The revisions are prompted by enactment of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), which increased statutory relocation benefits and reduced length of occupancy requirements. This final rule updates existing regulations on the use of those provisions. The FHWA is also updating the Uniform Act regulations in response to comments received during this rulemaking's public comment period and to reflect the agency's experience with the Federal-aid highway program since the last comprehensive rulemaking for the part, which occurred in 2005. The updates include streamlining processes to better meet current Uniform Act implementation needs and eliminating duplicative and outdated regulatory language.","document_number":"2024-08736","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/03/2024-08736/uniform-relocation-assistance-and-real-property-acquisition-for-federal-and-federally-assisted","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-03/pdf/2024-08736.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08736.pdf?1714653915","publication_date":"2024-05-03","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"program which would receive <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> financial assistance, would not be subject to the voluntary acquisition <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of this part because the purchase of the real property rights was not a part of or required by a <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> or <span class=\"match\">federally</span> assisted project or program. \n While the Uniform Act's overarching goal is to ensure equitable treatment of those impacted by <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> and <span class=\"match\">federally</span> assisted projects and programs, each <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> funding agency may have programs with unique characteristics and <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> and the <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> funding agency would need to"},{"title":"HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or \"Department\") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (\"Security Rule\") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposed modifications would revise existing standards to better protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposals in this NPRM would increase the cybersecurity for ePHI by revising the Security Rule to address: changes in the environment in which health care is provided; significant increases in breaches and cyberattacks; common deficiencies the Office for Civil Rights has observed in investigations into Security Rule compliance by covered entities and their business associates (collectively, \"regulated entities\"); other cybersecurity guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes; and court decisions that affect enforcement of the Security Rule.","document_number":"2024-30983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30983.pdf?1735334119","publication_date":"2025-01-06","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"been developed, adopted, or modified by a <span class=\"match\">standard</span> setting organization accredited by ANSI, except in certain circumstances.\n 317 \n \n For example, HIPAA permits the Secretary to develop <span class=\"match\">standards</span> where no relevant <span class=\"match\">standards</span> have been developed, adopted, or modified by an ANSI-accredited <span class=\"match\">standard</span> setting organization. In developing, adopting, or modifying a <span class=\"match\">standard</span>, the Secretary is required to consult with <span class=\"match\">standard</span> setting organizations, NCVHS, and with the appropriate <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> and State agencies.\n 318 \n \n \n \n \n 317 \n  42 U.S.C. 1320d-1(c)(1) and"}]}