{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance regulatory guidelines metro users such requirements'","count":390,"total_pages":20,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+regulatory+guidelines+metro+users+such+requirements&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of Labor Title VI Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (\"Department\") amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest.","document_number":"2026-13371","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13371/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-labor-title-vi-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-02/pdf/2026-13371.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13371.pdf?1782909915","publication_date":"2026-07-02","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":"Office of the Secretary of Labor"}],"excerpts":"or a delayed effective date under 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2). \n B. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 (<span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Review) \n \n Among other <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, Executive Order 12866 requires agencies to submit “significant <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> actions” to the Office of Management and Budget's (“OMB”) Office of Information and <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Affairs (“OIRA”) for review. \n See \n 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993). Section 3(f) of E.O. 12866 defines a “significant <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> action” as a <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> action that is likely to result in a rule that may: (1) have an annual effect on the economy"},{"title":"Regulatory Capital Rule: Category I and II Banking Organizations, Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity, and Optional Adoption for Other Banking Organizations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are proposing to modernize the capital requirements applicable to Category I and II depository institution holding companies and depository institutions, as well as revise the market risk capital framework for banking organizations with significant trading activity (the proposal). The proposal would improve the regulatory capital framework for covered banking organizations by enhancing its risk sensitivity and consistency and by simplifying core components of its design. The agencies expect the proposal would support the safety and soundness of covered banking organizations and U.S. financial stability while promoting lending and other financial intermediation activities in the banking system over a range of economic conditions.","document_number":"2026-05959","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/27/2026-05959/regulatory-capital-rule-category-i-and-ii-banking-organizations-banking-organizations-with","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-27/pdf/2026-05959.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05959.pdf?1774529111","publication_date":"2026-03-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","name":"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation","id":164,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/164","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-deposit-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":" General <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> for Market Risk \n 7. Standardized Non-Default Capital <span class=\"match\">Requirement</span> \n 8. Models-Based Non-Default Capital <span class=\"match\">Requirement</span> \n 9. Default Risk Capital <span class=\"match\">Requirement</span> \n 10. Treatment of Certain Market Risk Covered Positions \n 11. Reporting and Disclosure <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n 12. Technical Amendments \n B. Credit Valuation Adjustment Risk \n 1. Background \n 2. Scope of Application \n 3. CVA Risk Covered Positions and CVA Hedges \n 4. General Risk Management <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n 5. Measure for CVA Risk \n 6. Reporting and Disclosure <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n VI. Disclosure"},{"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":"proposed rule's specific <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for authenticating <span class=\"match\">users</span>' identities through verification of at least two of three categories of factors of information about the <span class=\"match\">user</span>. The proposed categories would be:\n \n \n \n 370 \n  \n See \n proposed 45 CFR 164.312(f)(2)(ii).\n \n \n • Information known by the <span class=\"match\">user</span>, including but not limited to a password or personal identification number (PIN). \n • Item possessed by the <span class=\"match\">user</span>, including but not limited to a token or a smart identification card. \n • Personal characteristic of the <span class=\"match\">user</span>, including but not limited"},{"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":"systems changes and existing QHP issuer ECP data submission <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> as part of ECP certification reviews. \n We are finalizing our proposal to modify § 156.480(c) to clarify HHS' authority to audit or conduct a <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> review of an issuer that offers a QHP through an Exchange for the purposes of administering and providing oversight of the APTC, CSR, and <span class=\"match\">user</span> fee programs. We are also finalizing that HHS may conduct a <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> review to assess issuers' <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> related to these programs as needed or on an annual basis"},{"title":"Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is proposing to impose cyber risk management (CRM) requirements on certain pipeline and rail owner/operators and a more limited requirement, on certain over-the-road bus (OTRB) owner/operators, to report cybersecurity incidents. With the proposed addition of requirements applicable to pipeline facilities and systems, TSA is also proposing that a requirement to have a Physical Security Coordinator and report significant physical security concerns be extended to the same facilities and systems. Finally, TSA is proposing clarifications and reorganization of other regulatory requirements necessitated by these changes.","document_number":"2024-24704","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-24704/enhancing-surface-cyber-risk-management","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-24704.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24704.pdf?1730900722","publication_date":"2024-11-07","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"},{"raw_name":"Transportation Security Administration","name":"Transportation Security Administration","id":494,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/494","parent_id":227,"slug":"transportation-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"(CRM) <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> on certain pipeline and rail owner/operators and a more limited <span class=\"match\">requirement</span>, on certain over-the-road bus (OTRB) owner/operators, to report cybersecurity incidents. With the proposed addition of <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> applicable to pipeline facilities and systems, TSA is also proposing that a <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> to have a Physical Security Coordinator and report significant physical security concerns be extended to the same facilities and systems. Finally, TSA is proposing clarifications and reorganization of other <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> necessitated"},{"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":"justification <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> at §§ 156.235(a)(3) and 156.235(b)(3) to be consistent with systems changes and existing QHP issuer ECP data submission <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> as part of ECP certification reviews. \n We propose to modify § 156.480(c) to clarify HHS' authority to audit or conduct a <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> review of an issuer that offers a QHP through an Exchange for the purposes of administering and providing oversight of the APTC, CSR, and <span class=\"match\">user</span> fee programs. We also propose that HHS may conduct a <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> review to assess issuers' <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> related"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; California; Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve, through parallel processing, state implementation plan (SIP) revisions from the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District (YSAQMD or \"District\") to address Clean Air Act (CAA or \"Act\") requirements related to the 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS or \"standards\"). These revisions concern emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) from biomass boilers, and also address reasonably available control technology (RACT) requirements for major sources of NO<INF>X</INF> in the portion of the Sacramento Metro, CA, nonattainment area that is subject to YSAQMD jurisdiction. We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.","document_number":"2023-28525","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/27/2023-28525/air-plan-approval-california-yolo-solano-air-quality-management-district","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-27/pdf/2023-28525.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-28525.pdf?1703598330","publication_date":"2023-12-27","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":"also establish a <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> for the owner/operator of an affected source to submit all records required by the recordkeeping provisions of the rule to the EPA at least once every six months.\n 10 \n \n These reporting provision amendments will assist in ensuring <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with emission standards and other rule <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, and will also ensure that Rule 2.43 is enforceable by the District and the EPA as well as by members of the public.\n \n \n \n 10 \n  The amendments require that these records be submitted to the EPA via the <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> and Emissions Data"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025; Updating Section 1332 Waiver Public Notice Procedures; Medicaid; Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule includes payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment program, as well as 2025 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 requirements related to the auto re-enrollment hierarchy; essential health benefits; failure to file Federal income taxes to reconcile advance payments of the premium tax credit (APTC); non- standardized plan option limits in the FFEs and SBE-FPs and a related exceptions process; standardized plan options in the FFEs and SBE-FPs; special enrollment periods (SEPs); direct enrollment (DE) entities supporting Exchange applications and enrollments; the Insurance Affordability Program enrollment eligibility verification process; requirements for agents, brokers, web-brokers, and DE entities assisting Exchange consumers; network adequacy; public notice procedures for section 1332 waivers; prescription drug benefits; updates to the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; and State flexibility on the effective date of coverage in the Basic Health Program (BHP).","document_number":"2024-07274","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/15/2024-07274/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-15/pdf/2024-07274.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07274.pdf?1712351231","publication_date":"2024-04-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"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":"risk adjustment <span class=\"match\">user</span> fee rate of $0.18 PMPM for the 2025 benefit year. We summarize and respond to public comments received on the proposed 2025 benefit year risk adjustment <span class=\"match\">user</span> fee rate below. \n \n Comment: \n Some commenters supported lowering the risk adjustment <span class=\"match\">user</span> fee rate. Several commenters supported a risk adjustment <span class=\"match\">user</span> fee rate that adequately funds Federal programs.\n \n \n Response: \n We are finalizing a risk adjustment <span class=\"match\">user</span> fee rate for benefit year 2025 of $0.18 PMPM. The final 2025 benefit year risk adjustment <span class=\"match\">user</span> fee rate is lower"},{"title":"National Standards for Traffic Control Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; Revision","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) (also referred to as \"the Manual\") is incorporated by reference within our regulations, approved by FHWA, and recognized as the national standard for traffic control devices used on all public roads, bikeways, or private roads open to public travel. The purpose of this final rule is to revise Standard, Guidance, Option provisions, and supporting information, relating to the traffic control devices in all parts of the MUTCD to improve safety for all road users by promoting uniformity, and to incorporate new provisions that reflect technological advances in traffic control device application. The MUTCD, with these changes incorporated, is being designated as the 11th Edition of the MUTCD.","document_number":"2023-27178","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/19/2023-27178/national-standards-for-traffic-control-devices-the-manual-on-uniform-traffic-control-devices-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-19/pdf/2023-27178.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-27178.pdf?1702907115","publication_date":"2023-12-19","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 Highway Administration","name":"Federal Highway Administration","id":170,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-highway-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/170","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-highway-administration"}],"excerpts":"system of signs, signals, and markings as road <span class=\"match\">users</span> travel within and between jurisdictions. Uniformity and consistency in message, placement, and operation of traffic control devices have been shown to accommodate the expectancy of the road <span class=\"match\">user</span>, resulting in a more predictable response, contributing to improved road <span class=\"match\">user</span> safety overall. The system of uniform \n \n traffic control devices works in concert with the natural tendencies of the road <span class=\"match\">user</span> in the various high-judgment situations that the road <span class=\"match\">user</span> will encounter.\n \n Safety \n \n Uniform traffic"},{"title":"Interstate System Access","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends FHWA regulations governing changes in access to the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (Interstate System). As a condition of funding for Federal-aid highway projects, Federal law prohibits State departments of transportation (State DOT) from adding any point of access to or from the Interstate System without the approval of the Secretary of Transportation. This final rule codifies and clarifies existing policies and practices regarding State DOT requests for, and FHWA approval of, changes in access to the Interstate System.","document_number":"2024-25757","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-25757/interstate-system-access","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-25757.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25757.pdf?1730900723","publication_date":"2024-11-07","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 Highway Administration","name":"Federal Highway Administration","id":170,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-highway-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/170","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-highway-administration"}],"excerpts":"Interstate System. No change was made in the final <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> text.\n \n § 624.7 Interstate System Access <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n Consistent with the proposed <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> text, § 624.7 specifies the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> applicable to Interstate System access. The phrase “safety for all roadway <span class=\"match\">users</span>” was replaced with “safety for all <span class=\"match\">users</span> of the transportation system” to be consistent with Agency guidance and clarify that this statement applied to all <span class=\"match\">users</span> of the transportation system, including trail <span class=\"match\">users</span>, rather than only <span class=\"match\">users</span> of the roadway. This change is also consistent"},{"title":"Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Electric Motor-Driven Mine Equipment and Accessories","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is revising its regulations that set out the testing, evaluation, and approval requirements for electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories intended for use in gassy mines. Under this final rule, MSHA incorporates by reference eight ANSI-approved voluntary consensus standards that are suitable for gassy mining environments to protect against fire or explosion hazards, and accepts them as alternatives to the existing testing, evaluation, and approval requirements for electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories. This final rule offers more flexibility in the testing, evaluation, and approval requirements that product designers and manufacturers must meet in seeking MSHA approvals. This final rule will promote the use of innovative and advanced technologies that lead to improvements in mine safety and health.","document_number":"2024-28315","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/10/2024-28315/testing-evaluation-and-approval-of-electric-motor-driven-mine-equipment-and-accessories","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-10/pdf/2024-28315.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28315.pdf?1733751919","publication_date":"2024-12-10","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":"Mine Safety and Health Administration","name":"Mine Safety and Health Administration","id":288,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/mine-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/288","parent_id":271,"slug":"mine-safety-and-health-administration"}],"excerpts":"Update of Applicable Voluntary Consensus Standards \n E. Conforming Amendments \n VII. <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Impact Analysis \n A. Executive Orders 12866: <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Planning and Review, as Amended by E.O. 14094: Modernizing <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Review, and 13563: Improving Regulation and <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Review \n VIII. Feasibility \n IX. <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Flexibility Act; Small Business <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Enforcement Fairness Act; and Executive Order 13272 \n X. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 \n XI. Other <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Considerations \n A. National Environmental Policy Act \n B. The Unfunded Mandates"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025; Updating Section 1332 Waiver Public Notice Procedures; Medicaid; Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule includes payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment program, as well as 2025 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 proposed requirements related to the auto re-enrollment hierarchy; essential health benefits; failure to file and reconcile; non-standardized plan option limits and an exceptions process; standardized plan options; special enrollment periods (SEPs); direct enrollment (DE) entities; Insurance Affordability Program enrollment eligibility verification process; requirements for agents, brokers, web-brokers, and DE entities assisting Exchange consumers; network adequacy; public notice procedures for section 1332 waivers; prescription drug benefits; updates to the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; State flexibility on the financial methodology used for Medicaid eligibility determinations for non- modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) populations; and State flexibility on the effective date of coverage in the Basic Health Program (BHP). A summary of this proposed rule may be found at https:// www.regulations.gov/.","document_number":"2023-25576","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/24/2023-25576/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-24/pdf/2023-25576.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25576.pdf?1700169608","publication_date":"2023-11-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"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":"proposing to establish a general <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> that State Exchanges must establish operational readiness <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for their web-brokers to demonstrate <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with applicable <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> and technological readiness prior to the web-broker's website being used to complete an Exchange eligibility application or a QHP selection, while providing these State Exchanges with flexibility to define the contours of those <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>. We propose to capture at the end of the new paragraph (n) the accompanying proposed <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> that web-brokers in States"},{"title":"Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Since 2021, the Department has not provided any regulatory guidance addressing joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) for the benefit of workers, employers, or its enforcement personnel. In this rulemaking, the Department proposes to clarify how to determine joint employer status under the FLSA in Part 791 of Title 29, where its joint employer regulations were located prior to 2021. Additionally, the Department is also proposing to amend provisions in its regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) to provide that joint employer status under those laws be determined using the Department's FLSA analysis, as the FMLA and MSPA both incorporate the FLSA's employment definitions. This rulemaking is intended to provide clarity and a measure of uniformity for employers and employees in an area of the law where components of legislative, executive, and judicial branches--at both the federal and state levels--have presented widely varying tests and standards. In addition, the proposed rule offers a nationwide standard for use by the Department's investigators and law enforcement personnel that would not only ensure the evenhanded application of the Act in matters that often cross state and circuit lines but also preserve core consistency with the wide variety of potentially relevant judicial frameworks. The proposed rule intends to marshal the commonality between those approaches closest to the statute as construed by the courts and, in so doing, simplify the Department's enforcement of the law, reduce litigation, and provide a reliable and uniform analysis for workers and employers that ultimately applies and complements the core commonality between the various tests applied by the federal courts.","document_number":"2026-07959","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/23/2026-07959/joint-employer-status-under-the-fair-labor-standards-act-family-and-medical-leave-act-and-migrant","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-23/pdf/2026-07959.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07959.pdf?1776861922","publication_date":"2026-04-23","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":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"categories of <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> alternatives that might be appropriate for consideration in an IRFA analysis. Those categories of <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> alternatives are addressed below. \n 1. Differing <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> and Reporting <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> for Small Entities \n The proposed rule would not impose new reporting, recordkeeping, or filing <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> on any entity, large or small. \n 2. Clarification, Consolidation, and Simplification of <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> and Reporting <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> for Small Entities \n This proposed rule would not impose any new reporting <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, and the Department"},{"title":"Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information (Regulation V)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing a final rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), concerning medical information. The FCRA prohibits creditors from considering medical information in credit eligibility determinations. The CFPB is removing a regulatory exception that had permitted creditors to obtain and use information on medical debts notwithstanding this statutory limitation. The final rule also provides that a consumer reporting agency generally may not furnish to a creditor a consumer report containing information on medical debt that the creditor is prohibited from using.","document_number":"2024-30824","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2024-30824/prohibition-on-creditors-and-consumer-reporting-agencies-concerning-medical-information-regulation-v","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2024-30824.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30824.pdf?1736775917","publication_date":"2025-01-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"validate their current <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> programs. The CFPB agrees that <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> costs may be different for the three NCRAs (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) and Innovis compared to other consumer reporting agencies. The NCRAs and Innovis are known to provide a standardized reporting format to be used by furnishers, called <span class=\"match\">Metro</span> 2, and have organized their databases to process and screen data furnished in this format.\n 336 \n \n The <span class=\"match\">Metro</span> 2 format that the NCRAs and Innovis currently provide to furnishers may help facilitate <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> because tradeline information"},{"title":"Revision of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule substantially revises Department of Energy's (DOE) regulations containing its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures, which were promulgated to supplement now-rescinded Council on Environmental Quality regulations. Mindful that the Supreme Court recently clarified NEPA is a \"purely procedural statute,\" DOE will henceforth maintain the remainder of its procedures in a procedural guidance document separate from the Code of Federal Regulations (DOE NEPA implementing procedures). Thus, DOE is revising 10 CFR part 1021 to contain only administrative and routine actions excepted from NEPA review in appendix A, its existing categorical exclusions in appendix B, related requirements, and a provision for emergency circumstances. DOE is revising appendix A in 10 CFR part 1021 to align with DOE's new NEPA implementing procedures that it is publishing separate from the Code of Federal Regulations. Appendix A in 10 CFR part 1021 (formerly categorical exclusions) are now administrative and routine actions that do not require NEPA review. DOE is also revising 10 CFR part 205, subpart W, to remove the NEPA procedures from its Presidential permit regulations.","document_number":"2025-12383","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12383/revision-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-procedures","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-03/pdf/2025-12383.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12383.pdf?1751394611","publication_date":"2025-07-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"reasons stated in the preamble, this <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> action is consistent with these principles. \n Section 6(a) of E.O. 12866 also requires agencies to submit “significant <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> actions” to OIRA for review. OIRA has determined that this <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> action does constitute a “significant <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> action” under E.O. 12866, as supplemented by E.O. 13563, and has reviewed this action. \n B. <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Flexibility Act \n \n The <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 \n et seq. \n ) requires preparation of an initial <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> flexibility analysis for any rule"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to prescription drug coverage, the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), Part C and D Star Ratings, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This final rule also codifies existing sub-regulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2025-06008","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/15/2025-06008/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-15/pdf/2025-06008.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06008.pdf?1743797708","publication_date":"2025-04-15","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":"finalizing all <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for 2026 and future years as proposed with a few exceptions: \n We do not expect these <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> changes to have an impact on the Medicare Trust Funds. \n \n \n   \n • Modified the timing and content <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for the renewal notice at §  423.137(d)(10). \n \n \n   \n • Modified the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for the telephonic notice of election approval at §  423.137(d)(10)(ii). \n \n \n   \n \n • Modified the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for voluntary termination effective date at § 423.137(f)(2)(i)(A)(\n 1 \n ).\n \n \n \n   \n \n • Modified timing <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for the"},{"title":"Used Drum Management and Reconditioning Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) is soliciting information and requesting comments to assist in the potential development of non-regulatory and regulatory options that would ensure the proper management of used industrial containers that held hazardous chemicals or hazardous waste, up to and including the drum reconditioning process. Options could include revising the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations or other, non-regulatory options. This Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) does not propose any regulatory requirements or change any existing regulatory requirements.","document_number":"2023-16752","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/11/2023-16752/used-drum-management-and-reconditioning-advance-notice-of-proposed-rulemaking","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-08-11/pdf/2023-16752.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-16752.pdf?1691671514","publication_date":"2023-08-11","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":"assist in the potential development of non-<span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> and <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> options that would ensure the proper management of used industrial containers that held hazardous chemicals or hazardous waste, up to and including the drum reconditioning process. Options could include revising the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations or other, non-<span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> options. This Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) does not propose any <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> or change any existing <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>. \n \n \n DATES: \n Comments must be received"},{"title":"Use of Supplemental Restraint Systems","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule prohibits civil aircraft operations conducted with supplemental restraint systems (SRS) unless operators meet certain requirements for ensuring passenger and crewmember safety during all phases of the operation. The FAA expects these requirements to increase the safety of individuals on board civil aircraft operations conducted with SRS. This rule addresses recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General. Additionally, this rule will codify, with updates, an Emergency Order of Prohibition currently in effect addressing safety concerns regarding the use of supplemental restraints. The rule applies to all civil aircraft operations conducted with use of SRS. The rule does not apply to parachute operations, rotorcraft external-load operations, or public aircraft operations.","document_number":"2024-18545","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/22/2024-18545/use-of-supplemental-restraint-systems","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-22/pdf/2024-18545.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18545.pdf?1724244319","publication_date":"2024-08-22","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 Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"}],"excerpts":"circumstances as long as the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> in the rule are met. \n V. <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Notices and Analyses \n \n Federal agencies consider the impacts of <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> actions under a variety of executive orders and other <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>. First, Executive Order 12866 and Executive Order 13563, as amended by Executive Order 14094 (“Modernizing <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Review”), direct that each Federal agency shall propose or adopt a regulation only upon a reasoned determination that the benefits of the intended regulation justify the costs. Second, the <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Flexibility Act of 1980"},{"title":"National Environmental Policy Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting the interim final rule (IFR) published on July 3, 2025, with minor changes, as final. The IFR revised departmental regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and removed various USDA agency regulations for implementing NEPA. The IFR was in response to the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) rescission of its NEPA implementing regulations (which USDA's NEPA regulations were designed to supplement), statutory changes to NEPA, executive orders, and case law. In the IFR, USDA provided a 30-day comment period for the public to review and make comments. This final rule addresses public comments and adopts as final the IFR, with certain substantive changes as explained herein.","document_number":"2026-06537","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06537/national-environmental-policy-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06537.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06537.pdf?1775133916","publication_date":"2026-04-03","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":"commenters characterized as the Forest Service's <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for public comment on EAs and EISs, the mandated scoping <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> for all levels of NEPA review, and the removal of the <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> for a “schedule of proposed actions” (SOPA). Other commenters supported their understanding of these changes, highlighting that what they understood to be <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> in the Forest Service's now rescinded NEPA regulations went above and beyond the statutory <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of NEPA and the <span class=\"match\">regulatory</span> <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> outlined in the now rescinded CEQ NEPA regulations"},{"title":"Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for unique beneficiaries for filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions (or H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended). Through this rule, DHS is implementing a weighted selection process that will generally favor the allocation of H-1B visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens, while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure H-1B workers at all wage levels, to better serve the congressional intent for the H-1B program. This rule will be effective in time for the FY 2027 registration season.","document_number":"2025-23853","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-29/pdf/2025-23853.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23853.pdf?1766497516","publication_date":"2025-12-29","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":"Workers (September 19, 2025) \n G. Statutory and <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n 1. Administrative Procedure Act (APA) \n 2. <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Impact Analysis and Benefits (E.O.s 12866 and 13563) \n 3. Methodology and Adequacy of the Cost-Benefit Analysis \n 4. Costs \n 5. Benefits \n 6. Transfers \n 7. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) \n 8. Other <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n H. Out of Scope \n IV. Statutory and <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n A. Executive Orders 12866 (<span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Planning and Review), 13563 (Improving Regulation and <span class=\"match\">Regulatory</span> Review), and 14192 (Unleashing Prosperity"}]}