{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance rulemaking affecting library congress'","count":1883,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+rulemaking+affecting+library+congress&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Extending the Compliance Deadline for the PFOA and PFOS Maximum Contaminant Levels","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this proposed rulemaking, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes a federal exemption, pursuant to Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 1416(f) and 1450(a)(1), that will extend the dates of compliance with the Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) from April 26, 2029, to April 26, 2031, for those systems that submit a request. The Agency requests comment on this proposal, including the mechanisms through which the MCL compliance deadlines for PFOA and PFOS can be exempted, and has identified specific areas where public input will be helpful for the EPA in developing the final rule. In addition to seeking written input, the EPA will be holding a public hearing on July 7, 2026.","document_number":"2026-10086","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10086/extending-the-compliance-deadline-for-the-pfoa-and-pfos-maximum-contaminant-levels","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10086.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10086.pdf?1779194712","publication_date":"2026-05-20","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":"would not result in an URTH while water systems work towards implementation of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> technologies or other non-treatment <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> strategies to ensure <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the PFOA and PFOS MCLs by the end of the proposed exemption period (April 26, 2031).\n \n Under SDWA, as well as the proposed national exemptions <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span>, an “unreasonable risk” determination applies only to PWSs in the context of evaluating SDWA 1416(a) criteria and their ability to achieve <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with NPDWRs. The EPA acknowledges that there are risks to human health due to"},{"title":"Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) stablishes the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program (Pilot or Pilot Program). The Pilot Program will enable the Commission to evaluate the impact that using Universal Service Fund (USF or Fund) support for eligible cybersecurity services and equipment will have on protecting school and library broadband networks and data. In so doing, the Commission seeks to address the apparent needs of schools and libraries for additional support for cybersecurity services and equipment, while evaluating the impact that providing that support would have on the USF.","document_number":"2024-15866","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/30/2024-15866/schools-and-libraries-cybersecurity-pilot-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-30/pdf/2024-15866.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-15866.pdf?1722257112","publication_date":"2024-07-30","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":"is not awarded to any one participant. \n \n 18. \n <span class=\"match\">Libraries</span> and <span class=\"match\">Library</span> Systems. \n Rather than adopt a per-user budget, as the Commission has for schools and school districts, or a budget based on <span class=\"match\">library</span> square footage as it does for category two E-Rate funding requests, it adopts a budget that provides a set amount of funding per <span class=\"match\">library</span> to purchase cybersecurity services and equipment. In particular, the Commission establishes a pre-discount annual budget of $15,000 per <span class=\"match\">library</span> up to 11 <span class=\"match\">libraries</span>/sites, consistent with its analysis regarding the"},{"title":"Promoting Fair and Open Competitive Bidding in the E-Rate Program; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) takes action to reinforce the success and integrity of the E-Rate program by establishing a competitive bidding portal and document repository to strengthen the E-Rate program's competitive bidding rules as well as other actions to simplify and streamline program processes and procedures for E-Rate participants. In addition, the Commission adopts changes to streamline and simplify the E-Rate program while maintaining the integrity of the program and grant an Order on Reconsideration. These actions will provide greater transparency into the applicants' competitive bidding and bid evaluation and selection processes, and protect the program against waste, fraud, and abuse.","document_number":"2026-10011","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-10011/promoting-fair-and-open-competitive-bidding-in-the-e-rate-program-schools-and-libraries-universal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-19/pdf/2026-10011.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10011.pdf?1779108315","publication_date":"2026-05-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"billed entity for a <span class=\"match\">library</span> that receives discounts for internet access and internal connections must certify, on FCC Form 471, that an internet safety policy is being enforced. If the <span class=\"match\">library</span> is an eligible member of a consortium but is not the billed entity for the consortium, the <span class=\"match\">library</span> must instead certify on FCC Form 479 (“Certification to Consortium Leader of <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> with the Children's internet Protection Act”) that an internet safety policy is being enforced.\n \n \n (iii) A <span class=\"match\">library</span> must satisfy its obligations to make certifications by"},{"title":"Certificates of Compliance","type":"Rule","abstract":"In consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) issues this final rule (the Final Rule) to revise the agency's regulation for Certificates of Compliance (certificates). The Final Rule aligns CPSC's current certificates rule with other CPSC rules on testing and certification, and implements, for importation of products and substances regulated by CPSC, electronic filing of certificates (eFiling) with CBP.","document_number":"2024-30826","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-30826/certificates-of-compliance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2024-30826.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30826.pdf?1736257516","publication_date":"2025-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"recent user guide for the Product Registry is attached as Tab A to Staff's Final Rule Memo and is also available in the eFiling document <span class=\"match\">library</span> maintained on CPSC's website at \n https://www.cpsc.gov/eFiling-Document-<span class=\"match\">Library</span>. \n Updates to the Product Registry user guide and other eFiling-related guidance documents will continue to be placed in this document <span class=\"match\">library</span>.\n \n E. Supplemental Notice of Proposed <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span> \n \n On December 8, 2023, CPSC published an SNPR that modified the 2013 NPR based on comments on the 2013 NPR, lessons learned, and participant"},{"title":"Modernizing Suspension and Debarment Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts the Office of Management and Budget's Guidance for Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension, along with agency-specific regulations to allow the agency to further combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and remove bad actors from participation in its support programs. The Commission finds further notice and comment \"unnecessary\" under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) for the Commission to adopt the Guidelines (including updates made after the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding), but elect to provide an opportunity for input on that assessment as to three of the Guidelines. A Proposed Rule relating to the Commission's adoption of updated suspension and debarment rules is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.","document_number":"2026-06864","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06864/modernizing-suspension-and-debarment-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-09/pdf/2026-06864.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06864.pdf?1775652316","publication_date":"2026-04-09","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":"Under the E-Rate program, schools and <span class=\"match\">libraries</span> may create “consortia” that can seek competitive bids and/or apply for E-Rate funding on behalf of all their members. When schools and <span class=\"match\">libraries</span> participate as a consortia, the NPRM proposed that the consortium itself, acting through its lead member, would be a primary tier participant, along with the member schools or <span class=\"match\">libraries</span>. In considering any suspension or debarment action, however, we proposed that the SDO should evaluate which particular school or <span class=\"match\">library</span> consortium member was responsible for"},{"title":"Access to Electronic Works","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Copyright Office is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to update its regulation governing electronic deposits of published works submitted to the Office that have been selected for addition to the collections of the Library of Congress. The current regulation permits the Library to collect and provide limited on-site access to groups of newspapers electronically submitted for registration, as well as electronic serials and books submitted for mandatory deposit. The proposed rule expands the categories of electronic deposits covered by the regulation with the same limitations on access as are currently in place. The proposed changes are part of ongoing steps by the Library and the Office to encourage the submission of works in electronic form and reduce the need for copyright owners to deposit physical copies.","document_number":"2023-18664","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/01/2023-18664/access-to-electronic-works","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-09-01/pdf/2023-18664.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-18664.pdf?1693485916","publication_date":"2023-09-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","name":"Library of Congress","id":277,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/277","parent_id":null,"slug":"library-of-congress"},{"raw_name":"Copyright Office","name":"Copyright Office, Library of Congress","id":87,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/copyright-office-library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/87","parent_id":277,"slug":"copyright-office-library-of-congress"}],"excerpts":"selected by the <span class=\"match\">Library</span> of <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> for its collections.\n 13 \n \n Electronic deposits received by the <span class=\"match\">Library</span> from the Office can only be accessed by specific authorized users at limited locations, and only two such users may access a particular deposit at a time. “Authorized users” are defined as (i) Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, as well as their officers and staff, (ii) the <span class=\"match\">Library</span> of <span class=\"match\">Congress's</span> staff and contractors, and (iii) registered researchers who are authorized to use the <span class=\"match\">Library</span> of <span class=\"match\">Congress's</span> public reading"},{"title":"Requirements for Site Security and Production Handling; Applying for Commingling and Allocation Approval","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to revise its regulations governing site security and production handling and commingling applications to reflect Congress's direction in section 50101(d)(3) of the \"One Big Beautiful Bill Act\" (OBBB) and policy direction in Executive Orders (E.O.s) entitled, Unleashing American Energy and Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's \"Department of Government Efficiency\" Deregulatory Initiative and policy guidance in Secretary's Order (S.O.) 3418, entitled, Unleashing American Energy. The BLM is proposing to revise the regulations to allow for commingling of production more broadly to promote oil and gas production on Federal, Indian, private and State lands. Commingling of production can reduce an operator's cost which could extend the economic life of a well, thereby allowing the operator to continue producing from a well that might otherwise be abandoned.","document_number":"2026-01926","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01926/requirements-for-site-security-and-production-handling-applying-for-commingling-and-allocation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01926.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01926.pdf?1769694322","publication_date":"2026-01-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Land Management","name":"Land Management Bureau","id":275,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/land-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/275","parent_id":253,"slug":"land-management-bureau"}],"excerpts":"to enforce regulations governing inspection of production activities on Federal and Indian lands. The Secretary has delegated this authority to the BLM. 235 DM 1.1. \n III. Discussion of Proposed Rule \n A. Summary \n \n The BLM is undertaking this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> for two primary reasons: (1) To reflect <span class=\"match\">Congress's</span> direction provided in section 50101(d)(3) of the OBBB and policy direction provided in recently issued E.O.s and S.O.; and (2) To remove existing barriers to the commingling of oil and gas production to promote the development of oil and gas to"},{"title":"Revisions to the Calculation of Annual Household Income and Net Family Assets in the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), amends its regulation to implement changes related to income calculation and net family assets for properties that receive funding from the Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and the Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Direct Loan and Grant programs. These changes are intended to align the Agency's annual income certification requirements with the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA).","document_number":"2026-07064","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/13/2026-07064/revisions-to-the-calculation-of-annual-household-income-and-net-family-assets-in-the-section-515","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-13/pdf/2026-07064.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07064.pdf?1775825113","publication_date":"2026-04-13","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"},{"raw_name":"Rural Housing Service","name":"Rural Housing Service","id":458,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/rural-housing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/458","parent_id":12,"slug":"rural-housing-service"}],"excerpts":"under Executive Order 12988. In accordance with this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span>: (1) Unless otherwise specifically provided, all state and local laws that conflict with this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> will be preempted; (2) no retroactive effect will be given to this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> except as specifically prescribed in the rule; and (3) administrative proceedings of the National Appeals Division of the Department of Agriculture (7 CFR part 11) must be exhausted before suing in court that challenges action taken under this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span>. \n Executive Order 13132, Federalism \n The policies"},{"title":"Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to revise the NRC's regulations to streamline and modernize its implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). These proposed revisions address Presidential directives in Executive Order (E.O.) 14300, \"Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,\" E.O. 14154, \"Unleashing American Energy,\" Executive Order 14192, \"Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,\" Executive Order 14270, \"Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy;\" recent amendments to NEPA; and relevant NEPA case law. In addition, these proposed revisions aim to reduce regulatory burden while complying with NEPA requirements. The proposed rule would narrow the scope of NEPA reviews to effects (or impacts) within the NRC's substantive statutory authority; revise definitions; update procedures for determining the level of NEPA review; establish new categorical exclusions; provide new flexibility for licensees, applicants, and petitioners for rulemaking to submit environmental information; and remove outdated requirements and consolidate content provisions to improve clarity and efficiency. Consistent with section 102(2)(B) of NEPA and E.O. 14300, the NRC consulted with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) during the development of this proposed rule. The NRC is issuing new draft guidance NUREG-2270, \"Environmental Review Guidance for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Actions,\" for the implementation of the proposed requirements in this rulemaking. The NRC staff will carry out its NEPA responsibilities consistent with the proposed requirements in this rulemaking and the guidance in NUREG-2270.","document_number":"2026-13687","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13687/implementation-of-the-national-environmental-policy-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13687.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13687.pdf?1783341914","publication_date":"2026-07-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"Environmental Reports—General Requirements \n \n \n § 51.45 \n \n (a) Unless the applicant or petitioner for <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> believes its application or petition is subject to a categorical exclusion, each applicant or petitioner for <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> must submit with its application or petition for <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> one signed original of a separate document entitled “Applicant's” or “Petitioner's Environmental Report,” as appropriate. An applicant or petitioner for <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> may submit a supplement to an environmental report at any time. Submittal of a supplement to an environmental"},{"title":"Disapproval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan; Nebraska; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for Regional Haze; Completion of Remand","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing this action to address the voluntary remand of a portion of a final rulemaking published in the Federal Register on July 6, 2012, addressing regional haze obligations for the first planning period in Nebraska. Specifically, we are revisiting and implementing a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) applicable to the Gerald Gentleman Station, owned and operated by the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD). In this action, the EPA is proposing a revised FIP that will limit sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) emissions at the Gerald Gentleman Station. The EPA proposes to determine that SO<INF>2</INF> emission reductions are needed to make reasonable progress toward Congress' natural-visibility goal at Class I areas affected by visibility- impairing emissions from Nebraska. This proposal addresses only the remanded portion of the Nebraska FIP.","document_number":"2024-16697","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/01/2024-16697/disapproval-and-promulgation-of-air-quality-implementation-plan-nebraska-regional-haze-state","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-01/pdf/2024-16697.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16697.pdf?1722429916","publication_date":"2024-08-01","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":"Proposed Action \n IV. Legal Authority for This Action \n V. EPA's Review of the 2012 Federal Implementation Plan on Remand \n A. Factor 1—The Costs of <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> \n 1. EPA's Evaluation of Costs for BART in the 2012 Proposed and Final Rule \n 2. EPA's Updated Cost Evaluation \n B. Factor 2—The Time Necessary for <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> \n \n C. Factor 3—The Energy and Non-Air Quality Environmental Impacts of <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span>\n \n \n D. Factor 4—The Remaining Useful Life of the Source \n E. Evaluation of Potential Visibility Impacts and Improvements \n VI. Amending the FIP on Remand—Long-Term"},{"title":"Revisions to the Calculation of Annual Household Income and Net Family Assets in the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), proposes to amend its regulation to implement changes related to income calculation and net family assets for properties that receive funding from the Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and the Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Direct Loan and Grant programs. These proposed changes are intended to align the Agency's annual income certification requirements with the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA).","document_number":"2025-10306","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/30/2025-10306/revisions-to-the-calculation-of-annual-household-income-and-net-family-assets-in-the-section-515","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-30/pdf/2025-10306.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10306.pdf?1751028309","publication_date":"2025-06-30","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"},{"raw_name":"Rural Housing Service","name":"Rural Housing Service","id":458,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/rural-housing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/458","parent_id":12,"slug":"rural-housing-service"}],"excerpts":"under Executive Order 12988. In accordance with this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span>: (1) Unless otherwise specifically provided, all state and local laws that conflict with this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> will be preempted; (2) no retroactive effect will be given to this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> except as specifically prescribed in the rule; and (3) administrative proceedings of the National Appeals Division of the Department of Agriculture (7 CFR part 11) must be exhausted before suing in court that challenges action taken under this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span>. \n Executive Order 13132, Federalism \n The policies"},{"title":"Firearms Transactions and Straw Purchases","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (\"ATF\") proposes amending Department of Justice (\"Department\") regulations to provide clarity for conduct prohibited by federal law commonly referred to as a straw purchase.","document_number":"2026-08922","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/06/2026-08922/firearms-transactions-and-straw-purchases","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-06/pdf/2026-08922.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08922.pdf?1777985129","publication_date":"2026-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives","name":"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau","id":19,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/19","parent_id":268,"slug":"alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau"}],"excerpts":"(5th Cir. 1985); \n see also United States \n v. \n Carter, \n 60 F.3d 825 (4th Cir. 1995).\n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> codified the narrower understanding of the straw purchase doctrine, \n i.e., \n a purchase for a prohibited person or person falling into other categories identified by <span class=\"match\">Congress</span>, when it passed BSCA in 2022. In BSCA, <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> added 18 U.S.C. 932, which prohibits any person from knowingly purchasing, or conspiring to purchase, any firearm in or otherwise <span class=\"match\">affecting</span> interstate or foreign commerce for, on behalf of, or at the request or demand of another"},{"title":"Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Distance Education and Return of Title IV, HEA Funds","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations governing participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to promote program integrity and institutional quality. These regulations clarify, update, and consolidate certain provisions that apply to distance education and the return of title IV, HEA funds. They also make technical changes to the TRIO program regulations to reflect the current status of the Republic of Palau as a member of the Freely Associated States. This document provides notice that the Department fully closes out the Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Distance Education and Return of Title IV, HEA Funds notice of proposed rulemaking. That is, we will not be finalizing the remainder of the Federal TRIO program provisions but may promulgate through future rulemaking efforts.","document_number":"2024-31031","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31031/program-integrity-and-institutional-quality-distance-education-and-return-of-title-iv-hea-funds","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-31031.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31031.pdf?1735566312","publication_date":"2025-01-03","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":"Department identify areas for improvements and clarification that have resulted in improved final regulations.\n \n Additionally, the negotiated <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> process, which began in the Spring of 2023, provided significantly more opportunity for public engagement and feedback than standard notice-and-comment <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span>, which does not include multiple negotiation sessions. For example: \n • The Department began the <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> process by inviting public input over 3 days of public hearings from April 11-13, 2023; all who requested to speak were accommodated during"},{"title":"Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education (Secretary) proposes to amend the regulations governing institutional eligibility, general provisions regulations, and the William D. Ford Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs). The proposed regulations would implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025. The OBBB made numerous changes to the HEA, including changes to program eligibility requirements for the Direct Loan program and the introduction of an earnings accountability framework that is intended to limit Direct Loan eligibility to programs whose graduates meet certain earnings benchmarks. This document proposes regulations, based on consensus reached during negotiated rulemaking, to implement the provisions of the OBBB related to low-earning outcome programs and the Direct Loan program, and to harmonize those regulations with requirements for programs that are required to lead to gainful employment (GE programs).","document_number":"2026-07666","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/20/2026-07666/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand-driven-workforce-pell-student-tuition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-20/pdf/2026-07666.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07666.pdf?1776429919","publication_date":"2026-04-20","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":"for institutions on how to comply with the OBBB. <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> gave \n \n the Secretary discretion within the OBBB to implement the provisions impacting the title IV, HEA programs and knew that its commands were not self-executing when directing the Secretary to take action. <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> expected the Secretary to act via <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> before July 1, 2026, to enable these provisions to actually go into effect.\n \n The master calendar in the HEA provides that regulatory changes initiated by the Secretary <span class=\"match\">affecting</span> the title IV, HEA programs must be published in final"},{"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":"to <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> on the Joint Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2026, the HHS-operated risk adjustment program is subject to fiscal year 2026 sequestration.\n 11 \n \n Therefore, the HHS-operated risk adjustment program will sequester payments made from fiscal year 2026 resources (that is, funds collected during the 2026 fiscal year) at a rate of 5.7 percent.\n \n \n \n 11 \n  OMB. (2025). \n OMB Report to the <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> on the BBEDCA 251A Sequestration for Fiscal Year 2026. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/OMB-Report-to-the-<span class=\"match\">Congress</span>-on"},{"title":"Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary amends the regulations for the Federal student loan programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs) to implement the statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in Public Law 119-21, the Working Families Tax Cuts Act signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. The Department previously referred to the Working Families Tax Cuts Act as the \"One Big Beautiful Bill Act,\" including in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on January 30, 2026. These changes include establishing new loan limits for graduate students, professional students, and parents, and phasing out the Graduate PLUS (Grad PLUS) Program. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act also simplifies the current broken and confusing myriad of Federal student loan repayment plans by phasing out the existing Income- Contingent Repayment (ICR) plans, creating a new Tiered Standard repayment plan option, and establishing a new income-driven repayment plan known as the Repayment Assistance Plan. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act also enables borrowers in default who have previously rehabilitated a defaulted loan a second chance to rehabilitate their loan(s) and resume repayment.","document_number":"2026-08556","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08556/reimagining-and-improving-student-education-federal-student-loan-program-final-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-01/pdf/2026-08556.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08556.pdf?1777553126","publication_date":"2026-05-01","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":"with the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> gave the Secretary discretion within the Working Families Tax Cuts Act to implement the provisions impacting the title IV, HEA programs and knew that its commands were not self-executing when directing the Secretary to take action. <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> expected the Secretary to act via <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> before July 1, 2026, to enable these provisions to actually go into effect. \n The master calendar in the HEA provides that regulatory changes initiated by the Secretary <span class=\"match\">affecting</span> the title IV, HEA programs must be published"},{"title":"National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Interior (Department or DOI) is adopting the interim final rule (IFR) published on July 3, 2025, with minor changes, as final. In the IFR, DOI 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. The IFR partially rescinded DOI's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and made necessary targeted updates to those provisions that were not repealed. DOI will henceforth maintain the majority of its NEPA procedures--which apply only to DOI's internal processes--in a Departmental Handbook separate from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).","document_number":"2026-03708","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/24/2026-03708/national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-24/pdf/2026-03708.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03708.pdf?1771854321","publication_date":"2026-02-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"within the maximum timeline that <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> intends. They incorporate <span class=\"match\">Congress's</span> definition of “major Federal action” and the exclusions thereto, as codified at Section 111(10) of NEPA. They incorporate <span class=\"match\">Congress's</span> mandated procedure for determining the appropriate level of review under NEPA, as codified in Section 106 of NEPA. And they incorporate <span class=\"match\">Congress's</span> revision to the requirements for what an agency must address in its environmental impact statements, as codified at Section 102(2)(C) of NEPA, and <span class=\"match\">Congress's</span> requirement that public notice and"},{"title":"Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Connected Vehicles","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), the Department of Commerce's (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposes a rule to address undue or unacceptable risks to national security and U.S. persons posed by classes of transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) that are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of certain foreign adversaries, and which are integral to connected vehicles, as defined herein. BIS is soliciting comment on this proposed rule, which builds on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) issued by BIS on March 1, 2024.","document_number":"2024-21903","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/26/2024-21903/securing-the-information-and-communications-technology-and-services-supply-chain-connected-vehicles","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-26/pdf/2024-21903.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-21903.pdf?1727205730","publication_date":"2024-09-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"vehicles; (2) a trusted trader program to simplify <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> and avoid the complexity and uncertainty associated with a licensing regime; and (3) a program allowing OEMs and suppliers to self-certify <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the regulation. BIS has considered each of the comments in full and is proposing an advisory opinion program; procedures for VCS hardware importers and connected vehicle manufacturers to submit Declarations of Conformity, which allow OEMs and suppliers to self-certify their <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the regulation; as well as procedures for VCS"},{"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":"also provided that <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews conducted under this oversight authority would follow the standards set forth in § 156.715. Now we are considering additional clarifications to HHS' authority on <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews under § 156.480. \n Currently, § 156.480(c) provides that in conducting APTC, CSR, and user fee audits or <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews, HHS may assess an issuer's <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the requirements in 45 CFR part 156 subpart E and § 156.50. The regulatory text does not currently reference assessment of an issuer's <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with other Exchange"},{"title":"Reimagining and Improving Student Education","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations for the Federal student loan programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs) to implement the statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. These changes include establishing new loan limits for graduate students, professional students, and parents, and phasing out the Graduate PLUS Program. The Department notes that the term \"professional student\" as used in this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is intended solely to distinguish those programs that we propose would be eligible for higher loan limits, as required by the OBBB. The designation, or lack thereof, of a program as \"professional\" does not reflect a value judgment by the Department regarding whether a borrower graduating from the program is considered a \"professional.\" This NPRM only interprets the phrase \"professional student\" as used in the context of the loan limits established by the OBBB. The OBBB also simplifies the current broken and confusing myriad of Federal student loan repayment plans by phasing out the existing Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR) plans, creating a new tiered standard repayment plan option, and implementing a new income-driven repayment plan known as the Repayment Assistant Plan. The OBBB also enables borrowers in default who have previously rehabilitated a defaulted loan a second chance to rehabilitate their loan(s) and resume repayment.","document_number":"2026-01912","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01912/reimagining-and-improving-student-education","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01912.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01912.pdf?1769694321","publication_date":"2026-01-30","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":"in the IBR plans (especially given the fact that <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> also amended Section 493C in the OBBB), and that <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> wanted to incorporate that same proration scheme in the Repayment Assistance Plan by using similar words and phrases relating to repayment calculations pertaining to married couples. And as a result, <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> used a similar statutory construction in crafting Repayment Assistance Plan. Had <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> intended to bar proration, we would have expected it to do so explicitly, as <span class=\"match\">Congress</span> does not typically make implicit changes to existing"}]}