{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance rulemaking affecting unified carrier'","count":823,"total_pages":42,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+rulemaking+affecting+unified+carrier&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the regulations governing the annual registration fees that participating States collect from motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement for the 2025 registration year and subsequent registration years. Following a reduction in fees of an average of 37.3 percent over the two prior years, the fees for the 2025 registration year will be increased above the fees for the 2024 registration year by an average of 25 percent overall, with varying increases between $9 and $9,000 per entity, depending on the applicable fee bracket. The final rule is based upon a recommendation from the UCR Plan.","document_number":"2024-13192","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/17/2024-13192/fees-for-the-unified-carrier-registration-plan-and-agreement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-17/pdf/2024-13192.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-13192.pdf?1718369116","publication_date":"2024-06-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"of the statutory entitlements due to participating States. \n V. Discussion of Proposed <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span> and Comments \n A. Proposed <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span> \n \n On January 9, 2024, FMCSA published in the \n Federal Register \n an NPRM titled “Fees for the <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> <span class=\"match\">Carrier</span> Registration Plan and Agreement” (89 FR 1053; see also Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0268). The NPRM proposed amending regulations for the annual registration fees States collect from motor <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>, motor private <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies for the UCR Plan and Agreement"},{"title":"Carrier Automated Tariffs","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) amends its regulations governing Carrier Automated Tariffs. The final rule removes the option for common carriers to charge a fee to access their tariff; allow non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) to cross-reference certain aspects of other carriers' terms in their tariffs; clarify the ability for NVOCCs to reflect increases in certain charges passed- through by other entities without notice; revise regulations to specify permissible relationships between NVOCCs for the co-loading of cargo, and makes other miscellaneous updates and clarifications to the regulation, including removing outdated citations.","document_number":"2023-27783","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/02/2023-27783/carrier-automated-tariffs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-02/pdf/2023-27783.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-27783.pdf?1703857512","publication_date":"2024-01-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION","name":"Federal Maritime Commission","id":178,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-maritime-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/178","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-maritime-commission"}],"excerpts":"addressed in the discussion that follows.\n \n \n \n 1 \n  Notice of Proposed <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span>—<span class=\"match\">Carrier</span> Automated Tariffs, 87 FR 27971 (May 10, 2022). Prior to the publication of the May 2022 proposal, the Commission published an Advance Notice of Proposed <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span> seeking input on how to revise its tariff regulations to help address the inconsistent manner in which <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> were interpreting and applying these regulations. \n See \n Advance Notice of Proposed <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span> (ANPRM)—<span class=\"match\">Carrier</span> Automated Tariffs, 86 FR 18240 (April 8, 2021).\n \n \n A. Tariff Access Fees"},{"title":"Establishing United States Citizenship for MARAD Program Participation; Simplifying the Application Process","type":"Rule","abstract":"On July 1, 2025, MARAD published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), titled \"How to Best Evidence Corporate Citizenship: Policy and Regulatory Review,\" soliciting public comment on actions MARAD could take to improve the process for evidencing U.S. citizenship. The final rule will simplify and modernize the process for establishing United States citizenship of corporations and other business formations participating in MARAD programs. In the interest of minimizing the unnecessary disclosure of personally identifiable information, the final rule will also eliminate the requirement to provide dates and places of birth of corporate executives, directors, and stock owners as required in the current form of affidavit of citizenship. The final rule will also amend the form of affidavit with respect to entities that are publicly traded by eliminating the requirement to provide certain information regarding registered owners of stock, eliminate the notarization requirement, and provide a simple and streamlined process for recertification.","document_number":"2026-11269","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11269/establishing-united-states-citizenship-for-marad-program-participation-simplifying-the-application","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11269.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11269.pdf?1780490731","publication_date":"2026-06-04","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":"Maritime Administration","name":"Maritime Administration","id":282,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/maritime-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/282","parent_id":492,"slug":"maritime-administration"}],"excerpts":"and there are no extraordinary circumstances present in connection with this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span>.\n \n Regulation Identifier Number \n A regulation identifier number (RIN) is assigned to each regulatory action listed in the <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> Agenda of Federal Regulations. The Regulatory Information Service Center publishes the <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> Agenda in April and October of each year. The RIN number contained in the heading of this document can be used to cross-reference this action with the <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> Agenda. \n Paperwork Reduction Act \n The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U"},{"title":"Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Fall 2023","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Publication of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order (\"E.O.\") 12866, \"Regulatory Planning and Review,\" (58 FR 51735, as amended) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, \"Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,\" (76 FR 3821) and E.O. 14094, \"Modernizing Regulatory Review,\" (88 FR 21879). The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), published in the fall and spring, helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of this publication. The complete publication of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda contains the Regulatory Plans of 29 Federal agencies and 69 Federal agency regulatory agendas available to the public at www.reginfo.gov. The Fall 2023 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register includes the Regulatory Plan and agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.","document_number":"2024-00476","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/09/2024-00476/introduction-to-the-unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-fall-2023","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-09/pdf/2024-00476.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-00476.pdf?1707399919","publication_date":"2024-02-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER","name":"Regulatory Information Service Center","id":449,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/regulatory-information-service-center","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/449","parent_id":null,"slug":"regulatory-information-service-center"}],"excerpts":"the Agenda is associated with one of five <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> stages. The <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> stages are: \n \n \n 1. Prerule Stage \n —actions agencies will undertake to determine whether or how to initiate <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span>. Such actions occur prior to a Notice of Proposed <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span> (NPRM) and may include \n \n Advance Notices of Proposed <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span> (ANPRMs) and reviews of existing regulations.\n \n \n 2. Proposed Rule Stage \n —actions for which agencies plan to publish a Notice of Proposed <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span> as the next step in their <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> process or for which the closing date of"},{"title":"Extension of the Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Territory and Airspace of Libya","type":"Rule","abstract":"This action extends the prohibition against certain flight operations in the territory and airspace of Libya by all: U.S. air carriers; U.S. commercial operators; persons exercising the privileges of an airman certificate issued by the FAA, except when such persons are operating U.S.-registered aircraft for a foreign air carrier; and operators of U.S.-registered civil aircraft, except when the operator of such aircraft is a foreign air carrier for an additional three years, from March 20, 2025, to March 20, 2028. The FAA finds this action necessary to address continuing risks to persons and aircraft engaged in such flight operations. The FAA also republishes the approval process and exemption information for this Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), consistent with other recently published flight prohibition SFARs.","document_number":"2025-04846","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/20/2025-04846/extension-of-the-prohibition-against-certain-flights-in-the-territory-and-airspace-of-libya","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-20/pdf/2025-04846.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04846.pdf?1742388328","publication_date":"2025-03-20","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":"extends the prohibition against certain flight operations in the territory and airspace of Libya by all: U.S. air <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>; U.S. commercial operators; persons exercising the privileges of an airman certificate issued by the FAA, except when such persons are operating U.S.-registered aircraft for a foreign air <span class=\"match\">carrier</span>; and operators of U.S.-registered civil aircraft, except when the operator of such aircraft is a foreign air <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> for an additional three years, from March 20, 2025, to March 20, 2028. The FAA finds this action necessary to address"},{"title":"Reforming Legacy Rules for an All-IP Future; Accelerating Network Modernization","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to accelerate network modernization by proposing to reform regulations that have hindered the transition to all-internet Protocol (IP) networks. Building upon the Commission's longstanding efforts to reform the legacy intercarrier compensation (ICC) framework, the Commission proposes to move remaining ICC charges to a bill-and-keep framework and detariff them, and invites comment on this proposal. To enable carriers to recover costs from their end users, the Commission proposes to eliminate ex ante pricing regulation and tariffing of end-user charges, also referred to as Telephone Access Charges (TACs). Following the transition of ICC charges to bill-and-keep, the Commission seeks comment on phasing out Connect America Fund Intercarrier Compensation (CAF ICC) support. The NPRM also seeks comment on removing remaining regulatory obligations--including tariffing and outdated account information exchange requirements--for interstate and international long-distance services, given the longstanding competitiveness of these markets. In addition, the Commission seeks comment on the elimination of regulations that will no longer be necessary in a post-Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) environment and invites input on a transitional framework to ensure regulatory and market stability during the shift to an all-IP marketplace. Finally, the Commission encourages commenters to identify ways to promote technological modernization while enhancing long-term efficiency, competition, and service quality for consumers. In all these reforms, the Commission intends to proceed thoughtfully, mindful of the complex issues, transition timelines, and paramount connectivity goals.","document_number":"2026-05727","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/24/2026-05727/reforming-legacy-rules-for-an-all-ip-future-accelerating-network-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-24/pdf/2026-05727.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05727.pdf?1774269916","publication_date":"2026-03-24","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":"cap <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> and competitive LECs that benchmark their access rates to price cap <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> from those of rate-of-return <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> and competitive LECs that benchmark their access rates to rate-of-return <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>. Specifically, all <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>' terminating end office access charges were brought to bill-and keep. For terminating tandem switching and common transport access services provided by price cap <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>, rates were taken to bill-and-keep where the <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> owns the tandem and the terminating end office switch; otherwise, price cap <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>' rates"},{"title":"Transparency in Property Broker Transactions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"FMCSA proposes amendments to its property broker rules in response to petitions for rulemaking from the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) and the Small Business in Transportation Coalition (SBTC). Under current regulations, the parties to a brokered freight transaction have a right to review the broker's record of the transaction, which stakeholders often refer to as \"broker transparency.\" Contracts between brokers and motor carriers frequently contain waivers of this right. OOIDA requested that FMCSA promulgate a requirement that property brokers provide an electronic copy of each transaction record automatically within 48 hours after the contractual service has been completed, and explicitly prohibit brokers from including any provision in their contracts that requires a motor carrier to waive its rights to access the transaction records. SBTC requested that FMCSA prohibit brokers of property from coercing or requiring parties to brokers' transactions to waive their right to review the record of the transaction as a condition for doing business and prohibit the use of clause(s) exempting the broker from having to comply with this transparency requirement. Though the proposed rule is responsive to the petitions in reinforcing the broker transparency requirement, the proposed provisions differ from those requested by OOIDA and SBTC. The proposed rule would revise the regulatory text to make clear that brokers have a regulatory obligation to provide transaction records to the transacting parties on request. The proposal would also make changes to the format and content of the records.","document_number":"2024-27115","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/20/2024-27115/transparency-in-property-broker-transactions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-20/pdf/2024-27115.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27115.pdf?1732023949","publication_date":"2024-11-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"the services motor <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> would provide; not misrepresenting or giving false information to motor <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> about the commodities in the shipment; advising both the shipper and <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> of the amount and basis of any compensation being received from the other; exercising due diligence in carrying out the terms of its contracts with shippers and motor <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> and ensuring prompt payment; and paying any freight charges in full to the <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> or <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> without deduction for any amount due to the broker from such <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> or <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>. The ICC was clear"},{"title":"Deregulatory-Establishing United States Citizenship for MARAD Program Participation; Simplifying the Application Process","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"On May 1, 2019, MARAD published in the Federal Register an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), titled \"How to Best Evidence Corporate Citizenship: Policy and Regulatory Review,\" soliciting public comment on steps MARAD could take to simplify and modernize the process for evidencing U.S. citizenship. Consistent with the comments MARAD received, the proposed rule would simplify and modernize the process for establishing United States citizenship of corporations and other business formations participating in MARAD programs. In the interest of minimizing the unnecessary disclosure of personally identifiable information, the proposed rule would also eliminate the requirement to provide dates and places of birth of corporate executives, directors, and stock owners as required in the current form of affidavit of citizenship. The proposed rule would also amend the form of affidavit with respect to publicly traded entities by eliminating the requirement to provide certain information regarding registered owners of stock, eliminate the notarization requirement, and provide a simple and streamlined process for recertification.","document_number":"2025-12102","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12102/deregulatory-establishing-united-states-citizenship-for-marad-program-participation-simplifying-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12102.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12102.pdf?1751055316","publication_date":"2025-07-01","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":"Maritime Administration","name":"Maritime Administration","id":282,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/maritime-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/282","parent_id":492,"slug":"maritime-administration"}],"excerpts":"which companies can present their citizenship <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> plans for approval by the two agencies and, if acting on the basis of those plans for approval by the two agencies, have the benefit of a presumption that they satisfy the applicable citizenship standard and the benefit of a grace period to come back into <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> if the maximum permissible non-citizenship threshold is exceeded due to market trading. \n \n MARAD agrees that submitters should be permitted to submit their citizenship <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> plans for MARAD's review and approval. MARAD's"},{"title":"Family Seating in Air Transportation","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Transportation (Department or DOT) is proposing to require U.S. and foreign air carriers to seat children aged 13 and under adjacent to at least one accompanying adult at no additional cost beyond the fare, subject to limited exceptions. The Department considers family seating to be a basic service, essential for the provision of adequate air transportation, that must be included in the advertised fare. Under this proposal, a carrier's failure to provide family seating would subject it to civil penalties on a per passenger (child) basis, and if the carrier charged families a fee beyond the fare to secure family seating, the carrier would be subject to civil penalties for each fee imposed.","document_number":"2024-17323","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/09/2024-17323/family-seating-in-air-transportation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-09/pdf/2024-17323.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-17323.pdf?1723121126","publication_date":"2024-08-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Seating Policies for Assigned Seating <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span> \n The Department is proposing to require assigned seating <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> to disclose to consumers that the <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> will provide available family seating at no additional cost. This disclosure would be required to be displayed clearly and conspicuously on <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>' online platforms and the <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> must notify customers of these disclosures when the customers call the <span class=\"match\">carrier's</span> reservation center to inquire about a fare or seating or to book a ticket. Under this proposal, <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> would be required to ask customers"},{"title":"General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends its regulations by making technical corrections throughout the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The Agency makes minor changes to correct inadvertent errors and omissions, remove or update obsolete references, and improve the clarity and consistency of certain regulatory provisions. The Agency also makes a change to its rules of organization, procedures, and practice.","document_number":"2023-24160","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/17/2023-24160/general-technical-organizational-conforming-and-correcting-amendments-to-the-federal-motor-carrier","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-17/pdf/2023-24160.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24160.pdf?1700142322","publication_date":"2023-11-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"those found in this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span>, as well as regulations concerning internal agency functions, organization or personnel administration. Therefore, preparation of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement is not necessary.\n \n \n List of Subjects \n \n Motor <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>, Noise control. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure, Brokers, Buses, Freight forwarders, Maritime <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>, Mexico, Motor <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>, Moving of household goods. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure, Mexico, Motor <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>. \n \n Motor <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>, Reporting and recordkeeping"},{"title":"Connect America Fund, Alaska Connect Fund, Connect America Fund-Alaska Plan, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications, Telecommunications Carriers Eligible To Receive Universal Service Support, Universal Service Reform-Mobility Fund","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) has long recognized that rural and high-cost areas of Alaska are some of the hardest and most costly to serve in the country, with many residents lacking access to high-quality, affordable broadband that maintains parity with the technological advances that consumers living elsewhere in the nation enjoy. In this document, the Commission takes important and necessary steps to ensure continued support for the advancement of modern mobile and fixed broadband service in Alaska.","document_number":"2024-29485","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/31/2024-29485/connect-america-fund-alaska-connect-fund-connect-america-fund-alaska-plan-etc-annual-reports-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-31/pdf/2024-29485.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29485.pdf?1735566309","publication_date":"2024-12-31","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":"by the rules herein include Wired Telecommunications <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span>, Local Exchange <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span>, Incumbent Local Exchange <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span>, Competitive Local Exchange <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span>, Interexchange <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span>, Local Resellers, Toll Resellers, Other Toll <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span>, Prepaid Calling Card Providers, Fixed Microwave Services, Cable and Other Subscription Programming, Cable Companies and Systems (Rate Regulation), Cable System Operators (Telecom Act Standard), Satellite Telecommunications, Wireless Telecommunications <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span> (except Satellite), All Other Telecommunications, Wired"},{"title":"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: Anti-Ejection Glazing for Bus Portals; Mandatory Applicability Beginning October 30, 2027","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document partially grants a petition for reconsideration of the October 30, 2024 final rule that established Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 217a, \"Anti-ejection glazing for bus portals; Mandatory applicability beginning October 30, 2027.\" The standard intends to drive installation of advanced glazing in over-the- road buses (motorcoaches) and other large buses to reduce occupant ejections. This final rule revises the minimum size requirement for applicable portals, adds a figure to illustrate a daylight opening periphery, and clarifies the target location for edge impact tests. This document denies all other portions of the petition for reconsideration, including revising the definition of \"daylight opening.\"","document_number":"2026-00728","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/15/2026-00728/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-anti-ejection-glazing-for-bus-portals-mandatory-applicability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-15/pdf/2026-00728.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00728.pdf?1768398320","publication_date":"2026-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"Department of Transportation assigns a regulation identifier number (RIN) to each regulatory action listed in the <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> Agenda of Federal Regulations. The Regulatory Information Service Center publishes the <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> Agenda in April and October of each year. You may use the RIN contained in the heading at the beginning of this document to find this action in the <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> Agenda. \n \n List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 571 \n Buses, Motor <span class=\"match\">carriers</span>, Motor vehicles, Motor vehicle safety. \n \n Amended Regulatory Text \n In consideration of the foregoing, NHTSA"},{"title":"Exemption From Operating Authority Regulations for Providers of Recreational Activities","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends its regulations to implement the statutory exemption from its operating authority registration requirements for providers of recreational activities. The exemption applies to motor carriers operating a motor vehicle designed or used to transport between 9 and 15 passengers (including the driver), whether operated alone or with a trailer attached to the transport vehicle, if the motor vehicle is operated by a person that provides recreational activities within a 150 air-mile radius of the location at which passengers initially boarded the motor vehicle at the beginning of the trip. FMCSA also defines recreational activities to clarify the exemption, adopting, in response to a comment, a definition modified from that proposed in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).","document_number":"2024-03782","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/26/2024-03782/exemption-from-operating-authority-regulations-for-providers-of-recreational-activities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-26/pdf/2024-03782.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-03782.pdf?1708695917","publication_date":"2024-02-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"affected <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> are interpreting this exemption. \n \n Table 1—Forms Currently Used in Maintaining Operating Authority \n \n Form \n Affected groups \n \n \n Motor <span class=\"match\">Carrier</span> Automobile Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability Certificate of Insurance (BMC-91 or BMC-91X) \n <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span> that must provide proof of liability insurance meeting the minimum levels of financial responsibility. \n \n \n Motor <span class=\"match\">Carrier</span> Records Change (MCSA-5889) \n <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span> reinstating operating authority. \n \n \n Request for Revocation of Authority Granted (OCE-46) \n <span class=\"match\">Carriers</span> voluntarily"},{"title":"Protecting Our Communications Networks by Promoting Transparency Regarding Foreign Adversary Control","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) addresses the risks of foreign adversary control of Commission-granted licenses and authorizations by adopting rules requiring a broad range of holders of such licenses, authorizations, or approvals to attest whether they are owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary, and, if so, to disclose additional information about such foreign adversary control. Among other things, the Commission defines categories of licenses and authorizations that are subject to the rules, and establishes a streamlined process by which license and authorization holders should file their foreign adversary control attestations and disclosures.","document_number":"2026-06992","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-06992/protecting-our-communications-networks-by-promoting-transparency-regarding-foreign-adversary-control","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-06992.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06992.pdf?1775738718","publication_date":"2026-04-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Notice \n (90 FR 26244, June 20, 2025) to identify <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> operating pursuant to blanket domestic Section 214 authority through the existing registration requirement for interstate telecommunications <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> that is associated with the FCC Form 499-A and § 64.1195 of the Commission's rules. Section 64.1195 directs a telecommunications <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> that will provide interstate telecommunications service to file certain registration information on FCC Form 499-A, and states that any telecommunications <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> already providing interstate telecommunications"},{"title":"Refunds and Other Consumer Protections","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Transportation (Department or DOT) is requiring automatic refunds to consumers when a U.S. air carrier or a foreign air carrier cancels or makes a significant change to a scheduled flight to, from, or within the United States and the consumer is not offered or rejects alternative transportation and travel credits, vouchers, or other compensation. These automatic refunds must be provided promptly, i.e., within 7 business days for credit card payments and within 20 calendar days for other forms of payment. To ensure consumers know when they are entitled to a refund, the Department is requiring carriers and ticket agents to inform consumers of their right to a refund if that is the case before making an offer for alternative transportation, travel credits, vouchers, or other compensation in lieu of refunds. Also, the Department is defining, for the first time, the terms \"significant change\" and \"cancellation\" to provide clarity and consistency to consumers with respect to their right to a refund. The Department is also requiring refunds to consumers for fees for ancillary services that passengers paid for but did not receive and for checked baggage fees if the bag is significantly delayed. For consumers who are unable to or advised not to travel as scheduled on flights to, from, or within the United States because of a serious communicable disease, the Department is requiring that carriers provide travel vouchers or credits that are transferrable and valid for at least 5 years from the date of issuance. Carriers may require consumers to provide documentary evidence demonstrating that they are unable to travel or have been advised not to travel to support their request for a travel voucher or credit, unless the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) publishes guidance declaring that requiring such documentary evidence is not in the public interest.","document_number":"2024-07177","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/26/2024-07177/refunds-and-other-consumer-protections","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-26/pdf/2024-07177.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07177.pdf?1714049126","publication_date":"2024-04-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"commuter air <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> that operates scheduled passenger service to, within, and from the United States using aircraft \n of any size, \n and to a foreign <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> that operates scheduled passenger service to or from the United States using aircraft \n of any size. \n The Department sought comments on whether the proposed expansion of the regulation in section 259.5 to include smaller <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> is reasonable, and what obstacles, if any, these smaller <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> may encounter to <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>.\n \n \n \n 22 \n  A certificated air <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> is an air <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> holding a certificate"},{"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":"Relatedly, FLSA-covered businesses which are also subject to the FMLA and/or MSPA may be incurring <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> costs to ascertain whether and to what extent the standard for joint employment may differ between the FLSA, FMLA, and/or MSPA. By establishing a uniform joint employer standard for the Department to apply in its enforcement under all three statutes, this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> could reduce such <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> costs. \n The Department lacks data on the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> costs that businesses presently incur to understand joint employer liability under the FLSA, FMLA"},{"title":"Electronic Signatures, Forms and Storage for Drug and Alcohol Testing Records","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) proposes to amend its regulations for conducting workplace drug and alcohol testing for the federally regulated transportation industry to allow, but not require, electronic signatures on documents required to be created and utilized under the regulations, the use of electronic versions of forms, and the electronic storage of forms and data. The regulatory changes would apply to DOT-regulated employers and their contractors (\"service agents\") who administer their DOT-regulated drug and alcohol testing programs. Currently, employers and their service agents must use, sign and store paper documents exclusively, unless the employer is utilizing a laboratory's electronic Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form (electronic CCF) system that has been approved by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). DOT is required by statute to amend its regulations to authorize, to the extent practicable, the use of electronic signatures or digital signatures executed to electronic forms instead of traditional handwritten signatures executed on paper forms. This rulemaking also responds to an April 2, 2020, petition for rulemaking from DISA Global Solutions, Inc. (DISA), requesting that DOT regulations be amended to allow the use of an electronic version of the alcohol testing form (ATF) for DOT-authorized alcohol testing. The proposed regulatory amendments are expected to provide additional flexibility and reduced costs for the industry while maintaining the integrity and confidentiality requirements of the drug and alcohol testing regulations. In addition, DOT proposes to amend the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) regulation for conformity and to make other miscellaneous technical changes and corrections.","document_number":"2024-23427","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/15/2024-23427/electronic-signatures-forms-and-storage-for-drug-and-alcohol-testing-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-15/pdf/2024-23427.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23427.pdf?1728650733","publication_date":"2024-10-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"},{"raw_name":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","name":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","id":408,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pipeline-and-hazardous-materials-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/408","parent_id":492,"slug":"pipeline-and-hazardous-materials-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"V. Advance Notice of Proposed <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span> (ANPRM) Overview \n VI. Federal Motor <span class=\"match\">Carrier</span> Safety Administration (FMCSA) <span class=\"match\">Rulemaking</span> on Electronic Documents and Signatures \n VII. Amending Part 40 To Permit Electronic Documents and Signatures \n VIII. Electronic ATF \n IX. Section-by-Section Analysis \n X. Regulatory Analyses and Notices \n \n I. Executive Summary \n Purpose and Summary of the Major Provisions \n This proposed rule would establish parity between paper and electronic documents and signatures and expand businesses' and individuals' ability to use"},{"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":"reported that no <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> currently offer catastrophic plans through its platform, representing a complete on-exchange market withdrawal by <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> that had sold these plans in 2025. The Exchange noted that this market exit coincided with the expansion of hardship exemption eligibility guidance released by HHS in September 2025, and that <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> indicated these plans were financially unsustainable under the expanded eligibility framework. The State Exchange stated that it will be able to resume offering catastrophic plans if any <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> choose to do"},{"title":"Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the regulations for the annual registration fees States collect from motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement for the 2023 registration year and subsequent registration years. The fees for the 2023 registration year would be reduced below the fees for 2022. The reduction in annual registration fees would be between $18 and $17,688 per entity, depending on the applicable fee bracket that is based on the number of vehicles owned or operated by the affected entity.","document_number":"2022-18944","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/01/2022-18944/fees-for-the-unified-carrier-registration-plan-and-agreement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-09-01/pdf/2022-18944.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-18944.pdf?1661949931","publication_date":"2022-09-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"gov/document/FMCSA-2022-0001-0010, \n titled “Response of the <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> <span class=\"match\">Carrier</span> Registration Plan”, p. 5.\n \n \n \n \n 13 \n  Available in the docket for this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> at \n https://www.regulations.gov/document/FMCSA-2022-0001-0020, \n Tab K.\n \n \n \n \n 14 \n  Information Response, Docket No. 2022-FMCSA-0001-0010 at 5-6, and Tab K.\n \n \n \n \n 15 \n  Available in the docket for this <span class=\"match\">rulemaking</span> at \n https://www.regulations.gov/document/FMCSA-2022-0001-0010, \n titled “Response of the <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> <span class=\"match\">Carrier</span> Registration Plan”, p. 5-6, tab K.\n \n \n \n \n 16 \n  OOIDA's Second comment"},{"title":"Electronic Export Manifest for Vessel Cargo","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) proposes to amend its regulations to require the advance submission of electronic export manifest (EEM) information to CBP for cargo transported by vessel departing the United States. The proposed rule identifies the parties that would be eligible to transmit vessel EEM information and their responsibilities, and the time frames for transmission of the information prior to cargo loading or conveyance departure. Requiring advance transmission of EEM data would significantly improve cargo safety and security while minimizing disruption to the flow of commerce for exports in the sea environment.","document_number":"2026-02662","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/10/2026-02662/electronic-export-manifest-for-vessel-cargo","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-10/pdf/2026-02662.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02662.pdf?1770644722","publication_date":"2026-02-10","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":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","id":501,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-customs-and-border-protection","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/501","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-customs-and-border-protection"}],"excerpts":"client representative. <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> XML may not be immediately available at the start of the test. However, parties wishing to utilize <span class=\"match\">Unified</span> XML may be accepted, pending its development and implementation.\n \n \n \n \n 19 \n  CBP notes that if an outbound vessel <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> was already providing data to CBP via VTM, those outbound vessel <span class=\"match\">carriers</span> do not provide the paper CBP Form 1302A to CBP. Additionally, if an outbound vessel <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> provides data through VTM and then participates in the vessel EEM, CBP did not require the <span class=\"match\">carrier</span> to submit both VTM and"}]}