{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance small entities directs agencies'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+small+entities+directs+agencies&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this Interim Final Rule (\"IFR\"), the Department of Justice (\"Department\") is revising the regulations implementing title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (\"ADA\") to extend the compliance dates for the requirements for web content and mobile application (\"app\") accessibility that were adopted on April 24, 2024. The compliance date for State and local government entities with a total population of 50,000 or more is extended from April 24, 2026, to April 26, 2027. The compliance date for public entities with a total population of less than 50,000, or any special district government, is extended from April 26, 2027, to April 26, 2028.","document_number":"2026-07663","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/20/2026-07663/extension-of-compliance-dates-for-nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-accessibility-of-web","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-20/pdf/2026-07663.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07663.pdf?1776429918","publication_date":"2026-04-20","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"}],"excerpts":"public <span class=\"match\">entities</span> with a total population of less than 50,000 or any public <span class=\"match\">entity</span> that is a special district government would have three years to begin complying.\n 25 \n \n Other alternative <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> time frames the Department considered included: a one-year time frame for all covered <span class=\"match\">entities</span>; a one-year time frame for public <span class=\"match\">entities</span> with a population of 50,000 or more and a three-year time frame for <span class=\"match\">small</span> public <span class=\"match\">entities</span>; and a three-year time frame for public <span class=\"match\">entities</span> with a population of 50,000 or more and a four-year time frame for <span class=\"match\">small</span> public"},{"title":"Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Accrual Regulatory Amendments","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Small Business Administration (\"SBA\" or \"Agency\") is publishing this direct final rule (DFR) to modify regulations to provide for a clarification in the Annual Charges assessed for Leverage between SBIC licenses and Accrual SBIC licenses.","document_number":"2025-22055","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22055/small-business-investment-company-sbic-accrual-regulatory-amendments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22055.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22055.pdf?1764855924","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"G. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612 \n The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601, requires administrative <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to consider the effect of their actions on <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>, <span class=\"match\">small</span> nonprofit enterprises, and <span class=\"match\">small</span> local governments. Pursuant to the RFA, when an <span class=\"match\">agency</span> issues a rulemaking, the <span class=\"match\">agency</span> must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis which describes the impact of the rule on <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. However, the RFA requires such analysis only where notice and comment rulemaking is required. As discussed above, SBA has found"},{"title":"Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B); Extension of Compliance Dates","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is finalizing its June 18, 2025 interim final rule amending Regulation B to extend the compliance dates set forth in its 2023 small business lending rule, as amended by a 2024 interim final rule, and to make other date-related conforming adjustments.","document_number":"2025-19370","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19370/small-business-lending-under-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b-extension-of-compliance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19370.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19370.pdf?1759322731","publication_date":"2025-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"addressed provisions of the 2023 final rule not taken up by the 2025 interim final rule. \n The CFPB finalizes the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates in the 2025 interim final rule, under which covered financial institutions will begin collecting data as follows: \n \n Table 1—<span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Dates and Filing Deadlines \n \n <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> tier \n Original <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date in the 2023 final rule \n \n Revised <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date in the 2024 interim \n final rule \n \n New <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date \n New first filing deadline \n \n \n Highest volume lenders (Tier 1) \n October 1, 2024 \n July 18, 2025 \n July"},{"title":"Perchloroethylene (PCE) and Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extensions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to extend certain compliance dates applicable to certain entities subject to the regulation of perchloroethylene (PCE) and carbon tetrachloride (CTC) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA is proposing to extend certain Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) compliance dates for non-federal owners and operators to match the compliance dates for federal agencies and their contractors. For both PCE and CTC, this proposal would extend the compliance date for initial monitoring for inhalation exposure to June 21, 2027, and extend the compliance date to meet the existing chemical exposure limit (ECEL), establish a regulated area, provide any required respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE), and establish a respiratory PPE program to September 20, 2027. For PCE, EPA is also proposing to extend the compliance date for non-federal entities to establish and implement an exposure control plan to December 20, 2027.","document_number":"2026-05977","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/27/2026-05977/perchloroethylene-pce-and-carbon-tetrachloride-ctc-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-27/pdf/2026-05977.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05977.pdf?1774529113","publication_date":"2026-03-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"impact on a substantial number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> under the RFA, 5 U.S.C. 601 \n et seq. \n In making this determination, EPA concludes that the impact of concern for this action is any significant adverse economic impact on <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>, and the <span class=\"match\">Agency</span> is certifying that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> because the rule relieves regulatory burden on the <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> subject to the rule. This action would extend the PCE final rule non-federal <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for: initial monitoring requirements"},{"title":"Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B); Extension of Compliance Dates","type":"Rule","abstract":"In light of court orders in ongoing litigation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is amending Regulation B to extend the compliance dates set forth in its 2023 small business lending rule, as amended by a 2024 interim final rule, and to make other date-related conforming adjustments.","document_number":"2025-11244","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/18/2025-11244/small-business-lending-under-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b-extension-of-compliance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-18/pdf/2025-11244.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11244.pdf?1750164319","publication_date":"2025-06-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"their annual ongoing costs to <span class=\"match\">small</span> business borrowers in the form of higher rates or fees. While, in general, the CFPB expects the magnitude of any pass-through to be a <span class=\"match\">small</span> portion of the total cost of the average loan to a <span class=\"match\">small</span> business applicant, extended <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates could benefit <span class=\"match\">small</span> business borrowers by delaying these increased costs. \n 3. Distribution of <span class=\"match\">Small</span> Business Impacts \n The differences in the impacts of this interim final rule between different types of <span class=\"match\">small</span> businesses is likely to be <span class=\"match\">small</span> with approximately one year added"},{"title":"Reforms To Remove SBA's 8(a) Program's Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned Firms Only; Reforms Do Not Impact Entity-Owned Firms","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Small Business Administration (\"SBA\" or \"Agency\") proposes to amend its regulations to align the Section 8(a) Business Development Program (8(a) BD program) with constitutional requirements and the law. The proposed rule applies only to the 8(a) BD eligibility of small businesses owned and controlled by individuals. It does not in any way amend or affect the eligibility of entity-owned small businesses (i.e., those owned by tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, Native Hawaiian Organizations, or Community Development Corporations). Specifically, the proposed rule would amend SBA's regulations to remove the rebuttable presumption that individuals belonging to certain designated groups are socially disadvantaged and set forth revised standards for individuals establishing social disadvantage.","document_number":"2026-11765","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/11/2026-11765/reforms-to-remove-sbas-8a-programs-rebuttable-presumption-of-social-disadvantage-for-individually","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-11/pdf/2026-11765.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11765.pdf?1781095523","publication_date":"2026-06-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"requires administrative <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to consider the effect of their actions on <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>, <span class=\"match\">small</span> nonprofit enterprises, and <span class=\"match\">small</span> local governments. Pursuant to the RFA, when an <span class=\"match\">agency</span> issues a rulemaking, the <span class=\"match\">agency</span> must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis which describes the impact of the rule on <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. However, section 605 of the RFA allows an <span class=\"match\">agency</span> to certify a rule in lieu of preparing an analysis if the rulemaking is not expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. \n This proposed rule"},{"title":"Domestically Controlled Qualified Investment Entities","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document contains proposed regulations that would modify existing regulations on the determination of whether a qualified investment entity is domestically controlled by removing a rule that looks to the shareholders of certain domestic corporations in determining whether foreign persons hold directly or indirectly stock in a qualified investment entity. The proposed regulations would primarily affect foreign persons that own stock in a qualified investment entity that would be a United States real property interest if the qualified investment entity were not domestically controlled.","document_number":"2025-19625","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/21/2025-19625/domestically-controlled-qualified-investment-entities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-21/pdf/2025-19625.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19625.pdf?1760964309","publication_date":"2025-10-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"}],"excerpts":"an <span class=\"match\">agency</span> issues a rulemaking proposal, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) (RFA) requires the <span class=\"match\">agency</span> to prepare and make available for public comment an initial regulatory flexibility analysis that will describe the impact of the proposed rule on <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. \n See \n 5 U.S.C. 603(a). Section 605 of the RFA provides an exception to this requirement if the <span class=\"match\">agency</span> certifies that the proposed rulemaking will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. A <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entity</span> is defined as a <span class=\"match\">small</span> business"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed New Information Collection; Survey of the Costs of AML/CFT Compliance; Comment Request","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed information collection, a Survey of the Costs of Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Compliance. The survey seeks to gather information on the direct compliance costs incurred by non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), described below, with AML/CFT compliance requirements and, to the extent these expenses overlap with those of other activities (such as fraud monitoring), the amount attributable to AML/CFT compliance. FinCEN is seeking a new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number for this information collection.","document_number":"2025-18918","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/30/2025-18918/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-new-information-collection-survey-of-the-costs-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-30/pdf/2025-18918.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18918.pdf?1759149911","publication_date":"2025-09-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","id":194,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/financial-crimes-enforcement-network","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/194","parent_id":497,"slug":"financial-crimes-enforcement-network"}],"excerpts":"and other Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed information collection, a Survey of the Costs of Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span>. The survey seeks to gather information on the <span class=\"match\">direct</span> <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> costs incurred by non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), described below, with AML/CFT <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> requirements and, to the extent these expenses overlap with those of other activities (such as fraud monitoring), the amount attributable to AML/CFT <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>. FinCEN is seeking"},{"title":"Entities Wholly Owned by Indian Tribal Governments","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document contains final regulations regarding the Federal tax classification of entities wholly owned by Indian Tribal governments (Tribes). The final regulations provide that entities that are wholly owned by Tribes and organized or incorporated under the laws of one or more of the Tribes that own them generally are not recognized as separate entities for Federal tax purposes. The final regulations also provide that such entities, as well as certain Tribal corporations chartered by the Department of the Interior (DOI), are recognized as separate entities for Federal employment and certain Federal excise tax purposes. In addition, the final regulations provide that, for purposes of making elective payment elections (including determining eligibility for and the consequences of such elections) for energy credits under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, each of these types of Tribal entities is treated as an instrumentality of one or more Indian Tribal governments.","document_number":"2025-22874","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-22874/entities-wholly-owned-by-indian-tribal-governments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-16/pdf/2025-22874.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22874.pdf?1765806314","publication_date":"2025-12-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"}],"excerpts":"generally provided that an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> owned by multiple Tribes is not recognized as a separate <span class=\"match\">entity</span> from those Tribes for Federal income tax purposes, treating the <span class=\"match\">entity</span> as a “disregarded <span class=\"match\">entity</span>” for section 6417 purposes would have required each of the <span class=\"match\">entity's</span> owners to make a section 6417 election with respect to an applicable credit determined with respect to an applicable credit property owned directly by the <span class=\"match\">entity</span>. That approach would have been administratively burdensome and complex for the Tribes that own the <span class=\"match\">entity</span> as well as for the IRS."},{"title":"Methylene Chloride; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extension","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is finalizing an extension to the compliance dates applicable to certain entities subject to the regulation of methylene chloride promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Specifically, EPA is finalizing an 18-month extension of the Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) and associated recordkeeping compliance dates for industrial or commercial laboratories that are not owned or operated by Federal agencies or contractors acting on behalf of the Federal government. Under this final rule, all non-Federal laboratories will share the same compliance dates with Federal and Federally contracted laboratories. EPA is finalizing an extension of the compliance dates for associated laboratory activities detailed in this final rule to avoid disruption of important functions of non-Federal laboratories such as the use of environmental monitoring methods needed for cleanup sites and wastewater treatment, as well as activities associated with university laboratories or law enforcement laboratories.","document_number":"2025-19881","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/13/2025-19881/methylene-chloride-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca-compliance-date-extension","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-13/pdf/2025-19881.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19881.pdf?1762955113","publication_date":"2025-11-13","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":"not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> under the RFA, 5 U.S.C. 601 \n et seq. \n In making this determination, EPA concludes that the impact of concern for this action is any significant adverse economic impact on <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>, and the <span class=\"match\">Agency</span> is certifying that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> because the rule relieves regulatory burden. This action would extend the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for several provisions of the WCPP for approximately 18 months"},{"title":"Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods: Compliance Date Extension","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to extend the compliance date for the final rule, \"Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods,\" due to concerns about the amount of time affected entities will need to implement the requirements of the rule. If finalized, this rule would extend the compliance date by 30 months from January 20, 2026, to July 20, 2028.","document_number":"2025-14967","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14967/requirements-for-additional-traceability-records-for-certain-foods-compliance-date-extension","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-07/pdf/2025-14967.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14967.pdf?1754484340","publication_date":"2025-08-07","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":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"finalized as proposed, is expected to be an Executive Order 14192 deregulatory action. \n B. Proposed <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Date \n The current <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date for the Food Traceability Rule is January 20, 2026. FDA is proposing to extend the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date deadline by 30 months to July 20, 2028. This proposed rule is limited in scope to the Food Traceability Rule <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date; therefore, comments should address the proposed <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date extension. This <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date extension does not amend, nor do we intend to amend, the requirements of the final rule, which"},{"title":"Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards Revisions; Equipment and Services Produced or Provided by Certain Entities Identified as Risks to National Security","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) directs the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization, to develop new or modified Reliability Standards that address the sufficiency of responsible entities' supply chain risk management plans related to the identification of and response to supply chain risks. Further, the Commission directs NERC to develop modifications related to supply chain protections for protected cyber assets. This final action also terminates a related notice of inquiry.","document_number":"2025-18394","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/23/2025-18394/supply-chain-risk-management-reliability-standards-revisions-equipment-and-services-produced-or","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-23/pdf/2025-18394.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18394.pdf?1758545114","publication_date":"2025-09-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"NOPR, the Commission proposed to <span class=\"match\">direct</span> NERC to submit for approval new or modified Reliability Standards that would establish specific timing requirements for a responsible <span class=\"match\">entity</span> to evaluate its equipment and vendors to better identify supply chain risks.\n 27 \n \n Specifically, the Commission proposed to <span class=\"match\">direct</span> NERC to establish a maximum time frame between when an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> performs its initial risk assessment during the procurement process and when it installs the equipment.\n 28 \n \n The Commission stated that an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> should be required to perform"},{"title":"Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is revising certain provisions of Regulation B, subpart B, which implements changes to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act made by section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Bureau is amending coverage of certain credit transactions and financial institutions; the small business definition; inclusion of certain data points and how others are collected; and the compliance date. The Bureau believes these changes will streamline the rule, reduce complexity for lenders, improve data quality, and advance the purposes of section 1071.","document_number":"2026-08494","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08494/small-business-lending-under-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-01/pdf/2026-08494.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08494.pdf?1777564810","publication_date":"2026-05-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"\n \n That order, among other things, <span class=\"match\">directs</span> Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to remove references and questions discussing gender identity. The order also identifies a binary of male/female sex, <span class=\"match\">directing</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to use those terms when seeking information about an individual's sex.\n \n \n \n 18 \n  90 FR 8615 (Jan. 30, 2025).\n \n \n The Bureau has consulted with the appropriate prudential regulators and other Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> regarding consistency with any prudential, market, or systemic objectives administered by these <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> as required by section 1022(b)(2)(B)"},{"title":"\"Small Business\" and \"Small Organization\" Definitions for Investment Companies and Investment Advisers for Purposes of the Regulatory Flexibility Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"Commission\" or the \"SEC\") is proposing to amend the rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the \"Investment Company Act\") and under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the \"Advisers Act\") that define the terms \"small business\" and \"small organization\" for purposes of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (the \"RFA\") to increase the asset-based thresholds used in those definitions. The Commission also is proposing a mechanism for periodic future inflation adjustments of the asset- based thresholds used in these definitions. The Commission further is proposing amendments to Form ADV and the rule providing continuing hardship exemptions from filing electronically for investment advisers in connection with the proposed amendments.","document_number":"2026-00316","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/12/2026-00316/small-business-and-small-organization-definitions-for-investment-companies-and-investment-advisers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-12/pdf/2026-00316.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00316.pdf?1767966311","publication_date":"2026-01-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"(339 out of approximately 3,900 funds are “<span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>”).\n \n \n \n \n 55 \n  85 <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>/13,630 total registered investment companies and BDCs = 0.6%. The number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> is based on Commission staff estimates of approximately 32 <span class=\"match\">small</span> open-end funds (including 4 exchange-traded funds), 38 <span class=\"match\">small</span> closed-end funds, 2 <span class=\"match\">small</span> UITs, and 13 <span class=\"match\">small</span> business development (together, 32 + 38 + 2 + 13 equals 85 <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>). This estimate is derived from an analysis of data obtained from Morningstar <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> and data reported to the Commission (\n e"},{"title":"Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments","type":"Rule","abstract":"On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Small Business Administration (\"SBA\" or \"Agency\") published a notice of proposed rulemaking (\"NPRM\" or \"proposed rule\") to revise the regulations for the Small Business Investment Company (\"SBIC\") program to modify or remove from the Code of Federal Regulations (\"CFR\") regulations that are obsolete, inefficient, or otherwise unnecessarily impede the licensing of small business investment companies (\"SBICs\") and to remove certain barriers to investments in critical mineral extraction and processing and designated critical technologies. This final rule implements proposed regulatory changes as modified to address comments SBA received.","document_number":"2025-24232","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/02/2025-24232/small-business-investment-company-sbic-regulatory-amendments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-02/pdf/2025-24232.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24232.pdf?1767188719","publication_date":"2026-01-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"When an <span class=\"match\">agency</span> issues a final rulemaking, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (“RFA”) requires the <span class=\"match\">agency</span> to “prepare a final regulatory flexibility analysis” that will describe the impact of the rule on <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. 5 U.S.C. 604(a). Section 605 of the RFA allows an <span class=\"match\">agency</span> to certify a rule, in lieu of preparing an analysis, if the rulemaking is not expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. \n \n There are currently 318 operating SBIC licensees, which represents the universe of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> impacted"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposals are intended to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization by increasing the interoperability of systems used across the health care industry. We are proposing new requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs), including issuers that offer small group market QHPs on the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF- SHOP) Exchanges (hereinafter referred to as \"small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs\") (collectively \"impacted payers\"), to make available electronic prior authorization for drugs. We are also proposing to extend many existing interoperability requirements for the prior authorization of non-drug items and services to include prior authorizations for drugs to further reduce patient and provider burden. We are also proposing to require impacted payers to report their application programming interfaces (API) endpoints and related information for the Patient Access, Provider Directory, Provider Access, Payer-to-Payer, and Prior Authorization APIs to CMS. To help assess the impact of our policies, we are proposing to collect API usage metrics. In addition, we are proposing to apply the existing interoperability requirements to small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs as impacted payers. To improve impacted payers' ability to exchange health information while continuing CMS's drive toward interoperability, we are proposing to require certain Health Level Seven (HL7[supreg]) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR[supreg]) implementation guides (IGs) that are currently recommended. In addition, HHS is proposing to adopt the HL7 FHIR base standard and certain associated specifications and IGs as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as \"HIPAA\") (Pub. L. 104-191, enacted Aug. 21, 1996) standards for dental, professional, and institutional \"referral certification and authorization\" transactions and \"eligibility for a health plan\" transactions associated with prior authorization. We are proposing to add a definition for \"failure to report,\" which would allow CMS to impose a civil monetary penalty (CMP) on applicable manufacturers or applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) if those entities fail to grant CMS timely access to documents for the purposes of an audit. Finally, ONC is using this rulemaking to propose to adopt updated versions of certain health information technology (health IT) standards and specifications for HHS use, such as CMS's interoperability requirements, to support a more robust health IT infrastructure.","document_number":"2026-07205","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07205/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-interoperability-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07205.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07205.pdf?1775852111","publication_date":"2026-04-14","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":"rule and the proposed <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date for most covered <span class=\"match\">entities</span> and 36 months for <span class=\"match\">small</span> health plans. As defined in 45 CFR 160.103, <span class=\"match\">small</span> health plans are those with annual receipts of $5 million or less. As state Medicaid and CHIP <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> are not commercial <span class=\"match\">entities</span>, they may generally be considered <span class=\"match\">small</span> health plans.\n 111 \n \n As state Medicaid and CHIP <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> are not considered for-profit <span class=\"match\">entities</span>, we would not expect them to reach the <span class=\"match\">small</span> health plan $5 million dollar threshold and therefore would be considered <span class=\"match\">small</span> health plans for the"},{"title":"Methylene Chloride; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extensions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to extend the compliance date applicable to certain entities subject to the regulation of methylene chloride recently promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Specifically, EPA is proposing to extend by 18 months the Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) and the associated recordkeeping compliance dates for laboratories that are not owned or operated by agencies or Federal contractors acting on behalf of the Federal government. Under this proposal, all laboratories, whether federal or not, would have the same compliance dates, which would be aligned with current compliance dates for Federal agencies and Federal contractors. EPA is proposing to extend the compliance dates for associated laboratory activities detailed in this proposal to avoid disruption of important functions such as the use of environmental monitoring methods needed for cleanup sites and wastewater treatment, as well as activities associated with university laboratories. The use of environmental monitoring methods, a common function of non-federal laboratories, is important to EPA's mission to ensure that the air is safe to breathe, water is safe for drinking or recreating, and disposal activities protect the environment.","document_number":"2025-09421","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/27/2025-09421/methylene-chloride-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca-compliance-date-extensions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-27/pdf/2025-09421.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09421.pdf?1748004316","publication_date":"2025-05-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> under the RFA, 5 U.S.C. 601 \n et seq. \n In making this determination, EPA concludes that the impact of concern for this action is any significant adverse economic impact on <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>, and the <span class=\"match\">Agency</span> is certifying that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> because the rule relieves regulatory burden. This action would extend the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for several provisions of the WCPP for approximately 18 months"},{"title":"Funding Opportunities: Small Dollar Loan Program: FY 2026 Funding Round","type":"Notice","abstract":"The CDFI Fund expands access to capital and related technical assistance across the United States through investment in and assistance to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). The Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program) is administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). Through the SDL Program, the CDFI Fund provides (1) grants for Loan Loss Reserves (LLR) to enable a Certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) to establish a loan loss reserve fund to cover the losses on small dollar consumer loans associated with starting a new small dollar consumer loan program or expanding an existing small dollar consumer loan program; and (2) grants for Technical Assistance (TA) for technology, staff support, and other eligible activities to enable a Certified CDFI to establish and maintain a small dollar consumer loan program. Through the SDL Program Awards, Recipients will serve rural and urban communities across the nation that lack access to affordable consumer lending products. All awards provided through this Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) are subject to funding availability.","document_number":"2026-13200","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/30/2026-13200/funding-opportunities-small-dollar-loan-program-fy-2026-funding-round","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-30/pdf/2026-13200.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13200.pdf?1782737121","publication_date":"2026-06-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Community Development Financial Institutions Fund","name":"Community Development Financial Institutions Fund","id":78,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/community-development-financial-institutions-fund","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/78","parent_id":497,"slug":"community-development-financial-institutions-fund"}],"excerpts":"registration. Applicants will be required to provide a valid UEI in AMIS (see section II). All <span class=\"match\">entities</span> registered in \n SAM.gov \n must have an authorized <span class=\"match\">entity</span> administrator. \n SAM.gov \n requires that new registrants, and existing registrants that do not have an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> administrator, mail an original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized <span class=\"match\">entity</span> administrator for the <span class=\"match\">entity</span> to the Federal Service Desk. Existing <span class=\"match\">entities</span> with registered <span class=\"match\">entity</span> administrators do not need to submit an annual notarized letter. Visit \n SAM.gov \n for more information"},{"title":"William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary establishes new regulations on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) program under 34 CFR 685.219 by adding or clarifying provisions to exclude employers that engage in specific enumerated illegal activities such that they have a substantial illegal purpose, including defining obligations and processes tied to making such a determination of an employer, clarifying that borrowers will receive full credit for work performed, until the effective date of the Secretary's determination that an employer is no longer a qualifying employer under the rule; and establishing methods for an employer to regain eligibility following a determination of ineligibility by the Secretary. These regulations ensure that taxpayer dollars are not misused by preventing PSLF benefits from going to individuals employed by organizations that have a substantial illegal purpose. The revisions strengthen accountability, enhance program integrity, and protect hardworking taxpayers from shouldering the cost of improper subsidies granted to employees of organizations that undermine national security and American values through criminal activity.","document_number":"2025-19729","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/31/2025-19729/william-d-ford-federal-direct-loan-direct-loan-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-31/pdf/2025-19729.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19729.pdf?1761828307","publication_date":"2025-10-31","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":"substantial number of “<span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span>.” For the purposes of this certification, the Department of Education defines <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> to include: (1) nonprofit organizations that are independently owned and operated and not dominant in their field, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 601(4); and (2) local educational <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> (LEAs), school districts, or local governments serving populations of fewer than 50,000, consistent with 5 U.S.C. 601(5). For-profit companies, of any size, are not eligible as qualifying employers under PSLF, and therefore <span class=\"match\">small</span> businesses are not"},{"title":"Rescinding 30-Day Notification Requirements Related to Eviction Based on Nonpayment of Rent in Multi-Family Housing Direct Properties","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Rural Housing Service (RHS or the Agency), an agency of the Rural Development (RD) mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is issuing this final rule to rescind the regulatory requirement of the minimum 30-day notice for nonpayment of rent before the start of eviction proceedings in Rural Housing Service (RHS) Section 515 and 514 Multi-Family Housing (MFH) properties, and the requirement for borrowers to provide Federal emergency funding information during a Presidentially declared national emergency. The final rule, \"30-Day Notification of Nonpayment of Rent in Multi-Family Housing Direct Loan Programs\" (30-Day Notice Final Rule), effective on April 24, 2024, introduced additional regulatory oversight for RHS MFH properties that proved unnecessary because compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) 30 day notice is generally captured by MFH project management requirements. Additionally, the requirement for the borrower to disseminate information on Federal funding available during a Presidentially declared national emergency will be rescinded, as RHS will distribute the associated information during such circumstances.","document_number":"2026-03716","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03716/rescinding-30-day-notification-requirements-related-to-eviction-based-on-nonpayment-of-rent-in","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-25/pdf/2026-03716.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03716.pdf?1771940709","publication_date":"2026-02-25","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":"S.C. 601-612). The undersigned has determined and certified by signature on this document that this final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">entities</span> since this rulemaking action does not involve a new or expanded program, nor does it require any more action on the part of a <span class=\"match\">small</span> business than required of a large <span class=\"match\">entity</span>. \n Severability \n It is USDA's intention that the provisions of this final rule shall operate independently of each other. In the event that this final rule or any portion of this final"}]}