{"description":"Documents matching 'consumers federal register'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=consumers+federal+register&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Consumer Leasing (Regulation M)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Board and the Bureau (collectively, Agencies) are finalizing amendments to the official interpretations for the Agencies' regulations that implement the Consumer Leasing Act (CLA). The Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amended the CLA by requiring that the dollar threshold for exempt consumer leases be adjusted annually by the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Based on the annual percentage increase in the CPI-W as of June 1, 2025, the exemption threshold will increase from $71,900 to $73,400 effective January 1, 2026. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also requires similar adjustments in the Truth in Lending Act's threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions, the Agencies are making similar amendments to each of their respective regulations implementing the Truth in Lending Act elsewhere in the Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.","document_number":"2025-22813","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/15/2025-22813/consumer-leasing-regulation-m","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-15/pdf/2025-22813.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22813.pdf?1765547123","publication_date":"2025-12-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"},{"raw_name":"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":"the Truth in Lending Act's threshold for exempt <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> credit transactions, the Agencies are making similar amendments to each of their respective regulations implementing the Truth in Lending Act elsewhere in the Rules section of this issue of the \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n .\n \n \n \n DATES: \n This final rule is effective January 1, 2026. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n \n Board: \n Vivian W. Wong, Senior Counsel, Division of <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> and Community Affairs, Board of Governors \n \n of the <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Reserve System, at (202) 452-3667. For users of"},{"title":"Consumer Credit Card Market Report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 2025","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is issuing its seventh biennial Consumer Credit Card Market Report to Congress. The report includes analysis of data from several sources to examine many aspects of the consumer credit card market since the Bureau's most recent biennial report on the same subject in 2023.","document_number":"2026-00081","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/07/2026-00081/consumer-credit-card-market-report-of-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-07/pdf/2026-00081.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00081.pdf?1767707112","publication_date":"2026-01-07","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":"ACTION: \n <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Credit Card Market Report of the <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Financial Protection Bureau. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n The <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Financial Protection Bureau is issuing its seventh biennial <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Credit Card Market Report to Congress. The report includes analysis of data from several sources to examine many aspects of the <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> credit card market since the Bureau's most recent biennial report on the same subject in 2023. \n \n \n DATES: \n The Bureau released the 2025 <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Credit Card Market Report on its website on December 30, 2025. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER"},{"title":"Airline Refunds and Other Consumer Protections","type":"Rule","abstract":"Under the U.S. Department of Transportation's (Department or DOT) refund regulations in 14 CFR parts 260 and 399, a flight that is given a different flight number than was assigned when the consumer purchased the ticket is considered a new flight and the original flight is considered a cancelled flight for which the consumer is eligible for a refund. This document announces that the Department is exercising its discretion to not enforce the requirements in 14 CFR 260.6, 260.9 and 14 CFR 399.80(l) regarding refunds and other consumer protections for a cancelled flight when a flight is renumbered so long as the passenger is rebooked on the flight under the new number and the flight is operated without any \"significant change or delay\" as defined in 14 CFR 260.2 and 14 CFR 399.80(l). The Department is taking this interim step of pausing enforcement of its refund requirements under these specific limited circumstances while it engages in a new rulemaking to consider whether to modify the definition of cancelled flight through rulemaking.","document_number":"2025-22140","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22140/airline-refunds-and-other-consumer-protections","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22140.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22140.pdf?1764855938","publication_date":"2025-12-05","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":"Blane Workie, Office of Aviation <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Protection, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-9342 (phone), 202-366-7152 (fax), \n clereece.kroha@dot.gov, \n or \n blane.workie@dot.gov \n (email).\n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n \n On April 26, 2024, DOT published in the \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n a final rule on “Airline Refunds and Other <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Protection” (Refund I) that, among other things, requires airlines and ticket agents to provide prompt refunds to <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> when their flights are cancelled"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Collection; Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database","type":"Notice","abstract":"As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) announces that the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension of approval of information collection associated with the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database. OMB previously approved the collection of information under control number 3041-0146. OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on March 31, 2026. On December 16, 2025, CPSC published a notice in the Federal Register to announce the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the collection of information. The Commission received two public comments in support of the collection. Therefore, by publication of this notice, the Commission announces that CPSC has submitted to OMB a request for extension of approval of that collection of information.","document_number":"2026-05456","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/20/2026-05456/agency-information-collection-activities-extension-of-collection-publicly-available-consumer-product","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-20/pdf/2026-05456.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05456.pdf?1773924314","publication_date":"2026-03-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"submitted to the CPSC by <span class=\"match\">consumers</span>; local, state, or <span class=\"match\">federal</span> government agencies; health care professionals; child service providers; public safety entities; and others. A manufacturer or private labeler may submit a comment related to a report of harm.\n \n \n General Description of Collection: \n Section 212 of the <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) amended the <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Product Safety Act (CPSA) to require CPSC to establish and maintain a publicly available, searchable database on the safety of <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> products, and other products"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Boilers","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document withdraws a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2023. The proposed rule would have amended energy conservation standards for consumer boilers.","document_number":"2025-00964","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-00964/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-consumer-boilers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-00964.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00964.pdf?1737035118","publication_date":"2025-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"This document withdraws a proposed rule that was published in the \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n on August 14, 2023. The proposed rule would have amended energy conservation standards for <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> boilers.\n \n \n \n DATES: \n \n The proposed rule on Energy Conservation Standards for <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Boilers, published in the \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n on August 14, 2023, at 88 FR 55128 is withdrawn on January 17, 2025.\n \n \n \n ADDRESSES: \n \n The docket for this rulemaking, which includes \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n notices, comments, and other supporting documents/materials, is available"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend Collection 3038-0055, Privacy of Consumer Financial Information","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (\"CFTC\" or \"Commission\") is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed renewal of a collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (\"PRA\"), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment. This notice solicits comments on the collection of information mandated by the Commission's regulations involving Privacy of Consumer Financial Information Under Title V of the Gramm-Leach- Bliley Act.","document_number":"2025-22808","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/15/2025-22808/agency-information-collection-activities-notice-of-intent-to-extend-collection-3038-0055-privacy-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-15/pdf/2025-22808.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22808.pdf?1765547122","publication_date":"2025-12-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION","name":"Commodity Futures Trading Commission","id":77,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-futures-trading-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/77","parent_id":null,"slug":"commodity-futures-trading-commission"}],"excerpts":"collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (“PRA”), <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> agencies are required to publish notice in the \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment. This notice solicits comments on the collection of information mandated by the Commission's regulations involving Privacy of <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Financial Information Under Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.\n \n \n \n DATES: \n Comments"},{"title":"Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund Rule Amendment","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is proposing to amend its 2013 rule implementing the provision of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA or Act) that establishes a Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund (Civil Penalty Fund). Under the CFPA, the Civil Penalty Fund may be used for payments to victims of activities subject to civil penalties; to the extent victims cannot be located or payments are not practicable, the Bureau may use funds for consumer education and financial literacy programs. This proposed rule would remove references to allocating funds for consumer education and financial literacy programs.","document_number":"2025-11248","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/18/2025-11248/consumer-financial-civil-penalty-fund-rule-amendment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-18/pdf/2025-11248.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11248.pdf?1750164320","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":"collects from any person in any judicial or administrative action under <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> financial laws. 12 U.S.C. 5497(d)(1). Under the Act, amounts in the Fund may be used “for payments to the victims of activities for which civil penalties have been imposed under the <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> financial laws.” 12 U.S.C. 5497(d)(2). In addition, “[t]o the extent that such victims cannot be located or such payments are otherwise not practicable,” the Bureau may use amounts in the Fund for <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> education and financial literacy programs. \n Id. \n \n The Bureau is"},{"title":"Removing Obsolete Procedures From the Consumer Assistance To Recycle and Save Act of 2009","type":"Rule","abstract":"On May 30, 2025, NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to remove obsolete regulations related to the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009. The agency received no comment on the proposed changes to the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009, and therefore the agency is adopting the changes in this final rule.","document_number":"2026-11074","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11074/removing-obsolete-procedures-from-the-consumer-assistance-to-recycle-and-save-act-of-2009","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11074.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11074.pdf?1780404314","publication_date":"2026-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"rule and other required information to the U.S. \n \n Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of the rule in the \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n . This rule does not meet the criteria in 5 U.S.C. 804(2) to be considered a major rule.\n \n Unfunded Mandates Reform Act \n This final rule does not contain <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> mandates (under the regulatory provisions of Title II of the UMRA) for State, local and Tribal governments, or the private sector of $206 million (the value equivalent of $100 million"},{"title":"Airline Refunds and Other Consumer Protections","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Transportation (Department or DOT) is extending its current enforcement discretion, announced on December 5, 2025, regarding specific refund regulations. Under current regulations, a flight assigned a different flight number than was active at the time of ticket purchase is considered a \"cancelled flight,\" making the consumer eligible for a prompt refund and related notifications. The Department is extending its discretion to not enforce these requirements for renumbered flights, provided that the passenger is rebooked on a flight with a new number and the flight operates without any \"significant change or delay\" as defined in its regulations. This extension provides the Department with the necessary time to complete the pending rulemaking addressing the definition of a flight cancellation.","document_number":"2026-13675","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13675/airline-refunds-and-other-consumer-protections","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13675.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13675.pdf?1783341912","publication_date":"2026-07-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"available on the website. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from the Office of the <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register's</span> website at \n www.federalregister.gov \n and the Government Publishing Office's website at \n www.GovInfo.gov. \n \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Clereece Kroha or Blane Workie, Office of Aviation <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Protection, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-9342 (phone), 202-366-7152 (fax), \n clereece.kroha@dot.gov"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed OMB Generic Clearance; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Information Collection Using Voluntary Surveys for Studies Conducted by the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics To Support the FTC's Missions To Protect Consumers and Competition","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information through voluntary surveys for studies conducted by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on a generic clearance for the FTC to conduct voluntary surveys/experiments for social and behavioral research that support FTC's consumer protection and competition missions.","document_number":"2025-12627","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/08/2025-12627/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-omb-generic-clearance-comment-request-generic","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-08/pdf/2025-12627.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12627.pdf?1751892311","publication_date":"2025-07-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"understanding of <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> perception issues prevalent in its law-enforcement investigations. The FTC's Bureau of Economics will use this voluntary information collection to test communications and social and behavioral methods about <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> behavior and beliefs in ways that increase our understanding of <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> experiences as well as ways in which business practices may be or have the potential to be, inflicting harm on <span class=\"match\">consumers</span>. For one example, the FTC intends to use this information collection to conduct a voluntary survey of American <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> about"},{"title":"Improving Customer Service and Protecting Consumers Through Onshoring","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes actions that would encourage and facilitate the onshoring of foreign call centers. Specifically, the Commission proposes rules and otherwise explore ways to improve customer service communications and better protect consumers' sensitive personal information by limiting use of foreign call centers and by improving standards applicable to a company's remaining foreign call center operations. It also seeks comment on extending these protections to modes of customer service communications other than calls, such as emails, texts, and on-line chats, and on ideas to deter scam and other unlawful calls made to the United States from foreign countries. Finally, it explore steps we can take to financially deter unlawful foreign-originated calls, such as bond requirements. The Commission proposes to apply these requirements to providers of telecommunications services, CMRS, interconnected VoIP service, cable television service, and DBS services, or affiliates of such providers. It also proposes to apply these requirements to the use of foreign call centers for consumer communications relating to internet access service offered by any of the foregoing providers or their affiliates and seeks comment on whether it should extend some or all of the proposed rules to providers of other types of services.","document_number":"2026-07960","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/23/2026-07960/improving-customer-service-and-protecting-consumers-through-onshoring","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-23/pdf/2026-07960.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07960.pdf?1776861922","publication_date":"2026-04-23","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":"we traditionally have focused our <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> protection efforts. Inbound calls easily can become outbound calls, such as when a <span class=\"match\">consumer's</span> call is answered initially by an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system that allows the <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> to choose to have the IVR system hold the <span class=\"match\">consumer's</span> place in line and call the <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> back. And problems, such as communication barriers and protection of sensitive <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> information, exist regardless of whether a <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> calls the provider or the provider calls a <span class=\"match\">consumer</span>. \n \n Establishing English Proficiency"},{"title":"Removing Obsolete Regulations Related to the Voluntary Consumer Product Information Labeling Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is eliminating its regulations establishing the procedures for a Voluntary Consumer Product Information Labeling Program (CPILP), as that program is now inactive, outdated, and unnecessary. This action is necessary to eliminate obsolete and unwarranted regulatory language from the Code of Federal Regulations and to ensure that Commerce's regulations remain accurate and up-to-date. The intended effect of this action is to improve and streamline Commerce's regulations and to reduce the risk of public confusion.","document_number":"2026-00686","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/15/2026-00686/removing-obsolete-regulations-related-to-the-voluntary-consumer-product-information-labeling-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-15/pdf/2026-00686.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00686.pdf?1768398314","publication_date":"2026-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Final rule. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n By this rule, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is eliminating its regulations establishing the procedures for a Voluntary <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Product Information Labeling Program (CPILP), as that program is now inactive, outdated, and unnecessary. This action is necessary to eliminate obsolete and unwarranted regulatory language from the Code of <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Regulations and to ensure that Commerce's regulations remain accurate and up-to-date. The intended effect of this action is to improve and streamline Commerce's regulations"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a New Information Collection Request: National Consumer Complaint Database","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This revision is for the National Consumer Complaint Database (NCCDB), which is an online interface allowing consumers, drivers, and others to file complaints against unsafe and unscrupulous companies and/or their employees, including shippers, receivers, and transportation intermediaries, depending on the type of complaint. These complaints cover a wide range of issues, including but not limited to driver harassment, coercion, movement of household goods, financial responsibility instruments for brokers and freight forwarders, Americans with Disability Act compliance, electronic logging devices, entry-level driver training, Medical Review Officers, and Substance Abuse Professionals (SAPs). FMCSA requests approval to revise the ICR titled \"National Consumer Complaint Database.\" Four comments were received in response to the 60-day Federal Register notice.","document_number":"2025-10310","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/06/2025-10310/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-of-a-new-information-collection-request-national","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-06/pdf/2025-10310.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10310.pdf?1749127515","publication_date":"2025-06-06","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":"implemented to expand and enhance FMCSA's ability to centralize the collection, monitoring, and response to <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> complaints about Agency programs, to establish reasonable procedures to provide timely responses to <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> regarding their complaints, and to share complaint information with the public as well as <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> and State agencies, as necessary and applicable. \n \n On January 3, 2025, FMCSA published a notice in the \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n (90 FR 382) announcing its intention to submit this ICR to OMB for renewal. The comment period closed on"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed OMB Generic Clearance; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Information Collection Using Voluntary Surveys for Studies Conducted by the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics To Support the FTC's Missions To Protect Consumers and Competition","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking public comment on the proposed generic clearance for information collection using voluntary surveys titled, \"Generic Clearance for Information Collection Using Voluntary Surveys for Studies Conducted by the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics to Support the FTC's Missions to Protect Consumers and Competition.\" The proposed information collection requirements described below are being submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (\"OMB\") for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act.","document_number":"2026-12502","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/22/2026-12502/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-omb-generic-clearance-comment-request-generic","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-22/pdf/2026-12502.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12502.pdf?1781786727","publication_date":"2026-06-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviews <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> information collections.\n \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Eric Spurlino, Economist, Division of <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Protection, Bureau of Economics, <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Trade Commission, (202) 326-2516, \n espurlino@ftc.gov. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n \n \n Title of Collection: \n Generic Clearance for Information Collection Using Voluntary Surveys for Studies Conducted by the <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Trade Commission Bureau of Economics to Support the FTC's Missions to Protect <span class=\"match\">Consumers</span> and Competition.\n \n \n OMB Control Number:"},{"title":"Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection associated with the rule adopted in the Second Text Blocking Report and Order requiring that texters and callers obtain a consumer's prior express written consent to robocall or robotext the consumer soliciting their business. The Commission requires that such consent apply to a single seller at a time. The Commission also requires that the consent must be in response to a clear and conspicuous disclosure to the consumer and that the content of the robotexts and robocalls be logically and topically associated with the website where the consumer gave consent. Compliance with the rule section, is required 12 months after publication in the Federal Register or 30 days after notice that the Office of Management and Budget has completed review of any information collection requirements that the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau determines is required un the Paperwork Reduction Act, whichever is later. This document is consistent with the Second Text Blocking Report and Order, which states the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing a compliance date for the rule section.","document_number":"2024-24908","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/06/2024-24908/rules-and-regulations-implementing-the-telephone-consumer-protection-act-of-1991","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-06/pdf/2024-24908.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24908.pdf?1730814313","publication_date":"2024-11-06","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":"the consent must be in response to a clear and conspicuous disclosure to the <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> and that the content of the robotexts and robocalls be logically and topically associated with the website where the <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> gave consent. Compliance with the rule section, is required 12 months after publication in the \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n or 30 days after notice that the Office of Management and Budget has completed review of any information collection requirements that the <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> and Governmental Affairs Bureau determines is required un the Paperwork Reduction"},{"title":"Consumer Leasing (Regulation M)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Board and the CFPB (collectively, Agencies) are finalizing amendments to the official interpretations for the Agencies' regulations that implement the Consumer Leasing Act (CLA). The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amended the CLA by requiring that the dollar threshold for exempt consumer leases be adjusted annually by the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Based on the annual percentage increase in the CPI-W as of June 1, 2024, the exemption threshold will increase from $69,500 to $71,900 effective January 1, 2025. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also requires similar adjustments in the Truth in Lending Act's threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions, the Agencies are making similar amendments to each of their respective regulations implementing the Truth in Lending Act elsewhere in the Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.","document_number":"2024-23276","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/15/2024-23276/consumer-leasing-regulation-m","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-15/pdf/2024-23276.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23276.pdf?1728650733","publication_date":"2024-10-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"},{"raw_name":"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":"804(2).\n \n \n List of Subjects \n \n Advertising, <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> leasing, <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> protection, <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Reserve System, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure, Advertising, <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Truth-in-lending. \n \n \n BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE <span class=\"match\">FEDERAL</span> RESERVE SYSTEM \n \n Authority and Issuance \n For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Board amends Regulation M, 12 CFR part 213, as set forth below: \n \n PART 213—<span class=\"match\">CONSUMER</span> LEASING (REGULATION M) \n \n \n 1. The authority"},{"title":"Updates to the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule implements updates to the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (Order). The updates increase the mandatory assessment rate from 5 cents per hundredweight of popcorn to 6 cents to reflect the present rate, which was administratively increased in 2001 and has been charged of processors ever since. Additionally, subpart C is added to the Order, which prescribes late payment and interest charges on past due assessments.","document_number":"2026-04694","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/10/2026-04694/updates-to-the-popcorn-promotion-research-and-consumer-information-order","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-10/pdf/2026-04694.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04694.pdf?1773060317","publication_date":"2026-03-10","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":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"final rule affecting the Order (7 CFR part 1215) is authorized by the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Information Act (Act) (7 U.S.C. 7481-7491). \n Executive Order 12866 \n This action is exempt from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review process required by Executive Order 12866. This rule amends an existing research and promotion program and is necessary for the continued operation of the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Information Order. Additionally, this action is exempt from the requirements of Executive Order 14192"},{"title":"Information Disclosure Under Section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is withdrawing its proposed rule to amend section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 16 CFR part 1101 (6(b) Regulation). On February 26, 2014, the Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in this matter (79 FR 10712). On February 17, 2023, the Commission issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (88 FR 10432). The Commission has not taken any action on this rule since it was published in February 2023.","document_number":"2025-16545","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/28/2025-16545/information-disclosure-under-section-6b-of-the-consumer-product-safety-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-28/pdf/2025-16545.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16545.pdf?1756298737","publication_date":"2025-08-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"withdrawn. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Amy Colvin, Attorney, Division of <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> Court Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: 301-504-7639; email: \n acolvin@cpsc.gov. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n \n The Commission is withdrawing the NPR and Supplemental NPR that proposed to amend the CPSC's regulation, Information Disclosure Under Section 6(b) of the <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Product Safety Act, codified at 16 CFR part 1101.\n \n \n I. Background \n A. Statutory"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection Request: Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. FMCSA requests OMB's renewed approval of the ICR titled \"Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection,\" which applies to household goods motor carriers who are procured by the public (household goods shippers) to transport their household goods. This renewal revises the previous information collection's number of respondents, total respondent hours, and cost burden. No comments were received in response to the 60-day Federal Register notice.","document_number":"2025-11685","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11685/agency-information-collection-activities-renewal-of-an-approved-information-collection-request","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11685.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11685.pdf?1750769117","publication_date":"2025-06-25","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":"approval. FMCSA requests OMB's renewed approval of the ICR titled “Transportation of Household Goods; <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Protection,” which applies to household goods motor carriers who are procured by the public (household goods shippers) to transport their household goods. This renewal revises the previous information collection's number of respondents, total respondent hours, and cost burden. No comments were received in response to the 60-day \n <span class=\"match\">Federal</span> <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n notice.\n \n \n \n DATES: \n Comments on this notice must be received on or before July 25, 2025. \n"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew Collection Number 3038-0067, Part 162-Protection of Consumer Information Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (\"Commission\") is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed renewal of a collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (\"PRA\"), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment. This notice solicits comments on the collections of information mandated by part 162 of the Commission's regulations (Protection of Consumer Information under the Fair Credit Reporting Act).","document_number":"2025-10439","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10439/agency-information-collection-activities-notice-of-intent-to-renew-collection-number-3038-0067-part","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-10/pdf/2025-10439.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10439.pdf?1749473111","publication_date":"2025-06-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION","name":"Commodity Futures Trading Commission","id":77,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-futures-trading-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/77","parent_id":null,"slug":"commodity-futures-trading-commission"}],"excerpts":"seq. \n \n \n \n Title: \n Part 162—Protection of <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Information under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (OMB Control No. 3038-0067). This is a request for an extension of currently approved information collection.\n \n \n Abstract: \n On July 21, 2010, the President signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”).\n 2 \n \n Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act, which is titled the <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Financial Protection Act of 2010 (“CFP Act”), amends a number of <span class=\"match\">federal</span> <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> protection laws enacted prior to the Dodd-Frank"}]}