{"description":"Documents matching 'could nonetheless apply example entity'","count":9467,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=could+nonetheless+apply+example+entity&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Implementing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act for the Issuance of Stablecoins by Entities Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposes to issue regulations to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act regarding the issuance of payment stablecoins and certain related activities by entities subject to the OCC's jurisdiction.","document_number":"2026-04089","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/02/2026-04089/implementing-the-guiding-and-establishing-national-innovation-for-us-stablecoins-act-for-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-02/pdf/2026-04089.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04089.pdf?1772199923","publication_date":"2026-03-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"}],"excerpts":"providing hardware or software to facilitate a person's or <span class=\"match\">entity's</span> self-custody of their payment stablecoins or private keys. The requirements <span class=\"match\">could</span> <span class=\"match\">nonetheless</span> <span class=\"match\">apply</span> if, for <span class=\"match\">example</span>, an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> controls or holds itself out as controlling such payment stablecoins or private keys, or provides, or holds itself out as providing safekeeping or custodial services, including services that are ancillary or incidental to its custodial powers, for such payment stablecoins or private keys. \n D. Subpart D—Applications and Registrations \n Section 5 of the GENIUS Act"},{"title":"Provisions Common to Registered Entities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (\"Commission\") is adopting amendments to the Commission's regulations under the Commodity Exchange Act (\"CEA\" or \"Act\") that govern how registered entities submit self-certifications, and requests for approval, of their rules, rule amendments, and new products for trading and clearing, as well as the Commission's review and processing of such submissions. The amendments are intended to clarify, simplify and enhance the utility of those regulations for registered entities, market participants and the Commission.","document_number":"2024-24388","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-24388/provisions-common-to-registered-entities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-24388.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24388.pdf?1730900721","publication_date":"2024-11-07","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":"Section 5c(c), allowing registered <span class=\"match\">entities</span> to amend their rules by self-certification. The new provision did not retain any reference to the exclusion of margin rules. However, Section 8a(7) of the CEA was not amended by the CFMA except to replace “contract market” with “registered <span class=\"match\">entity</span>”, and retained the provision that allowed the Commission to alter or supplement the rules of a DCO, except for rules related to “the setting of levels of margin,” thereby creating uncertainty as to whether registered <span class=\"match\">entities</span> <span class=\"match\">could</span> adopt or change margin rules without"},{"title":"Implementing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act for the Issuance of Stablecoins by Entities Subject to the Jurisdiction of the National Credit Union Administration","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The NCUA Board (Board) is seeking comment on proposed regulations to implement portions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The GENIUS Act charges the NCUA with licensing, regulating, and supervising Payment Stablecoin issuers that are subsidiaries of federally insured credit unions (FICU subsidiaries). In February 2026, the NCUA issued proposed regulations to govern investments in and licensing of permitted payment stablecoin issuers subject to the NCUA's jurisdiction. This current proposal supplements the previous proposal and would govern the issuance of Payment Stablecoins and certain related activities by entities subject to the NCUA's jurisdiction. This proposal would also make amendments to address share insurance coverage, tokenized shares, and other conforming and clarifying amendments.","document_number":"2026-09915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/18/2026-09915/implementing-the-guiding-and-establishing-national-innovation-for-us-stablecoins-act-for-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-18/pdf/2026-09915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09915.pdf?1778849126","publication_date":"2026-05-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Credit Union Administration","id":335,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-credit-union-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/335","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-credit-union-administration"}],"excerpts":"proposed in the NCUA Licensing Proposal, the term “<span class=\"match\">Applying</span> Issuer” would mean any <span class=\"match\">entity</span> <span class=\"match\">applying</span> to the NCUA for an NCUA-PPSI license. This term would be used throughout part 706 to generally refer to any <span class=\"match\">entity</span> that is <span class=\"match\">applying</span> for an NCUA-PPSI license. As is required in proposed § 706.103, an <span class=\"match\">Applying</span> Issuer must <span class=\"match\">apply</span> jointly with any Insured Credit Union Parent Company(ies), as defined in the NCUA Licensing Proposal. \n 3. Bank Secrecy Act \n \n The NCUA is proposing to define the term “Bank Secrecy Act” consistent with the definition provided in"},{"title":"Combatting Illegal Robocalls Through FCC Numbering Policies; Implementation of TRACED Act-Knowledge of Customers by Entities With Access to Numbering Resources","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment on whether to adopt changes to its numbering policies with respect to how assigned numbering resources are utilized, reported, and resold by service providers as part of its continuing effort to combat illegal robocalls. The Commission explores and proposes a broad array of solutions to strengthen the Commission's numbering requirements and policies, particularly as they relate to resellers that use numbering resources to engage in some of the most extensive illegal robocalling schemes.","document_number":"2026-09134","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/08/2026-09134/combatting-illegal-robocalls-through-fcc-numbering-policies-implementation-of-traced-act-knowledge","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-08/pdf/2026-09134.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09134.pdf?1778157911","publication_date":"2026-05-08","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":"law clauses that <span class=\"match\">could</span> accelerate implementation if we were to amend our rules to add this limitation? We seek comment on whether to enforce this restriction against both the service provider who received the numbers directly from the NANPA and the <span class=\"match\">entity</span> which received them from the service provider and is reselling in violation of the restriction, and whether to hold both <span class=\"match\">entities</span> jointly and severally responsible in any enforcement actions. Are there other means by which such a restriction <span class=\"match\">could</span> be enforced such as, for <span class=\"match\">example</span>, by state commissions"},{"title":"Prediction Markets; Public Interest Determinations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is proposing amendments to its rules concerning event contract derivatives. The markets for these event contracts are commonly referred to as \"prediction markets.\" In particular, the Commission is proposing amendments to further specify the types of event contracts that may be subject to a determination that they are contrary to the public interest, such that they may not be listed for trading or accepted for clearing on or through a CFTC-registered entity, as provided in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The proposed amendments set out factors the Commission would apply in that determination and conform the process by which the determination would be made to the CEA. The Commission also is proposing amendments to the procedure for the Commission's determination to enhance clarity and organization, as well as a definition of the term \"gaming\" and a rule regarding when event contracts \"involve\" an underlying activity.","document_number":"2026-11854","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/12/2026-11854/prediction-markets-public-interest-determinations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-12/pdf/2026-11854.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11854.pdf?1781181917","publication_date":"2026-06-12","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":"Commission noted that a registered <span class=\"match\">entity</span> <span class=\"match\">could</span> receive a definitive resolution of any questions concerning the applicability of § 40.11(a)(1) by submitting a particular contract for Commission approval under § 40.3: if the submitted contract was approved by the Commission, the registered <span class=\"match\">entity</span> would have assurance that the Commission had reviewed and did not object to the submission based on the prohibitions in § 40.11(a). \n Id. \n at 44785-86. The Commission noted that, alternatively, a registered <span class=\"match\">entity</span> <span class=\"match\">could</span> self-certify a contract under § 40"},{"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":"authorization process, payers <span class=\"match\">could</span> provide immediate feedback to providers about a patient's coverage, including whether a drug covered under a pharmacy benefit requires prior authorization, alternative covered medications, and patient out-of-pocket costs. State Medicaid and CHIP FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care <span class=\"match\">entities</span>, and QHP issuers on the FFEs <span class=\"match\">could</span> reduce administrative costs by providing prior authorizations and coverage information up front by avoiding unnecessary requests. Providers and patients <span class=\"match\">could</span> benefit from implementing"},{"title":"Fingerprint and Photograph Requirements for Firearms Applications","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (\"ATF\") proposes amending regulatory requirements to submit fingerprints and photographs with firearms applications. Currently, applicants must submit 2\" x 2\" passport-style photographs and either one or two fingerprint cards, depending on the application type. ATF proposes that all applicants, whether individuals or responsible persons (\"RPs\") for entity applicants, could instead submit a copy of a photo ID, and that individuals and Gun Control Act RPs would submit just one fingerprint card. RPs under the National Firearms Act would submit one fingerprint card only if needed to facilitate a background check.","document_number":"2026-13587","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13587/fingerprint-and-photograph-requirements-for-firearms-applications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13587.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13587.pdf?1782996322","publication_date":"2026-07-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives","name":"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau","id":19,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/19","parent_id":268,"slug":"alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau"}],"excerpts":"Paragraph (a)(1) requires persons to submit ATF Form 5310.12, Application for Federal Firearms License (“Form 7”) to <span class=\"match\">apply</span> for GCA licenses, and paragraph (a)(1)(ii) contains the fingerprint and photograph requirement for all GCA applicants.\n \n \n \n 3 \n  “Person” as defined in ATF regulations at §§ 478.11 and 479.11 includes individuals and <span class=\"match\">entities</span>.\n \n \n \n \n 4 \n  27 CFR 478.44 also includes paragraph (b), which covers persons <span class=\"match\">applying</span> for a license as a collector of curios or relics. These licensees do not deal firearms in commerce, and they thus do"},{"title":"Changes to the Administrative Rules for Claimant Representation and Provisions for Direct Payment to Entities","type":"Rule","abstract":"We are revising our regulations to enable us to directly pay entities fees we may authorize to their employees, as required by the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (First Circuit) in Marasco & Nesselbush, LLP v. Collins. To make direct payments, issue the necessary tax documents, and properly administer these rules, we are requiring all entities that want to be assigned direct payment of authorized fees and all representatives who want to be appointed on a claim, matter, or issue to register with us. We also are standardizing the registration, appointment, and payment processes. This rule will help us implement the changes required by the Marasco decision, increase accessibility to our electronic services, reduce delays, and help us prepare for more automation, thereby improving our program efficiencies.","document_number":"2024-18497","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/21/2024-18497/changes-to-the-administrative-rules-for-claimant-representation-and-provisions-for-direct-payment-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-21/pdf/2024-18497.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18497.pdf?1724157917","publication_date":"2024-08-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Social Security Administration","name":"Social Security Administration","id":470,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/social-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/470","parent_id":null,"slug":"social-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"any representative to affiliate with an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> and assign direct payment, if applicable, to that <span class=\"match\">entity</span>. We will not verify whether the representative is salaried with the <span class=\"match\">entity</span> or is a contractor. We currently allow representatives to affiliate with the <span class=\"match\">entity</span> or <span class=\"match\">entities</span> of their choice through registration using the Form SSA-1699 to provide the <span class=\"match\">entity</span> with an informational IRS Form 1099. Similarly, we will require the representative to use our prescribed registration process to affiliate with an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> as a condition for a representative to assign"},{"title":"Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document contains proposed regulations relating to the taxation of the income of foreign governments from investments in the United States. In particular, these proposed regulations provide guidance for determining when an acquisition of debt by a foreign government is considered to be commercial activity, and when a foreign government has effective control of an entity engaged in commercial activities. These proposed regulations will affect foreign governments that derive income from sources within the United States.","document_number":"2025-22775","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/15/2025-22775/income-of-foreign-governments-and-of-international-organizations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-15/pdf/2025-22775.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22775.pdf?1765547118","publication_date":"2025-12-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"managerial, board-level, or investor-level decisions of an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> (such as extending the term of the <span class=\"match\">entity's</span> investment period, change in control of the <span class=\"match\">entity</span>, or liquidation of the <span class=\"match\">entity</span>) do not alone give rise to effective control. The determination of effective control is made considering all of the facts and circumstances related to the interests in an <span class=\"match\">entity</span>. Interests in an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> may include, for <span class=\"match\">example</span>:\n \n (A) Equity interests; \n (B) Debt interests; \n (C) Voting rights in the <span class=\"match\">entity</span>, including the power to appoint directors or managers,"},{"title":"Revising Regulations Defining “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (\"ATF\") is proposing to revise regulations implementing the \"engaged in the business\" definition from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (\"BSCA\"). Although Congress defined that term in BSCA, the Department of Justice (\"Department\") provided additional definitions in its implementing regulations to further define terms within the statutory definition and to include examples of covered activities that established rebuttable presumptions of being engaged in the business of dealing in firearms. This rule proposes to remove those changes. ATF has determined that the changes have not shown the expected impact on federal firearms licensee applications, administrative licensing actions, civil forfeitures, or other anticipated effects.","document_number":"2026-08919","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/06/2026-08919/revising-regulations-defining-engaged-in-the-business-as-a-dealer-in-firearms","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-06/pdf/2026-08919.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08919.pdf?1777985129","publication_date":"2026-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives","name":"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau","id":19,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/19","parent_id":268,"slug":"alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau"}],"excerpts":"substantial number of small <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. Small <span class=\"match\">entities</span> include certain small businesses, small not-for-profit organizations that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 50,000.\n \n The Director certifies, after consideration, that this proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. This proposed rule is deregulatory and would not impose any additional costs, including on small <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. The proposed rule would"},{"title":"Unleashing American Drone Dominance","type":"Notice","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment on additional means by which the Commission can continue to fulfill its public interest mandate and achieve American drone dominance. The Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology seek input on an array of reforms the Commission might take to unleash American drone dominance, including: alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens; ensuring that American drone manufacturers and users have sufficient spectrum for drone testing and operations; facilitating and encouraging American firms' investment in drone capabilities, infrastructure development, and innovative and advanced capabilities; ensuring regulatory clarity and technical access for United States- based manufacturers and trusted suppliers; coordinating more effectively with other federal agencies; streamlining the Commission's experimental licensing rules; and establishing additional dedicated drone innovation zones or testbeds in partnership with other entities.","document_number":"2026-07381","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/16/2026-07381/unleashing-american-drone-dominance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-16/pdf/2026-07381.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07381.pdf?1776257115","publication_date":"2026-04-16","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":"list,# and (b) UAS and UAS critical components that qualify as `domestic end products' under the Buy American Standard, 48 CFR 25.101(a).” DoW also established a process for individual <span class=\"match\">entities</span> to <span class=\"match\">apply</span> for DoW and DHS to make further determinations that would exempt these <span class=\"match\">entities</span>' otherwise-covered UAS and UAS critical components from the Covered List. Such <span class=\"match\">entities</span> would have to provide information about their corporate structure, manufacturing and supply chain, and their U.S. manufacturing and onshoring plan. Following a third National Security"},{"title":"Competitive Bidding Rules for Auction of AWS-3 Licenses","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts final rules that update the eligibility criteria for designated entity bidding credits in auctions for licenses in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz (AWS-3) bands. The Commission also updates its general competitive bidding rules for categorizing an entity as a small business concern.","document_number":"2025-14725","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/04/2025-14725/competitive-bidding-rules-for-auction-of-aws-3-licenses","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-04/pdf/2025-14725.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14725.pdf?1754052315","publication_date":"2025-08-04","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":"(iv) modifying attribution rules to prevent the unjust enrichment of ineligible <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. These and other reforms resulted in changes to the Commission's part 1 rules, which <span class=\"match\">apply</span> generally to spectrum auctions. While existing service-specific competitive bidding rules, including those for the AWS-3 bands, specified that the part 1 competitive bidding rules would <span class=\"match\">apply</span> to mutually exclusive applications for licenses, the specific provisions related to designated <span class=\"match\">entity</span> eligibility in those services were never updated to reflect the increased gross"},{"title":"Promoting Technological Solutions To Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment on proposals that would enhance public safety by removing regulatory barriers to the deployment and viability of existing and developing technologies that combat contraband wireless device use in correctional facilities. This document seeks comment on a proposed framework to authorize, for the first time, non-federal operation of radio frequency (RF) jamming solutions in correctional facilities. The Commission seeks to foster a collaborative environment among key stakeholders, including departments of correction, solutions providers, wireless providers, public safety and 911 entities, to explore an expanded range of solutions to a shared problem.","document_number":"2025-21325","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/26/2025-21325/promoting-technological-solutions-to-combat-contraband-wireless-device-use-in-correctional","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-26/pdf/2025-21325.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21325.pdf?1764078345","publication_date":"2025-11-26","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":"will impact a substantial number of small <span class=\"match\">entities</span>. Where available, we provide additional information regarding the number of potentially affected <span class=\"match\">entities</span> in the above identified industries, and information for other affected <span class=\"match\">entities</span>, as follows.\n \n \n \n   \n \n \n 2024 Universal service monitoring report telecommunications service provider data\n (data as of December 2023) \n \n Affected <span class=\"match\">entity</span> \n \n SBA size standard\n (1,500 employees) \n \n Total number FCC Form 499A filers \n Small firms \n Percent small <span class=\"match\">entities</span> \n \n \n Toll Resellers \n 411 \n 398 \n 96.84"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice (\"Department\") issues its final rule revising the regulation implementing title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (\"ADA\") to establish specific requirements, including the adoption of specific technical standards, for making accessible the services, programs, and activities offered by State and local government entities to the public through the web and mobile applications (\"apps\").","document_number":"2024-07758","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/24/2024-07758/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-accessibility-of-web-information-and-services-of-state","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-24/pdf/2024-07758.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07758.pdf?1713876314","publication_date":"2024-04-24","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":"circumstances <span class=\"match\">could</span> be too burdensome at this time. In addition, requiring accessibility in all circumstances may divert important resources from making accessible key web content and mobile apps that public <span class=\"match\">entities</span> provide or make available. However, upon request from a specific individual, a public <span class=\"match\">entity</span> may have to provide the web content or content in mobile apps to that individual in an accessible format to comply with the <span class=\"match\">entity's</span> existing obligations under other regulatory provisions implementing title II of the ADA. For <span class=\"match\">example</span>, archived town"},{"title":"Prohibition on Use of Reputation Risk by Regulators","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (collectively, the agencies) are issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to codify the elimination of reputation risk from their supervisory programs. Among other things, the proposed rule would prohibit the agencies from criticizing or taking adverse action against an institution on the basis of reputation risk. The proposed rule would also prohibit the agencies from requiring, instructing, or encouraging an institution to close an account, to refrain from providing an account, product, or service, or to modify or terminate any product or service on the basis of a person or entity's political, social, cultural, or religious views or beliefs, constitutionally protected speech, or solely on the basis of politically disfavored but lawful business activities perceived to present reputation risk.","document_number":"2025-19715","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/30/2025-19715/prohibition-on-use-of-reputation-risk-by-regulators","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-30/pdf/2025-19715.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19715.pdf?1761741909","publication_date":"2025-10-30","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":"Office of the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","name":"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation","id":164,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/164","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-deposit-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"609 small <span class=\"match\">entities</span>, all of which may be impacted by the proposed rule.\n 27 \n \n In general, the OCC classifies the \n \n economic impact on an individual small <span class=\"match\">entity</span> as significant if the total estimated impact in one year is greater than 5 percent of the small <span class=\"match\">entity's</span> total annual salaries and benefits or greater than 2.5 percent of the small <span class=\"match\">entity's</span> total non-interest expense. Furthermore, the OCC considers 5 percent or more of OCC-supervised small <span class=\"match\">entities</span> to be a substantial number. Thus, at present, 30 OCC-supervised small <span class=\"match\">entities</span> would constitute"},{"title":"Promoting the Integrity and Security of Telecommunications Certification Bodies, Measurement Facilities, and the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) requires all recognized telecommunication certification bodies (TCBs), test labs, and laboratory accreditation bodies to certify to the Commission that they are not owned by, controlled by, or subject to the direction of a prohibited entity and to report all equity or voting interests of 5% or greater by any entity. The FCC also amends it rules to state that it will not recognize--and will revoke any existing recognition of--any TCB, test lab, or laboratory accreditation body that fails to provide, or that provides a false or inaccurate, certification; or that fails to provide, or provides false or inaccurate, information regarding equity or voting interests of 5% or greater. The FCC prohibits recognition of any TCB, test lab, or laboratory accreditation body owned by, controlled by, or subject to the direction of a prohibited entity, and prohibits such TCBs, test labs, and laboratory accreditation bodies from participating in the Commission's equipment authorization program, not only with regard to the equipment certification process but also the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) process.","document_number":"2025-14970","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14970/promoting-the-integrity-and-security-of-telecommunications-certification-bodies-measurement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-07/pdf/2025-14970.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14970.pdf?1754484348","publication_date":"2025-08-07","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":"“prohibited <span class=\"match\">entity</span>,” the Commission relies on federal government agency determinations identifying <span class=\"match\">entities</span> that pose national security threats. For purposes of the \n Order, \n the term “prohibited <span class=\"match\">entity</span>” means any of the following:\n \n • <span class=\"match\">Entities</span> identified on the FCC's Covered List; \n • <span class=\"match\">Entities</span> identified by any of the following sources: \n • Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) <span class=\"match\">Entity</span> List; \n • BIS Military End-User List; \n • Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) <span class=\"match\">Entity</span> List; \n •"},{"title":"Review of Foreign Ownership Policies for Broadcast, Common Carrier and Aeronautical Radio Licensees","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), in which it seeks comment on or proposes updates to set clear expectations about the Commission's review in both common carrier and broadcast licensees and on other updates that apply only to broadcast licensees. With regard to common carrier licensees, the NPRM seeks comment on or proposes to amend the rules to codify existing policy regarding which entity is the controlling U.S. parent; codify the Commission's advance approval policy regarding certain deemed voting interests; require identification of trusts and trustees; extend the remedial procedures and methodology to privately held companies; add requirements regarding the contents of remedial petitions; require the filing of amendments as a complete restatement to petitions for declaratory ruling; and clarify U.S. residency requirements. For broadcast licensees only, the NPRM seeks comment on how the Commission should process applications filed by a broadcast licensee during the pendency of a remedial petition for declaratory ruling; and other foreign ownership considerations related to processing applications for NCE and LPFM stations. The NPRM proposes to make it easier for entities to understand and navigate the FCC's foreign ownership rules. The FCC believes that this proceeding will avoid inconsistent outcomes; reduce costs; and facilitate the Commission's public interest analysis.","document_number":"2025-11477","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/23/2025-11477/review-of-foreign-ownership-policies-for-broadcast-common-carrier-and-aeronautical-radio-licensees","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-23/pdf/2025-11477.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11477.pdf?1750423521","publication_date":"2025-06-23","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":"auctions of 218-219 MHz spectrum, the Commission defined a size standard for a “small business” as an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> that, together with its affiliates and persons or <span class=\"match\">entities</span> that hold interests in such an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> and their affiliates, has average annual gross revenues not to exceed $15 million for the preceding three years, and a “very small business” as an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> that, together with its affiliates and persons or <span class=\"match\">entities</span> that hold interests in such an <span class=\"match\">entity</span> and its affiliates, has average annual gross revenues not to exceed $3 million for the preceding three"},{"title":"Employee or Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing to rescind the analysis for determining employee or independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) currently set forth in 29 CFR part 795 and replace it with the analysis that it published and adopted in a prior final rule dated January 7, 2021, with a few modifications. In addition, the Department proposes to apply this analysis to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA), both of which incorporate the FLSA's scope of employment.","document_number":"2026-03962","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/27/2026-03962/employee-or-independent-contractor-status-under-the-fair-labor-standards-act-family-and-medical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-27/pdf/2026-03962.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03962.pdf?1772113515","publication_date":"2026-02-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"provision. \n I. <span class=\"match\">Examples</span> of Analyzing Economic Reality Factors (Proposed § 795.115) \n The Department is proposing to readopt the regulatory text of § 795.115 from the 2021 Rule, which provided six illustrative <span class=\"match\">examples</span> demonstrating “how the factors listed in § 795.105(d) may be analyzed under the facts presented” in the <span class=\"match\">examples</span>, and is also proposing to update one of those <span class=\"match\">examples</span> and add two new <span class=\"match\">examples</span>. \n The <span class=\"match\">example</span> from the 2021 Rule that the Department is proposing to update is the one in § 795.115(b)(1). In the 2021 Rule, that <span class=\"match\">example</span> provided"},{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; Hospital Price Transparency; and Notice of Closure of a Teaching Hospital and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2026 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We also describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment systems. In addition, this final rule with comment period announces the closure of a teaching hospital and the opportunity to apply for available slots, and updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, and hospitals to make public their standard charge information and enforcement of hospital price transparency, as well as summarizes comments received in response to a request for information on measure concepts regarding Well-Being and Nutrition for consideration in future years for the OQR, REHQR, and ASCQR programs.","document_number":"2025-20907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20907/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20907.pdf?1763759710","publication_date":"2025-11-25","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":"final rule with comment period (71 FR 68011), we were concerned that we <span class=\"match\">could</span> systematically overestimate the OPPS hospital outlier threshold if we did not <span class=\"match\">apply</span> a CCR inflation adjustment factor. Therefore, we proposed to <span class=\"match\">apply</span> the same CCR adjustment factor that we proposed to <span class=\"match\">apply</span> for the FY 2026 IPPS outlier calculation to the CCRs used to simulate the proposed CY 2026 OPPS outlier payments to determine the fixed-dollar threshold. Specifically, for CY 2026, we proposed to <span class=\"match\">apply</span> an adjustment factor of 0.970113 to the CCRs that were in the April"},{"title":"In the Matter of Upper C-band (3.98-4.2 GHz)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on proposed rule changes that would expand the ecosystem for next generation wireless services in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band (C-band) by making as much as 180, and at least 100, megahertz of the 3.98-4.2 GHz band (Upper C-band) available for terrestrial wireless flexible use via a system of competitive bidding. This action would be in furtherance of Congress' direction in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB Act) to \"complet[e] a system of competitive bidding not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act for not less than 100 megahertz in the band between 3.98 gigahertz and 4.2 gigahertz.\" The NPRM seeks comment on options for reconfiguring the Upper C-band in the contiguous United States ranging from 180 megahertz (3.98-4.16 GHz) to the congressionally mandated minimum of 100 megahertz (3.98-4.08 GHz) for terrestrial wireless use. The NPRM seeks comment on how much Upper C- band spectrum--beyond the minimum 100 megahertz required by the OBBB Act--could be repurposed by incumbent fixed satellite service (FSS) space station operators and on how the transition could be effectuated if their existing customers relocate out of the C-band. Under any of the reconfiguration options under consideration, the NPRM's baseline proposition is to apply the existing 3.7 GHz Service rules (applicable in the Lower C-band from 3.7-3.98 GHz) to any newly authorized terrestrial wireless operations. Any other rules and requirements, including those relating to the transition process, would be modeled to the greatest extent possible on those that applied to the Lower C-band transition. The NPRM also seeks comment on a range of issues associated with repurposing some portion of the Upper C-band, including: reallocation of the 4.0-4.2 GHz band; competitive bidding procedures for an eventual auction; licensing, operating, and technical rules for any new wireless services; (4) transitioning incumbent FSS operations; and promoting co-existence with adjacent band radio altimeters.","document_number":"2025-22020","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22020/in-the-matter-of-upper-c-band-398-42-ghz","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22020.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22020.pdf?1764855918","publication_date":"2025-12-05","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":"would uniquely affect small <span class=\"match\">entities</span> and calibrated its determinations accordingly. The approach taken towards considering the effect of our rules towards small <span class=\"match\">entities</span> in that proceeding largely informs our process in this one. For <span class=\"match\">example</span>, we consider the potential economic hardship or compliance burdens to small <span class=\"match\">entities</span> with respect to the information collection, such as whether they would require certain accommodations or additional time to comply. We seek comment from small <span class=\"match\">entities</span> as to whether these <span class=\"match\">entities</span> face any special or unique concerns"}]}