{"description":"Documents matching 'further help consumers make safer'","count":8570,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=further+help+consumers+make+safer&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Cybersecurity Labeling for Internet of Things","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopts a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for wireless consumer Internet of Things, or IoT, products. The final rule also requires applicant manufacturers to make certain disclosures related to their product(s) for authorization to use the FCC IoT Label. This is a summary of the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Further Notice), in which the Commission proposes rules on additional national security declarations for the IoT labeling program. These requirements would further help consumers make safer purchasing decisions, raise consumer confidence regarding the cybersecurity of the IoT products they buy, and encourage manufacturers to develop IoT products with security-by-design principles in mind.","document_number":"2024-06249","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/25/2024-06249/cybersecurity-labeling-for-internet-of-things","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-25/pdf/2024-06249.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06249.pdf?1711111531","publication_date":"2024-03-25","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":"labeling program for wireless <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> Internet of Things, or IoT, products. The final rule also requires applicant manufacturers to <span class=\"match\">make</span> certain disclosures related to their product(s) for authorization to use the FCC IoT Label. This is a summary of the <span class=\"match\">Further</span> Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (<span class=\"match\">Further</span> Notice), in which the Commission proposes rules on additional national security declarations for the IoT labeling program. These requirements would <span class=\"match\">further</span> <span class=\"match\">help</span> <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> <span class=\"match\">make</span> <span class=\"match\">safer</span> purchasing decisions, raise <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> confidence regarding the cybersecurity"},{"title":"Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers With Disabilities Using Wheelchairs","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is delaying enforcement of certain provisions of the final rule on \"Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers With Disabilities Using Wheelchairs\" (Wheelchair Rule) while it engages in a new rulemaking that will consider whether to modify those provisions. As described below, this exercise of enforcement discretion applies to provisions of the Wheelchair Rule related to airline liability for mishandled wheelchairs, refresher training frequency, pre-departure notifications, and fare difference reimbursements. This exercise of enforcement discretion is intended to remove the burden of complying with requirements under review by DOT and does not prejudge the outcome of the new rulemaking. This notice does not affect the enforcement of requirements in the Wheelchair Rule beyond the four identified provisions.","document_number":"2025-18980","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/30/2025-18980/ensuring-safe-accommodations-for-air-travelers-with-disabilities-using-wheelchairs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-30/pdf/2025-18980.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18980.pdf?1759149919","publication_date":"2025-09-30","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":"\n using the docket number listed above. Electronic retrieval <span class=\"match\">help</span> and guidelines are 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 Federal Register's website at \n www.federalregister.gov \n and the Government Publishing Office's website at \n www.GovInfo.gov. \n \n \n \n FOR <span class=\"match\">FURTHER</span> INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Tori Ford, Vinh Nguyen, or Blane Workie, Office of Aviation <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Protection, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey"},{"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":"Recommendations” (87 FR 24431). The final rule made various changes to the household goods regulations that the Household Goods <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Protection Working Group recommended to FMCSA. These changes, which are incorporated in Appendix A to 49 CFR part 375, include <span class=\"match\">further</span> revisions to streamline FMCSA's publication “Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move.” Household goods motor carriers are required to provide <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> with the “Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move” pamphlet along with the estimate and to provide new binding or non-binding"},{"title":"Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Request for Information Regarding the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements CMP","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This request for information seeks input from the public on whether any additions or modifications are needed to the safe harbor regulations under the Federal anti-kickback statute or the exceptions to the civil monetary penalty provision prohibiting inducements to beneficiaries (the \"Beneficiary Inducements CMP\") for emerging direct-to-consumer (\"DTC\") sales programs established by pharmaceutical manufacturers, including those that will be available through TrumpRx.","document_number":"2026-01817","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/29/2026-01817/medicare-and-state-health-care-programs-fraud-and-abuse-request-for-information-regarding-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-29/pdf/2026-01817.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01817.pdf?1769548507","publication_date":"2026-01-29","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":"Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services","name":"Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department","id":245,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/inspector-general-office-health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/245","parent_id":221,"slug":"inspector-general-office-health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"decision making.\n \n 2. Please identify what, if any, additional or modified <span class=\"match\">safe</span> harbors to the Federal anti-kickback statute or exceptions to the definition of “remuneration” under the Beneficiary Inducements CMP may be necessary to protect such arrangements and any key provisions that should be included in any additional or modified <span class=\"match\">safe</span> harbor or exception. Existing <span class=\"match\">safe</span> harbors and exceptions of particular relevance to DTC programs may include, for example, the <span class=\"match\">safe</span> harbor for personal services and management contracts (42 CFR 1001.952(d))."},{"title":"Cybersecurity Labeling for Internet of Things","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) establishes a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for wireless consumer Internet of Things, or IoT, products. The program will provide consumers with an easy-to-understand and quickly recognizable FCC IoT Label that includes the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark and a QR code linked to a dynamic, decentralized, publicly available registry of more detailed cybersecurity information. This program will help consumers make safer purchasing decisions, raise consumer confidence regarding the cybersecurity of the IoT products they buy, and encourage manufacturers to develop IoT products with security-by- design principles in mind.","document_number":"2024-14148","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/30/2024-14148/cybersecurity-labeling-for-internet-of-things","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-30/pdf/2024-14148.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14148.pdf?1722257113","publication_date":"2024-07-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"(Commission or FCC) establishes a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for wireless <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> Internet of Things, or IoT, products. The program will provide <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> with an easy-to-understand and quickly recognizable FCC IoT Label that includes the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark and a QR code linked to a dynamic, decentralized, publicly available registry of more detailed cybersecurity information. This program will <span class=\"match\">help</span> <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> <span class=\"match\">make</span> <span class=\"match\">safer</span> purchasing decisions, raise <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> confidence regarding the cybersecurity of the IoT products they buy, and encourage"},{"title":"The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule III for Model Years 2022 to 2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NHTSA, on behalf of the Department of Transportation (DOT), proposes to substantially recalibrate the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program to realign this program with Congressional intent. That recalibration includes proposing to amend DOT's fuel economy standards for light-duty vehicles for model years (MYs) 2022- 2026 and MYs 2027-2031. Consistent with statutory requirements, the fuel economy standards proposed in this rule are founded on light-duty vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel fuels, a category that includes non-plug-in hybrid vehicles. In formulating the proposed standards, NHTSA has not considered, consistent with law, the imputed fuel-economy performance of battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) or the electric operation of vehicles that use plug-in hybrid electric powertrains, nor compliance credits or adjustments to the two-cycle fuel economy test procedures to account for air conditioning and off-cycle technologies. NHTSA also is proposing to eliminate the inter-manufacturer credit trading system and to amend the light-duty vehicle fleet classification system to allocate vehicles into passenger and non-passenger automobile fleets appropriately, based on their attributes and capabilities, starting in MY 2028. Elimination of unlawful considerations, combined with several of the proposed changes, would significantly improve the capabilities of manufacturers to meet fuel economy standards, better align the program with Congressional intent, and reduce manufacturer incentives to design vehicles and add features that are not desired by American consumers and that have questionable real-world fuel economy benefits. NHTSA is therefore proposing to set fuel economy standards that increase from newly proposed MY 2022 standards at a rate of 0.5 percent per year through MY 2026, followed by 0.25 percent per year through MY 2031, with MY 2027 stringency established as a bridge between the two sets of standards. The reduced stringency increases in later years, coupled with a reevaluation of the coefficients that define the functions governing fuel economy standards, are intended to establish maximum feasible standards in a manner that gains real-world fuel-economy-benefits, while enabling the industry to adapt to the proposed substantial recalibration of the CAFE program. NHTSA projects that the amended standards would correspond to the industry fleetwide average for all light-duty vehicles of roughly 34.5 miles per gallon (mpg) in MY 2031.","document_number":"2025-22014","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22014/the-safer-affordable-fuel-efficient-safe-vehicles-rule-iii-for-model-years-2022-to-2031-passenger","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22014.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22014.pdf?1764855918","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":"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":"of fuel economy, other features, and prices that align more closely with <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> demand, resulting in higher vehicle sales compared to the No-Action Alternative. The CAFE reset would improve <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> welfare for <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> who are able to purchase vehicles at lower prices, and their collective welfare gain is measured by the increase in <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> surplus from higher sales of new cars and light trucks. <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> surplus represents the value a good or service provides to <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> (the maximum they would have been willing to pay for it) over and above"},{"title":"Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issues this rule to define larger participants of a market for general-use digital consumer payment applications. Larger participants of this market will be subject to the CFPB's supervisory authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). A nonbank covered person qualifies as a larger participant if it facilitates an annual covered consumer payment transaction volume of at least 50 million transactions as defined in the rule, and it is not a small business concern.","document_number":"2024-27836","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/10/2024-27836/defining-larger-participants-of-a-market-for-general-use-digital-consumer-payment-applications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-10/pdf/2024-27836.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27836.pdf?1733751918","publication_date":"2024-12-10","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":"that digital <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> payment applications have <span class=\"match\">helped</span> millions of U.S. <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> to send money to friends and family and <span class=\"match\">make</span> retail payments more efficient. A group of State attorneys general noted that a significant portion of <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> with lower incomes frequently rely upon general-use digital <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> payment applications. Two nonprofit commenters also agreed that adoption by younger individuals may drive <span class=\"match\">further</span> growth.\n 54 \n \n An industry association observed that the proposed market has experienced rapid increases in <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> adoption that"},{"title":"Request for Information on Potential Actions To Address Payments Fraud","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board); and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) seek public input on questions related to payments fraud. This request for information (RFI) offers the opportunity for interested stakeholders to identify ways that the OCC, the Federal Reserve System (FRS), and the FDIC could take actions collectively or independently in their varying respective roles to help consumers, businesses, and financial institutions mitigate check, automated clearing house (ACH), wire, and instant payments fraud.","document_number":"2025-11280","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/20/2025-11280/request-for-information-on-potential-actions-to-address-payments-fraud","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-20/pdf/2025-11280.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11280.pdf?1750250710","publication_date":"2025-06-20","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 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":"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":"the OCC recently launched “<span class=\"match\">Safe</span> Money,” a series of informational facts sheets to <span class=\"match\">help</span> <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> recognize and avoid common financial frauds and scams at \n https://www.occ.gov/publications-and-resources/publications/<span class=\"match\">safe</span>-money/index-<span class=\"match\">safe</span>-money.html. \n The Federal Reserve offers <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> advice and educational resources on its website at \n https://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscommunities/fraud-scams.htm \n and through each Reserve Bank's website. The Federal Reserve also provides <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> alerts, an avenue for <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> complaints, and other relevant"},{"title":"Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information (Regulation V)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing a final rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), concerning medical information. The FCRA prohibits creditors from considering medical information in credit eligibility determinations. The CFPB is removing a regulatory exception that had permitted creditors to obtain and use information on medical debts notwithstanding this statutory limitation. The final rule also provides that a consumer reporting agency generally may not furnish to a creditor a consumer report containing information on medical debt that the creditor is prohibited from using.","document_number":"2024-30824","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2024-30824/prohibition-on-creditors-and-consumer-reporting-agencies-concerning-medical-information-regulation-v","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2024-30824.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30824.pdf?1736775917","publication_date":"2025-01-14","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":"(last visited Dec. 2, 2024).\n \n \n Medical Debt and <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Reporting \n \n Information about medical debt is used in different ways in the financial system. <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> reporting agencies play a key role in assembling and evaluating <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> credit and other information on <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> \n 24 \n \n —including information about a <span class=\"match\">consumer's</span> medical debt—and in providing <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> reports to other companies for employment, housing, insurance, and other decisions.\n 25 \n \n Medical debt information on a <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> report can increase the cost and reduce the availability"},{"title":"Implementation of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) seeks comment on the need for updates to its rules implementing the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeks to develop a record to help the Commission and the public better understand consumer complaints about loud commercials. The NPRM seeks input from consumers and industry on the extent to which the CALM Act rules have been effective in controlling and preventing loud commercials on programming provided by television broadcasters and pay TV providers. The Commission also asks about its authority to address loud commercials and the consistency of program volume on streaming platforms. Finally, the NPRM asks what actions the Commission, industry, or standards developers could take in this area to further minimize consumer harm.","document_number":"2025-03800","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/11/2025-03800/implementation-of-the-commercial-advertisement-loudness-mitigation-calm-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-11/pdf/2025-03800.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03800.pdf?1741610712","publication_date":"2025-03-11","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":"loudness to achieve a technically compliant commercial that is nonetheless disruptive to viewers. We seek comment on <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> experiences with this phenomenon, and possible actions the Commission, industry, or standard developers could take in this area to <span class=\"match\">further</span> minimize <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> harm. For example, should the standard consider an approach other than simple averaging? \n 6 \n \n We also seek comment on how easy it is for <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> to file \n \n complaints related to loud commercials. Under current Commission rules, complaints must include details about"},{"title":"Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Spare Fuses","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the emergency equipment rules to remove the requirement for commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) to be equipped with at least one spare fuse for each type and size of fuse needed for the operation of the CMV. This change will remove an unnecessary requirement from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR).","document_number":"2026-03262","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/19/2026-03262/parts-and-accessories-necessary-for-safe-operation-spare-fuses","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-19/pdf/2026-03262.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03262.pdf?1771422315","publication_date":"2026-02-19","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":"Necessary for <span class=\"match\">Safe</span> Operation (49 CFR part 393) is set forth in 49 U.S.C. 31136(a). DOT is required to “prescribe regulations on commercial motor vehicles. At a minimum, the regulations shall ensure that—(1) commercial motor vehicles are maintained, equipped, loaded, and operated <span class=\"match\">safely</span>; (2) the responsibilities imposed on operators of commercial motor vehicles do not impair their ability to operate the vehicles <span class=\"match\">safely</span>; (3) the physical condition of operators of commercial motor vehicles is adequate to enable them to operate vehicles <span class=\"match\">safely</span> . . . ; (4)"},{"title":"Nonprescription Drug Product With an Additional Condition for Nonprescription Use","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing a final rule to establish requirements for a nonprescription drug product with an additional condition for nonprescription use (ACNU). A nonprescription drug product with an ACNU is a drug product that could be marketed without a prescription if an applicant implements an additional condition to ensure appropriate self-selection or appropriate actual use, or both, by consumers without the supervision of a practitioner licensed by law to administer such drug. The final rule is intended to increase options for applicants to develop and market safe and effective nonprescription drug products and increase consumer access to appropriate, safe, and effective drug products, which could improve public health.","document_number":"2024-30261","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/26/2024-30261/nonprescription-drug-product-with-an-additional-condition-for-nonprescription-use","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-26/pdf/2024-30261.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30261.pdf?1734961513","publication_date":"2024-12-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"product with an ACNU, in the proposed rule (87 FR 38313 at 38319)), the ACNU requires all <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> to complete a questionnaire located on a secure website created by the applicant to determine whether Drug X is appropriate for the <span class=\"match\">consumer</span>. Using a <span class=\"match\">consumer's</span> answers to the questions, the underlying program or other operating information used by the secure website, not the <span class=\"match\">consumer</span>, calculates the risk score for a serious side effect and determines if the <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> has an acceptable disease-specific risk score to use Drug X and therefore purchase Drug"},{"title":"Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Tire Load Markings","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the requirements for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) tires to clarify that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) do not require tire load restriction markings on the sidewalls of the tires. This change eliminates confusion and clarifies the scope of FMCSA's authority regarding requirements for CMV tires.","document_number":"2026-03260","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/19/2026-03260/parts-and-accessories-necessary-for-safe-operation-tire-load-markings","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-19/pdf/2026-03260.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03260.pdf?1771422315","publication_date":"2026-02-19","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":"motor vehicles. At a minimum, the regulations shall ensure that—(1) commercial motor vehicles are maintained, equipped, loaded, and operated <span class=\"match\">safely</span>, (2) the responsibilities imposed on operators of commercial motor vehicles do not impair their ability to operate the vehicles <span class=\"match\">safely</span>; (3) the physical conditions of operators of commercial motor vehicles is adequate to enable them to operate the vehicles <span class=\"match\">safely</span>. . . ; (4) the operation of commercial motor vehicles does not have a deleterious effect on the physical condition of the operators; and (5)"},{"title":"Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards for 2024; Call for Submissions","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Safer Choice program in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting submissions for its 2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards. EPA developed the Partner of the Year Awards to recognize the leadership contributions of Safer Choice partners and stakeholders who have shown achievement in the design, manufacture, promotion, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals, that further outstanding or innovative source reduction. EPA especially encourages submission of award applications that show how the applicant's work involving products with safer chemical ingredients promotes environmental justice, bolsters resilience to the impacts of climate change, results in cleaner air or water, improves drinking water quality, or advances innovation in packaging. Similar achievement in the design, manufacture, promotion, selection, and use of Design for the Environment (DfE)-certified products will also make an organization eligible for the Partner of the Year Awards.","document_number":"2024-01909","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/31/2024-01909/safer-choice-partner-of-the-year-awards-for-2024-call-for-submissions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-31/pdf/2024-01909.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-01909.pdf?1706622326","publication_date":"2024-01-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"II. What is the <span class=\"match\">Safer</span> Choice program? \n \n As part of its environmental mission, the <span class=\"match\">Safer</span> Choice program partners with businesses to <span class=\"match\">help</span> <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> and commercial buyers identify products with <span class=\"match\">safer</span> chemical ingredients, without sacrificing quality or performance. The <span class=\"match\">Safer</span> Choice program certifies products containing ingredients that have met the program's specific and rigorous human health and environmental toxicological criteria. The <span class=\"match\">Safer</span> Choice program allows companies to use its label on certified products that contain <span class=\"match\">safer</span> ingredients and"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: 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 its review and approval and invites public comment. 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.","document_number":"2025-00819","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00819/agency-information-collection-activities-renewal-of-an-approved-information-collection","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00819.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00819.pdf?1736862347","publication_date":"2025-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"of all complaints received from shippers. This information collection <span class=\"match\">helps</span> enforcement personnel better protect <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> by verifying that shippers are receiving information as required by regulations.\n \n FMCSA revises the total annual burden to 3,722,704 hours. This is an increase of 14,609 annual burden hours from the currently approved 3,708,095 burden estimates. The increase is due to an increase in Agency estimates. \n \n Title: \n Transportation of Household Goods; <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Protection.\n \n \n OMB Control Number: \n 2126-0025.\n \n \n Type of Request:"},{"title":"Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Liquid-Burning Flares","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the rules for emergency equipment on commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) to remove the references to liquid-burning flares from the warning device requirements in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR). This action eliminates outdated language referring to warning devices that FMCSA believes are no longer used.","document_number":"2026-03261","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/19/2026-03261/parts-and-accessories-necessary-for-safe-operation-liquid-burning-flares","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-19/pdf/2026-03261.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03261.pdf?1771422315","publication_date":"2026-02-19","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":"Necessary for <span class=\"match\">Safe</span> Operation (49 CFR part 393) and many of the regulations on Driving Commercial Motor Vehicles (49 CFR part 392) rests on the requirement in 49 U.S.C. 31136(a) that the Department of Transportation “shall prescribe minimum safety standards for commercial motor vehicles. At a minimum, the regulations shall ensure that—(1) commercial motor vehicles are maintained, equipped, loaded, and operated <span class=\"match\">safely</span>; (2) the responsibilities imposed on operators of commercial motor vehicles do not impair their ability to operate the vehicles <span class=\"match\">safely</span>; (3)"},{"title":"Enhancing Know-Your-Customer Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes actions to provide additional clarity to fill the gap between its current Know Your Customer (KYC) requirement and the types of rigorous KYC steps necessary to protect consumers. Specifically, the Commission seeks comment on customer identification requirements for new and renewing customers, requirements for verifying, retaining, and re-verifying customer information, requiring more information from certain customers such as high-volume customers, and on how these efforts can complement call branding and caller name requirements the Commission may adopt. The Commission also proposes to assess penalties for violations of the KYC requirement on a per call basis. With this inquiry, the Commission aims to make it more difficult for scammers to originate illegal calls and easier to enforce against them when they do get onto the network.","document_number":"2026-10407","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/26/2026-10407/enhancing-know-your-customer-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-26/pdf/2026-10407.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10407.pdf?1779453917","publication_date":"2026-05-26","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":"email to \n fcc504@fcc.gov \n or call the <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice).\n \n \n \n FOR <span class=\"match\">FURTHER</span> INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n For <span class=\"match\">further</span> information about the <span class=\"match\">Further</span> Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (\n FNPRM \n ), contact Richard Smith of the <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-2854 or \n Richard.Smith@fcc.gov. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n \n This is a summary of the Commission's <span class=\"match\">Further</span> Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (\n FNPRM \n ) in CG Docket No. 17-59; and <span class=\"match\">Further</span> Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (\n FNPRM"},{"title":"HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking re-opens public comment for certain topics and provisions that were addressed in HUD's May 29, 2024, proposed rule entitled \"HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining.\" Among other changes, this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking proposes to revise or revoke previously-proposed tenant protection provisions permitting participating jurisdictions to exceed the maximum per-unit subsidy for projects that met certain green building standards. This supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking would also create additional flexibilities related to scattered site manufactured housing rental projects.","document_number":"2026-08406","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/30/2026-08406/home-investment-partnerships-program-further-program-updates-and-streamlining","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-30/pdf/2026-08406.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08406.pdf?1777466713","publication_date":"2026-04-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"enables HUD to <span class=\"match\">make</span> comments immediately available to the public. Comments submitted electronically through \n www.regulations.gov \n can be viewed by other commenters and interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the instructions provided on that website to submit comments electronically.\n \n \n 2. \n Submission of Comments by Mail. \n Comments may be submitted by mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2415 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria, VA 22314.\n \n \n \n FOR <span class=\"match\">FURTHER</span> INFORMATION"},{"title":"Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Consumer Credit Offered to Borrowers in Advance of Expected Receipt of Compensation for Work","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is charged with promoting competition and innovation in consumer financial products and services. After careful study of emerging offerings in the paycheck advance marketplace, including those marketed as \"earned wage advances\" and \"earned wage access,\" the CFPB is proposing this interpretive rule to help market participants determine when certain existing requirements under Federal law are triggered. The proposed interpretive rule would also address certain costs that are in substantial connection with extensions of such credit, such as expedited delivery fees and costs marketed as \"tips.\"","document_number":"2024-16827","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/31/2024-16827/truth-in-lending-regulation-z-consumer-credit-offered-to-borrowers-in-advance-of-expected-receipt-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-31/pdf/2024-16827.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16827.pdf?1722343528","publication_date":"2024-07-31","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":"23, 2022), \n https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/can-a-payday-lender-garnish-my-wages-en-1609/. \n <span class=\"match\">Consumers</span> may pay some lenders directly by paycheck allotment. \n Cf. \n 12 CFR part 1026, supplement I, comment 2(a)(14)-2 (“Credit includes a transaction in which a cash advance is made to a <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> . . . in exchange for the <span class=\"match\">consumer's</span> authorization to debit the <span class=\"match\">consumer's</span> deposit account, and where the parties agree . . . that the <span class=\"match\">consumer's</span> deposit account will not be debited, until a designated future date.”).\n \n \n \n This interpretive rule replaces"},{"title":"Modifications to the Safer Choice Standard and Potential Implementation of a Safer Choice Cleaning Service Certification Program; Notice of Availability, Webinar and Request for Comment","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on a document that announces several proposed changes to EPA's Safer Choice Standard (\"the Standard\"), including a name change to the Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) Standard, an update to the packaging criteria, the addition of a Safer Choice certification for cleaning service providers, a provision allowing for preterm partnership termination under exceptional circumstances, and the addition of several product and functional use class requirements. Safer Choice helps consumers, businesses, and purchasers find products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment. DfE is a similar program currently used by EPA for the purpose of helping consumers and commercial buyers identify antimicrobial products that meet the health and safety standards of the normal pesticide registration process required by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as well as other EPA DfE criteria. The Agency will hold a webinar and is requesting written stakeholder comment on the proposed changes to the Standard.","document_number":"2023-24988","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/14/2023-24988/modifications-to-the-safer-choice-standard-and-potential-implementation-of-a-safer-choice-cleaning","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-14/pdf/2023-24988.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24988.pdf?1699883150","publication_date":"2023-11-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"mission, the <span class=\"match\">Safer</span> Choice program partners with businesses to <span class=\"match\">help</span> <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> and commercial buyers identify products with <span class=\"match\">safer</span> chemical ingredients, without sacrificing quality or performance. The <span class=\"match\">Safer</span> Choice program certifies products containing ingredients that have met the program's specific and rigorous human health and environmental toxicological criteria. The <span class=\"match\">Safer</span> Choice program allows companies to use its label on certified products that contain <span class=\"match\">safer</span> ingredients and perform, as determined by expert evaluation. The <span class=\"match\">Safer</span> Choice program"}]}