{"description":"Documents matching 'have unlawful prohibitive effect provision'","count":601,"total_pages":31,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=have+unlawful+prohibitive+effect+provision&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Sunshine Act; Open Commission Meeting Tuesday, September 30, 2025","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry that would examine whether state and local statutes, regulations, and legal requirements have an unlawful prohibitive effect on the provision of wireline telecommunications services, particularly through the imposition of excessive delays and fees that impede infrastructure deployments and disincentivize investments in them. 2.................. Wireless Title: Freeing Wireless Telecommunications. Infrastructure from Unlawful Regulatory Burdens (WT Docket No. 25- 276). Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that advances its Build America Agenda by seeking comment on reforms that would free towers and other wireless infrastructure from unlawful regulatory burdens imposed at the state and local level. 3.................. Wireless Title: Phone Jamming Telecommunications. Solutions in Non-Federal Correctional Facilities (GN Docket No. 13-111). Summary: The Commission will consider a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on removing regulatory barriers to deployment and viability of existing and developing technologies that combat contraband wireless device use in correctional facilities. 4.................. Media................. Title: Modernizing Broadcast Ownership Rules (MB Docket No. 22-459). Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would advance the Commission's quadrennial regulatory review of its broadcast ownership rules and seek public comment on whether, given the current state of the media marketplace, it should retain, modify, or eliminate any of these rules. 5.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Deleting Obsolete and Duplicative Wireline Rules (GN Docket No. 25- 133). Summary: The Commission will consider as part of the In re: Delete, Delete, Delete proceeding a Direct Final Rule that would move to delete nearly 400 primarily wireline-related rules and requirements that govern obsolete technology, are duplicative, and are no longer used in practice. These rules pertain to a wide variety of now- defunct topics including regulatory reporting requirements, distinctions between wireline carriers that are no longer applied, technology that has been eclipsed, and dates pertaining to pricing, universal service, pilot programs, and equipment requirements that have long ago passed. 6.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Modernizing the E- Rate Program for Schools and Libraries (WC Docket No. 13-184). Summary: The Commission will consider a Declaratory Ruling that would align E-Rate eligibility with section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and clarify that the provision of Wi-Fi, or other similar access point technologies, including the equipment needed to provide such service, on school buses is ineligible for E-Rate funding. 7.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Addressing the Homework Gap through the E- Rate Program (WC Docket No. 21-31). Summary: The Commission will consider an Order on Reconsideration that grants a petition for reconsideration and finds that section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, does not permit the funding of off- premises use of Wi-Fi hotspots and Internet services and makes them ineligible for E-Rate support. ------------------------------------------------------------------------","document_number":"2025-18926","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/30/2025-18926/sunshine-act-open-commission-meeting-tuesday-september-30-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-30/pdf/2025-18926.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18926.pdf?1758899709","publication_date":"2025-09-30","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":"required to <span class=\"match\">have</span> an appointment but must otherwise comply with protocols outlined at: \n www.fcc.gov/visit. \n Open Meetings are streamed live at: \n www.fcc.gov/live \n and on the FCC's YouTube channel.\n \n \n   \n \n Item No. \n Bureau \n Subject \n \n \n 1 \n Wireline Competition \n \n Title: \n Accelerating Wireline Infrastructure Buildout (WC Docket No. 25-253).\n \n \n \n   \n \n \n Summary: \n The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry that would examine whether state and local statutes, regulations, and legal requirements <span class=\"match\">have</span> an <span class=\"match\">unlawful</span> <span class=\"match\">prohibitive</span> <span class=\"match\">effect</span> on the"},{"title":"Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) seeks to advance its Build America Agenda by seeking comment on reforms that would free towers and other wireless infrastructure from unlawful regulatory burdens imposed.","document_number":"2025-21620","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/01/2025-21620/build-america-eliminating-barriers-to-wireless-deployments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-01/pdf/2025-21620.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21620.pdf?1764337516","publication_date":"2025-12-01","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":"Communications Act expressly preempt state or local requirements that prohibit or <span class=\"match\">have</span> the <span class=\"match\">effect</span> of prohibiting the <span class=\"match\">provision</span> of telecommunications service and personal wireless service, respectively. \n Section 253(a) provides that “[n]o State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement, may prohibit or <span class=\"match\">have</span> the <span class=\"match\">effect</span> of prohibiting the ability of any entity to provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.” This <span class=\"match\">provision</span> establishes “a rule of preemption [that] articulates a reasonably broad limitation"},{"title":"Enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider Requirements and Strengthening STIR/SHAKEN (Call Authentication Trust Anchor; Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes steps to strengthen its robocall mitigation framework by enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider (KYUP) requirements, improving oversight of voice service providers by the STIR/SHAKEN Governance Authority, raising caller ID attestation standards, and closing implementation gaps in STIR/SHAKEN implementation. Specifically, the Commission proposes establishing baseline KYUP information-collection, compliance review, verification, monitoring, and responsive-action requirements to ensure providers can identify and cut off bad-actor upstream providers. The Commission also proposes measures to expand the Governance Authority's vetting, enforcement, and reporting responsibilities to prevent misuse of STIR/SHAKEN certificates and to remove noncompliant providers from the authentication ecosystem. The Commission further proposes clarifying and strengthening STIR/SHAKEN attestation rules, including codifying attestation levels, defining improper attestations, and specifying permissible mechanisms for verifying number-to-customer associations. Additionally, the Commission proposes and seeks comment on additional steps to close caller ID authentication gaps, such as refining provider definitions, reconsidering exemptions, requiring providers serving end users to assign STIR/SHAKEN attestations, and ensuring calls maintain authentication information. The Commission also seeks comment on special circumstances, including addressing issues with foreign- originated calls.","document_number":"2026-13874","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/09/2026-13874/enhancing-know-your-upstream-provider-requirements-and-strengthening-stirshaken-call-authentication","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-09/pdf/2026-13874.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13874.pdf?1783514714","publication_date":"2026-07-09","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":"calls using authentication information. We seek comment on this analysis.\n \n \n Indirect <span class=\"match\">effect</span> on foreign voice service providers. \n We propose to conclude that, to the extent any of the rules we seek to adopt today <span class=\"match\">have</span> an <span class=\"match\">effect</span> on foreign voice service providers, that <span class=\"match\">effect</span> is only indirect and therefore consistent with the Commission's authority. In the \n Second Caller ID Authentication Order, \n the Commission acknowledged its rules would <span class=\"match\">have</span> an indirect <span class=\"match\">effect</span> on foreign providers but concluded that it was permissible under past Commission and"},{"title":"Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is issuing this interim final rule (IFR) to amend its regulations governing the certification of agricultural labor or services to be performed by temporary foreign workers in H-2A nonimmigrant status (H-2A workers). Specifically, the Department is revising the methodology for determining the hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for non-range occupations by using wage data reported for each U.S. state and territory by the Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey. For the vast majority of H-2A job opportunities, the Department will use OEWS survey data to establish AEWRs applicable to five Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes combining the most common field and livestock worker occupations previously measured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Labor Survey (FLS), which covered six SOC codes. These AEWRs will be divided into two skill-based categories to account for wage differentials arising from qualifications contained in the employer's job offer. For all other occupations, the Department will use the OEWS survey to determine two skill-based AEWRs for each SOC code to reflect wage differentials. The threshold determination for assigning the SOC code(s) and applicable skill-based AEWR will be based on the duties performed for the majority of the workdays during the contract period and qualifications contained in the employer's job offer. Finally, to address differences in compensation between most U.S. workers and H-2A workers who receive employer-provided housing at no cost, the Department will implement a standard adjustment factor to the AEWR to account for this non-monetary compensation that employers will apply when compensating H-2A workers under temporary agricultural labor certifications.","document_number":"2025-19365","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19365/adverse-effect-wage-rate-methodology-for-the-temporary-employment-of-h-2a-nonimmigrants-in-non-range","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19365.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19365.pdf?1759263310","publication_date":"2025-10-02","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":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"depression”); 54 FR at 28046-47 (Jul. 5, 1989) (“IRCA only requires that the AEWR prevent future adverse <span class=\"match\">effect</span> from the use of foreign workers, not compensate for past <span class=\"match\">effect</span>.”)\n \n \n \n \n Further, the INA does not require the Department to prove or rely on the existence of past adverse <span class=\"match\">effect</span> but instead is focused on prevent[ing] future adverse <span class=\"match\">effect</span>.\n 12 \n \n Regardless “of any past adverse <span class=\"match\">effect</span> that the use of low-skilled foreign labor may or may not <span class=\"match\">have</span> had on” wages, the AEWR is necessary to satisfy the Department's “forward-looking need to protect"},{"title":"Compensation for Reactive Power Within the Standard Power Factor Range","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this final determination, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) finds that allowing transmission providers to charge transmission customers for a generating facility's provision of reactive power within the standard power factor range is unjust and unreasonable. The Commission, therefore, is revising Schedule 2 of its pro forma open-access transmission tariff (OATT), section 9.6.3 of its pro forma large generator interconnection agreement (LGIA), and section 1.8.2 of its pro forma small generator interconnection agreement (SGIA) to prohibit the inclusion in transmission rates of any charges related to the provision of reactive power within the standard power factor range by generating facilities.","document_number":"2024-24528","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/26/2024-24528/compensation-for-reactive-power-within-the-standard-power-factor-range","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-26/pdf/2024-24528.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24528.pdf?1732542322","publication_date":"2024-11-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"369 (citing \n Connolly \n v. \n Pension Guar. Corp., \n 475 U.S. at 223)).\n \n \n \n \n 118 \n  \n Id. \n (citing \n Bd. of Regents of State Coll. \n v. \n Roth, \n 408 U.S. 564, 577 (1972) (“To <span class=\"match\">have</span> a property interest in a benefit, a person clearly must <span class=\"match\">have</span> more than an abstract need or desire for it. He must <span class=\"match\">have</span> more than a unilateral expectation of it. He must, instead, <span class=\"match\">have</span> a legitimate claim of entitlement to it.”); \n Del. Riverkeeper Network \n v. \n FERC, \n 895 F.3d 102, 108-09 (D.C. Cir. 2018) (citing \n Town of Castle Rock, Colo. \n v. \n Gonzales, \n 545"},{"title":"Wyoming: Approval of State Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is approving the Wyoming partial coal combustion residuals (CCR) permit program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). After reviewing the CCR permit program application submitted by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ), EPA has determined that Wyoming's partial CCR permit program meets the standard for approval under RCRA. Wyoming's partial CCR permit program will operate in lieu of the Federal CCR program, with the exception of the specific provisions noted below.","document_number":"2026-03820","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/26/2026-03820/wyoming-approval-of-state-coal-combustion-residuals-permit-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-26/pdf/2026-03820.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03820.pdf?1772027110","publication_date":"2026-02-26","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":"requirements for identifying CCRMU. \n h. 40 CFR 257.90(b)(3); this additional <span class=\"match\">provision</span> specifies a deadline for the owners and operators of CCRMU to comply with certain groundwater monitoring requirements. \n \n i. 40 CFR 257.90(e); EPA amended one sentence in this <span class=\"match\">provision</span> to add an annual groundwater monitoring and corrective action report deadline for CCRMU. WDEQ has not adopted this amendment, \n see \n SWR chapter 18, section 9(a). Therefore, the majority of this <span class=\"match\">provision</span>, as adopted by WDEQ based on the December 14, 2020 version of 40 CFR 257.90(e)"},{"title":"Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Since 2021, the Department has not provided any regulatory guidance addressing joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) for the benefit of workers, employers, or its enforcement personnel. In this rulemaking, the Department proposes to clarify how to determine joint employer status under the FLSA in Part 791 of Title 29, where its joint employer regulations were located prior to 2021. Additionally, the Department is also proposing to amend provisions in its regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) to provide that joint employer status under those laws be determined using the Department's FLSA analysis, as the FMLA and MSPA both incorporate the FLSA's employment definitions. This rulemaking is intended to provide clarity and a measure of uniformity for employers and employees in an area of the law where components of legislative, executive, and judicial branches--at both the federal and state levels--have presented widely varying tests and standards. In addition, the proposed rule offers a nationwide standard for use by the Department's investigators and law enforcement personnel that would not only ensure the evenhanded application of the Act in matters that often cross state and circuit lines but also preserve core consistency with the wide variety of potentially relevant judicial frameworks. The proposed rule intends to marshal the commonality between those approaches closest to the statute as construed by the courts and, in so doing, simplify the Department's enforcement of the law, reduce litigation, and provide a reliable and uniform analysis for workers and employers that ultimately applies and complements the core commonality between the various tests applied by the federal courts.","document_number":"2026-07959","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/23/2026-07959/joint-employer-status-under-the-fair-labor-standards-act-family-and-medical-leave-act-and-migrant","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-23/pdf/2026-07959.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07959.pdf?1776861922","publication_date":"2026-04-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"regulatory text in part 791 includes: \n • an introductory <span class=\"match\">provision</span> at § 791.100 explaining the purpose of part 791; \n • a <span class=\"match\">provision</span> at § 791.105 describing general principles; \n \n • a <span class=\"match\">provision</span> at § 791.110 describing two common scenarios of FLSA joint employment, \n i.e., \n vertical and horizontal joint employment, as well as the obligations of joint employers under the FLSA;\n \n • a <span class=\"match\">provision</span> at § 791.115 providing the standard for determining vertical joint employment under the FLSA; \n • a <span class=\"match\">provision</span> at § 791.120 providing the standard for determining"},{"title":"Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 903G and 906G","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2026-13650","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13650/self-regulatory-organizations-nyse-american-llc-notice-of-filing-of-a-proposed-rule-change-to-amend","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13650.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13650.pdf?1783341909","publication_date":"2026-07-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"certainly <span class=\"match\">have</span> changed. Reversing a cash payment, on the other hand, would not involve any such issue because reversing a cash delivery would simply involve the exchange of cash. Additionally, with physical settlement, market participants that <span class=\"match\">have</span> a need to generate cash would <span class=\"match\">have</span> to sell the underlying security while incurring the costs associated with liquidating their position in the underlying security as well as the risk of an adverse movement in the price of the underlying security.\n 12 \n \n \n \n \n 12 \n  Market participants <span class=\"match\">have</span> voiced additional"},{"title":"Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rules 5.32-O and 5.35-O","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2026-13651","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13651/self-regulatory-organizations-nyse-arca-inc-notice-of-filing-of-a-proposed-rule-change-to-amend","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13651.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13651.pdf?1783341909","publication_date":"2026-07-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"certainly <span class=\"match\">have</span> changed. Reversing a cash payment, on the other hand, would not involve any such issue because reversing a cash delivery would simply involve the exchange of cash. Additionally, with physical settlement, market participants that <span class=\"match\">have</span> a need to generate cash would <span class=\"match\">have</span> to sell the underlying security while incurring the costs associated with liquidating their position in the underlying security as well as the risk of an adverse movement in the price of the underlying security.\n 13 \n \n \n \n \n 13 \n  Market participants <span class=\"match\">have</span> voiced additional"},{"title":"Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In 1974, Congress applied the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to \"domestic service\" employees, but exempted employees who provide \"companionship services\" from the minimum wage and overtime requirements and also exempted live-in domestic service employees from overtime. In 1975, the Department promulgated regulations defining companionship services and permitting third party employers to claim these exemptions. These regulations remained substantially unchanged for nearly 40 years. In 2013, the Department revised the regulations to narrow the definition of companionship services and prevent third party employers from claiming either of the exemptions. Because the Department is concerned that the 2013 regulations might not reflect the best interpretation of the FLSA and might discourage essential companionship services by making these services more expensive, the Department is proposing to return to the 1975 regulations. This summary can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching by the RIN: 1235-AA51.","document_number":"2025-12316","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12316/application-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act-to-domestic-service","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-02/pdf/2025-12316.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12316.pdf?1751287533","publication_date":"2025-07-02","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":"policies or regulations that preempt State law or that <span class=\"match\">have</span> federalism implications. The Executive order requires agencies to examine the constitutional and statutory authority supporting any action that would limit the policymaking discretion of the States and to carefully assess the necessity for such actions. The Executive order also requires agencies to <span class=\"match\">have</span> an accountable process to ensure meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the development of regulatory policies that <span class=\"match\">have</span> federalism implications. \n The Department has examined"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; California; South Coast Air Quality Management District","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action on a revision to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD or \"the District\") portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns the regulation of emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) and particulate matter (PM) associated with warehouses as indirect sources that attract or may attract mobile source emissions. The EPA is approving SCAQMD Rule 2305, \"Warehouse Indirect Source Rule--Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Program,\" to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or \"the Act\") as a SIP strengthening.","document_number":"2024-20349","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/11/2024-20349/air-plan-approval-california-south-coast-air-quality-management-district","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-11/pdf/2024-20349.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-20349.pdf?1725972319","publication_date":"2024-09-11","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":"impacts that exercise of this discretion could <span class=\"match\">have</span>, the EPA cannot evaluate the consequences of this director's discretion feature of Rule 2305 and what that could mean in terms of stringency, emission reduction credit, and other important considerations for approval of a SIP <span class=\"match\">provision</span>. Thus, this <span class=\"match\">provision</span> contains impermissible director's discretion that is inconsistent with CAA requirements.\n \n \n \n 25 \n  A potential remedy would be to remove “as determined by the Executive Officer” from the <span class=\"match\">provision</span> and add definitions in Rule 2305 for the terms"},{"title":"Rescission of the Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Regulations, Issued May 7, 2024","type":"Rule","abstract":"Through this final rule, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rescinds and replaces the \"Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska\" final rule, issued on May 7, 2024, to restore regulatory clarity and align BLM's implementing regulations with statutory requirements and national energy policy.","document_number":"2025-19982","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/17/2025-19982/rescission-of-the-management-and-protection-of-the-national-petroleum-reserve-in-alaska-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-17/pdf/2025-19982.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19982.pdf?1763127918","publication_date":"2025-11-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Land Management","name":"Land Management Bureau","id":275,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/land-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/275","parent_id":253,"slug":"land-management-bureau"}],"excerpts":" advance notices of proposed rulemaking, and notices of proposed rulemaking that is a significant regulatory action under E.O. 12866 or any successor order, and is likely to <span class=\"match\">have</span> a significant adverse <span class=\"match\">effect</span> on the supply, distribution, or use of energy; or that is designated by OIRA as a significant energy action. This final rule will not <span class=\"match\">have</span> a significant adverse <span class=\"match\">effect</span> on the Nation's energy supply.\n \n Public Comments Received \n \n Comment: \n An individual commenter said that under E.O. 13211, the BLM is required to make a detailed statement"},{"title":"Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration","type":"Rule","abstract":"On March 12, 2025, DHS issued an interim final rule (IFR) with request for comments amending DHS regulations to designate a new registration form for aliens to comply with statutory alien registration and fingerprinting provisions. Unregistered aliens may use this general registration form to satisfy their statutory obligations. This final rule responds to public comments, amends DHS regulations to adjust the lists of forms and processes that may serve as registration forms and evidence of alien registration, and seeks comments on other potential changes to the regulations relating to alien registration and fingerprinting.","document_number":"2026-13057","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/29/2026-13057/alien-registration-form-and-evidence-of-registration","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-29/pdf/2026-13057.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13057.pdf?1782418509","publication_date":"2026-06-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"of expression. Citing to research, a commenter said that studies <span class=\"match\">have</span> found a direct link between widespread surveillance or profiling and restricted First Amendment activity among members of the community being targeted. Others expressed particular concerns for the IFR's chilling <span class=\"match\">effect</span> in the context of the Trump administration's broader immigration enforcement policies, including the right to nonviolently object to government policies that <span class=\"match\">have</span> a \n \n potential discriminatory <span class=\"match\">effect</span> and to arbitrary enforcement practices. A commenter stated that"},{"title":"Air Plan Revisions; California; Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to partially approve and partially disapprove a submission by the State of California to revise its State Implementation Plan (SIP) relating to the control of emissions from non-gasoline combustion vehicles over 14,000 pounds. The EPA's partial approval will allow the submitted Heavy-Duty Inspection and Maintenance Regulation (\"HD I/M Regulation\") to become federally enforceable as part of the California SIP with respect to vehicles registered within the State. The EPA is partially disapproving the submission to the extent that the HD I/M Regulation purports to apply to out-of-state vehicles as inconsistent with the Clean Air Act (CAA), because the State has not provided adequate assurances under CAA section 110(a)(2)(E)(i) that implementation of the SIP is not prohibited by Federal law. The partial disapproval will not trigger CAA section 179 sanctions because the submittal is not a required submission under CAA section 110(a)(2).","document_number":"2026-02350","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02350/air-plan-revisions-california-heavy-duty-vehicle-inspection-and-maintenance-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-06/pdf/2026-02350.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02350.pdf?1770299114","publication_date":"2026-02-06","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":"discriminate against out-of-state residents in both costs and seeking to comply).\n \n \n \n As addressed in section III of this preamble, Response to Comments, this would in <span class=\"match\">effect</span> lead to additional compliance costs for heavy-duty vehicle operators in all jurisdictions. Some States <span class=\"match\">have</span> HD I/M provisions that differ from California's in material respects, but none of these <span class=\"match\">have</span> been approved into SIPs.\n 33 \n \n If approved into the SIP in all respects, California's HD I/M Regulation would be federally enforceable to the same extent as other State I/M"},{"title":"Investments in and Licensing of Permitted Payment Stablecoins Issuers","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). The GENIUS Act also requires the NCUA to issue implementing regulations by July 18th, 2026. This proposed rule proposes regulations to implement the statutorily required process for approval and licensure of permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) subject to the NCUA's jurisdiction. It also proposes regulations limiting FICUs to investing in NCUA-licensed PPSIs. A forthcoming proposal will propose regulations to implement the standards and restrictions imposed by the GENIUS Act on PPSIs.","document_number":"2026-02868","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/12/2026-02868/investments-in-and-licensing-of-permitted-payment-stablecoins-issuers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-12/pdf/2026-02868.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02868.pdf?1770817517","publication_date":"2026-02-12","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":"Federal payment stablecoin regulators that may be more likely to <span class=\"match\">have</span> a single-parent ownership structure. It would also impose a <span class=\"match\">prohibitive</span> burden on the NCUA's resources, especially when considering the 120-day deadline the GENIUS Act imposes on the NCUA for rendering a decision on a substantially complete application.\n \n In summary, the Board believes it is prudent to only require joint application filing and review of the Officers and Directors of an investing FICU when the FICU would <span class=\"match\">have</span> a material amount of control of the PPSI. The Board selected"},{"title":"Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth these final rules related to certain provisions of the No Surprises Act regarding the Federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process, which was established as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA). These rules finalize new requirements relating to the disclosure of information that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage must include along with the initial payment or notice of denial of payment for certain items and services subject to the surprise billing protections in the No Surprises Act. These final rules also require plans and issuers to communicate information by using claim adjustment reason codes (CARCs) and remittance advice remark codes (RARCs), as specified in guidance, when providing any paper or electronic remittance advice (ERA) to an entity that does not have a contractual relationship with the plan or issuer. This document also finalizes amendments to certain requirements related to the open negotiation period preceding the Federal IDR process, the initiation of the Federal IDR process, the Federal IDR dispute eligibility review process, and the payment and collection of administrative fees and certified IDR entity fees. This document also finalizes the definition of bundled payment arrangements, amends requirements related to batched items and services and amends the rules for extensions of timeframes due to extenuating circumstances. Additionally, this document finalizes provisions that require plans and issuers to register in the Federal IDR portal. In accordance with Federal law, a summary of these rules may be found at https://www.regulations.gov/.","document_number":"2026-11140","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11140/federal-independent-dispute-resolution-operations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11140.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11140.pdf?1780348210","publication_date":"2026-06-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"},{"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"},{"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":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"},{"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"}],"excerpts":"on this <span class=\"match\">provision</span> in the 2023 proposed rules. These final rules do not require plans and issuers to use CARCs and RARCs on remittance advice for payments made directly to participants, beneficiaries, or enrollees—including if the remittance advice is requested by the provider that furnished the item or service for which payment is made. The proposed regulation text has been modified to make clear that the <span class=\"match\">provision</span> applies when providing remittance advice to an entity “(other than a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee)” that does not <span class=\"match\">have</span> a contractual"},{"title":"Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice (\"Department\") is amending Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (\"ATF\") regulations to implement the provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that broaden the definition of when a person is considered \"engaged in the business\" (\"EIB\") as a dealer in firearms other than a gunsmith or pawnbroker. This final rule incorporates the BSCA's definitions of \"predominantly earn a profit\" (\"PEP\") and \"terrorism,\" and amends the regulatory definitions of \"principal objective of livelihood and profit\" and \"engaged in the business\" to ensure each conforms with the BSCA's statutory changes and can be relied upon by the public. The rule also clarifies what it means for a person to be \"engaged in the business\" of dealing in firearms and to have the intent to \"predominantly earn a profit\" from the sale or disposition of firearms. In addition, it clarifies the term \"dealer\" and defines the term \"responsible person.\" These clarifications and definitions assist persons in understanding when they are required to have a license to deal in firearms. Consistent with the Gun Control Act (\"GCA\") and existing regulations, the rule also defines the term \"personal collection\" to clarify when persons are not \"engaged in the business\" because they make only occasional sales to enhance a personal collection or for a hobby, or if the firearms they sell are all or part of a personal collection. This rule further addresses the procedures that former licensees, and responsible persons acting on behalf of such licensees, must follow when they liquidate business inventory upon revocation or other termination of their license. Finally, the rule clarifies that a licensee transferring a firearm to another licensee must do so by following the verification and recordkeeping procedures in the regulations, rather than by using a Firearms Transaction Record, ATF Form 4473.","document_number":"2024-07838","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-07838/definition-of-engaged-in-the-business-as-a-dealer-in-firearms","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-07838.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07838.pdf?1713444333","publication_date":"2024-04-19","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":"record for the GCA, contending that Congress declined to adopt a <span class=\"match\">provision</span> that would <span class=\"match\">have</span> made it a crime to violate any regulation promulgated pursuant to the GCA due to asserted concerns that the <span class=\"match\">provision</span> would delegate to ATF the authority to determine what constitutes a crime. The commenter concluded that the proposed rule “would do exactly what Congress rejected when it enacted the GCA in 1968. It would redefine and expand GCA definitions, with the consequence that <span class=\"match\">unlawful</span> acts would be expanded by regulation. ATF has no such authority.”"},{"title":"Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (\"FTC\" or \"Commission\"), with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice (\"Assistant Attorney General\" or \"Antitrust Division\") (together the \"Agencies\"), is issuing this final rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose (\"SBP\") to amend the Premerger Notification Rules (the \"Rules\") that implement the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act (\"the HSR Act\" or \"HSR\"), including the Premerger Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (\"Form\") and Instructions to the Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (\"Instructions\"). The final rule requires parties to transactions that are reportable under the HSR Act to provide documentary material and information that are necessary and appropriate for the Agencies to efficiently and effectively conduct an initial assessment to determine whether the transaction may violate the antitrust laws and whether to issue a Request for Additional Information (\"Second Request\") as provided by the HSR Act. In addition, the final rule implements certain requirements of the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (\"Merger Modernization Act\") and ministerial changes to the Rules as well as the necessary amendments to the Instructions to effect the final changes.","document_number":"2024-25024","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/12/2024-25024/premerger-notification-reporting-and-waiting-period-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-12/pdf/2024-25024.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25024.pdf?1731073564","publication_date":"2024-11-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"68 \n \n As evidence of decreasing competition for labor continues to mount,\n 69 \n \n the Agencies <span class=\"match\">have</span> increasingly recognized the importance of evaluating the <span class=\"match\">effect</span> of mergers and acquisitions on labor markets and <span class=\"match\">have</span> stepped up efforts to identify and investigate potential labor market effects arising from reportable transactions. The Agencies <span class=\"match\">have</span> challenged a few transactions that may result in labor market harms,\n 70 \n \n and consent agreements <span class=\"match\">have</span> included provisions that stop the use of certain non-compete clauses that limit the ability of"},{"title":"Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduct. The final rule authorizes agencies to move policy-influencing positions into Schedule Policy/Career. These positions will remain career jobs filled on a nonpartisan basis. Yet they will be at-will positions excepted from adverse action procedures or appeals. This will allow agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions who engage in misconduct, perform poorly, or obstruct the democratic process by intentionally subverting Presidential directives. The rule requires agencies to establish internal policies protecting employees from prohibited personnel practices.","document_number":"2026-02375","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02375/improving-performance-accountability-and-responsiveness-in-the-civil-service","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-06/pdf/2026-02375.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf?1770299117","publication_date":"2026-02-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"applicability would <span class=\"match\">have</span> stripped the Federal Circuit of jurisdiction. According to the Commenter, if paragraph (b)(2) exclusion had applied, the Federal Circuit would <span class=\"match\">have</span> had to reverse and remand the case with instructions that the MSPB dismiss it for lack of jurisdiction. The court would <span class=\"match\">have</span> had no power to adjudicate the case. However, the issue of whether a position can be declared policy-influencing after someone is appointed to it was not before the Federal Circuit. Its opinion thus says nothing about whether it would <span class=\"match\">have</span> jurisdiction if an"},{"title":"Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Deadline Extensions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or Agency) is finalizing a Clean Water Act (CWA) rule to extend deadlines promulgated in the 2024 \"Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category\" (2024 rule), update the 2024 rule's transfer provisions to allow facilities to switch between compliance alternatives, and create authority for alternative applicability dates and paperwork submission dates, based on site-specific factors.","document_number":"2025-24102","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/31/2025-24102/effluent-limitations-guidelines-and-standards-for-the-steam-electric-power-generating-point-source","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-31/pdf/2025-24102.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24102.pdf?1767102318","publication_date":"2025-12-31","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":"support any subsequent rulemaking, commenters <span class=\"match\">have</span> raised concerns that the Agency's data may be stale, the Agency may <span class=\"match\">have</span> underestimated costs, and these underestimated costs may <span class=\"match\">have</span> led to underestimated market impacts.\n 16 \n \n Furthermore, some commenters <span class=\"match\">have</span> provided cost estimates of systems that are significantly more expensive than the EPA's estimates in 2024. Compounding these purported analytical inaccuracies, underlying inputs for electric market modeling (\n e.g., \n demand projections) <span class=\"match\">have</span> also changed significantly in just one year"}]}