{"description":"Documents matching 'layoffs implementation replacement rate same'","count":156,"total_pages":8,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=layoffs+implementation+replacement+rate+same&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers","type":"Presidential Document","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-18601","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/24/2025-18601/restriction-on-entry-of-certain-nonimmigrant-workers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-24/pdf/2025-18601.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18601.pdf?1758640508","publication_date":"2025-09-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT","name":"Executive Office of the President","id":538,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-of-the-president","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/538","parent_id":null,"slug":"executive-office-of-the-president"}],"excerpts":"study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment <span class=\"match\">rates</span> in the country at 6.1 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively—more than double the unemployment <span class=\"match\">rates</span> of recent biology and art history graduates. Recent data reveals that unemployment <span class=\"match\">rates</span> among workers in computer occupations jumped from an average of 1.98 percent in 2019 to 3.02 percent in 2025. \n \n Reports also indicate that many American tech companies have laid"},{"title":"Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for unique beneficiaries for filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions (or H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended). Through this rule, DHS is implementing a weighted selection process that will generally favor the allocation of H-1B visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens, while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure H-1B workers at all wage levels, to better serve the congressional intent for the H-1B program. This rule will be effective in time for the FY 2027 registration season.","document_number":"2025-23853","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-29/pdf/2025-23853.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23853.pdf?1766497516","publication_date":"2025-12-29","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":"assertion that it is premature to <span class=\"match\">implement</span> a new selection process before at least a couple of years have passed since the <span class=\"match\">implementation</span> of the beneficiary-centric selection process. DHS notes that this final rule builds on, and does not replace, the changes made by the final rule <span class=\"match\">implementing</span> the beneficiary-centric selection process.\n 68 \n \n DHS also notes that the gaming addressed by the final rule <span class=\"match\">implementing</span> the beneficiary-centric selection process was the submission of multiple registrations for the <span class=\"match\">same</span> beneficiary by companies that were"},{"title":"Improving Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Foreign Nationals in the United States","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) is issuing this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comments and public input regarding its proposal to revise Employment and Training Administration (ETA) regulations governing the prevailing wages for employment opportunities that United States (U.S.) employers seek to fill with alien workers on a permanent or temporary basis through certain EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based immigrant visas via the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program or through H-1B, H-1B1, or E-3 nonimmigrant visas. Specifically, DOL is proposing to amend its regulations governing the PERM program and Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) to incorporate changes to the computation of wage levels under the Department's four-tiered prevailing wage structure based on the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) wage survey administered by the Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These proposed revisions aim to better align prevailing wage levels with the wages paid to U.S. workers who are similarly employed in the occupation and area of intended employment. The Department's proposed revisions also seek to strengthen program integrity by reducing the incentive for employers to use these programs to replace, rather than supplement, U.S. workers by employing lower-paid alien workers. In addition, the revision would enable the Department to more effectively ensure that the employment of immigrant and nonimmigrant workers admitted or otherwise provided one of the covered statuses does not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers.","document_number":"2026-06017","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/27/2026-06017/improving-wage-protections-for-the-temporary-and-permanent-employment-of-certain-foreign-nationals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-27/pdf/2026-06017.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06017.pdf?1774529117","publication_date":"2026-03-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"Compensation <span class=\"match\">Rates</span> \n \n In section III.B (Subject-by-Subject Analysis), the Department used the hourly compensation <span class=\"match\">rate</span> presented in Exhibit 3 to estimate rule familiarization costs. The Department used the BLS mean hourly wage <span class=\"match\">rate</span> for private sector human resources specialists.\n 219 \n \n We adjust the wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> to reflect total compensation, which includes non-\n \n wage factors such as overhead and fringe benefits (\n e.g., \n health and retirement benefits). We use an overhead <span class=\"match\">rate</span> of 17 percent \n 220 \n \n and a fringe benefits <span class=\"match\">rate</span> based on the"},{"title":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Effectiveness in Serving Employers Performance Indicator","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) establishes six primary indicators of performance and defines five of those performance indicators. With this final rule, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (Departments) define the sixth performance indicator--effectiveness in serving employers--as Retention with the Same Employer and require it be reported by one WIOA core program on behalf of all six WIOA core programs within each State. This final rule incorporates two changes from the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM): the final rule does not limit the type of wage information that must be used, thereby permitting the use of supplemental wage information in the definition of the effectiveness in serving employers performance indicator, and it specifies that the definition is measuring retention in unsubsidized employment.","document_number":"2024-03278","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/23/2024-03278/workforce-innovation-and-opportunity-act-effectiveness-in-serving-employers-performance-indicator","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-23/pdf/2024-03278.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-03278.pdf?1708609515","publication_date":"2024-02-23","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":"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"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"pdf. \n \n \n \n • \n Retention with the <span class=\"match\">Same</span> Employer PY 2021 <span class=\"match\">Rate</span>: \n 56 percent (35 States reported effectiveness in serving employers performance using this definition);\n \n \n • \n Repeat Business Customer PY 2021 <span class=\"match\">Rate</span>: \n 35 percent (47 States reported using this definition); and\n \n \n \n • \n Employer Penetration PY 2021 <span class=\"match\">Rate</span>: \n 8 percent (48 States reported using this definition).\n \n Exhibit 1 summarizes this information and provides further detail about the calculation methodology used to determine the outcome <span class=\"match\">rate</span> for the three approaches. \n \n Exhibit"},{"title":"Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027 and Beyond and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030 and Beyond","type":"Rule","abstract":"NHTSA, on behalf of the Department of Transportation (DOT), is finalizing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and light trucks that increase at a rate of 2 percent per year for passenger cars in model years (MYs) 2027-31, 0 percent per year for light trucks in model years 2027-28, and 2 percent per year for light trucks in model years 2029-31. NHTSA is also finalizing fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans (HDPUVs) for model years 2030-32 that increase at a rate of 10 percent per year and model years 2033-35 that increase at a rate of 8 percent per year.","document_number":"2024-12864","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/24/2024-12864/corporate-average-fuel-economy-standards-for-passenger-cars-and-light-trucks-for-model-years-2027","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-24/pdf/2024-12864.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-12864.pdf?1718282720","publication_date":"2024-06-24","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":"alternatives are as follows: \n 12 \n \n \n \n \n 12 \n  In a departure from recent CAFE rulemaking trends, we have applied different <span class=\"match\">rates</span> of stringency increase to the passenger car and the light truck fleets in different model years, because the record indicated that different <span class=\"match\">rates</span> of fuel economy were possible. Rather than have both fleets increase their respective standards at the <span class=\"match\">same</span> <span class=\"match\">rate</span>, light truck standards increase at a different <span class=\"match\">rate</span> than passenger car standards in the first two years of the program. This is consistent with NHTSA's obligation to set"},{"title":"Residential Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing (Regulation Z)","type":"Rule","abstract":"Section 307 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) to prescribe ability-to-repay rules for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing and to apply the civil liability provisions of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) for violations. PACE financing is financing to cover the costs of home improvements that results in a tax assessment on the real property of the consumer. In this final rule, the CFPB implements EGRRCPA section 307 and amends Regulation Z to address how TILA applies to PACE transactions.","document_number":"2024-30628","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2024-30628/residential-property-assessed-clean-energy-financing-regulation-z","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-10/pdf/2024-30628.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30628.pdf?1736343918","publication_date":"2025-01-10","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":"indicated that more recent PACE loans have interest <span class=\"match\">rates</span> of around 10 percent.\n 288 \n \n Given that the PACE Report finds that PACE loans had fees sufficient to raise the APR a full percentage point above the interest <span class=\"match\">rate</span>, it is reasonable to conclude that current APRs for PACE loans are about 11 percent. This is greater than typical <span class=\"match\">rates</span> for home equity lines of credit and much greater than the interest <span class=\"match\">rate</span> for a cash-out refinance, but less than typical <span class=\"match\">rates</span> for credit cards.\n 289 \n \n The interest <span class=\"match\">rate</span> on PACE transactions may be more or less than"},{"title":"Safety Zone; Hackensack River, Kearny and Secaucus, NJ","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for certain waters of the Hackensack River. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters near the Portal Bridge during construction between November 2024 and December 2025. When enforced, entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port New York or a designated representative.","document_number":"2024-27429","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/21/2024-27429/safety-zone-hackensack-river-kearny-and-secaucus-nj","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-21/pdf/2024-27429.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27429.pdf?1732050915","publication_date":"2024-11-21","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"},{"raw_name":"Coast Guard","name":"Coast Guard","id":53,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/coast-guard","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/53","parent_id":227,"slug":"coast-guard"}],"excerpts":"mile 5.0, at Little Snake Hill, New Jersey. On April 2, 2024, Skanska Traylor Portal North Bridge (PNB) Joint Venture notified the Coast Guard that it is requesting three 14-day periods of waterway closures on the Hackensack River to install three new bridge spans for the <span class=\"match\">replacement</span> Portal North Bridge. The purpose of the requested 14-day period is to position and secure a 400-foot-long bridge span over the waterway. The bridge span will be set on temporary shoring north of the existing bridge and a 100-foot-wide crane barge will then lift the bridge"},{"title":"Restoring Integrity to the Issuance of Non-Domiciled Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL)","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the Federal regulations for State Driver's Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) issuing commercial driving credentials to non-domiciled individuals. This final rule reaffirms, with minor changes, the provisions of the interim final rule (IFR) published on September 29, 2025. Specifically, this final rule limits eligibility for non-domiciled Commercial Learner's Permits (CLPs) and Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs) for foreign-domiciled individuals to those who hold specific, verifiable employment-based nonimmigrant status. This rule reaffirms the IFR requirements, aligning the issuance of non- domiciled CDLs with FMCSA's statutory mandate to ensure the fitness of all drivers who operate a CMV. By limiting eligibility to statuses subject to enhanced consular vetting of driver history and interagency screening, FMCSA restores the integrity of the CDL system, closes a significant safety gap, and enhances the safety of the traveling public.","document_number":"2026-02965","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/13/2026-02965/restoring-integrity-to-the-issuance-of-non-domiciled-commercial-drivers-licenses-cdl","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-13/pdf/2026-02965.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02965.pdf?1770844509","publication_date":"2026-02-13","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":"semi-annual metrics on CDL issuance, renewals, and small-fleet business outcomes for at least five years post-<span class=\"match\">implementation</span>. An individual also requested guidance on <span class=\"match\">implementation</span> and support for affected drivers and carriers, along with continued monitoring following changes to assess their effectiveness. \n \n Three individuals expressed concern that the regulatory impact analysis (RIA) failed to analyze <span class=\"match\">rate</span> increases, cost of <span class=\"match\">replacement</span> training, impacts to schools and municipal systems, tax revenue losses potentially totaling $1 billion, and"},{"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":"partner hourly <span class=\"match\">rate</span>, and approximately 49% of the hours billed were at the associate hourly <span class=\"match\">rate</span>.\n 410 \n \n The report further notes that approximately 7% of the hours billed were at a lower paralegal hourly <span class=\"match\">rate</span>.\n 411 \n \n \n \n \n 410 \n  Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions, \n supra \n note 410, at 214.\n \n \n \n \n 411 \n  Instead of separately estimating a paralegal hourly <span class=\"match\">rate</span>, the Commission conservatively estimated that the remaining 7% assigned to paralegals in the WK 2023 Real <span class=\"match\">Rate</span> Report would be work performed at the associate's hourly <span class=\"match\">rate</span>.\n \n \n The Commission"},{"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":"mistrust between immigrant communities and public institutions. The commenter urged DHS to delay <span class=\"match\">implementation</span>, provide a grace period, and fund multilingual outreach and legal assistance.\n \n \n Response: \n DHS is tasked with faithfully <span class=\"match\">implementing</span> the law passed by Congress. Congress has already instructed DHS to <span class=\"match\">implement</span> the statute, and the President has assigned a high priority to <span class=\"match\">implementation</span>. As such, DHS declines to further delay <span class=\"match\">implementation</span> and provide a further grace period. In addition to the rulemaking actions to publicize information"},{"title":"Modernization of Engagement With Mortgagors in Default","type":"Rule","abstract":"HUD's regulations require mortgagees of Federal Housing Administration insured single family mortgages to meet in person, or make a reasonable effort to meet in person, with mortgagors who are in default on their mortgage payments. This rule modernizes those requirements by amending HUD's regulations to better align with advances in electronic communication technology and mortgagor engagement preferences, while preserving consumer protections. Specifically, this rule revises HUD's in-person, face-to-face meeting requirements by permitting mortgagees to utilize methods of communication most likely to receive a response from the mortgagor, including remote communication methods, to meet with mortgagors who are in default on their mortgage payments. This rule also expands the meeting requirement to all mortgagors in default, including mortgagors who do not reside in the mortgaged property and those with a mortgaged property not within 200 miles of their mortgagee. This final rule adopts HUD's July 31, 2023, proposed rule with only minor, non- substantive revisions.","document_number":"2024-16728","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/02/2024-16728/modernization-of-engagement-with-mortgagors-in-default","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-02/pdf/2024-16728.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16728.pdf?1722516313","publication_date":"2024-08-02","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":"Policy Handbook 4000.1 and that this should be completed before the <span class=\"match\">implementation</span> date of the policy. The commenter stated that the Single Family Drafting Table is important to use in this situation because it is very difficult to fully appreciate the operational impacts and <span class=\"match\">implementation</span> challenges raised by the proposed rule as key elements are currently undefined. The commenter stated that mortgage servicers should have the opportunity to evaluate an appropriate <span class=\"match\">implementation</span> deadline to adjust the operations before the required effective date"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (EPCA), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including distribution transformers. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically review its existing standards to determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation standards for distribution transformers. It has determined that the amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.","document_number":"2024-07480","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/22/2024-07480/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-distribution-transformers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-22/pdf/2024-07480.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07480.pdf?1713530715","publication_date":"2024-04-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"discount <span class=\"match\">rate</span>. DOE uses these discount <span class=\"match\">rates</span> in accordance with guidance provided by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to Federal agencies on the development of regulatory analysis.\n 171 \n \n The discount <span class=\"match\">rates</span> for the determination of NPV are in contrast to the discount <span class=\"match\">rates</span> used in the LCC analysis, which are designed to reflect a consumer's perspective. The 7-percent real value is an estimate of the average before-tax <span class=\"match\">rate</span> of return to private capital in the U.S. economy. The 3-percent real value represents the “social <span class=\"match\">rate</span> of time preference"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is issuing this final rule regarding section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (section 1557). Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs and activities. Section 1557(c) of the ACA authorizes the Secretary of the Department to promulgate regulations to implement the nondiscrimination requirements of section 1557. The Department is also revising its interpretation regarding whether Medicare Part B constitutes Federal financial assistance for purposes of civil rights enforcement. Additionally, the Department is revising provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in regulations issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) governing Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); health insurance issuers and their officials, employees, agents, and representatives; States and the Exchanges carrying out Exchange requirements; agents, brokers, or web-brokers that assist with or facilitate enrollment of qualified individuals, qualified employers, or qualified employees; issuers providing essential health benefits (EHB); and qualified health plan issuers.","document_number":"2024-08711","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/06/2024-08711/nondiscrimination-in-health-programs-and-activities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-06/pdf/2024-08711.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08711.pdf?1714162519","publication_date":"2024-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"practices. Such a standard would require the ICT to be perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust, and “enable individuals with disabilities to access the <span class=\"match\">same</span> information as, to engage in the <span class=\"match\">same</span> interactions as, to communicate and to be understood as effectively as, and to enjoy the <span class=\"match\">same</span> services offered to other individuals with the <span class=\"match\">same</span> privacy, <span class=\"match\">same</span> independence, and <span class=\"match\">same</span> ease of use as, individuals without disabilities.” \n Several commenters, including health care organizations, advocacy groups, and a trade association, offered suggestions"},{"title":"Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing this final rule to modernize and improve the efficiency of the H-1B program, add benefits and flexibilities, and improve integrity measures. These provisions mainly amend the regulations governing H-1B specialty occupation workers, although some of the provisions narrowly impact other nonimmigrant classifications, including: H-2, H-3, F-1, L-1, O, P, Q-1, R-1, E-3, and TN.","document_number":"2024-29354","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29354/modernizing-h-1b-requirements-providing-flexibility-in-the-f-1-program-and-program-improvements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29354.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29354.pdf?1734443141","publication_date":"2024-12-18","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":"policy, said that the proposed regulations fail to define what is considered the “<span class=\"match\">same</span> parties,” citing, for example a company going through a corporate restructuring and renaming but having the <span class=\"match\">same</span> FEIN, or a merger in which the company is acquired under a new FEIN.\n \n \n Response: \n The term “<span class=\"match\">same</span> parties” in this context refers to the <span class=\"match\">same</span> petitioner and the <span class=\"match\">same</span> beneficiary. DHS declines to identify changes to the petitioning employer which definitively impact the “<span class=\"match\">same</span> parties” determination. However, DHS notes that a mere name change of the petitioner"},{"title":"2018 Quadrennial Regulatory Review-Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) retains the broadcast ownership rules with minor modifications in compliance with the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which requires the Commission to review its broadcast ownership rules quadrennially to determine whether they are necessary in the public interest as a result of competition. Specifically, the Commission retains the Dual Network Rule, modifies the Local Radio Ownership Rule to make permanent the interim contour-overlap methodology long used to determine ownership limits in areas outside the boundaries of defined Nielsen Audio Metro markets and in Puerto Rico, and modifies the Local Television Ownership Rule to reflect changes that have occurred in the television marketplace and current industry practices.","document_number":"2024-02577","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/15/2024-02577/2018-quadrennial-regulatory-review-review-of-the-commissions-broadcast-ownership-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-15/pdf/2024-02577.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02577.pdf?1707918315","publication_date":"2024-02-15","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":"no more than five of which may be in the <span class=\"match\">same</span> service (AM or FM); (2) up to seven commercial radio stations in radio markets with 30-44 radio stations, no more than four of which may be in the <span class=\"match\">same</span> service (AM or FM); (3) up to six commercial radio stations in radio markets with 15-29 radio stations, no more than four of which may be in the <span class=\"match\">same</span> service (AM or FM); and (4) up to five commercial radio stations in radio markets with 14 or fewer radio stations, no more than three of which may be in the <span class=\"match\">same</span> service (AM or FM), provided that the entity"},{"title":"Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is amending its regulations governing the certification of temporary employment of nonimmigrant workers employed in temporary or seasonal agricultural employment and the enforcement of the contractual obligations applicable to employers of these nonimmigrant workers. The revisions in this final rule focus on strengthening protections for temporary agricultural workers and enhancing the Department's capabilities to monitor program compliance and take necessary enforcement actions against program violators.","document_number":"2024-08333","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/29/2024-08333/improving-protections-for-workers-in-temporary-agricultural-employment-in-the-united-states","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-29/pdf/2024-08333.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08333.pdf?1714135518","publication_date":"2024-04-29","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"},{"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":"order and must advertise all of these wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> in its recruitment. Under this proposal, where one of the wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> in paragraph (a)(1) is expressed as a piece <span class=\"match\">rate</span> and the others are expressed as hourly wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span>, the employer must list both the piece <span class=\"match\">rate</span> and the highest hourly wage <span class=\"match\">rate</span> on the job order. Where more than one of the wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> in paragraph (a)(1) are expressed as non-hourly wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span>, the employer would be required to list the highest applicable wage <span class=\"match\">rate</span> for each potential unit of pay on the job order. \n Next, the Department"},{"title":"Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016: Implementation of Sections 102, 103, and 104","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises HUD regulations to implement parts of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA). In addition to amending regulations for HUD's public housing and Section 8 programs, this final rule revises the program regulations for several other HUD programs. HUD did this in the interest of aligning its requirements across its programs or because the underlying program statute required HUD to make the revisions. These include the regulations for HUD's Community Development Block Grants, HOME Investment Partnerships, Housing Trust Fund, Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS, Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202), and Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811) programs. Since HUD and other Federal agencies may use the regulations revised as part of this rulemaking in the calculation of income for other programs or activities, the public should be aware that the effects of this rulemaking are not limited to the programs listed in this rule and preamble.","document_number":"2023-01617","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/14/2023-01617/housing-opportunity-through-modernization-act-of-2016-implementation-of-sections-102-103-and-104","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-02-14/pdf/2023-01617.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-01617.pdf?1676295917","publication_date":"2023-02-14","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":" “Live-in aide”, and “Public Housing Agency (PHA)” to read as follows: \n \n § 93.2 \n \n \n \n Foster adult \n has the <span class=\"match\">same</span> meaning given that term in 24 CFR 5.603.\n \n \n Foster child \n has the <span class=\"match\">same</span> meaning given that term in 24 CFR 5.603.\n \n \n Full-time student \n has the <span class=\"match\">same</span> meaning given that term in 24 CFR 5.603.\n \n \n \n Live-in aide \n has the <span class=\"match\">same</span> meaning given that term in 24 CFR 5.403.\n \n \n \n Public Housing Agency (PHA) \n has the <span class=\"match\">same</span> meaning given that term in 24 CFR 5.100.\n \n \n \n \n \n 25. Effective January 1, 2024, revise § 93.151 to read as follows:"},{"title":"Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is issuing a final rule that requires States to use State merit staff to provide Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) services. In the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), the Department proposed that this requirement would apply to all States. However, the Department recognizes three States that have been approved by the Department to administer ES services using alternative staffing models for decades and is allowing only these three States to continue using the alternative staffing models. The requirement to use State merit staff to provide all ES services applies to all other States, including those States that implemented staffing flexibility under the 2020 Final Rule. The Department additionally is revising the ES regulations to strengthen the provision of services to migrant or seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and to enhance the protections afforded by the Monitor Advocate System and the Employment Service and Employment-Related Law Complaint System (Complaint System). States have 24 months to comply with this final rule.","document_number":"2023-25372","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/24/2023-25372/wagner-peyser-act-staffing","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-24/pdf/2023-25372.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25372.pdf?1700660719","publication_date":"2023-11-24","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":"need a reasonable amount of time to <span class=\"match\">implement</span> these changes. The Department requested comment on the appropriate length of time to come into compliance. States requested a range of 2 years to 3 years. The Department is providing 24 months from the effective date of this final rule for SWAs to <span class=\"match\">implement</span> these changes. This is the <span class=\"match\">same</span> amount of time SWAs will have to comply with the State merit-staffing requirements in this final rule. Having one transition period enables SWAs to take the necessary steps to <span class=\"match\">implement</span> all of the changes required under"},{"title":"National Apprenticeship System Enhancements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) is proposing issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM or proposed rule) to revise the regulations for registered apprenticeship by enhancing worker protections and equity, improving the quality of registered apprenticeship programs, revising the State governance provisions, and more clearly establishing critical pipelines to registered apprenticeship programs, such as registered career and technical education (CTE) apprenticeships. The proposed rule would improve the capacity of the National Apprenticeship System to respond to evolving employer needs, provide workers equitable pathways to good jobs, and increase the system's long-term resilience.","document_number":"2023-27851","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/17/2023-27851/national-apprenticeship-system-enhancements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-17/pdf/2023-27851.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-27851.pdf?1705412716","publication_date":"2024-01-17","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":" 80,244 \n 89,874 \n \n \n i. Compensation <span class=\"match\">Rates</span> \n \n Exhibits 11a through 11c present the hourly compensation <span class=\"match\">rates</span> for the occupational categories that are expected to experience a change in level of effort (workload) due to the proposed rule. We used BLS's mean hourly wage <span class=\"match\">rate</span> for private sector and State employees.\n 212 \n \n We also used the wage <span class=\"match\">rate</span> from the Office of Personnel Management's Salary Table for the 2022 General Schedule for Federal employees.\n 213 \n \n To reflect total compensation, wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> include nonwage factors, such as overhead"},{"title":"Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this final rule, the Department of Labor (Department or DOL) updates regulations issued under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. As the first comprehensive regulatory review in nearly 40 years, revisions to these regulations will promote compliance, provide appropriate and updated guidance, and enhance their usefulness in the modern economy.","document_number":"2023-17221","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/23/2023-17221/updating-the-davis-bacon-and-related-acts-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-08-23/pdf/2023-17221.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-17221.pdf?1691698521","publication_date":"2023-08-23","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"methodology for determining the prevailing wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> that are required on covered contracts. Some of the changes the Department proposed to this part may lead to higher required wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> in places and lower wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> in others, and the new periodic adjustments of certain non-collectively bargained wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> will result in a smoother increase in such wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> over time instead of longer periods of the <span class=\"match\">same</span> wage <span class=\"match\">rates</span> for an area followed by steeper increases after the publication of new survey <span class=\"match\">rates</span>. Similarly, the new language clarifying the"}]}