{"description":"Documents matching 'prior articles food arriving mail'","count":1036,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=prior+articles+food+arriving+mail&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Prior Notice: Adding Requirement To Submit Mail Tracking Number for Articles of Food Arriving by International Mail and Timeframe for Post-Refusal and Post-Hold Submissions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing a final rule to amend its prior notice regulation to add a requirement that prior notice and food facility registration information be submitted within a certain timeframe after certain notices of refusal or hold have been issued (\"post-refusal\" and \"post-hold\" submission) or responses to requests for FDA review have been issued and beginning October 1, 2026, add a requirement that the prior notice for articles of food arriving by international mail include the name of the mail service and a mail tracking number. The rule will also finalize certain technical changes, including those that reflect expanded capabilities of the Automated Broker Interface/Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data System (ABI/ACE/ITDS) and the Prior Notice Systems Interface (PNSI). These amendments will improve program efficiency and better enable FDA to protect the U.S. food supply and public health.","document_number":"2025-18655","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/25/2025-18655/prior-notice-adding-requirement-to-submit-mail-tracking-number-for-articles-of-food-arriving-by","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-25/pdf/2025-18655.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18655.pdf?1758717925","publication_date":"2025-09-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"bioterrorism risk. Having the name of the <span class=\"match\">mail</span> service and tracking numbers for <span class=\"match\">articles</span> of <span class=\"match\">food</span> <span class=\"match\">arriving</span> by international <span class=\"match\">mail</span> will help FDA better plan its operations and stop such <span class=\"match\">articles</span> from being delivered. \n Many <span class=\"match\">foods</span> are regularly imported by international <span class=\"match\">mail</span>, and in FDA's experience, these <span class=\"match\">foods</span> can present similar risks to the U.S. <span class=\"match\">food</span> supply as other imported <span class=\"match\">foods</span>. Further, based on FDA's experience at international <span class=\"match\">mail</span> facilities, people are increasingly using the <span class=\"match\">mail</span> system to import <span class=\"match\">foods</span>, including <span class=\"match\">foods</span> that could pose a significant"},{"title":"Prior Notice: Adding Requirement To Submit Mail Tracking Number for Articles of Food Arriving by International Mail and Timeframe for Post-Refusal and Post-Hold Submissions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is proposing to amend its prior notice regulations to add a requirement that the prior notice for articles of food arriving by international mail include the name of the mail service and a mail tracking number and add a requirement that prior notice and food facility registration information be submitted within a certain timeframe, after certain notices of refusal or hold have been issued (\"post-refusal\" and \"post-hold\" submission). We are also proposing certain technical changes, including those that reflect expanded capabilities of the Automated Broker Interface/Automated Commercial Environment/ International Trade Data System (ABI/ACE/ITDS) and the Prior Notice Systems Interface (PNSI). These amendments, if finalized, will improve program efficiency and better enable FDA to protect the U.S. food supply and public health.","document_number":"2023-24086","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/01/2023-24086/prior-notice-adding-requirement-to-submit-mail-tracking-number-for-articles-of-food-arriving-by","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-01/pdf/2023-24086.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24086.pdf?1698756401","publication_date":"2023-11-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"of the <span class=\"match\">mail</span> service or tracking numbers for <span class=\"match\">articles</span> of <span class=\"match\">food</span> <span class=\"match\">arriving</span> by international <span class=\"match\">mail</span>. This makes it difficult for FDA to stop <span class=\"match\">articles</span> from being delivered to U.S. recipients that FDA believes pose a bioterrorism risk. Having the name of the <span class=\"match\">mail</span> service and tracking numbers for <span class=\"match\">articles</span> of <span class=\"match\">food</span> <span class=\"match\">arriving</span> by international <span class=\"match\">mail</span> would help FDA better plan its operations and stop such <span class=\"match\">articles</span> from being delivered. \n Many <span class=\"match\">foods</span> are regularly imported by <span class=\"match\">mail</span>, and in FDA's experience, these <span class=\"match\">foods</span> can present similar risks to the U.S. <span class=\"match\">food</span> supply"},{"title":"Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 4): Guidance for Industry; Availability","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is announcing the availability of a final guidance entitled \"Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 4): Guidance for Industry.\" The guidance document updates the current version of the guidance by including three additional questions. One question relates to any effect systems recognition or equivalency determinations have on prior notice requirements. The other two questions relate to FDA's notice to a submitter or transmitter of prior notice of an FDA refusal for inadequate prior notice or hold, if the food article is from a foreign facility that is not registered and addresses the timeframe for making requests for FDA review of such refusal or hold. FDA is also making other technical editorial changes. The guidance announced in this notice finalizes the draft guidance of the same title dated September 13, 2022.","document_number":"2023-22649","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/13/2023-22649/prior-notice-of-imported-food-questions-and-answers-edition-4-guidance-for-industry-availability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-13/pdf/2023-22649.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-22649.pdf?1697114827","publication_date":"2023-10-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"carrier to transport the article of <span class=\"match\">food</span>, of a problem with the <span class=\"match\">prior</span> notice (see 73 FR 66294 at 66365). Subsequently, FDA's Guidance for Industry “<span class=\"match\">Prior</span> Notice of Imported <span class=\"match\">Food</span> Questions and Answers (Edition 3)” was published with the explanation that FDA will communicate the decision to examine <span class=\"match\">articles</span> of <span class=\"match\">food</span> to CBP. \n \n The fourth edition clarifies that notification of these <span class=\"match\">prior</span> notice refusals and holds will be communicated to CBP and provided to the relevant party (\n i.e., \n the submitter or transmitter of <span class=\"match\">prior</span> notice) upon arrival of the article"},{"title":"Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of the People's Republic of China Pursuant to the President's February 1, 2025 Executive Order Imposing Duties To Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China","type":"Notice","abstract":"In order to effectuate the President's February 1, 2025 Executive Order \"Imposing Duties to Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China,\" which imposes specified rates of duty on imports of articles that are products of the People's Republic of China (PRC or China), the Secretary of Homeland Security has determined that appropriate action is needed to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) as set out in the annex to this notice.","document_number":"2025-02293","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/05/2025-02293/implementation-of-additional-duties-on-products-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-pursuant-to-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-02-05/pdf/2025-02293.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-02293.pdf?1738606508","publication_date":"2025-02-05","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":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","id":501,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-customs-and-border-protection","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/501","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-customs-and-border-protection"}],"excerpts":"protect the revenue of the United States and effectively carry out the Executive Order's instruction to exclude such <span class=\"match\">articles</span> from eligibility for the \n de minimis \n exemption, including with respect to shipments <span class=\"match\">arriving</span> by international <span class=\"match\">mail</span> from China, CBP has determined that, in accordance with 19 CFR 145.12(a)(1), it is necessary to require formal entry for all <span class=\"match\">mail</span> shipments from China. Without regard to their value, no <span class=\"match\">mail</span> shipments from China will be cleared or released by CBP unless and until formal entry is properly filed.\n \n Products"},{"title":"Food Labeling: Front-of-Package Nutrition Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) proposes to require front-of-package nutrition labels on most foods that must bear a Nutrition Facts label. This action, if finalized, would require the display of a compact informational box containing certain nutrient information on the principal display panel. The box would provide consumers, including those who have lower nutrition knowledge, with standardized, interpretive nutrition information that can help them quickly and easily identify how foods can be part of a healthy diet. We also propose to amend certain nutrient content claim regulations to align with current nutrition science and avoid within-label inconsistencies.","document_number":"2025-00778","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00778/food-labeling-front-of-package-nutrition-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00778.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00778.pdf?1736862341","publication_date":"2025-01-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"established the nutrient content claim for low sodium in a final rule entitled “<span class=\"match\">Food</span> Labeling; Declaration of Sodium Content of <span class=\"match\">Foods</span> and Label Claims for <span class=\"match\">Foods</span> on the Basis of Sodium Content” (49 FR 15510, April 18, 1984) (1984 final rule). In the proposed rule entitled “<span class=\"match\">Food</span> Labeling; Declaration of Sodium Content of <span class=\"match\">Foods</span> and Label Claims for <span class=\"match\">Foods</span> on the Basis of Sodium Content” (47 FR 26580, June 18, 1982), we estimated that the consumption of 20 low-sodium <span class=\"match\">foods</span> would contribute about 2,800 mg of sodium per day (using 20 servings per day as"},{"title":"Employee or Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing to rescind the analysis for determining employee or independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) currently set forth in 29 CFR part 795 and replace it with the analysis that it published and adopted in a prior final rule dated January 7, 2021, with a few modifications. In addition, the Department proposes to apply this analysis to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA), both of which incorporate the FLSA's scope of employment.","document_number":"2026-03962","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/27/2026-03962/employee-or-independent-contractor-status-under-the-fair-labor-standards-act-family-and-medical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-27/pdf/2026-03962.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03962.pdf?1772113515","publication_date":"2026-02-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"the <span class=\"match\">articles</span> that he submits, but he does not otherwise communicate or work with any of the newspaper's employees. The journalist never assigns <span class=\"match\">articles</span> to others nor does he review or revise <span class=\"match\">articles</span> that others submit. He is not responsible for determining where his article or any other <span class=\"match\">articles</span> appear in the newspaper's print and online editions.\n \n \n (ii) \n Application. \n The journalist is not part of an integrated unit of production of the newspaper, indicating independent contractor status. His work is limited to the specific <span class=\"match\">articles</span> that"},{"title":"Federal Management Regulation; Aligning the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) With the Administration's Deregulatory Priorities","type":"Rule","abstract":"GSA is issuing a final rule to streamline and update multiple parts of the FMR to ensure adherence to statutory requirements and improve the effectiveness of the management of aviation, Federal advisory committees, mail, motor vehicles, personal property, real property, and transportation.","document_number":"2025-22915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-22915/federal-management-regulation-aligning-the-federal-management-regulation-fmr-with-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-16/pdf/2025-22915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22915.pdf?1765806319","publication_date":"2025-12-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"payments to service providers, <span class=\"match\">mail</span> center personnel costs, <span class=\"match\">mail</span> center overhead).\n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Mail</span> piece design \n means creating and printing items to be <span class=\"match\">mailed</span> so that they can be processed efficiently and effectively by USPS automated <span class=\"match\">mail</span> processing equipment.\n \n \n Official <span class=\"match\">mail</span> \n means incoming or outgoing <span class=\"match\">mail</span> that is related to official business of the Federal Government.\n \n \n Outgoing <span class=\"match\">mail</span> \n means <span class=\"match\">mail</span> generated within a Federal facility that is going outside that facility.\n \n \n Personal <span class=\"match\">mail</span> \n means incoming or outgoing <span class=\"match\">mail</span> that is not related to official"},{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; and Quality Reporting Programs; Including the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Program; Request for Information on Strengthening the Standardization and Comparability of Hospital Price Transparency (HPT) Data; Prior Authorization; Accrediting Organization (AO) Deeming for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and Notices of Closure of Teaching Hospitals and Opportunities To Apply for Available Slots","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2027 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We also describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment systems. In addition, this proposed rule would update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program. There are no changes to the Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program. We propose to expand the prior authorization requirement to include additional Botulinum Toxin Injection services. We also propose to implement certain provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, for off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. In addition, this proposed rule announces notices of closure of teaching hospitals and opportunities to apply for available slots. This rule also requests information regarding potential approaches to improve comparability and standardization, particularly for complex contracting methodologies, of the HPT information reported in machine- readable files and consumer-friendly displays. We propose hospital AOs with deeming authority to assess compliance with certain Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) administrative requirements during accreditation and reaccreditation surveys. Finally, we are soliciting comments on a potential separate payment under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for domestic procurement of personal protective equipment and essential medicines.","document_number":"2026-13656","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13656/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13656.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13656.pdf?1782996328","publication_date":"2026-07-07","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"}],"excerpts":"medical review. We anticipate that most <span class=\"match\">prior</span> authorization requests will be sent by means other than <span class=\"match\">mail</span>. However, we estimate a cost of $5 per request for <span class=\"match\">mailing</span> medical records. Based on CY 2024 data for the new services, we estimate that annually, there would be 17,699 initial requests <span class=\"match\">mailed</span> during a year. In addition, we estimate there would be 5,808 resubmissions of a request <span class=\"match\">mailed</span> following a non-affirmed decision. Therefore, the total annual <span class=\"match\">mailing</span> cost is estimated at $117,537 (23,507 <span class=\"match\">mailed</span> requests × $5). We also estimate that an"},{"title":"Movement of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms","type":"Rule","abstract":"On December 2, 2024, a Federal court vacated the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) final rule issued on May 18, 2020 (the May 2020 final rule) that revised APHIS' regulations governing the movement of certain genetically modified organisms and was issued under the authority of the Plant Protection Act. APHIS is therefore amending the CFR to conform the CFR to the Federal Court's vacatur of that rule. The Court's vacatur was effective December 2, 2024, and had the legal effect of vacating the May 2020 final rule in its entirety and restoring the legal effect of the pre-May 2020 regulations. These technical conforming amendments revise the CFR to reflect the court's vacatur of the May 2020 final rule.","document_number":"2025-10797","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-10797/movement-of-certain-genetically-engineered-organisms","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-10797.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10797.pdf?1749818710","publication_date":"2025-06-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service","name":"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service","id":22,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/22","parent_id":12,"slug":"animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service"}],"excerpts":"to APHIS.\n \n \n \n (a) \n General. \n Certain regulated <span class=\"match\">articles</span> may be introduced without a permit, \n \n provided that the introduction is in compliance with the requirements of this section. Any other introduction of regulated <span class=\"match\">articles</span> require a permit under § 340.4, with the exception of introductions that are conditionally exempt from permit requirements under § 340.2(b) of this part.\n \n \n (b) \n Regulated <span class=\"match\">articles</span> eligible for introduction under the notification procedure. \n Regulated <span class=\"match\">articles</span> which meet all of the following six requirements and"},{"title":"User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"We are amending the user fee regulations associated with the agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) program. Specifically, we are adjusting the fees for certain AQI services that are provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international passengers arriving at ports in the customs territory of the United States or precleared or preinspected at a site outside the customs territory of the United States; adjusting the caps on prepaid fees associated with commercial trucks and commercial railroad cars; and removing certain fee exemptions that are no longer justifiable based upon pathway analyses of risk. We are also revising requirements pertaining to remittances and statements. Specifically, we will require monthly rather than quarterly remittances for the commercial aircraft fee, international air passenger fee, and international cruise passenger fee, clarify our requirements, and provide for electronic payments and statements. We are also including in the regulations information on agents responsible for ensuring compliance with paying the user fees and the requirement for entities to notify the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in the event they have a change in personnel responsible for fee payments. These changes are necessary to recover the costs of the current level of AQI activity, to account for actual and projected increases in the cost of doing business, to increase fee payer accountability, and to more accurately align fees with the costs associated with each fee service.","document_number":"2024-09348","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/07/2024-09348/user-fees-for-agricultural-quarantine-and-inspection-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-07/pdf/2024-09348.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09348.pdf?1714999569","publication_date":"2024-05-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service","name":"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service","id":22,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/22","parent_id":12,"slug":"animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service"}],"excerpts":"by the user is inadequate or unacceptable, then APHIS will take the following action: If regulated <span class=\"match\">articles</span> in quarantine at a treatment facility cannot be released from quarantine, APHIS may seize and dispose of them, as determined by the Administrator, and may recover all expenses of handling the <span class=\"match\">articles</span> from persons liable for user fees under paragraph (h)(1) of this section. If regulated <span class=\"match\">articles</span> can be released from quarantine, the <span class=\"match\">articles</span> will be released, and any unpaid debt will be handled in accordance with procedures for unpaid debt"},{"title":"Entry of Low-Value Shipments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document proposes amendments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations pertaining to the entry of certain low-value shipments not exceeding $800 that are eligible for an administrative exemption from duty and tax. Specifically, CBP proposes to create a new process for entering low-value shipments, allowing CBP to target high-risk shipments more effectively, including those containing synthetic opioids such as illicit fentanyl. This document also proposes to revise the current process for entering low-value shipments to require additional data elements that would assist CBP in verifying eligibility for duty- and tax-free entry of low-value shipments and bona-fide gifts.","document_number":"2025-00551","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2025-00551/entry-of-low-value-shipments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2025-00551.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00551.pdf?1736775923","publication_date":"2025-01-14","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":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","id":501,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-customs-and-border-protection","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/501","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-customs-and-border-protection"},{"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"}],"excerpts":"three categories of <span class=\"match\">articles</span>. These categories include: bona-fide gifts valued at $100 or less ($200, if the gift is from certain island possessions) sent from persons in foreign countries to persons in the United States; certain personal or household <span class=\"match\">articles</span> valued at $200 or less accompanying persons <span class=\"match\">arriving</span> in the United States; and other <span class=\"match\">articles</span> when the value of the article is $800 or less.\n 1 \n \n These exemptions are subject to the condition that the aggregate fair retail value in the country of shipment of <span class=\"match\">articles</span> imported by one person"},{"title":"Electronic Bond Transmission","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collects bonds from parties engaging in transactions or activities with CBP to adequately protect the revenue of the United States and ensure compliance with U.S. statutes and regulations. This document proposes to amend the CBP regulations to require that most bonds be transmitted to CBP electronically via a specialized system by the surety securing the bond, or by the principal on a bond secured by cash in lieu of surety. The changes proposed in this document further centralize and streamline CBP's bond program.","document_number":"2026-02961","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/13/2026-02961/electronic-bond-transmission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-13/pdf/2026-02961.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02961.pdf?1770903923","publication_date":"2026-02-13","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":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","id":501,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-customs-and-border-protection","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/501","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-customs-and-border-protection"}],"excerpts":"secure transactions or activities with a term bond executed <span class=\"match\">prior</span> to the effective date of the final rule until the end of that bond's latest bond period (\n e.g., \n the end of the latest one-year period in the case of continuous bonds). Term bonds filed with or transmitted to CBP <span class=\"match\">prior</span> to [\n insert effective date of Final Rule here \n ] will remain subject to the terms and conditions that were in place on the date that the bonds were executed. Term bonds will also be subject to the <span class=\"match\">prior</span> regulations or eBond test requirements in place on the date"},{"title":"Trade and National Security Actions and Low-Value Shipments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document proposes amendments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations pertaining to the administrative exemption for certain low-value shipments not exceeding $800. Specifically, CBP proposes to make merchandise that is subject to specified trade or national security actions ineligible for this administrative exemption and to require that certain shipments claiming this exemption provide the 10-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) classification of the merchandise.","document_number":"2025-01074","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2025-01074/trade-and-national-security-actions-and-low-value-shipments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2025-01074.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01074.pdf?1737121514","publication_date":"2025-01-21","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":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","id":501,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-customs-and-border-protection","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/501","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-customs-and-border-protection"},{"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"}],"excerpts":"international <span class=\"match\">mail</span> and other constraints under both international agreements and domestic law, which create unique challenges to the application of the proposed rule to international <span class=\"match\">mail</span>; (2) international <span class=\"match\">mail</span> operates differently from other modes of global commerce, including that international postal shipments do not benefit from an end-to-end process as do commercial shipments; (3) the overwhelming majority of international <span class=\"match\">mail</span> consists of low-value shipments and the USPS typically cannot collect duties directly from the foreign <span class=\"match\">mailers</span> with whom"},{"title":"Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 4); Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled \"Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers; Draft Guidance for Industry (Edition 4).\" The draft guidance adds three additional questions. One question relates to any effect systems recognition or equivalency determinations have on prior notice requirements. The other two questions relate to FDA's notice to a submitter of prior notice of an FDA refusal for inadequate prior notice or hold if the food article is from a foreign facility that is not registered, and address the timeframe for making requests for FDA review of such a refusal or hold. FDA is also making other technical and editorial changes.","document_number":"2022-19724","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/13/2022-19724/prior-notice-of-imported-food-questions-and-answers-edition-4-draft-guidance-for-industry","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-09-13/pdf/2022-19724.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-19724.pdf?1662986736","publication_date":"2022-09-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"SUMMARY: \n The <span class=\"match\">Food</span> and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled “<span class=\"match\">Prior</span> Notice of Imported <span class=\"match\">Food</span> Questions and Answers; Draft Guidance for Industry (Edition 4).” The draft guidance adds three additional questions. One question relates to any effect systems recognition or equivalency determinations have on <span class=\"match\">prior</span> notice requirements. The other two questions relate to FDA's notice to a submitter of <span class=\"match\">prior</span> notice of an FDA refusal for inadequate <span class=\"match\">prior</span> notice or hold if the <span class=\"match\">food</span> article is from"},{"title":"Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rulemaking finalizes long-term school nutrition requirements based on the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, robust stakeholder input, and lessons learned from prior rulemakings. Notably, this rulemaking gradually phases in added sugars limits for the school lunch and breakfast programs and in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, updates total sugars limits for breakfast cereals and yogurt to added sugars limits. As a reflection of feedback from stakeholders, this final rule implements a single sodium reduction in the school lunch and breakfast programs and commits to studying the potential associations between sodium reduction and student participation in the school lunch and breakfast programs. This rulemaking addresses a variety of other school meal requirements, including establishing long-term milk and whole grain requirements. Finally, this rule includes provisions that strengthen Buy American requirements. While this rulemaking takes effect school year 2024-2025, the Department is gradually phasing in required changes over time. Program operators are not required to make any changes to their menus as a result of this rulemaking until school year 2025-2026 at the earliest.","document_number":"2024-08098","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/25/2024-08098/child-nutrition-programs-meal-patterns-consistent-with-the-2020-2025-dietary-guidelines-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-25/pdf/2024-08098.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08098.pdf?1713962726","publication_date":"2024-04-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"diet quality of all participating students . . . For both <span class=\"match\">food</span>-insecure and <span class=\"match\">food</span>-secure students, the average HEI scores for non-school <span class=\"match\">foods</span> were between 55 and 57, whereas school <span class=\"match\">foods</span> scored between 79 and 81. School <span class=\"match\">foods</span> were particularly noteworthy as sources of fruit, dairy, and whole grains.” U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA School Meals Support <span class=\"match\">Food</span> Security and Good Nutrition. May 3, 2021. Available at: \n https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2021/may/usda-school-meals-support-<span class=\"match\">food</span>-security-and-good-nutrition/. \n \n \n \n \n 9 \n  See “Percent"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Rates; Changes to the FY 2025 IPPS Rates Due to Court Decision; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes; Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Electronic Prescribing, Real-Time Prescription Benefit and Electronic Prior Authorization","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; makes changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; updates the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); updates and makes changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and makes other policy- related changes. We are also finalizing the provisions of the interim final action with comment period regarding the changes to the FY 2025 IPPS rates due to the court decision in Bridgeport Hosp. v. Becerra. Lastly, it finalizes certain updates to the ONC Health Information Technology (IT) Certification Program.","document_number":"2025-14681","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/04/2025-14681/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-ipps-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-04/pdf/2025-14681.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14681.pdf?1753992911","publication_date":"2025-08-04","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":"criteria ASTP/ONC is finalizing to support electronic <span class=\"match\">prior</span> authorization.\n \n \n (e) New Certification Criteria for Electronic <span class=\"match\">Prior</span> Authorization \n In section III.B.20 of the preamble of the HTI-2 Proposed Rule, ASTP/ONC proposed to adopt a “<span class=\"match\">prior</span> authorization API—provider” criterion in 45 CFR 170.315(g)(34). ASTP/ONC also proposed to adopt a set of HL7® FHIR® implementation guides (IGs) in 45 CFR 170.215 for HHS use, including IGs referenced as part of the proposed criterion for electronic <span class=\"match\">prior</span> authorization and other IGs that support interoperable"},{"title":"Salmonella Not Ready-To-Eat Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products","type":"Notice","abstract":"FSIS is announcing its final determination that not ready-to- eat (NRTE) breaded stuffed chicken products that contain Salmonella at levels of 1 Colony Forming Unit per gram (hereinafter, \"1 CFU/g\") or higher are adulterated within the meaning of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA). FSIS is also announcing that it intends to carry out verification procedures, including sampling and testing of the raw incoming chicken components used to produce NRTE breaded stuffed chicken products prior to stuffing and breading.","document_number":"2024-09393","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/01/2024-09393/salmonella-not-ready-to-eat-breaded-stuffed-chicken-products","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-01/pdf/2024-09393.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09393.pdf?1714481135","publication_date":"2024-05-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food Safety and Inspection Service","name":"Food Safety and Inspection Service","id":201,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-safety-and-inspection-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/201","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-safety-and-inspection-service"}],"excerpts":"health” standard applies to the <span class=\"match\">food</span>, not to the added substance and, therefore, “where some portion of a toxin present in a <span class=\"match\">food</span> has been introduced by [humans], the entirety of that substance present in the <span class=\"match\">food</span> will be treated as an added substance.” \n 10 \n \n \n \n \n 7 \n  The definition in the FFDCA provides that “A <span class=\"match\">food</span> shall be deemed to be adulterated (a)(1) if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added substance such <span class=\"match\">food</span> shall not be considered adulterated"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2025 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. Also, this final rule updates the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. We also summarize information received in response to a Request for Information on potential modifications to the Safety of Care measure group in the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating methodology. In this final rule, we are also finalizing our proposal to narrow the description of \"custody\" in the Medicare payment exclusion rule and to revise the special enrollment period criteria for formerly incarcerated individuals. We are also finalizing our Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) continuous eligibility provisions. We are also finalizing the proposal to reduce the review timeframe for standard prior authorization requests for certain covered outpatient department services paid under the OPPS from 10-business days to 7-calendar days. Further, this rule finalizes updates to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) in an effort to advance the health and safety of pregnant, birthing, and postpartum women. This rule also finalizes our proposed policy to separately pay Indian Health Service (IHS) and Tribal hospitals for high-cost drugs furnished in hospital outpatient departments through an add-on payment in addition to the all-inclusive rate (AIR) under the authorities used to calculate the AIR starting January 1, 2025. Finally, we are finalizing exceptions to the Medicaid clinic services four walls requirement for IHS and Tribal clinics, and, at state option, for behavioral health clinics and clinics located in rural areas.","document_number":"2024-25521","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/27/2024-25521/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-27/pdf/2024-25521.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25521.pdf?1730492130","publication_date":"2024-11-27","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"}],"excerpts":"https://www.regulations.gov \n . Follow the “Submit a comment” instructions.\n \n \n 2. \n By regular <span class=\"match\">mail</span>. \n You may <span class=\"match\">mail</span> written comments to the following address ONLY: Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS-1809-FC, P.O. Box 8010, Baltimore, MD 21244-8010.\n \n Please allow sufficient time for <span class=\"match\">mailed</span> comments to be received before the close of the comment period. \n \n 3. \n By express or overnight <span class=\"match\">mail</span>. \n You may send written comments to the following address ONLY: Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid"},{"title":"Termination of Parole Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (\"DHS\") is terminating the categorical parole programs for inadmissible aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members (hereinafter referred to as \"CHNV parole programs\") that DHS announced in 2022 and 2023. This Federal Register notice is intended to provide context and guidance to the public regarding the termination of the CHNV parole programs and related employment authorization.","document_number":"2025-05128","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/25/2025-05128/termination-of-parole-processes-for-cubans-haitians-nicaraguans-and-venezuelans","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-25/pdf/2025-05128.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-05128.pdf?1742588113","publication_date":"2025-03-25","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":"the entry of such [aliens].” \n See \n 89 FR at 81157-58.\n \n \n \n \n 22 \n  89 FR at 48714.\n \n \n \n \n 23 \n  89 FR at 48715.\n \n \n \n \n 24 \n  DHS notes that on October 4, 2024, the <span class=\"match\">prior</span> administration announced that there would be no “re-parole” beyond the initial two-year period for the parolees who entered the United States under the CHNV parole programs. The decision of the <span class=\"match\">prior</span> administration to decline renewal or extension of the CHNV related parole coincided in large part with other actions of DHS to promulgate policies to reduce illegal immigration"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Barrens Darter","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Barrens darter (Etheostoma forbesi), a fish species from Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, and Warren Counties, Tennessee, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the Barrens darter. After a review of the best scientific and commercial data available, we find that listing the species is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the Barrens darter as an endangered species under the Act. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to the species. We find that designating critical habitat for this species is not determinable at this time.","document_number":"2025-12009","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12009/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-endangered-species-status-for-barrens-darter","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12009.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12009.pdf?1751287520","publication_date":"2025-07-01","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":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"darters pose the greatest threat to the viability of the Barrens darter. \n Although fish survey records <span class=\"match\">prior</span> to the 1980s are sparse, it appears that the Barrens darter's decline did not start (or the decline was not noticed) until fringed darters began moving into the Barrens darter's headwater habitat. Because Barrens darters withstood habitat and water quality disturbances for a long period <span class=\"match\">prior</span> to the fringed darter invasions, including times <span class=\"match\">prior</span> to the CWA or when the CWA regulations were first being implemented, it is more likely that the invasions"}]}