{"description":"Documents matching 'review process payment collection administrative'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=review+process+payment+collection+administrative&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Nomenclature Corrections Due to Office Reorganization, Removal of Obsolete References, and Payment Processing Changes","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Surface Transportation Board (Board) recently completed a reorganization in which it combined its two legal offices, the Office of the General Counsel and the Office of Proceedings, to form the Office of Chief Counsel. The Board is issuing a final rule to make nomenclature changes reflecting the establishment of the Office of Chief Counsel as a result of this reorganization, to remove obsolete references, and to revise its rules to no longer accept paper checks or money orders as a form of payment.","document_number":"2026-02179","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/03/2026-02179/nomenclature-corrections-due-to-office-reorganization-removal-of-obsolete-references-and-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-03/pdf/2026-02179.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02179.pdf?1770039924","publication_date":"2026-02-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD","name":"Surface Transportation Board","id":481,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/surface-transportation-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/481","parent_id":null,"slug":"surface-transportation-board"}],"excerpts":"requirements. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure, Maritime carriers, Motor carriers, Railroads. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure. \n \n \n Administrative practice and procedure.\n \n \n \n Administrative practice and procedure. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure, Railroads. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure, Railroads. \n \n Administrative practice and procedure"},{"title":"Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Fee for Administrative Processing of Request for Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule adjusts the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services by reducing the fee for Administrative Processing of Request for Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States from $2,350 to $450.","document_number":"2026-04931","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/13/2026-04931/schedule-of-fees-for-consular-services-fee-for-administrative-processing-of-request-for-certificate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-13/pdf/2026-04931.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04931.pdf?1773319512","publication_date":"2026-03-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF STATE","name":"State Department","id":476,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/476","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-department"}],"excerpts":"for Administrative Processing of Request for Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States from $2,350 to $450. \n \n \n DATES: \n This final rule is effective on April 13, 2026. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Steve Jacob, Resource Management Unit, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State; phone: 771-204-4677; email: \n Fees@state.gov. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n Background \n This final rule adjusts the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (Schedule of Fees) by reducing the fee for Item #8, Administrative Processing"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule describes alternatives to modify the limit on the total payment rate and other requirements for State directed payments in Medicaid managed care. We propose these changes based on our authority to interpret and implement section 1902(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (the Act) with respect to prepaid inpatient health plans and prepaid ambulatory health plans, and section 1903(m)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act, which require that contracts between States and managed care organizations to provide payments under a risk- based contract for services and associated administrative costs that are actuarially sound. This rule also proposes to set a limit for certain targeted Medicaid payments in Medicaid fee-for-service. We propose this change based on our authority to interpret and implement section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the Act with respect to certain targeted Medicaid payments which require that payments be consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers so that care and services are available under the plan at least to the extent that such care and services are available to the general population in the geographic area.","document_number":"2026-10292","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10292/medicaid-program-medicaid-managed-care-state-directed-payments-and-medicaid-fee-for-service-targeted","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-22/pdf/2026-10292.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10292.pdf?1779308109","publication_date":"2026-05-22","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":"Supplemental payments are defined in section 1903(bb)(2) of the Act generally as payments made to providers that are in addition to the base payment the provider receives. Supplemental payments are generally understood to mean amounts other than the previously described base payment amount, and as such, may include payment for additional costs associated with Medicaid services. Because the term supplemental payments may refer to different types of payments in different contexts, within this proposed rule, we use the term supplemental payments when discussing"},{"title":"Investments in and Licensing of Permitted Payment Stablecoins Issuers","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The NCUA Board (Board) is seeking comment on proposed regulations to implement portions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The GENIUS Act charges the NCUA with licensing, regulating, and supervising payment stablecoin issuers that are subsidiaries of federally insured credit unions (FICU subsidiaries). The GENIUS Act also requires the NCUA to issue implementing regulations by July 18th, 2026. This proposed rule proposes regulations to implement the statutorily required process for approval and licensure of permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) subject to the NCUA's jurisdiction. It also proposes regulations limiting FICUs to investing in NCUA-licensed PPSIs. A forthcoming proposal will propose regulations to implement the standards and restrictions imposed by the GENIUS Act on PPSIs.","document_number":"2026-02868","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/12/2026-02868/investments-in-and-licensing-of-permitted-payment-stablecoins-issuers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-12/pdf/2026-02868.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02868.pdf?1770817517","publication_date":"2026-02-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Credit Union Administration","id":335,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-credit-union-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/335","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-credit-union-administration"}],"excerpts":"NCUA is a primary Federal payment stablecoin regulator with respect to a FICU or FICU subsidiary.\n 3 \n \n As a primary Federal payment stablecoin regulator, the GENIUS Act provides authority for the NCUA to approve and license issuance of payment stablecoins through FICU subsidiaries,\n 4 \n \n establish regulations for issuing payment stablecoins,\n 5 \n \n and examine for and enforce applicable requirements imposed on FICU subsidiaries.\n 6 \n \n The GENIUS Act also confers authority related to standards for custody of payment stablecoin reserves.\n 7 \n"},{"title":"Proposed Revisions to the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk and the Guidelines for Account and Services Requests","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is issuing a notice and request for comment on proposed revisions to the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk (PSR Policy), including the proposed addition of a new Part IV, to accommodate the provision by Reserve Banks of special-purpose accounts that would clear and settle certain payment activity (Payment Accounts). The Board is also proposing updates to its guidelines for Federal Reserve Banks (Reserve Banks) to utilize in evaluating requests for access to Reserve Bank account and services (Account Access Guidelines or Guidelines) to accommodate requests for access to Payment Accounts. Finally, the Board is encouraging Reserve Banks to pause decisions on requests for Reserve Bank accounts and services from institutions that are Tier 3 under the Account Access Guidelines until the Board has completed its policy development process on the Payment Account proposal.","document_number":"2026-10375","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/26/2026-10375/proposed-revisions-to-the-federal-reserve-policy-on-payment-system-risk-and-the-guidelines-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-26/pdf/2026-10375.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10375.pdf?1779453911","publication_date":"2026-05-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"}],"excerpts":" \n C. Overview of Request for Information on Payment Account Prototype \n \n On December 23, 2025, the Board published an RFI seeking public input \n \n on a special-purpose Payment Account prototype tailored to the needs and risks of institutions focused on payments innovation.\n 7 \n \n \n \n \n 7 \n \n See \n 90 FR 60096 (Dec. 23, 2025).\n \n \n \n The RFI contemplated that a Payment Account would be designed for the purpose of clearing and settling the Payment Account holder's payment activity, and that Payment Accounts would have a common set of risk-mitigating"},{"title":"Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth these final rules related to certain provisions of the No Surprises Act regarding the Federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process, which was established as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA). These rules finalize new requirements relating to the disclosure of information that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage must include along with the initial payment or notice of denial of payment for certain items and services subject to the surprise billing protections in the No Surprises Act. These final rules also require plans and issuers to communicate information by using claim adjustment reason codes (CARCs) and remittance advice remark codes (RARCs), as specified in guidance, when providing any paper or electronic remittance advice (ERA) to an entity that does not have a contractual relationship with the plan or issuer. This document also finalizes amendments to certain requirements related to the open negotiation period preceding the Federal IDR process, the initiation of the Federal IDR process, the Federal IDR dispute eligibility review process, and the payment and collection of administrative fees and certified IDR entity fees. This document also finalizes the definition of bundled payment arrangements, amends requirements related to batched items and services and amends the rules for extensions of timeframes due to extenuating circumstances. Additionally, this document finalizes provisions that require plans and issuers to register in the Federal IDR portal. In accordance with Federal law, a summary of these rules may be found at https://www.regulations.gov/.","document_number":"2026-11140","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11140/federal-independent-dispute-resolution-operations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11140.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11140.pdf?1780348210","publication_date":"2026-06-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"departmental eligibility review process and require that additional information be submitted to support eligibility determinations, conflict-of-interest reviews, or payment determinations. The 2023 proposed rules also proposed to establish a standard process for disputes to be withdrawn from the Federal IDR process. The Departments also proposed amendments to adjust the timeframe for submission of offers and payment determination. \n Regarding fee collections, the proposed rule included amendments related to the collection of certified IDR entity"},{"title":"Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems; Delay of Effective Date","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS or the Agency) is delaying the effective date of the \"Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems\" final rule (Payment Systems rule or final rule), which was published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2025, to allow time for further consideration of actions that may be taken regarding the disposition of the rule. The current effective date of the Payment Systems rule is July 1, 2026. With this action, AMS is delaying the effective date to December 31, 2027.","document_number":"2026-10880","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/01/2026-10880/poultry-grower-payment-systems-and-capital-improvement-systems-delay-of-effective-date","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-01/pdf/2026-10880.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10880.pdf?1779999311","publication_date":"2026-06-01","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":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"in administrative costs. Because administrative costs for small LPDs were expected to decrease in the fifth year after the rule became effective, costs in the fifth year will be $72,000 higher for small LPDs if the effective date is delayed 12 months. The ten-year total direct administrative cost savings will be $515,000 for the 12-Month Delay Alternative. Column two in table 3 below contains estimated administrative cost savings for small LPDs for the 12-Month Delay Alternative. \n \n Table 3—Quantified Benefits From Savings in Administrative Costs"},{"title":"Fee Reasonableness Reviews; Effect of Loss of Accreditation on Direct Payment","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this final rule to address its process for reviewing, determining, and allocating reasonable fees for claim representation, and to address the effect on direct payment of the termination of a claims agent's or attorney's VA accreditation.","document_number":"2024-24708","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/25/2024-24708/fee-reasonableness-reviews-effect-of-loss-of-accreditation-on-direct-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-25/pdf/2024-24708.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24708.pdf?1729773919","publication_date":"2024-10-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"parties on their own; if an agreement cannot be reached, they can request OGC reasonableness review. \n VA has considered the options presented by the commenter, including declining direct payment for discharged representatives, premising direct payment on a multi-factor test, or stopping direct payment altogether. But thousands of agents and attorneys and countless claimants still find value in direct payment, given (1) the relative certainty of collection it provides to agents and attorneys, (2) the 20 percent fee limitation it guarantees for claimants"},{"title":"Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Child Care Improper Payments Data Collection Instructions (OMB #0970-0323)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Administration for Children and Families is proposing revisions to an approved information collection, the Child Care Improper Payments Data Collection Instructions (OMB #0970-0323, expiration 1/31/2025). In addition to the proposed changes, we are requesting a 3-year extension.","document_number":"2025-02240","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/05/2025-02240/submission-for-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-review-child-care-improper-payments-data","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-02-05/pdf/2025-02240.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-02240.pdf?1738358107","publication_date":"2025-02-05","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":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to \n www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. \n Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. You can also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by emailing \n infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. \n Identify all emailed requests by the title of the information collection.\n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n \n \n Description: \n Section 2 of the Payment Integrity Information"},{"title":"Section 6435 Payments; Refunds for Previously Taxed Dyed Fuel","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document contains temporary regulations regarding the statutory provision providing for payments to taxpayers with respect to certain previously taxed dyed fuel. Specifically, these temporary regulations provide guidance delineating which taxpayers may claim such payments and the procedures these taxpayers must follow to claim the payments. The text of the temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the proposed rules section in this issue of the Federal Register. These temporary regulations affect taxpayers that withdraw previously taxed dyed fuel from a terminal.","document_number":"2026-08545","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08545/section-6435-payments-refunds-for-previously-taxed-dyed-fuel","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-01/pdf/2026-08545.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08545.pdf?1777553124","publication_date":"2026-05-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"}],"excerpts":"providing for a payment in the amount of the section 4081 tax previously paid (and not credited or refunded) with respect to eligible dyed fuel. However, as explained in Part IV of the Background section, section 6435 does not include language deeming such a payment as a refund of an overpayment of tax and lacks a specific appropriation for section 6435 payments. \n \n The Treasury Department and the IRS view the general appropriation for refunds of Internal Revenue collections in 31 U.S.C. 1324(b) as appropriating funding for section 6435 payments to the"},{"title":"Hazardous Materials: Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"PHMSA proposes to modernize the payment system for hazardous materials registration to require electronic submissions via the Department of Transportation (DOT) e-Commerce internet site and eliminate the option to pay using a paper check. This revision is intended to increase government efficiency by eliminating the burdens associated with processing paper checks from the regulatory community.","document_number":"2025-12085","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12085/hazardous-materials-modernizing-payments-to-and-from-americas-bank-account","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12085.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12085.pdf?1751055314","publication_date":"2025-07-01","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":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","name":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","id":408,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pipeline-and-hazardous-materials-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/408","parent_id":492,"slug":"pipeline-and-hazardous-materials-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"Chapter I, Part 107, Subpart G of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Specifically, PHMSA proposes to revise § 107.616 “Payment procedures” to require electronic only payment and eliminate the option to pay registration fees using a paper check.\n \n \n \n 1 \n 90 FR 14001 (Mar. 25, 2025).\n \n \n E.O. 14247 provides that, as soon as practicable and to the extent permitted by law, all payment to the Federal Government must be processed electronically. E.O. 14247 further states that the Secretary of the Treasury must take appropriate action to eliminate"},{"title":"Processing Certain Veteran-Requested Veteran Readiness and Employment Benefit Changes Without Administrative Delays","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend regulations under the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program to ensure veterans' requests to forgo, suspend, reduce, or terminate their benefits and services may be processed timely and without unnecessary delays. The current regulation requires VR&E to provide at least 30 days advance notice and opportunity for response before taking such actions, even in cases where VR&E is acting on a veteran's request. VA also proposes to clarify existing regulatory exceptions to advance notice to reduce or eliminate potential overpayments for veterans.","document_number":"2026-11195","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11195/processing-certain-veteran-requested-veteran-readiness-and-employment-benefit-changes-without","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11195.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11195.pdf?1780490721","publication_date":"2026-06-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"terminate benefits, we would clarify that advance notification is also not needed for cases involving a dependent reporting error, a veteran's death, or other unexpected circumstance causing a change to a veteran's payment. VR&E would ensure the accuracy of the relevant information in these other cases and that any administrative update takes place quickly to ensure that no overpayment or no significant overpayment is created that would cause an undue burden on the veteran. \n Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 14192 \n VA examined the impact"},{"title":"Medicare Program; CY 2027 Changes to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System, Acute Kidney Injury Dialysis (AKI) Payment, and ESRD Quality Incentive Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would update and revise the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2027. This rule also proposes to update the payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by an ESRD facility to individuals with acute kidney injury. In addition, this rule proposes to update the requirements for the ESRD Quality Incentive Program.","document_number":"2026-12925","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12925/medicare-program-cy-2027-changes-to-the-end-stage-renal-disease-esrd-prospective-payment-system","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12925.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12925.pdf?1782332109","publication_date":"2026-06-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"phosphate binders and the estimated 2.0 percent increase in payments under the post-TDAPA add-on payment adjustment in CY 2027. The net difference between estimated CY 2026 TDAPA payments and estimated CY 2027 payments through the post-TDAPA add-on payment adjustment and the ESRD PPS base rate, including the incorporation of phosphate binders, is a 1.5 percent increase in payments to ESRD facilities. For CY 2027, we estimate total payments associated with the post-TDAPA add-on payment adjustment would be approximately $170 million. \n Section 1881(b)(14)(D)(iv)"},{"title":"Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Mail Shipments and New Postal Informal Entry Process","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to implement an indefinite suspension of the de minimis administrative exemption for imports valued at $800 or less arriving through the international postal network. This document also establishes a new postal informal entry process for certain merchandise entering the United States through the mail environment.","document_number":"2026-12669","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12669/indefinite-suspension-of-the-de-minimis-exemption-for-mail-shipments-and-new-postal-informal-entry","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12669.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12669.pdf?1782218714","publication_date":"2026-06-24","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":"tasks, involving CBP employees having to manually review documents and process money or paper checks to collect duties, stand ready to be replaced by fully electronic processes. These newer processes minimize the cost to CBP to assess and collect duty payments, enforce compliance with applicable PGA requirements, and determine admissibility. Technological advances, including expanded use of \n Pay.gov \n , have significantly reduced the burden on CBP personnel pertaining to general duty collection and enforcement.\n 25 \n \n \n \n \n 25 \n For example,"},{"title":"Economic Adjustment Assistance for Textile Mills-Payment Rate","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Economic Adjustment Assistance for Textile Mills (EAATM) program provides qualified domestic users of upland cotton financial assistance that can be used to acquire, construct, install, modernize, develop, convert, or expand land, plant, buildings, equipment, facilities, or machinery used in the manufacture of final cotton products. Under the program, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) makes payments to eligible domestic users who have entered into an Upland Cotton Domestic User Agreement with AMS to participate in the EAATM. In this final rule, AMS is revising the payment rate from three cents per pound to five cents per pound, applicable August 1, 2025, as provided for in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).","document_number":"2026-03645","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/24/2026-03645/economic-adjustment-assistance-for-textile-mills-payment-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-24/pdf/2026-03645.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03645.pdf?1771854314","publication_date":"2026-02-24","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":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"information collection burden for eligible participants is minimal as they must only complete the domestic user agreement with the textile mill's monthly consumption report. The voluntary nature of the program allows any eligible participant to stop participating if they find program participation causes an undue or disproportionate burden. \n Executive Order 12866 \n The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) designated this rule as not significant under Executive Order 12866, “Regulatory Planning and Review.” Therefore, OMB has not reviewed this rule"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Social Impact Partnerships To Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) Program Review","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to comment on the proposed information collections listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Treasury has completed two rounds of funding for the SIPPRA program through two releases of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Treasury invites comments on the revisions to the FY26 NOFO to improve the efficacy and efficiency of the application review process.","document_number":"2026-04685","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/10/2026-04685/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request-social-impact","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-10/pdf/2026-04685.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04685.pdf?1773060316","publication_date":"2026-03-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"}],"excerpts":"plans to incorporate assumptions about value that is produced outside of the period of performance. The proposed payment terms must include the following: \n \n • \n Payment Schedule: \n Propose a schedule for how and when payments will be made. An Applicant may propose a single payment at the end of the project or multiple payments throughout the project duration.\n \n \n • \n Payment Methodology: \n Provide a clear formula for calculating payments, which may include potential tiers, bonuses, or penalties. This methodology must reference the evaluation design"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Required Information for Annual Improper Payment Estimation","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).","document_number":"2026-05109","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/16/2026-05109/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-16/pdf/2026-05109.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05109.pdf?1773405920","publication_date":"2026-03-16","agencies":[{"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":"responsibilities with regard to improper payments and unknown payments. PIIA section 3352 (31 U.S.C. 3352) requires federal agencies to review all programs and activities they administer that may be susceptible to significant improper payments and publish the payment integrity information annually. \n This is a request for a new information collection to develop a form for institutions of higher education to have a mechanism to report to the Department information required to carry out the S&EMP and publish payment integrity information on an annual"},{"title":"Auction of Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3) Licenses; Filing Requirements, Minimum Opening Bids, Upfront Payments, and Other Procedures for Auction 113","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) summarizes the procedures, deadlines, and upfront payment and minimum opening bid amounts for the upcoming auction of 200 Advanced Wireless Services licenses for spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission's inventory in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz bands (AWS-3 bands). This document provides details regarding the procedures, terms, conditions, dates, and deadlines governing participation in Auction 113 bidding, as well as overview of the post-auction application and payment processes.","document_number":"2025-23785","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23785/auction-of-advanced-wireless-services-aws-3-licenses-filing-requirements-minimum-opening-bids","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-23/pdf/2025-23785.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23785.pdf?1766411125","publication_date":"2025-12-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Group/Auctions at (202) 418-7518 or Theresa Meeks at (202) 418-2945.\n \n Please note the following information regarding upfront payments: \n • All payments must be made in U.S. dollars. \n • All payments must be made by wire transfer. \n • Upfront payments for Auction 113 go to an account number different from the accounts used in previous FCC auctions. \n Failure to deliver a sufficient upfront payment as instructed herein by the upfront payment deadline will result in dismissal of the short-form application and disqualification from participation in the auction"},{"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) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital- related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update 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); update and make changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and make other policy-related changes.","document_number":"2026-07203","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07203/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-ipps-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07203.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07203.pdf?1775852113","publication_date":"2026-04-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"Act of 2013 (Pub. L. 113-67) established the site neutral payment rate under the LTCH PPS, which made the LTCH PPS a dual rate payment system beginning in FY 2016. Under this statute, effective for LTCH's cost reporting periods beginning in FY 2016 cost reporting period, LTCHs are generally paid for discharges at the site neutral payment rate unless the discharge meets the patient criteria for payment at the LTCH PPS standard Federal payment rate. The existing regulations governing payment under the LTCH PPS are located in 42 CFR part 412, subpart"},{"title":"Proposed Collections From Central Valley Project Power Contractors To Carry Out the Restoration, Improvement and Acquisition of Environmental Habitat Provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Sierra Nevada (SN) region of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) proposes unchanged procedures for the Collection of Restoration Fund payments from the Central Valley Project (CVP) Power Contractors. These collection procedures supersede those previously published in the Federal Register on April 16, 2003 (68 FR 18621). The collection procedures remain unchanged but are being republished, for administrative purposes, to remove references to a specific WAPA-SN Power Marketing Plan (PMP).","document_number":"2025-15235","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/12/2025-15235/proposed-collections-from-central-valley-project-power-contractors-to-carry-out-the-restoration","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-12/pdf/2025-15235.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15235.pdf?1754916308","publication_date":"2025-08-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Western Area Power Administration","name":"Western Area Power Administration","id":525,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/western-area-power-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/525","parent_id":136,"slug":"western-area-power-administration"}],"excerpts":"thereafter, if said day is a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday. \n Late Payment Charges Assessed to Delinquent Restoration Payments \n WAPA-SN will add a late payment charge of five hundredths percent (0.05%) of the principal amount unpaid for each day the Restoration Payment is delinquent. Payments received will be first applied to the charges for the late payment assessed on the principal and then to the payment of the principal. \n Deposit of CVP Power Contractors' Restoration Payments into the Restoration Fund \n On or about the twenty-seventh (27th)"}]}