{"description":"Documents matching 'risk destinations updates expands support'","count":1810,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=risk+destinations+updates+expands+support&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of the Army is modifying and reissuing a current system of records notice (SORN) titled \"Personnel Security Clearance Information Files,\" A0380-67 DAMI. The SORN is being retitled \"U.S. Army Security and Foreign Disclosure Files,\" with a new identifier of A0 0001 DAMI. Originally established to facilitate the processing of personnel security clearance actions, the SORN also documented clearances granted or denied and confirmed eligibility for access to classified information or assignment to sensitive positions. A separate notice rescinding Army SORN A0001 DAMI, \"Controlled Accountable Document Inventory System,\" is being published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. This update incorporates the DoD standard routine uses and supports additional information sharing outside of the DoD. It also expands the authorities for maintaining the system, integrates records previously managed under the Controlled Accountable Document Inventory System, addresses records maintained across all general intelligence security disciplines, and expands on the purposes of such uses. Additionally, the update revises system locations and managers. These changes align the SORN with modernized automation systems and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.","document_number":"2026-01236","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/23/2026-01236/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-23/pdf/2026-01236.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01236.pdf?1769089514","publication_date":"2026-01-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Department of the Army","name":"Army Department","id":32,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/army-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/32","parent_id":103,"slug":"army-department"}],"excerpts":"published elsewhere in this issue of the \n Federal Register \n . This <span class=\"match\">update</span> incorporates the DoD standard routine uses and <span class=\"match\">supports</span> additional information sharing outside of the DoD. It also <span class=\"match\">expands</span> the authorities for maintaining the system, integrates records previously managed under the Controlled Accountable Document Inventory System, addresses records maintained across all general intelligence security disciplines, and <span class=\"match\">expands</span> on the purposes of such uses. Additionally, the <span class=\"match\">update</span> revises system locations and managers. These changes align the SORN"},{"title":"Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopted a Report and Order that updates the Commission's submarine cable licensing process and adopts rule changes to protect critical U.S. communications infrastructure against foreign adversary threats, specifically those posed by an entity that is owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary. The Report and Order adopts a requirement for certain licensees to file an annual report about the licensee, submarine cable system ownership, and submarine cable operations. The Report and Order adopts a one-time information collection for licensees to identify, among other things, how many entities currently own or operate submarine line terminal equipment (SLTEs) on existing licensed cable systems. The Report and Order also requires applicants and licensees to certify that they have created, updated, and implemented a cybersecurity and physical security risk management plan and requires applicants to certify that the submarine cable system will not use equipment or services identified on the Commission's Covered List. With respect to the circuit capacity data collection, the Report and Order adopts streamlined rules and eliminates the requirement for licensees to file a cable operator report about the capacity on a cable and clarify the types of capacity that need to be reported on an annual basis.","document_number":"2025-19658","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/27/2025-19658/review-of-submarine-cable-landing-license-rules-and-procedures-to-assess-evolving-national-security","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-27/pdf/2025-19658.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19658.pdf?1761309905","publication_date":"2025-10-27","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":"Additionally, several commenters urged the Commission to address physical <span class=\"match\">risks</span>. Most notably, the Committee “additionally propose[d] applicants to certify that they have created, <span class=\"match\">updated</span>, and implemented comprehensive security <span class=\"match\">risk</span> management plans, consistent with industry best practices, for the cable systems that would also include supply chain <span class=\"match\">risk</span> management and physical security.” Therefore, we require the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> management plans have measures to address physical security <span class=\"match\">risks</span> as well.\n \n 106. Beyond those baseline requirements, applicants and licensees"},{"title":"Updating Class I Rail Carrier Reporting Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Board is adopting a final rule terminating Class I carriers' supplemental reporting of certain Positive Train Control (PTC) expenditures, and it is requiring Class I carriers to report two service metrics on a weekly basis.","document_number":"2026-09189","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/08/2026-09189/updating-class-i-rail-carrier-reporting-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-08/pdf/2026-09189.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09189.pdf?1778157918","publication_date":"2026-05-08","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":"carrier's established protocol.\n \n \n Delivery \n means when a shipment is actually placed at a designated <span class=\"match\">destination</span> or is constructively placed at a local railroad yard that is convenient to the designated <span class=\"match\">destination</span>. In the case of an interline movement, a shipment will be deemed to be delivered to the receiving carrier or its agent or affiliated company when the shipment is offered for interchange.\n \n \n Designated <span class=\"match\">destination</span> \n means the final <span class=\"match\">destination</span> as specified in the bill of lading or, in the case of an interline movement, the interchange where"},{"title":"Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion","type":"Rule","abstract":"With this interim final rule, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) revises the Export Administration Regulations' (EAR) controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs) and adds a new control on artificial intelligence (AI) model weights for certain advanced closed-weight dual-use AI models. In conjunction with the expansion of these controls, which BIS has determined are necessary to protect U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, BIS is adding new license exceptions and updating the Data Center Validated End User authorization to facilitate the export, reexport, and transfer (in-country) of advanced computing (ICs) to end users in destinations that do not raise national security or foreign policy concerns. Together, these changes will cultivate secure ecosystems for the responsible diffusion and use of AI and advanced computing ICs.","document_number":"2025-00636","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00636/framework-for-artificial-intelligence-diffusion","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00636.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00636.pdf?1736775933","publication_date":"2025-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"interests in three fundamental ways. \n First, exporting advanced AI models, or the means to produce them, to any <span class=\"match\">destination</span> outside the United States increases the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of theft or diversion to countries and end users of concern. Although the degree of <span class=\"match\">risk</span> varies between different <span class=\"match\">destinations</span> and end users, there is <span class=\"match\">risk</span> even when the end user is a validated entity and the <span class=\"match\">destination</span> is a U.S. ally with a robust export control system. These <span class=\"match\">risks</span> may be most acute at the constantly advancing frontier of AI development—the largest and most advanced models"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), is renaming, updating, and reissuing an existing System of Records Notice (SORN) currently titled \"DOT/FMCSA- 004, National Consumer Complaint Database (NCCDB).\" The SORN will be retitled \"DOT/FMCSA-004, FMCSA Complaint Center Records.\" FMCSA is modernizing the system and expanding the program to enhance the Agency's ability to collect, monitor, and respond to complaints about Agency programs; establish reasonable procedures to provide timely responses; and share complaint information with external stakeholders and the public, as necessary and applicable.","document_number":"2025-19125","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/01/2025-19125/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-01/pdf/2025-19125.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19125.pdf?1759236313","publication_date":"2025-10-01","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"\n 3. \n System Manager: \n This Notice <span class=\"match\">updates</span> the system manager name to reflect the change in system owner.\n \n \n 4. \n Authority: \n This Notice <span class=\"match\">updates</span> the authorities of the system to <span class=\"match\">expand</span> and include relevant statutory and regulatory authorities <span class=\"match\">supporting</span> the collection and maintenance of PII in the system.\n \n \n 5. \n Categories of Individuals: \n This Notice <span class=\"match\">updates</span> categories of individuals to clearly define who is covered by this system of records.\n \n \n 6. \n Categories of Records: \n This Notice <span class=\"match\">updates</span> the categories of records to better describe"},{"title":"Expansion of Validated End User Authorization: Data Center Validated End User Authorization","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this rule, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to expand the Validated End User Authorization (VEU) program to include VEU Authorization for data centers located in specified destinations (\"Data Center VEU\" or \"Data Center VEU Authorization\"). This expansion of the VEU program to include Data Center VEU is intended to facilitate quick and reliable export or reexport of items on the Commerce Control List necessary for a data center, including advanced computing items, to preapproved trusted end users. Data Center VEU adopts much of the framework of the existing VEU program, with additional requirements. This expansion of eligibility is intended to update the VEU program to recognize the advancement and benefits of artificial intelligence. As under the original VEU Authorization Program, the U.S. government will rigorously review Data Center VEU candidates' applications subject to detailed and verifiable criteria.","document_number":"2024-22587","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/02/2024-22587/expansion-of-validated-end-user-authorization-data-center-validated-end-user-authorization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-02/pdf/2024-22587.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22587.pdf?1727700348","publication_date":"2024-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"been closely studying these developments and <span class=\"match\">updating</span> its rules accordingly to ensure that they remain as targeted and effective as possible. \n Data Centers play a vital role in global AI development, and the United States is committed to facilitating international AI development in a way that minimizes <span class=\"match\">risk</span> to national security. Accordingly, this rule <span class=\"match\">expands</span> the VEU program to facilitate the export or reexport of items necessary for a data center to preapproved trusted validated end users in <span class=\"match\">destinations</span> that require a license for items classified"},{"title":"Revision of Firearms License Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this interim final rule (IFR), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to enhance the control structure for firearms and related items. These changes will better protect U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, which include countering the diversion and misuse of firearms and related items and advancing human rights. This rule identifies semi-automatic firearms under new Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs); adds additional license requirements for Crime Control and Detection (CC) items, thereby resulting in additional restrictions on the availability of license exceptions for most destinations; amends license review policies so that they are more explicit as to the nature of review that will accompany different types of transactions and license exception availability (including adding a new list of high-risk destinations); updates and expands requirements for support documentation submitted with license applications; and better accounts for the import documentation requirements of other countries (such as an import certificate or other permit prior to importation) when firearms and related items are authorized under a BIS license exception. BIS is publishing this rule as an IFR to solicit comments from the public on additional changes to export controls on firearms and related items that would better protect U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.","document_number":"2024-08813","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/30/2024-08813/revision-of-firearms-license-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-30/pdf/2024-08813.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08813.pdf?1714144516","publication_date":"2024-04-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"Control and Detection (CC) items, thereby resulting in additional restrictions on the availability of license exceptions for most <span class=\"match\">destinations</span>; amends license review policies so that they are more explicit as to the nature of review that will accompany different types of transactions and license exception availability (including adding a new list of high-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> <span class=\"match\">destinations</span>); <span class=\"match\">updates</span> and <span class=\"match\">expands</span> requirements for <span class=\"match\">support</span> documentation submitted with license applications; and better accounts for the import documentation requirements of other countries"},{"title":"Export Administration Regulations: Crime Controls and Expansion/Update of U.S. Persons Controls","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), seeks public comments on proposed amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. To build upon existing controls, BIS proposes establishing certain Foreign-Security End User (FSEU) and \"U.S. persons\" activities controls and Commerce Control List-based (CCL) controls. The proposed additions of the foreign-security end user control and \"U.S. persons\" activity controls would implement expanded authority under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA), as amended, to control certain \"U.S. persons\" activities under the EAR. Specific to the EAR's \"U.S. persons\" activities controls, BIS is proposing amendments to control \"support\" furnished by \"U.S. persons\" to identified foreign-security end users. In addition, BIS is proposing to add to the Commerce Control List two new unilateral item controls on facial recognition technology.","document_number":"2024-16498","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/29/2024-16498/export-administration-regulations-crime-controls-and-expansionupdate-of-us-persons-controls","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-29/pdf/2024-16498.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16498.pdf?1721911528","publication_date":"2024-07-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"forth in 15 CFR 742.7, BIS imposes license requirements that <span class=\"match\">support</span> the protection of human rights (described in the EAR as crime control (CC) reasons for control). Under the licensing policy for CC-controlled items in § 742.7(b), BIS generally considers license applications favorably on a case-by-case basis unless there is civil disorder in the country or region of <span class=\"match\">destination</span> or unless there is a <span class=\"match\">risk</span> that the items will be used to violate or abuse human rights. In October 2020, BIS <span class=\"match\">expanded</span> this licensing policy beyond CC-controlled items to include"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) adopts rules to ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with internet Protocol (IP)- based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must be designed to safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. The rules require entities essential to delivering emergency calls in the NG911 environment to implement common sense measures to safeguard the reliability of NG911 networks and reduce the risk of 911 outages, and require certain entities to report on their support for NG911 interoperability. The rules also eliminate unnecessary and burdensome legacy rules to increase flexibility and encourage technical innovation to make NG911 services reliable, interoperable, and accessible to all.","document_number":"2026-13998","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/10/2026-13998/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-10/pdf/2026-13998.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13998.pdf?1783601118","publication_date":"2026-07-10","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":"mitigate the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of single points of failure.\n \n \n \n 229 \n  Appendix A (§ 9.19(c)(1)).\n \n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Updates</span> to the physical diversity benchmark. \n We find that <span class=\"match\">updating</span> the physical diversity benchmark is necessary to ensure that our reliability framework keeps pace with the technological realities of IP-based NG911 networks. These networks, when engineered properly, can achieve highly resilient call delivery, and requiring them to incorporate prevailing reliability practices ensures CSPs will implement these resiliency features consistently. <span class=\"match\">Updating</span> the benchmark"},{"title":"Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is proposing to impose cyber risk management (CRM) requirements on certain pipeline and rail owner/operators and a more limited requirement, on certain over-the-road bus (OTRB) owner/operators, to report cybersecurity incidents. With the proposed addition of requirements applicable to pipeline facilities and systems, TSA is also proposing that a requirement to have a Physical Security Coordinator and report significant physical security concerns be extended to the same facilities and systems. Finally, TSA is proposing clarifications and reorganization of other regulatory requirements necessitated by these changes.","document_number":"2024-24704","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-24704/enhancing-surface-cyber-risk-management","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-24704.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24704.pdf?1730900722","publication_date":"2024-11-07","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":"Transportation Security Administration","name":"Transportation Security Administration","id":494,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/494","parent_id":227,"slug":"transportation-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"determinations were based on the physical security of transportation systems and <span class=\"match\">risks</span> within that context.\n \n \n \n 118 \n  \n See supra \n note 81.\n \n \n \n Use of TSA's <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based determinations for applicability is consistent with the focus of the 9/11 Act's requirements on higher-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> operations. This <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based focus is reflected in the statutory requirement that focuses security training requirements on frontline employees, not all employees; \n 119 \n \n requiring <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based tiers where only the highest tier would be required to comply with regulations"},{"title":"Updates to New Chemicals Regulations Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is amending the new chemicals procedural regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). These amendments align the regulatory text with the amendments to TSCA's new chemicals review provisions contained in the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, enacted on June 22, 2016, will improve the efficiency of EPA's review processes, and update the regulations based on existing policies and experience implementing the New Chemicals Program. This final rule includes amendments that will increase the quality of information initially submitted in new chemicals notices and improve the Agency's processes for timely, effective completion of individual risk assessments and the new chemicals review process overall. EPA is also finalizing several amendments to the regulations for low volume exemptions (LVEs) and low release and exposure exemptions (LoREXs), which will require EPA approval of an exemption notice prior to commencement of manufacture, make per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) categorically ineligible for these exemptions, and provide that certain persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic (PBT) chemical substances are ineligible for these exemptions.","document_number":"2024-28870","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-28870/updates-to-new-chemicals-regulations-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-28870.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28870.pdf?1734443139","publication_date":"2024-12-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"Health <span class=\"match\">Risks</span> and Safety <span class=\"match\">Risks</span> \n EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) as applying only to those regulatory actions that concern environmental health or safety <span class=\"match\">risks</span> that the EPA has reason to believe may disproportionately affect children, per the definition of “covered regulatory action” in section 2-201 of the Executive Order. Therefore, this action is not subject to Executive Order 13045 because it does not concern an environmental health <span class=\"match\">risk</span> or safety <span class=\"match\">risk</span>. Since this action does not concern human health <span class=\"match\">risks</span>, EPA's"},{"title":"Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule Additions, and Refinements to Controls for Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this interim final rule (IFR), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) makes changes to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) controls for certain advanced computing items, supercomputers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, which includes adding new controls for certain semiconductor manufacturing equipment and related items, creating new Foreign Direct Product (FDP) rules for certain commodities to impair the capability to produce \"advanced-node integrated circuits\" (\"advanced-node ICs\") by certain destinations or entities of concern, adding new controls for certain high bandwidth memory important for advanced computing, and clarifying controls on certain software keys that allow for the use of items such as software tools. This IFR publishes concurrently with another BIS final rule entitled, \"Additions and Modifications to the Entity List; and Removals from the Validated End-User (VEU) Program\" (Entity List rule) that adds to and modifies the Entity List to ensure appropriate EAR controls are in place for certain critical technologies and to minimize the risk of diversion to entities of concern.","document_number":"2024-28270","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/05/2024-28270/foreign-produced-direct-product-rule-additions-and-refinements-to-controls-for-advanced-computing","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-05/pdf/2024-28270.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28270.pdf?1733147125","publication_date":"2024-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; <span class=\"match\">Updates</span> and Corrections” (AC/S IFR) (88 FR 73458, October 25, 2023), adjusted parameters for advanced computing ICs that are critical for advanced computing and AI applications, and imposed new measures to address the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of circumvention of the controls, including <span class=\"match\">expanding</span> the license requirement for advanced computing ICs to apply to Country Groups D:1, D:4, and D:5. \n Like the October 7 IFR, the SME IFR described the national security rationale for <span class=\"match\">expanding</span> controls on SME. The SME IFR noted that the"},{"title":"Guidance on Multimodal State Freight Plans and State Freight Advisory Committees","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act included a provision requiring each State that receives funding under the National Highway Freight Program (NHFP) to develop a State Freight Plan (the Plan) that provides a comprehensive approach for the immediate and long-range planning activities and investments of the State with respect to freight, and meets all the required plan contents listed in the Act. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) added several new required elements and updated procedures for State Freight Plans. This guidance document updates and replaces the prior guidance on State Freight Plans and State Freight Advisory Committees issued on January 12, 2023. It also updates the guidance to be consistent with recent Executive Orders issued by President Trump and DOT Orders issued by Secretary Duffy. Except for any requirements specified in the statutes cited in the guidance document, the contents of this guidance document do not have the force and effect of law and do not bind the public in any way. The contents will not be relied upon by the Department as a separate basis for affirmative enforcement action or other administrative penalty. Conformity with any recommendations in this guidance document, as distinct from statutory requirements, is voluntary only, and nonconformity will not affect rights and obligations under existing statutes.","document_number":"2026-03648","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/24/2026-03648/guidance-on-multimodal-state-freight-plans-and-state-freight-advisory-committees","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-24/pdf/2026-03648.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03648.pdf?1771854314","publication_date":"2026-02-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"}],"excerpts":"167. As long as State Freight Plans cover the required elements, they may be organized in any structure that works best for individual States. Plans must be <span class=\"match\">updated</span> at least once every four years. States may elect to <span class=\"match\">update</span> more frequently, as appropriate. DOT approval of an <span class=\"match\">updated</span> Plan prior to the expiration of the State's existing Plan would restart the 4-year clock for submitting an <span class=\"match\">updated</span> Plan. If a State wishes to obligate NHFP funds for a project (other than those exempt from inclusion in the Freight Investment Plan), including a freight intermodal"},{"title":"Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification","type":"Rule","abstract":"FAA is amending rules for the manufacture, certification, operation, maintenance, and alteration of light-sport aircraft. The amendments enable enhancements in safety and performance and increase privileges under a number of sport pilot and light-sport aircraft rules. These enhancements include increasing suitability for flight training, limited aerial work, and personal travel. This final rule expands what aircraft sport pilots may operate. This final rule also amends the special purpose operations for restricted category aircraft; amends the duration, eligible purposes, and operating limitations for experimental aircraft; and adds operating limitations applicable to experimental aircraft engaged in space support vehicle flights to codify statutory language.","document_number":"2025-13972","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/24/2025-13972/modernization-of-special-airworthiness-certification","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-24/pdf/2025-13972.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13972.pdf?1753274717","publication_date":"2025-07-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"}],"excerpts":"Solutions as a group called the Future Flight Federation (3F). \n Table 1 provides a general summary of commenter <span class=\"match\">support</span>: \n \n Table 1—Summary of Commenter <span class=\"match\">Support</span> \n \n <span class=\"match\">Support</span> \n \n Number of\n commenters \n \n \n \n Oppose \n 11 \n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Support</span> (no changes suggested) \n 22 \n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Support</span> (changes suggested) \n 1,282 \n \n \n Total \n 1,315 \n \n \n \n Overall, most commenters expressed general <span class=\"match\">support</span> for FAA's NPRM. Hundreds of individual commenters voiced <span class=\"match\">support</span> for, agreed with, or applauded the NPRM generally or for specific proposals within the NPRM, and many of those"},{"title":"Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks; Schedule of Application Fees","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (\"FCC\" or \"Commission\") takes another important step to protect the Nation's submarine cable infrastructure from threats in an evolving national security and law enforcement landscape by undertaking the first major comprehensive review of the Commission's submarine cable rules since 2001. This review seeks to develop forward-looking rules to better protect submarine cables, identify and mitigate harms affecting national security and law enforcement, and facilitate the deployment of submarine cables and capacity to the market. Among other things, the Commission proposes to adopt a three-year periodic reporting requirement for submarine cable landing licenses; in the alternative, the Commission seeks comment on shortening the current 25-year submarine cable license term or adopting a shorter license term in combination with periodic reporting. The Commission also proposes or seeks comment on codifying the Commission's legal jurisdiction and other legal requirements in its rules to provide regulatory certainty to submarine cable owners and operators. Additionally, the Commission proposes and seeks comment on appropriate applicant and application requirements to account for the evolution of technologies and facilities and changes in the national security landscape over the last two decades and to ensure the Commission has targeted and granular information regarding the ownership, control, use of a submarine cable system, and other things, which are critical to the Commission's review to assess potential national security risks and other important public interest factors. Further, the Commission seeks comment on improving the quality of the circuit capacity data and facilitating the sharing of such information with other Federal agencies. Through these proposals, the Commission seeks to ensure that the Commission is exercising appropriate oversight of submarine cables to safeguard U.S. communications networks.","document_number":"2025-03718","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/13/2025-03718/review-of-submarine-cable-landing-license-rules-and-procedures-to-assess-evolving-national-security","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-13/pdf/2025-03718.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03718.pdf?1741783507","publication_date":"2025-03-13","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":"submit separate supply chain <span class=\"match\">risk</span> management plans that incorporate best practices published by NIST, such as those discussed in \n Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Management: Observations from Industry (NISTIR 8276), \n and \n Cybersecurity Supply Chain <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Management Practices for Systems and Organizations (NIST 800-161), \n in addition to cybersecurity <span class=\"match\">risk</span> management plans. Should the Commission require all applicants and licensees to certify to having created, <span class=\"match\">updated</span>, and implemented cybersecurity supply chain <span class=\"match\">risk</span> management plans, either"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2025 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program; and Medicare Overpayments","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of establishment of new policies for, the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; updates to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program expanded model; payment for dental services inextricably linked to specific covered medical services; updates to drugs and biological products paid under Part B including immunosuppressive drugs and clotting factors; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment programs; updates to policies for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers; electronic prescribing for controlled substances for a covered Part D drug under a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act); update to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; updates to Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule regulations; updates to the diabetes payment structure and PHE flexibilities; expansion of colorectal cancer screening and Hepatitis B vaccine coverage and payment; establishing payment for drugs covered as additional preventive services; Medicare Parts A and B Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act and Medicare Parts C and D Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act.","document_number":"2024-25382","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/09/2024-25382/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2025-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-09/pdf/2024-25382.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25382.pdf?1730492138","publication_date":"2024-12-09","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":"current clinical labor <span class=\"match\">update</span> concludes in CY 2025. We welcomed public comments on this general topic of more comprehensive <span class=\"match\">updates</span> to supply and equipment pricing, and we may consider comments we receive to inform future rulemaking. \n \n Comment: \n Many commenters <span class=\"match\">supported</span> the concept of more regular and comprehensive <span class=\"match\">updates</span> to supply and equipment pricing. Commenters stated their <span class=\"match\">support</span> for a deliberate, systematic approach to supply, equipment, and clinical labor <span class=\"match\">updates</span> and agreed that it would be prudent to <span class=\"match\">update</span> pricing consistently, such"},{"title":"International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Exemption for Defense Trade and Cooperation Among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule streamlines defense trade and facilitates cooperation among our allies while reducing the regulatory burden for exporters, in support of the President's Executive Order 14268 of April 9, 2025, \"Reforming Foreign Defense Sales to Improve Speed and Accountability\". In this rule the Department of State (the Department) finalizes, with changes, the interim final rule published on August 20, 2024. The interim final rule made several amendments to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), pursuant to section 38(l) of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), to facilitate defense trade and cooperation among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, including through a new exemption to the licensing requirements of the ITAR. The Department is also now responding to public comments received on the interim final rule.","document_number":"2025-23998","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/30/2025-23998/international-traffic-in-arms-regulations-exemption-for-defense-trade-and-cooperation-among","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-30/pdf/2025-23998.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23998.pdf?1767015918","publication_date":"2025-12-30","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":"Conditions have been <span class=\"match\">updated</span> based on these recommendations to incorporate by reference existing disclosure guidance and requirements in §§ 127.12 and 126.1. \n Three commenters recommended modifying the Authorized Users Terms and Conditions for the United Kingdom to use the existing § 123.9(b) <span class=\"match\">destination</span> control statement, and to amend § 123.9(b)(1)(iv) to refer to a <span class=\"match\">destination</span> as “country or countries.” The Department notes the Authorized User Terms and Conditions have been <span class=\"match\">updated</span> to incorporate by reference the standard <span class=\"match\">destination</span> control statement"},{"title":"Enhanced Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS)","type":"Rule","abstract":"To address ongoing aviation security threats, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is amending its regulations pertaining to the Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) program to require the transmission of additional data elements. The ACAS program enhances the security of flights carrying cargo into the United States by requiring the transmission of certain air cargo data and performing targeted risk assessments based on the transmitted data prior to an aircraft's departure for the United States. These risk assessments identify and prevent high-risk air cargo from being loaded onto an aircraft that could pose a risk to an aircraft during flight.","document_number":"2025-20606","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/21/2025-20606/enhanced-air-cargo-advance-screening-acas","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-21/pdf/2025-20606.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20606.pdf?1763646322","publication_date":"2025-11-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"in his or her own mortality <span class=\"match\">risk</span>. This tradeoff between money and small changes in mortality <span class=\"match\">risk</span> is reported as the VSL, and is often estimated by dividing the value of a small <span class=\"match\">risk</span> reduction by the size of the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> change (for example, if an individual is willing to pay $1,320 for a 1 in 10,000 reduction in his or her <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of dying in the current year, then his or her VSL is calculated as $1,320 ÷ 1/10,000 annual <span class=\"match\">risk</span> change = $13.2 million VSL). Alternatively, this tradeoff can be multiplied by the population <span class=\"match\">risk</span> change to determine the value"},{"title":"Health Center Program Performance Period Extensions; Correction","type":"Notice","abstract":"HRSA is extending health center grantees' performance periods to a total of 4 years. The change from a 3-year performance period to a 4-year performance period will provide current health centers additional time to serve their service area before they apply for a new award and will provide a funding amount consistent with what would have been made available through the Service Area Competition (SAC). The extended performance period supports HRSA's commitment to continuity in access to comprehensive primary care and will not impact HRSA's ability to ensure that health centers comply with Health Center Program requirements. This update will not change the statutory requirement that health centers that fail to comply with Health Center Program requirements will receive a 1-year performance period if a new project period is awarded.","document_number":"2025-15465","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/14/2025-15465/health-center-program-performance-period-extensions-correction","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-14/pdf/2025-15465.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15465.pdf?1755089147","publication_date":"2025-08-14","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":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"well as scope of project data reflecting <span class=\"match\">expanded</span> service hours or the addition of new services. \n \n Your <span class=\"match\">updates</span> should include, but are not limited to the following supplemental awards within the last three FY (since FY 2023): \n \n \n • \n School-Based Service Expansion \n \n ○ FY 2023 \n \n • \n Primary Care HIV Prevention \n \n ○ FY 2023 \n \n • \n Early Childhood Development \n \n ○ FY 2023 \n \n • \n Behavioral Health Service Expansion \n \n ○ FY 2024 \n \n • \n <span class=\"match\">Expanded</span> Hours \n \n ○ FY 2025 \n \n For each supplemental award <span class=\"match\">update</span>, limit your response to 500 words. If"},{"title":"Health Center Program Performance Period Extensions","type":"Notice","abstract":"HRSA is extending health center grantees' performance periods to a total of 4 years. The change from a 3-year performance period to a 4-year performance period will provide current health centers additional time to serve their service area before they apply for a new award and will provide a funding amount consistent with what would have been made available through the Service Area Competition (SAC). The extended performance period supports HRSA's commitment to continuity in access to comprehensive primary care and will not impact HRSA's ability to ensure that health centers comply with Health Center Program requirements. This update will not change the statutory requirement that health centers that fail to comply with Health Center Program requirements will receive a 1-year performance period if a new project period is awarded.","document_number":"2025-15036","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-15036/health-center-program-performance-period-extensions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-07/pdf/2025-15036.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15036.pdf?1754484347","publication_date":"2025-08-07","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":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"well as scope of project data reflecting <span class=\"match\">expanded</span> service hours or the addition of new services. \n \n Your <span class=\"match\">updates</span> should include, but are not limited to the following supplemental awards within the last three FY (since FY 2023): \n \n \n • \n School-Based Service Expansion \n \n ○ FY 2023 \n \n • \n Primary Care HIV Prevention \n \n ○ FY 2023 \n \n • \n Early Childhood Development \n \n ○ FY 2023 \n \n • \n Behavioral Health Service Expansion \n \n ○ FY 2024 \n \n • \n <span class=\"match\">Expanded</span> Hours \n \n ○ FY 2025 \n \n For each supplemental award <span class=\"match\">update</span>, limit your response to 500 words. If"}]}