{"description":"Documents matching 'secretary include formal entry rules'","count":8264,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=secretary+include+formal+entry+rules&format=json&page=2","results":[{"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":"informal mail <span class=\"match\">entries</span>, are found in part 145, Mail Importations (19 CFR part 145). Generally, informal <span class=\"match\">entry</span> procedures are less burdensome and complex than <span class=\"match\">formal</span> <span class=\"match\">entry</span> procedures. But CBP may require <span class=\"match\">formal</span> <span class=\"match\">entry</span> for any merchandise if deemed necessary for purposes of admissibility, revenue protection, or the efficient conduct of customs business. 19 CFR 143.22.\n \n \n \n 11 \n  Part 142 of title 19 of the CFR (19 CFR part 142) implements 19 U.S.C. 1484, as amended, and prescribes <span class=\"match\">formal</span> <span class=\"match\">entry</span> procedures.\n \n \n \n \n 12 \n  The <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> of the Treasury"},{"title":"Establishing the Gordie Howe International Bridge as a Port of Entry in Detroit, MI","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule establishes the Gordie Howe International Bridge border crossing as a Class A port of entry for immigration purposes and as part of the port of Detroit for customs purposes. Establishing the Gordie Howe International Bridge border crossing is part of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) continuing program to use its personnel, facilities, and resources more efficiently and to provide better service to carriers, importers, and the general public.","document_number":"2026-01868","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01868/establishing-the-gordie-howe-international-bridge-as-a-port-of-entry-in-detroit-mi","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01868.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01868.pdf?1769694315","publication_date":"2026-01-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"establishing the Gordie Howe International Bridge border crossing as a Class A port of <span class=\"match\">entry</span> for immigration purposes and as part of the port of <span class=\"match\">entry</span> of Detroit for customs purposes. CBP ports of <span class=\"match\">entry</span> are locations where CBP officers and employees are assigned to accept <span class=\"match\">entries</span> of merchandise, clear passengers, collect duties, and enforce the various provisions of customs, immigration, agriculture, and related U.S. laws at the border. The term “port of <span class=\"match\">entry</span>” is used in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in title 8 for immigration purposes and"},{"title":"Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Merchandise Arriving Through All Modes Other Than the International Postal Network","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 via all modes other than through the international postal network. This indefinite suspension means that all entries of merchandise valued at $800 or less arriving through all modes other than the international postal network must utilize formal or informal entry procedures.","document_number":"2026-12670","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12670/indefinite-suspension-of-the-de-minimis-exemption-for-merchandise-arriving-through-all-modes-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12670.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12670.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":"5 \n  Although CBP is issuing this interim final <span class=\"match\">rule</span> concurrently with a separate interim final <span class=\"match\">rule</span> addressing related issues under 19 U.S.C. 1321, CBP views each <span class=\"match\">rule</span> as a distinct regulatory action. CBP would have issued this interim final <span class=\"match\">rule</span> even if the other interim final <span class=\"match\">rule</span> had not been issued, and CBP intends that this interim final <span class=\"match\">rule</span> remain in effect even if the other interim final <span class=\"match\">rule</span> is later amended, delayed, or held invalid in whole or in part, unless CBP itself changes this <span class=\"match\">rule</span> through subsequent rulemaking.\n \n \n \n Specifically"},{"title":"Onions Grown in South Texas; Temporary Suspension of Continuance Referendum","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule temporarily suspends the continuance referendum requirement under the Federal marketing order for South Texas onions. The continuance referendum scheduled for 2026 overlaps with the formal rulemaking process to amend the marketing order that the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) commenced via a notice of hearing published on January 23, 2026. This suspension delays the enforcement of the continuance referendum requirement to give precedence to the formal rulemaking process, which may include a producer referendum. In addition, if the marketing order is amended, this temporary suspension provides industry time to operate under the amended marketing order before the next scheduled continuance referendum.","document_number":"2026-10378","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/26/2026-10378/onions-grown-in-south-texas-temporary-suspension-of-continuance-referendum","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-26/pdf/2026-10378.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10378.pdf?1779453912","publication_date":"2026-05-26","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":"Interim final <span class=\"match\">rule</span> with request for comments. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n This interim final <span class=\"match\">rule</span> temporarily suspends the continuance referendum requirement under the Federal marketing order for South Texas onions. The continuance referendum scheduled for 2026 overlaps with the <span class=\"match\">formal</span> rulemaking process to amend the marketing order that the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) commenced via a notice of hearing published on January 23, 2026. This suspension delays the enforcement of the continuance referendum requirement to give precedence to the <span class=\"match\">formal</span> rulemaking"},{"title":"Entry of Low-Value Shipments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document proposes amendments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations pertaining to the entry of certain low-value shipments not exceeding $800 that are eligible for an administrative exemption from duty and tax. Specifically, CBP proposes to create a new process for entering low-value shipments, allowing CBP to target high-risk shipments more effectively, including those containing synthetic opioids such as illicit fentanyl. This document also proposes to revise the current process for entering low-value shipments to require additional data elements that would assist CBP in verifying eligibility for duty- and tax-free entry of low-value shipments and bona-fide gifts.","document_number":"2025-00551","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2025-00551/entry-of-low-value-shipments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2025-00551.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00551.pdf?1736775923","publication_date":"2025-01-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","id":501,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-customs-and-border-protection","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/501","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-customs-and-border-protection"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"}],"excerpts":"“excepted” from <span class=\"match\">formal</span> <span class=\"match\">entry</span> requirements, the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> may <span class=\"match\">include</span> any <span class=\"match\">formal</span> <span class=\"match\">entry</span> requirement in the <span class=\"match\">rules</span> and regulations governing informal <span class=\"match\">entry</span>.\n 14 \n \n The statutory framework of 19 U.S.C. 1498 authorizes, in effect, a less <span class=\"match\">formal</span> <span class=\"match\">entry</span> process than under 19 U.S.C. 1484. As a result, informal <span class=\"match\">entry</span> procedures are less burdensome and complex than the <span class=\"match\">formal</span> <span class=\"match\">entry</span> procedures. These simplified procedures reduce the overall administrative burden on informal <span class=\"match\">entry</span> filers.\n \n \n \n 14 \n  19 U.S.C. 1498(b).\n \n \n Shipments that are eligible for the administrative"},{"title":"Collection of Biometric Data From Aliens Upon Entry to and Departure From the United States","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to provide that DHS may require all aliens to be photographed when entering or exiting the United States, and may require non-exempt aliens to provide other biometrics. The final rule also amends the regulations to remove the references to pilot programs and the port limitation to permit collection of biometrics from aliens departing from airports, land ports, seaports, or any other authorized point of departure. In addition, DHS is requesting comments on the specific collection process as well as costs and benefits for new transportation modalities.","document_number":"2025-19655","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/27/2025-19655/collection-of-biometric-data-from-aliens-upon-entry-to-and-departure-from-the-united-states","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-27/pdf/2025-19655.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19655.pdf?1761309905","publication_date":"2025-10-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"as Pedestrian <span class=\"match\">Entry</span>. CBP plans to eventually establish a biometric <span class=\"match\">entry</span>-exit system at all air, sea, and land ports of <span class=\"match\">entry</span>. \n See \n CBP, Biometrics, \n https://www.cbp.gov/travel/biometrics \n (last modified April 24, 2025) (last visited May 12, 2025).\n \n As noted above, in this final <span class=\"match\">rule</span>, CBP is seeking comments regarding the specific collection process as well as costs and benefits for these newly implemented transportation modalities (the Simplified Arrival process at air <span class=\"match\">entry</span>, sea <span class=\"match\">entry</span> processes, and the process for <span class=\"match\">entry</span> for pedestrians"},{"title":"Notice of Implementation of the President's Executive Order 14324, Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries","type":"Notice","abstract":"In order to effectuate the President's Executive Order 14324 of July 30, 2025 (Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment For All Countries), the Secretary of Homeland Security has determined that appropriate action is needed to ensure collection of applicable duties as well as to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) as set out in the Annex to this notice. Executive Order 14324 suspends the duty-free de minimis exemption otherwise authorized under section 321(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, for all covered products, regardless of country of origin, valued at $800 or less, and requires such articles, except articles that are sent to the United States through the international postal network, to be entered using an appropriate entry type in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) by a party qualified to make entry. Executive Order 14324 also establishes a new duty rate for covered products that are sent to the United States through the international postal network.","document_number":"2025-16802","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/02/2025-16802/notice-of-implementation-of-the-presidents-executive-order-14324-suspending-duty-free-de-minimis","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-02/pdf/2025-16802.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16802.pdf?1756412110","publication_date":"2025-09-02","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":"determined by CBP. CBP is authorized to ensure that the requisite bond is sufficient to account for the duties the qualified party remits. \n C. <span class=\"match\">Formal</span> <span class=\"match\">Entry</span> May Be Required \n For all shipments of articles subject to Executive Order 14324, CBP may require <span class=\"match\">formal</span> <span class=\"match\">entry</span> in accordance with existing regulations (19 CFR 143.22 and 145.12(a)(1)). An international postal package for which CBP requires <span class=\"match\">formal</span> <span class=\"match\">entry</span> will not be subject to the duty rates in sections 3(b) and 3(c) of Executive Order 14324 and instead will be subject to all applicable duties,"},{"title":"International Criminal Court-Related Sanctions Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is adding regulations to implement a February 6, 2025 International Criminal Court-related Executive order. The rule also includes information relevant to a May 9, 2025 Executive order relating to requirements for final rules published in the Federal Register. OFAC intends to supplement these regulations with a more comprehensive set of regulations, which may include additional interpretive guidance and definitions, general licenses, and other regulatory provisions.","document_number":"2025-12036","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12036/international-criminal-court-related-sanctions-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12036.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12036.pdf?1751287520","publication_date":"2025-07-01","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":"Office of Foreign Assets Control","name":"Foreign Assets Control Office","id":203,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/foreign-assets-control-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/203","parent_id":497,"slug":"foreign-assets-control-office"}],"excerpts":"determined by the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> of State to be employed by, or acting as an agent of, the ICC, would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and the <span class=\"match\">entry</span> of such persons into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, except where the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> of State determines that the <span class=\"match\">entry</span> of the person into the United States would not be contrary to the interests of the United States, including when the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> of State so determines, based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, that the person's <span class=\"match\">entry</span> would further"},{"title":"Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings (Rules of Practice) govern adjudication proceedings conducted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB issued a proposal to rescind amendments it adopted to the Rules of Practice on February 22, 2022, and March 29, 2023 (2022 and 2023 amendments). The 2022 and 2023 amendments that the Bureau proposed to rescind included a new deposition process, amendments concerning timing and deadlines, bifurcation of proceedings, the process for deciding dispositive motions, and requirements for issue exhaustion, as well as other technical changes. After considering the comments on the proposal, the CFPB has decided to rescind the amendments as proposed, except as related to narrow clarificatory and procedural changes.","document_number":"2025-19687","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/29/2025-19687/rules-of-practice-for-adjudication-proceedings","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-29/pdf/2025-19687.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19687.pdf?1761655506","publication_date":"2025-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"\n \n III. Final <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> Analysis \n A. Rescission of Amended Sections Describing Dispositive Motions \n 1081.212 Dispositive Motions and 1081.213 Rulings on Dispositive Motions \n The 2022 and 2023 amendments changed §§ 1081.212 (<span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 212) and 1018.213 (<span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 213) to adopt a new procedure for rulings on dispositive motions, and made other minor conforming amendments. Specifically, the 2022 and 2023 amendments created a new process that allowed the Director to <span class=\"match\">rule</span> on a dispositive motion, refer the motion to the hearing officer, or <span class=\"match\">rule</span> on the motion in"},{"title":"Prohibiting Illegal Discrimination in Registered Apprenticeship Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to remove undue regulatory burdens on registered apprenticeship program sponsors. The Department's proposal would rescind certain regulatory provisions that it believes are unlawful. It also includes conforming, technical changes to the Department's regulation that addresses Labor Standards for the Registration of Apprenticeship Programs. This proposed rule would streamline and simplify sponsors' obligations, while maintaining broad and effective nondiscrimination protections for apprentices and those seeking entry into apprenticeship programs. A brief summer of this document may be found at regulations.gov by searching by the RIN 1205- AC21.","document_number":"2025-12317","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12317/prohibiting-illegal-discrimination-in-registered-apprenticeship-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-02/pdf/2025-12317.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12317.pdf?1751287534","publication_date":"2025-07-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"provided by the proposed <span class=\"match\">rule</span>. The proposed <span class=\"match\">rule</span> is expected to result in several overarching benefits to apprenticeship programs and specific benefits resulting from a less legally ambiguous, and more streamlined <span class=\"match\">rule</span>. The proposed <span class=\"match\">rule</span> will reduce barriers to register and operate a registered apprenticeship program, allowing the creation of additional programs that allow more individuals to receive training and benefiting businesses in meeting their skills needs. \n Regulatory Alternatives \n In addition to the proposed <span class=\"match\">rule</span>, the Department has considered"},{"title":"Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Enforcement Rule Proposed Modification","type":"Notice","abstract":"As required by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020, the Federal Trade Commission publishes a proposed modification of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's rules addressing horseracing in the United States. The proposed rule modification would amend the Rule 8000 Series, the Enforcement Rule, which establishes specified violations, sanctions applicable to violations of rules in both the Rule 2000 and Rule 8000 Series, a comprehensive set of procedures for the adjudication of alleged violations, and rules applicable to the exercise of the Authority's investigatory powers. This document publicizes the Authority's proposed rule modification's text and explanation, and it seeks public comment on whether the Commission should approve the proposed rule modification.","document_number":"2025-17296","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/09/2025-17296/horseracing-integrity-and-safety-authority-enforcement-rule-proposed-modification","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-09/pdf/2025-17296.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17296.pdf?1757335514","publication_date":"2025-09-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"riding crop <span class=\"match\">rules</span>. The modification to <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 8320(a)(3) is necessary to specify that these appeals are adjudicated under the procedures set forth in <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 2285 rather than under <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 8320(b). \n <span class=\"match\">Rules</span> 8320(b)(1) and 8320(b)(2) would be further amended to add <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 2286 and the <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 8000 Series to the body of procedures applicable to <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 2200 violations adjudicated by the Internal Adjudication Panel and the Arbitral Body. Similarly, <span class=\"match\">Rules</span> 8330(a) and 8330(b) would be amended to add the <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 8000 Series to the body of procedures applicable to <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 8100 violations"},{"title":"Visas: Enhancing Vetting and Combatting Fraud in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of State (\"Department\") is amending regulations governing the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (\"DV Program\") to improve the integrity of, and combat fraud in, the program. These amendments require a petitioner to the DV Program to provide valid, unexpired passport information and to upload a scan of the biographic and signature page in the electronic entry form or to otherwise indicate that he or she is exempt from this requirement. Additionally, the Department is standardizing and amending its regulations to add the word \"shall\" to simplify guidance for consular officers; ensure the use of the term \"sex\" in lieu of \"gender\"; and replace the term \"age\" in the DV Program regulations with the phrase \"date of birth\" to accurately reflect the information collected and maintained by the Department during the immigrant visa process.","document_number":"2026-04737","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/11/2026-04737/visas-enhancing-vetting-and-combatting-fraud-in-the-diversity-immigrant-visa-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-11/pdf/2026-04737.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04737.pdf?1773146710","publication_date":"2026-03-11","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":"Department promulgated an interim final <span class=\"match\">rule</span> that required entrants to <span class=\"match\">include</span> certain information from a valid, unexpired passport in the electronic <span class=\"match\">entry</span> form. This requirement was in effect for the <span class=\"match\">entry</span> periods associated with the 2021, 2022, and 2023 DV Program years. During this time, the Department was able to compare participation levels both prior to and during the period in which aliens were required to <span class=\"match\">include</span> this passport information with their DV <span class=\"match\">entry</span>. In all years, the Department received <span class=\"match\">entries</span> from more individuals from each of the"},{"title":"Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings; Rescission","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is proposing to rescind the amendments it adopted to the Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings (Rules of Practice) on February 22, 2022, and March 29, 2023.","document_number":"2025-08344","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/13/2025-08344/rules-of-practice-for-adjudication-proceedings-rescission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-13/pdf/2025-08344.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08344.pdf?1747053913","publication_date":"2025-05-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"largely unnecessary. \n II. Section 1022(b)(2) Analysis \n \n In developing this <span class=\"match\">rule</span>, the Bureau has considered the <span class=\"match\">rule's</span> benefits, costs, and impacts in accordance with section 1022(b)(2)(A) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA).\n 1 \n \n The Bureau discussed the hypothetical benefits and costs of a more- or less-cost-effective process for adjudication proceedings in the February 2022 <span class=\"match\">rule</span>. In practice, no administrative proceedings have been conducted under the <span class=\"match\">Rules</span> of Practice since the 2022 and 2023 amendments, and only two cases have been"},{"title":"Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) clarifies that rules prohibiting authorization of covered equipment include modular transmitters and adopts a prohibition on authorization of devices that include modular transmitters that are covered equipment. The Commission also adopts a procedure to limit previously granted authorizations of covered equipment to prohibit the continued importation and marketing of such equipment. It further discusses the broad scope of the prohibition on authorization of equipment identified on the Covered List by clarifying the term \"produced by\" as used in the Commission's rules concerning covered equipment and clarifying the prohibition on modification to previously authorized covered equipment.","document_number":"2025-21001","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-21001/protecting-against-national-security-threats-to-the-communications-supply-chain-through-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-21001.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21001.pdf?1763991936","publication_date":"2025-11-25","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":"clarifies that the existing <span class=\"match\">rules</span> prohibiting the authorization of covered equipment <span class=\"match\">include</span> modular transmitters. The Commission also now further prohibits the authorization of any device that <span class=\"match\">includes</span> a modular transmitter when that modular transmitter is itself covered equipment. Under the existing attestation requirement, applicants and responsible parties will be required to attest that the subject equipment for which authorization is sought does not <span class=\"match\">include</span> such modular transmitters. The Commission finds that these <span class=\"match\">rule</span> modifications advance both"},{"title":"Termination of the Designation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status","type":"Notice","abstract":"Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Yemen is set to expire on March 3, 2026. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary determined that Yemen no longer continues to meet the conditions for designation for Temporary Protected Status. The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the Temporary Protected Status designation of Yemen as required by statute. This termination is effective May 4, 2026. After May 4, 2026, nationals of Yemen (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Yemen) who have been granted Temporary Protected Status under Yemen's designation will no longer have Temporary Protected Status.","document_number":"2026-04179","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/03/2026-04179/termination-of-the-designation-of-yemen-for-temporary-protected-status","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-03/pdf/2026-04179.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04179.pdf?1772459114","publication_date":"2026-03-03","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. Citizenship and Immigration Services","name":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services","id":499,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-citizenship-and-immigration-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/499","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-citizenship-and-immigration-services"}],"excerpts":"“Fiscal Year 2018 <span class=\"match\">Entry</span>/Exit Overstay Report” (Apr. 17, 2019), \n https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0417_fy18-<span class=\"match\">entry</span>-and-exit-overstay-report.pdf. \n \n \n \n \n 80 \n  U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), “Fiscal Year 2018 <span class=\"match\">Entry</span>/Exit Overstay Report” (Apr. 17, 2019), \n https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0417_fy18-<span class=\"match\">entry</span>-and-exit-overstay-report.pdf; see also \n CBP, “Fiscal Year 2019 <span class=\"match\">Entry</span>/Exit Overstay Report” (May 13, 2020), \n https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/20_0513_fy19-<span class=\"match\">entry</span>-and-exit-overstay-report"},{"title":"National Wildlife Refuge System; 2025-2026 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), open or expand hunting or sport fishing opportunities on 16 National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) stations and 1 National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS) station. This includes inaugural hunting opportunities at Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), the newest addition to the NWRS, and the formal opening of hunting opportunities at Grasslands Wildlife Management Area (WMA), as well as inaugural sport fishing at North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery (NFH). These actions open or expand 42 opportunities for hunting and fishing across more than 87,000 acres of Service-managed lands and waters. We also make administrative changes to existing station-specific regulations to improve the clarity and accuracy of regulations, reduce the regulatory burden on the public, and comply with a Presidential mandate for plain- language standards.","document_number":"2025-16440","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/28/2025-16440/national-wildlife-refuge-system-2025-2026-station-specific-hunting-and-sport-fishing-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-28/pdf/2025-16440.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16440.pdf?1756298745","publication_date":"2025-08-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":" \n DATES: \n This <span class=\"match\">rule</span> is effective August 27, 2025. \n \n Information Collection Requirements: \n If you wish to comment on the information collection requirements in this <span class=\"match\">rule</span>, please note that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to make a decision concerning the collection of information contained in this <span class=\"match\">rule</span> between 30 and 60 days after the date of publication of this <span class=\"match\">rule</span> in the \n Federal Register \n . Therefore, comments should be submitted to OMB by September 29, 2025.\n \n \n \n ADDRESSES: \n \n This final <span class=\"match\">rule</span> is available on the"},{"title":"Procedural Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (the \"Commission\") is an independent adjudicatory agency that provides trials and appellate review of cases arising under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the \"Mine Act\"). Trials are held before the Commission's Administrative Law Judges, and appellate review is provided by a five-member Review Commission appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. This rule makes final revisions to many of the Commission's procedural rules. The Commission makes these changes in a continued effort to ensure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of all proceedings before the Commission.","document_number":"2025-00703","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-00703/procedural-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-00703.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00703.pdf?1737035116","publication_date":"2025-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION","name":"Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission","id":180,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-mine-safety-and-health-review-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/180","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-mine-safety-and-health-review-commission"}],"excerpts":"judges.\n \n The Commission agrees with the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> that the <span class=\"match\">rules</span> should explain the shortened reference to the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> in just one <span class=\"match\">rule</span>. The Commission believes that the explanation is more appropriately made in <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 2, which pertains to “Definitions,” rather than in <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 1. Accordingly, in <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 2, the Commission clarifies that references to the “<span class=\"match\">Secretary</span>” are to “the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> of Labor” or the “Acting <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> of Labor.” This change affects § 2700.8, Example 3. \n In addition, the Commission has revised <span class=\"match\">Rule</span> 2 to clarify that a Commission Administrative"},{"title":"Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand- Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations governing institutional eligibility, general provisions, and the William D. Ford Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs) to implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA) signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. These changes include revisions to program eligibility requirements for the Direct Loan program and the introduction of an earnings accountability framework that limits Direct Loan eligibility to programs whose graduates meet certain earnings benchmarks. This action finalizes regulations to implement the provisions of the WFTCA related to low-earning outcome programs and the Direct Loan program, and to harmonize those regulations with requirements for programs that are required to lead to gainful employment (GE programs).","document_number":"2026-13286","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/01/2026-13286/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand--driven-workforce-pell-student-tuition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-01/pdf/2026-13286.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13286.pdf?1782823517","publication_date":"2026-07-01","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":"programs that are adding value. \n The Department also has authority under Section 454(a)(7) for this final <span class=\"match\">rule</span>, which authorizes the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> to <span class=\"match\">include</span> in the Direct Loan Agreement (which is incorporated into the PPA) “such other provisions as the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> determines are necessary to protect the interests of the United States and to promote the purposes of this part.” 20 U.S.C. 1087d(a)(7). \n \n Indeed, this broad grant of deference to the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> gives the Department significant latitude in designing a quality assurance system necessary to protect"},{"title":"Visas: Enhancing Vetting and Combatting Fraud in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of State (\"Department\") proposes to amend regulations governing the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (\"DV Program\") to improve the integrity and combat fraud in the program. The Department proposes to require petitioners to the DV Program to provide valid, unexpired passport information and a scan of the biographic and signature page uploaded to their electronic entry form, or otherwise indicate that they are exempt from this requirement. Additionally, the Department also proposes to standardize and amend language in 22 CFR part 42, including by adding the word \"shall\" to simplify guidance for consular officers; ensuring the use of the term \"sex\" in lieu of \"gender\" as mandated by Executive Order 14168; and replacing the term \"age\" in 22 CFR 42.33(h)(1)(i) with the phrase \"date of birth\" to accurately reflect the information collected and maintained by the Department during the immigrant visa process.","document_number":"2025-14784","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/05/2025-14784/visas-enhancing-vetting-and-combatting-fraud-in-the-diversity-immigrant-visa-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-05/pdf/2025-14784.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14784.pdf?1754311512","publication_date":"2025-08-05","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":"DV Program through an electronic <span class=\"match\">entry</span> form.\n 1 \n \n \n \n \n 1 \n  Aliens who enter the DV Program are referred to as “petitioners.” Petitioners in the DV Program who are selected are referred to as “selectees” for a Diversity Immigrant Visa. The Department's Electronic Diversity Visa website. \n https://dvprogram.state.gov/. \n \n \n Under section 204(a)(1)(I)(iii) of the INA, petitions (also referred to as “<span class=\"match\">entries</span>”) for the DV Program must be in the form prescribed in regulations by the <span class=\"match\">Secretary</span> of State (“<span class=\"match\">Secretary</span>”) and contain all information and"},{"title":"Accounting Requirements for RUS Electric Borrowers","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), an agency of the Rural Development (RD) mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is issuing a final rule with comment to update the accounting requirements for RUS Electric Program borrowers. These changes include adding new accounts to the Uniform System of Accounts (USoA), deleting obsolete accounts and clarifying instructions and definitions for the new and some existing accounts. In addition, new accounts and general instructions are being added for partially extinguished or forgiven debt.","document_number":"2025-13489","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/18/2025-13489/accounting-requirements-for-rus-electric-borrowers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-18/pdf/2025-13489.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13489.pdf?1752756311","publication_date":"2025-07-18","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":"Rural Utilities Service","name":"Rural Utilities Service","id":460,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/rural-utilities-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/460","parent_id":12,"slug":"rural-utilities-service"}],"excerpts":"“Solar Production” and <span class=\"match\">entries</span> 338.1 through 338.13 following <span class=\"match\">entry</span> “337”; \n d. Add heading “Wind Production” and <span class=\"match\">entries</span> 338.20 through 338.34 following <span class=\"match\">entry</span> “338.13”; \n e. Add heading “Other Renewable Production” and <span class=\"match\">entries</span> 339.1 through 339.13 following <span class=\"match\">entry</span> “338.34”; \n f. Add <span class=\"match\">entries</span> 345.1 through 345.3 and 351.1 through 351.3, in numerical order, \n g. Remove and reserve <span class=\"match\">entry</span> 363 and add <span class=\"match\">entries</span> 363.1 through 363.3 in numerical order; \n h. Add heading “Energy Storage Plant” and <span class=\"match\">entries</span> 387 through 387.12 following <span class=\"match\">entry</span> “386”; and \n i. Revise"}]}