{"description":"Documents matching 'security rural investment regarding direct'","count":3792,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=security+rural+investment+regarding+direct&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing to update its regulations regarding the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (the AFIDA). The revisions would reflect Congressional directives to establish a streamlined process for electronic submission and retention of disclosures made under AFIDA, including the deployment of an internet database. It would also revise reporting requirements and strengthen enforcement measures. Through the implementation of modernization measures and expanded scope and depth of reporting, this proposed rule will help ensure the AFIDA regulations address foreign investment and ownership of American agricultural land, particularly as it might present a national security risk.","document_number":"2026-12808","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12808/agricultural-foreign-investment-disclosure-act-of-1978","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-25/pdf/2026-12808.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12808.pdf?1782305114","publication_date":"2026-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"excerpts":"contextual references to beneficial ownership in other Federal regulations, and our definition would differ from those references. For example, in 17 CFR 240.13d-3, the <span class=\"match\">Securities</span> and Exchange Commission (SEC) specifies that a beneficial owner for a <span class=\"match\">security</span> includes any party with <span class=\"match\">investment</span> power over the <span class=\"match\">security</span>, including the power to dispose, or <span class=\"match\">direct</span> the disposition of, such <span class=\"match\">security</span>. However, because of the manner in which the term “beneficial owner” would be nested within our proposed definitions, we believe that it can be more limited in scope"},{"title":"Loan Guarantees Under the Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency), an agency within Rural Development (RD), announces updates in the process for competitive lender application submissions regarding proposed properties for the Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP). The amount of program dollars available for the GRRHP will be determined by the Appropriations Act for each fiscal year.","document_number":"2024-30330","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/20/2024-30330/loan-guarantees-under-the-section-538-guaranteed-rural-rental-housing-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-20/pdf/2024-30330.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30330.pdf?1734615916","publication_date":"2024-12-20","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 Housing Service","name":"Rural Housing Service","id":458,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/rural-housing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/458","parent_id":12,"slug":"rural-housing-service"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Notification of updates in the competitive lender submissions process. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n The <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> Housing Service (RHS or Agency), an agency within <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> Development (RD), announces updates in the process for competitive lender application submissions <span class=\"match\">regarding</span> proposed properties for the Section 538 Guaranteed <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> Rental Housing Program (GRRHP). The amount of program dollars available for the GRRHP will be determined by the Appropriations Act for each fiscal year. \n \n \n DATES: \n The effective date of the process updates is December"},{"title":"William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary establishes new regulations on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) program under 34 CFR 685.219 by adding or clarifying provisions to exclude employers that engage in specific enumerated illegal activities such that they have a substantial illegal purpose, including defining obligations and processes tied to making such a determination of an employer, clarifying that borrowers will receive full credit for work performed, until the effective date of the Secretary's determination that an employer is no longer a qualifying employer under the rule; and establishing methods for an employer to regain eligibility following a determination of ineligibility by the Secretary. These regulations ensure that taxpayer dollars are not misused by preventing PSLF benefits from going to individuals employed by organizations that have a substantial illegal purpose. The revisions strengthen accountability, enhance program integrity, and protect hardworking taxpayers from shouldering the cost of improper subsidies granted to employees of organizations that undermine national security and American values through criminal activity.","document_number":"2025-19729","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/31/2025-19729/william-d-ford-federal-direct-loan-direct-loan-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-31/pdf/2025-19729.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19729.pdf?1761828307","publication_date":"2025-10-31","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":"because of the person's status in one of those groups.\n \n \n (6) \n Early childhood education program \n means an early childhood education program as defined in section 103(8) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1003).\n \n \n (7) \n Eligible <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Loan \n means a <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Subsidized Loan, a <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Unsubsidized Loan, a <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> PLUS Loan, or a <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Consolidation Loan.\n \n \n (8) \n Emergency management \n means services that help remediate, lessen, or eliminate the effects or potential effects of emergencies that threaten human life or health, or real property.\n \n \n (9) "},{"title":"Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural America","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) takes important and necessary steps to implement the 5G Fund for Rural America (5G Fund) to support the build out of advanced, 5G mobile wireless broadband networks for those who live, work, and travel in rural areas. The Commission also in this document resolves the issues raised in the five pending petitions for reconsideration of its 2020 5G Fund Report and Order.","document_number":"2024-23404","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/13/2024-23404/establishing-a-5g-fund-for-rural-america","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-13/pdf/2024-23404.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23404.pdf?1734011115","publication_date":"2024-12-13","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":"unsubsidized 4G LTE deployment and a general concern [<span class=\"match\">regarding</span>] overbuilding.” RWA notes that, to the contrary, BDC filing data show that “unsubsidized carriers have not [in fact] rushed to deploy 5G mobile service in <span class=\"match\">rural</span> America [during] the . . . three years since the \n 5G Fund [Report and] Order \n was adopted.” \n 1 \n \n RWA contends that “the record clearly shows that <span class=\"match\">rural</span> areas served only by 4G LTE should be funded by the 5G Fund due to the high risk of being left behind in 5G <span class=\"match\">rural</span> deployments.”\n \n \n \n 1 \n \n Id. \n at 2-3 (citing CRWC Comments"},{"title":"Information Collection Request; Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act requirement, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all interested individuals and organizations on a revision of a currently approved information collection request associated with the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA). This revised form is the basis for the development of a streamlined process for electronic submission and retention of AFIDA disclosures, which is required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. Foreign persons, as defined by AFIDA, who are making amendments to existing filings, or filing land or leasehold dispositions, will continue to use the existing form as those filings are on paper.","document_number":"2025-09831","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/30/2025-09831/information-collection-request-agricultural-foreign-investment-disclosure-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-30/pdf/2025-09831.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09831.pdf?1748522717","publication_date":"2025-05-30","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":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"}],"excerpts":"foreign interest ownership chain ends at the third tier (if no more information is provided), which may or may not be the case. This information must be captured in the online web portal to provide an accurate annual report to Congress <span class=\"match\">regarding</span> foreign holdings and to answer national <span class=\"match\">security</span> (and other) questions <span class=\"match\">regarding</span> foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land. The final rule will provide the final definition of ultimate owner.\n \n \n • \n Item 7, “Current and intended land use”— \n This item combines Items 9 and 10 on the existing form. The “current"},{"title":"Section 45Y Clean Electricity Production Credit and Section 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth final regulations regarding the clean electricity production credit and the clean electricity investment credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. These final regulations provide rules for determining greenhouse gas emissions rates resulting from the production of electricity; petitioning for provisional emissions rates; and determining eligibility for these credits in various circumstances. The final regulations affect all taxpayers that claim the clean electricity production credit with respect to a qualified facility or the clean electricity investment credit with respect to a qualified facility or energy storage technology, as applicable, that is placed in service after 2024.","document_number":"2025-00196","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00196/section-45y-clean-electricity-production-credit-and-section-48e-clean-electricity-investment-credit","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00196.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00196.pdf?1736284515","publication_date":"2025-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"}],"excerpts":"property when the <span class=\"match\">investment</span> is a discretionary replacement of existing capacity but suggested that the entire amount of an <span class=\"match\">investment</span> should be treated as eligible for the credit if the <span class=\"match\">investment</span> would not have occurred but for increasing capacity. \n In response to the comments, the Treasury Department and the IRS acknowledge that a qualified <span class=\"match\">investment</span> for an addition of capacity would not be paid or incurred but for the increase in electricity generation capacity and agree that the rules for computing the qualified <span class=\"match\">investment</span> for an addition of"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule describes alternatives to modify the limit on the total payment rate and other requirements for State directed payments in Medicaid managed care. We propose these changes based on our authority to interpret and implement section 1902(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (the Act) with respect to prepaid inpatient health plans and prepaid ambulatory health plans, and section 1903(m)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act, which require that contracts between States and managed care organizations to provide payments under a risk- based contract for services and associated administrative costs that are actuarially sound. This rule also proposes to set a limit for certain targeted Medicaid payments in Medicaid fee-for-service. We propose this change based on our authority to interpret and implement section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the Act with respect to certain targeted Medicaid payments which require that payments be consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers so that care and services are available under the plan at least to the extent that such care and services are available to the general population in the geographic area.","document_number":"2026-10292","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10292/medicaid-program-medicaid-managed-care-state-directed-payments-and-medicaid-fee-for-service-targeted","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-22/pdf/2026-10292.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10292.pdf?1779308109","publication_date":"2026-05-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"(other than for <span class=\"match\">rural</span> hospitals) for which written prior approval was made by us before May 1, 2025; \n • SDPs (other than for <span class=\"match\">rural</span> hospitals) for which a good faith effort to receive our approval was made before May 1, 2025; \n • SDPs for <span class=\"match\">rural</span> hospitals for which written prior approval was made by us before July 4, 2025; \n • SDPs for <span class=\"match\">rural</span> hospitals for which a good faith effort to receive our approval was made before July 4, 2025; and \n • SDPs for which a completed preprint was submitted to us prior to July 4, 2025. \n \n The terms “<span class=\"match\">rural</span> hospital” and"},{"title":"HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining","type":"Rule","abstract":"HUD's HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME program or HOME) provides formula grants to States and units of general local government to fund a wide range of activities to produce and maintain affordable rental and homeownership housing and provides tenant-based rental assistance for low-income and very low-income households. This final rule revises the current HOME regulations to update, simplify, or streamline requirements, better align the program with other Federal housing programs, and implement recent amendments to the HOME statute. This final rule also includes minor revisions to the regulations for the Community Development Block Grant and Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Programs consistent with the implementation of the changes to the HOME program. This final rule follows the publication of a proposed rule on May 29, 2024, and takes into consideration the comments received in response to that proposed rule.","document_number":"2024-29824","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-29824/home-investment-partnerships-program-program-updates-and-streamlining","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-29824.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29824.pdf?1735911914","publication_date":"2025-01-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"standards. The commenters requested that HUD engage in reciprocity with the USDA <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> Home Development 502 <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Mortgage program in a manner similar to how it honored income eligibility under its Self-Help Opportunity Program (SHOP). Specifically, the commenter urged that HUD adopt the USDA <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> Development 502 <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> mortgage program's “income banding” approach to eligibility that the commenter said has been beneficial in <span class=\"match\">rural</span> areas around the country and was a <span class=\"match\">direct</span> response to the lack of access for broad swaths of persistent poverty areas of"},{"title":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers","type":"Rule","abstract":"FinCEN, a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), is issuing a final rule to include certain investment advisers in the definition of \"financial institution\" under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), prescribe minimum standards for anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs to be established by certain investment advisers, require certain investment advisers to report suspicious activity to FinCEN pursuant to the BSA, and make several other related changes to FinCEN regulations. These regulations will apply to certain investment advisers who may be at risk for misuse by money launderers, terrorist financers, or other actors who seek access to the U.S. financial system for illicit purposes and who threaten U.S. national security.","document_number":"2024-19260","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/04/2024-19260/financial-crimes-enforcement-network-anti-money-launderingcountering-the-financing-of-terrorism","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-04/pdf/2024-19260.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19260.pdf?1724849118","publication_date":"2024-09-04","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":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","id":194,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/financial-crimes-enforcement-network","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/194","parent_id":497,"slug":"financial-crimes-enforcement-network"}],"excerpts":"B. <span class=\"match\">Investment</span> Adviser Industry and Regulation \n 1. <span class=\"match\">Investment</span> Adviser Industry \n \n The <span class=\"match\">investment</span> adviser industry in the United States consists of a wide range of business models geared towards providing advisory services to many different types of customers.\n 17 \n \n The <span class=\"match\">Investment</span> Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) and its implementing rules and regulations form the primary Federal framework governing <span class=\"match\">investment</span> advisory activity, along with other Federal <span class=\"match\">securities</span> laws and their implementing rules and regulations, such as the <span class=\"match\">Investment</span> Company"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"A Presidential determination issued on April 20, 2026, found that grid infrastructure supply chains, including distribution transformers and electrical core steel, are essential to national defense, and that U.S. industry faces critical constraints from limited domestic product capacity, extended procurement timelines, and foreign supply dependence. The U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\") is initiating an information and data gathering effort to understand how the energy conservation standards for distribution transformers adopted in an April 2024 final rule, with compliance required in 2029, interact with these national security considerations, including impacts on domestic manufacturing capacity, supply chain resilience, and the availability and cost of key materials. DOE is also seeking information on whether the revised energy conservation standards result in special hardship, inequity, or unfair distribution of burdens, including investment needs and market conditions associated with redesigning equipment to comply by the 2029 compliance date.","document_number":"2026-11971","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/15/2026-11971/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-distribution-transformers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-15/pdf/2026-11971.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11971.pdf?1781268314","publication_date":"2026-06-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"period.\n \n \n Issue 13: \n DOE requests information <span class=\"match\">regarding</span> how private sector distribution transformer <span class=\"match\">investments</span> (including <span class=\"match\">investments</span> driven by the adopted standards) complement (\n i.e., \n new facilities that manufacture distribution transformers along with multiple grid components and share resources), compete with (\n i.e., \n <span class=\"match\">investments</span> made in meeting efficiency standards that otherwise would be made in expanding capacity of other grid components), or displace other grid-related <span class=\"match\">investments</span> (including other transformers, transmission lines"},{"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":"State Freight Plan must include, among other items, a Freight <span class=\"match\">Investment</span> Plan that contains projects or phases of projects only if funding for completion reasonably can be anticipated to be available within the time period identified in the Freight <span class=\"match\">Investment</span> Plan (49 U.S.C. 70202(b)(9), (c)(2)). The State Freight Plan must, when applicable, also include a list of the multimodal critical <span class=\"match\">rural</span> freight facilities and corridors the State designates under 49 U.S.C. 70103 and the critical <span class=\"match\">rural</span> freight corridors and critical urban freight corridors (if"},{"title":"HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or \"Department\") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (\"Security Rule\") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposed modifications would revise existing standards to better protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposals in this NPRM would increase the cybersecurity for ePHI by revising the Security Rule to address: changes in the environment in which health care is provided; significant increases in breaches and cyberattacks; common deficiencies the Office for Civil Rights has observed in investigations into Security Rule compliance by covered entities and their business associates (collectively, \"regulated entities\"); other cybersecurity guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes; and court decisions that affect enforcement of the Security Rule.","document_number":"2024-30983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30983.pdf?1735334119","publication_date":"2025-01-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Memorandum on National <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure <span class=\"match\">Security</span> and Resilience, National <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Memorandum/NSM-22, The White House (Apr. 30, 2024), \n https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/04/30/national-<span class=\"match\">security</span>-memorandum-on-critical-infrastructure-<span class=\"match\">security</span>-and-resilience/ \n (“Critical infrastructure comprises the physical and virtual assets and systems so vital to the Nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national <span class=\"match\">security</span>, national economic <span class=\"match\">security</span>, or national public"},{"title":"EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022; Ensuring the Integrity of the EB-5 Program; Automatic Revocation of Petitions for Immigrant Classification","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would implement the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), which the President signed on March 15, 2022. The RIA substantially reforms and adds significant integrity provisions to the employment-based, fifth preference (EB-5) visa category for alien investors and the associated Regional Center Program. In general, under the EB-5 program, aliens are eligible to apply for lawful permanent resident status in the United States if they make the necessary investment in a new commercial enterprise in the United States and create 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers.","document_number":"2026-13392","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13392/eb-5-reform-and-integrity-act-of-2022-ensuring-the-integrity-of-the-eb-5-program-automatic","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-02/pdf/2026-13392.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13392.pdf?1782909918","publication_date":"2026-07-02","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"}],"excerpts":"amounts on its public website to provide the appropriate <span class=\"match\">investment</span> amounts based on the date a petition is filed.\n \n b. Minimum <span class=\"match\">Investment</span> Amount in a Targeted Employment Area (TEA) or Infrastructure Project \n \n The RIA established a reduced minimum <span class=\"match\">investment</span> amount of $800,000 U.S. dollars for <span class=\"match\">investments</span> made in a TEA or in an infrastructure project.\n 59 \n \n INA sec. 203(b)(5)(C)(ii), 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(C)(ii). DHS proposes to codify this reduced minimum <span class=\"match\">investment</span> amount for <span class=\"match\">investments</span> made in a TEA or in an infrastructure project in this rule"},{"title":"Enterprise Duty To Serve Underserved Markets","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA or Agency) proposes to rescind its regulation on Duty to Serve Underserved Markets and replace it with a new rule. If adopted as proposed, the new rule would enable the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (collectively, the Enterprises) to better serve the needs of very low-, low-, and moderate-income families in the manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation, and rural housing markets through greater innovation and with less administrative burden.","document_number":"2026-12750","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12750/enterprise-duty-to-serve-underserved-markets","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12750.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12750.pdf?1782218725","publication_date":"2026-06-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY","name":"Federal Housing Finance Agency","id":174,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-housing-finance-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/174","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-housing-finance-agency"}],"excerpts":"example, instead of <span class=\"match\">directing</span> resources to verify that borrowers are agricultural workers, an Enterprise would be able to <span class=\"match\">direct</span> resources to developing loan products that best serve all families at the targeted income levels who live in <span class=\"match\">rural</span> areas. Moreover, to ensure that residents of an “Indian area” are not overlooked, the definition for “high-needs <span class=\"match\">rural</span> region” would be expanded to include Indian areas, and, as described below, changes would be made to the “<span class=\"match\">rural</span> area” definition to emphasize that segment of the <span class=\"match\">rural</span> market. Unlike members"},{"title":"Customer Identification Programs for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury and the SEC are jointly issuing a proposed rulemaking implementing the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 with regard to certain investment advisers. If, as proposed in a separate rulemaking, certain investment advisers are included in the definition of \"financial institution\" under the Bank Secrecy Act, the Secretary of the Treasury and the SEC will be required to jointly prescribe a regulation that, among other things, requires investment advisers to implement reasonable procedures to verify the identities of their customers.","document_number":"2024-10738","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/21/2024-10738/customer-identification-programs-for-registered-investment-advisers-and-exempt-reporting-advisers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-21/pdf/2024-10738.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10738.pdf?1715958912","publication_date":"2024-05-21","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":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","id":194,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/financial-crimes-enforcement-network","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/194","parent_id":497,"slug":"financial-crimes-enforcement-network"},{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"circumstances in which the <span class=\"match\">investment</span> adviser cannot form a reasonable belief that it knows the true identity of a customer. These procedures should describe (1) when the <span class=\"match\">investment</span> adviser should not open an account, (2) the terms under which the <span class=\"match\">investment</span> adviser may provide advisory services to the customer while the <span class=\"match\">investment</span> adviser attempts to verify the customer's identity, (3) when the <span class=\"match\">investment</span> adviser should close an account after attempts to verify a customer's identity fail, and (4) when the <span class=\"match\">investment</span> adviser should file a SAR in"},{"title":"Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rural eConnectivity Program for Fiscal Year 2024","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Rural Utilities Service (RUS, Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), announces acceptance of applications under the Rural eConnectivity (ReConnect) program for fiscal year (FY) 2024. These loan and grant funds will be awarded to qualified applicants to fund the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide broadband service.","document_number":"2024-03484","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/21/2024-03484/notice-of-funding-opportunity-for-the-rural-econnectivity-program-for-fiscal-year-2024","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-21/pdf/2024-03484.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-03484.pdf?1708436725","publication_date":"2024-02-21","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":"general inquiries <span class=\"match\">regarding</span> the ReConnect Program, contact Laurel Leverrier, Assistant Administrator, Telecommunications Program, <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), email: \n laurel.leverrier@usda.gov, \n telephone: (202) 720-9554.\n \n \n For inquiries <span class=\"match\">regarding</span> eligibility concerns, please contact the ReConnect Program Staff at \n usda.gov/reconnect/contact-us. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n Overview \n \n Federal Awarding Agency Name: \n <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> Utilities Service.\n \n \n Funding Opportunity Title: \n <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> eConnectivity (ReConnect)"},{"title":"FY 2024 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Passenger Ferry Grant Program, Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Pilot Program, and Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for $316 million in competitive grants under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Passenger Ferry Grant Program (Passenger Ferry Program), Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Pilot Program (Low-No Ferry Program), and Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program (Rural Ferry Program). Of the amount being made available, $51 million is for the Passenger Ferry Program, $49 million for the Low-No Ferry Program, and $216 million is for the Rural Ferry Program. FTA may award additional funding made available to the program prior to the announcement of project selections.","document_number":"2024-07845","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/17/2024-07845/fy-2024-competitive-funding-opportunity-passenger-ferry-grant-program-electric-or-low-emitting-ferry","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-17/pdf/2024-07845.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07845.pdf?1713271515","publication_date":"2024-04-17","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 Transit Administration","name":"Federal Transit Administration","id":193,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-transit-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/193","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-transit-administration"}],"excerpts":"ferries.\n \n \n \n   \n \n The \n <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> Ferry Program \n provides funding for capital, operating, and planning expenses for ferry service to <span class=\"match\">rural</span> areas.\n \n \n \n Eligible Applicants \n \n Passenger Ferry Program: \n designated and <span class=\"match\">direct</span> recipients of section 5307 funding and public entities engaged in providing public transportation passenger ferry service in urban areas that are eligible to be <span class=\"match\">direct</span> recipients.\n \n \n \n   \n \n Low-No Ferry Program: \n any eligible recipient of section 5307 or section 5311 funding.\n \n \n \n   \n \n <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> Ferry Program: \n States and"},{"title":"Request for Comments on Bolstering Data Center Growth, Resilience, and Security","type":"Notice","abstract":"The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) hereby requests comments on the challenges surrounding data center growth, resilience and security in the United States amidst a surge of computing power demand due to the development of critical and emerging technologies. This request focuses on identifying opportunities for the U.S. government to improve data centers' market development, supply chain resilience, and data security. NTIA will rely on these comments, along with other public engagements on this topic, to draft and issue a public report capturing economic and security policy considerations and policy recommendations for fostering safe, secure, and sustainable data center growth.","document_number":"2024-19524","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/04/2024-19524/request-for-comments-on-bolstering-data-center-growth-resilience-and-security","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-04/pdf/2024-19524.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19524.pdf?1725367514","publication_date":"2024-09-04","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":"National Telecommunications and Information Administration","name":"National Telecommunications and Information Administration","id":373,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-telecommunications-and-information-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/373","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-telecommunications-and-information-administration"}],"excerpts":"manage data <span class=\"match\">security</span> risks in data centers while also maximizing the benefits of secure data processing and storage? \n a. What <span class=\"match\">security</span> controls do data center operators have in place to protect customer data? What governance mechanisms do data centers use to oversee compliance? How could data center operators or customers improve <span class=\"match\">security</span> controls? \n b. What are the key obstacles for data center operators to improve <span class=\"match\">security</span>? Are factors like competitive pressure, lack of demand, lack of cybersecurity professionals, or lack of <span class=\"match\">security</span> frameworks"},{"title":"Office of The Secretary; Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) gives notice that it proposes to modify an existing system of records notice titled Farm Records File (Automated) USDA/FSA-2, which currently includes information for certain Farm Service Agency (FSA) Farm Programs and records about the majority of agricultural producers in the United States. USDA is modifying the system to add new purposes, new categories of covered individuals, new categories of records and record sources, a new system location, and four new routine uses, all related to USDA activities under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA).","document_number":"2026-11227","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11227/office-of-the-secretary-privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11227.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11227.pdf?1780490725","publication_date":"2026-06-04","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":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"},{"raw_name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","id":76,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-credit-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/76","parent_id":12,"slug":"commodity-credit-corporation"}],"excerpts":" Agricultural Foreign <span class=\"match\">Investment</span> Disclosure Act of 1978, 7 U.S.C. 3501 \n et seq.; \n Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, Public Law 115-334; Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000, Public Law 106-224, 114 Stat. 358; Conservation Stewardship Program, 16 U.S.C. 3839aa-21 \n et seq.; \n Consolidated Farm and <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> Development Act of 1972, 7 U.S.C. 1921 \n et seq.; \n Emergency Farm Loan Program, 7 U.S.C. 1961 \n et seq.; \n Environmental Quality Incentives Program, 16 U.S.C. 3839aa \n et seq.; \n Farm <span class=\"match\">Security</span> and <span class=\"match\">Rural</span> <span class=\"match\">Investment</span> Act of 2002, Public Law"},{"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":"FOIA.\n \n \n 6. Regulatory Compliance Certifications \n \n 85. Given concerns about ensuring the <span class=\"match\">security</span> and integrity of this critical infrastructure, the Commission proposes new certifications to protect against national <span class=\"match\">security</span>, law enforcement, and other risks. The Commission tentatively \n \n concludes that such requirements would help mitigate national <span class=\"match\">security</span>, economic <span class=\"match\">security</span>, law enforcement, and other concerns associated with threats to the <span class=\"match\">security</span> of submarine cable infrastructure. The Commission also expects that requiring applicants to"}]}