{"description":"Documents matching 'technical specification required along documentation catalogues compliance'","count":211,"total_pages":11,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=technical+specification+required+along+documentation+catalogues+compliance&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Medicare Program; FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. This rule also finalizes changes to the admission to hospice regulations and the hospice face-to-face attestation requirements under the certification of terminal illness regulations and includes technical changes to the hospice telehealth policy and wage index. This final rule also includes a technical correction to the regulatory text and provides updates to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program requirements.","document_number":"2025-14782","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/05/2025-14782/medicare-program-fy-2026-hospice-wage-index-and-payment-rate-update-and-hospice-quality-reporting","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-05/pdf/2025-14782.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14782.pdf?1754079306","publication_date":"2025-08-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"regulatory text <span class=\"match\">required</span> the hospice physician or the NP conducting the encounter to attest to its occurrence, including the date and their signature, the unintentional omission of this explicit requirement in the FY 2012 Hospice Wage Index final rule led to discrepancies in <span class=\"match\">documentation</span> practices and introduced potential ambiguity into <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> requirements <span class=\"match\">along</span> with inconsistencies in implementation among hospice providers. Specifically, the lack of clarity regarding the full attestation requirements complicated <span class=\"match\">documentation</span> standards and audit"},{"title":"Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) Implementing Regulations Related to Textile and Apparel Goods, Automotive Goods, and Other USMCA Provisions","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to add implementing regulations for the preferential tariff treatment and related customs provisions of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) with respect to general definitions, drawback and duty-deferral programs, textile and apparel goods, and automotive goods. This document also amends the regulations to implement the temporary admission of goods, to delineate recordkeeping and protest requirements, to clarify the fee provisions, and to make conforming amendments, including technical corrections to other laws as required by statute.","document_number":"2025-00550","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-00550/agreement-between-the-united-states-of-america-the-united-mexican-states-and-canada-usmca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-00550.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00550.pdf?1737035115","publication_date":"2025-01-17","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":"demonstrating that the good qualifies for preferential tariff treatment as <span class=\"match\">required</span> pursuant to this part; \n (ix) The importer, exporter, or producer denies access, as requested by CBP, to records or <span class=\"match\">documentation</span> that are in its possession or <span class=\"match\">required</span> to be maintained pursuant to this part; \n (x) The exporter or producer denies access to records or <span class=\"match\">documentation</span> that are in its possession or <span class=\"match\">required</span> to be maintained, or to facilities during a verification visit as <span class=\"match\">required</span> pursuant to this part; \n (xi) CBP finds a pattern of conduct pursuant to"},{"title":"Medicare Program; FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. This rule also proposes changes to the admission to hospice regulations and the hospice face-to-face attestation requirements under the certification of terminal illness regulations. This proposed rule also includes a technical correction to the regulatory text and provides updates to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program requirements. Finally, this proposed rule solicits comments regarding requests for information surrounding future measure concepts for Hospice Quality Reporting Program.","document_number":"2025-06317","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/30/2025-06317/medicare-program-fy-2026-hospice-wage-index-and-payment-rate-update-and-hospice-quality-reporting","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-30/pdf/2025-06317.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06317.pdf?1744402509","publication_date":"2025-04-30","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":"final rule regulatory text <span class=\"match\">required</span> the practitioner conducting the encounter to attest to its occurrence, including the date and their signature, the unintentional omission of this explicit requirement in the FY 2012 Hospice Wage Index final rule led to discrepancies in <span class=\"match\">documentation</span> practices and introduced potential ambiguity into <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> requirements <span class=\"match\">along</span> with inconsistencies in implementation among hospice providers. Specifically, the lack of clarity regarding the full attestation requirements complicated <span class=\"match\">documentation</span> standards and audit processes"},{"title":"Electronic Submission of Certain Materials Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS Report","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\" or \"SEC\") is amending its rules to require electronic filing or submission of certain forms and other filings or submissions that are required to be filed with or submitted to the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\") and the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. The amendments require the electronic filing or submission on the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (\"EDGAR\") system, using structured data where appropriate, for certain forms filed or submitted by self- regulatory organizations (\"SROs\"). The amendments require the information currently contained in Form 19b-4(e) to be publicly posted on the SRO's website and remove the manual signature requirements for SRO proposed rule change filings. The Commission is also requiring that a clearing agency post supplemental material to its website. In addition, the Commission is amending rules under the Exchange Act and the Securities Act of 1933 (\"Securities Act\") to require the electronic filing or submission on EDGAR, using structured data where appropriate, of certain forms, reports, and notices provided by broker- dealers, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants. The amendments also require withdrawal in certain circumstances of notices filed in connection with an exception to counting certain dealing transactions toward determining whether a person is a security-based swap dealer. Finally, the Commission is allowing electronic signatures in certain broker-dealer filings, and amending the Financial and Operational Combined Uniform Single Report (\"FOCUS Report\") to harmonize with other rules, make technical corrections, and provide clarifications.","document_number":"2024-30433","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2024-30433/electronic-submission-of-certain-materials-under-the-securities-exchange-act-of-1934-amendments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2024-30433.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30433.pdf?1737121512","publication_date":"2025-01-21","agencies":[{"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":"format of reports that substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> firms are <span class=\"match\">required</span> to submit.” \n 28 \n \n The Commission's orders granting substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> (“substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> orders”) \n 29 \n \n condition substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> for the requirements of certain Exchange Act rules in part on a non-U.S. SBS Entity providing information to the Commission, including reports and other information <span class=\"match\">required</span> by foreign law. The substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> orders do not, however, address how an SBS Entity relying on substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> should provide such information to"},{"title":"Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles","type":"Rule","abstract":"Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is establishing new, more protective emissions standards for criteria pollutants and greenhouse gases (GHG) for light-duty vehicles and Class 2b and 3 (\"medium-duty\") vehicles that will phase-in over model years 2027 through 2032. In addition, EPA is finalizing GHG program revisions in several areas, including off-cycle and air conditioning credits, the treatment of upstream emissions associated with zero-emission vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in compliance calculations, medium-duty vehicle incentive multipliers, and vehicle certification and compliance. EPA is also establishing new standards to control refueling emissions from incomplete medium-duty vehicles, and battery durability and warranty requirements for light- duty and medium-duty electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. EPA is also finalizing minor amendments to update program requirements related to aftermarket fuel conversions, importing vehicles and engines, evaporative emission test procedures, and test fuel specifications for measuring fuel economy.","document_number":"2024-06214","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/18/2024-06214/multi-pollutant-emissions-standards-for-model-years-2027-and-later-light-duty-and-medium-duty","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-18/pdf/2024-06214.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06214.pdf?1713357919","publication_date":"2024-04-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"those changes (85 FR 28564, May 13, 2020). This rule does not <span class=\"match\">require</span> an adjustment factor for tailpipe GHG emissions, but rather <span class=\"match\">requires</span> manufacturers to test on Tier 3 test fuel and use the resultant tailpipe emissions directly in their <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> calculation. Such an adjustment factor is not <span class=\"match\">required</span> because the technology penetrations, feasibility, and cost estimates in this rule are based on <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> using Tier 3 test fuel. \n Both the Tier 3 and these Tier 4 criteria pollutant standards were based on vehicle performance with Tier 3 test"},{"title":"Medicare Program; FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. This rule also adopts the most recent Office of Management and Budget statistical area delineations, which will impact the hospice wage index. This rule clarifies current policy related to the \"election statement\" and the \"notice of election\", as well as adds clarifying language regarding hospice certification and includes a technical regulation text change to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs). This rule finalizes changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program. Finally, this rule summarizes comments received regarding potential implementation of a separate payment mechanism to account for high intensity palliative care services.","document_number":"2024-16910","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/06/2024-16910/medicare-program-fy-2025-hospice-wage-index-and-payment-rate-update-hospice-conditions-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-06/pdf/2024-16910.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16910.pdf?1722370514","publication_date":"2024-08-06","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":"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":"provide the HOPE <span class=\"match\">technical</span> data <span class=\"match\">specifications</span> for software developers and vendors on the CMS website. Software developers and vendors should not wait for final <span class=\"match\">technical</span> data <span class=\"match\">specifications</span> to begin development of their own products. Rather, software developers and vendors are encouraged to thoroughly review the draft <span class=\"match\">technical</span> data <span class=\"match\">specifications</span> and provide feedback to CMS so we may address potential issues adequately and in a timely manner. We will conduct a call with software developers and vendors after the draft <span class=\"match\">specifications</span> are posted, during"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice (\"Department\") issues its final rule revising the regulation implementing title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (\"ADA\") to establish specific requirements, including the adoption of specific technical standards, for making accessible the services, programs, and activities offered by State and local government entities to the public through the web and mobile applications (\"apps\").","document_number":"2024-07758","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/24/2024-07758/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-accessibility-of-web-information-and-services-of-state","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-24/pdf/2024-07758.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07758.pdf?1713876314","publication_date":"2024-04-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"additional year, totaling three years, before <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> is first <span class=\"match\">required</span>. The 50,000 population threshold was chosen because it corresponds with the definition of “small governmental jurisdictions” as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act.\n 87 \n \n After the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date, ongoing <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with subpart H of this part is <span class=\"match\">required</span>.\n \n \n \n 87 \n  5 U.S.C. 601(5).\n \n \n Commenters expressed a wide range of views about how long public entities should be given to bring their web content and mobile apps into <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with subpart H of this part. Some commenters"},{"title":"Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations governing biometrics use and collection. DHS proposes to require submission of biometrics by any individual, regardless of age, filing or associated with an immigration benefit request, other request, or collection of information, unless exempted; expand biometrics collection authority upon alien arrest; define \"biometrics;\" codify reuse requirements; codify and expand DNA testing, use and storage; establish an \"extraordinary circumstances\" standard to excuse a failure to appear at a biometric services appointment; modify how VAWA self-petitioners and T nonimmigrant status applicants demonstrate good moral character; and clarify biometrics collection purposes.","document_number":"2025-19747","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/03/2025-19747/collection-and-use-of-biometrics-by-us-citizenship-and-immigration-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-03/pdf/2025-19747.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19747.pdf?1761914706","publication_date":"2025-11-03","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"}],"excerpts":"CFR 103.16(a), 204.2(a)(2) (<span class=\"match\">requiring</span> evidence of the claimed relationship), 204.3(c)(3) (<span class=\"match\">requiring</span> fingerprinting), 204.2(d)(2)(vi) (authorizing blood testing), 245a.2(d) (<span class=\"match\">requiring</span> photographs and a completed fingerprint card), and 316.4(a) (referring to form instructions which may <span class=\"match\">require</span> photographs and fingerprinting).\n \n \n \n The former INS first used fingerprints for immigration processing solely for the purpose of performing criminal history background checks related to applications for which eligibility <span class=\"match\">required</span> good moral character or non-existence"},{"title":"Anthropomorphic Test Devices; THOR 50th Percentile Adult Male Test Dummy; Incorporation by Reference","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document proposes to amend NHTSA's regulations to include an advanced crash test dummy, the Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint (THOR) 50th percentile adult male (THOR-50M). The dummy represents an adult male of roughly average height and weight and is designed for use in frontal crash tests. NHTSA plans to issue a separate NPRM to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, \"Occupant crash protection,\" to specify the THOR-50M as an alternative (at the vehicle manufacturer's option) to the 50th percentile adult male dummy currently specified in FMVSS No. 208 for use in frontal crash compliance tests.","document_number":"2023-19008","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/07/2023-19008/anthropomorphic-test-devices-thor-50th-percentile-adult-male-test-dummy-incorporation-by-reference","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-09-07/pdf/2023-19008.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-19008.pdf?1694004391","publication_date":"2023-09-07","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":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"qualification procedures, is referred to as the 2023 <span class=\"match\">technical</span> data package. (The version published in 2020 is referred to as the “2018 drawing package” or the “2018 <span class=\"match\">technical</span> data package.”) The version of THOR that is being proposed is the version defined in the 2023 <span class=\"match\">technical</span> data package. In 2019, NHTSA began publishing THOR-50M <span class=\"match\">documentation</span> in a new docket titled, “NHTSA Crashworthiness Research—THOR-50M <span class=\"match\">Documentation</span>.” \n 27 \n \n In addition to the documents that make up the 2018 and 2023 <span class=\"match\">technical</span> data packages, the docket folder includes the following:"},{"title":"National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements (LCRI)","type":"Rule","abstract":"In December 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested comment on the proposed the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), which informed the revisions to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for lead and copper. After consideration of public comment on the LCRI, and consistent with the provisions set forth under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the EPA is finalizing revisions to the NPDWR for lead and copper. In this rule, the agency is finalizing requirements for drinking water systems to replace lead and certain galvanized service lines. The final rule also removes the lead trigger level, reduces the lead action level to 0.010 mg/L, and strengthens tap sampling procedures to improve public health protection and simplify implementation relative to the 2021 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). Further, this final rule strengthens corrosion control treatment, public education and consumer awareness, requirements for small systems, and sampling in schools and child care facilities. The final rule will significantly reduce the adverse human health impacts of exposure to toxic lead in drinking water.","document_number":"2024-23549","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/30/2024-23549/national-primary-drinking-water-regulations-for-lead-and-copper-improvements-lcri","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-30/pdf/2024-23549.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23549.pdf?1729264518","publication_date":"2024-10-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"and final LCRI, <span class=\"match\">along</span> with almost 200,000 public comments submitted to the docket as well as oral comments provided to the EPA during the public hearing held January 16, 2024, for the proposed LCRI.\n \n A. What does the final LCRI <span class=\"match\">require</span>? \n The LCRI <span class=\"match\">requires</span> full service line replacement of lead and galvanized <span class=\"match\">requiring</span> replacement (GRR) service lines under the control of the water system, regardless of the system's 90th percentile lead level. Water systems are <span class=\"match\">required</span> to complete replacements within 10 years of the LCRI <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date. There is"},{"title":"Updated Definition of “Waters of the United States”","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (\"the agencies\") are publishing for public comment a proposed rule revising the regulations defining the scope of waters federally covered under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, also known as the Clean Water Act, in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. With this proposed rule, the agencies intend to provide greater regulatory certainty and increase Clean Water Act program predictability and consistency by clarifying the definition of \"waters of the United States.\" This proposed rule is also intended to implement the overall objective of the Clean Water Act to restore and maintain the quality of the Nation's waters while respecting State and Tribal authority over their own land and water resources.","document_number":"2025-20402","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/20/2025-20402/updated-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-20/pdf/2025-20402.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20402.pdf?1763559920","publication_date":"2025-11-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers","name":"Engineers Corps","id":142,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/engineers-corps","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/142","parent_id":103,"slug":"engineers-corps"},{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"wet season. Under this approach, the agencies would not <span class=\"match\">require</span> the flow to occur throughout the wet season but would still <span class=\"match\">require</span> flow to occur for at least some months of continuous flow. This duration would extend beyond merely weeks, or even one month, and would <span class=\"match\">require</span> flow for at least an extended period of time of some months during or in response to the wet season. This alternative approach differs from the one described immediately above in that the flow duration would not be <span class=\"match\">required</span> to be of equal duration as the duration of the wet season"},{"title":"Cybersecurity Labeling for Internet of Things","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) establishes a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for wireless consumer Internet of Things, or IoT, products. The program will provide consumers with an easy-to-understand and quickly recognizable FCC IoT Label that includes the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark and a QR code linked to a dynamic, decentralized, publicly available registry of more detailed cybersecurity information. This program will help consumers make safer purchasing decisions, raise consumer confidence regarding the cybersecurity of the IoT products they buy, and encourage manufacturers to develop IoT products with security-by- design principles in mind.","document_number":"2024-14148","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/30/2024-14148/cybersecurity-labeling-for-internet-of-things","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-30/pdf/2024-14148.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14148.pdf?1722257113","publication_date":"2024-07-30","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":"material listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of August 29, 2024.\n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> date: \n <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> with 47 CFR 8.208, 8.209, 8.212, 8.214, 8.215, 8.217, 8.218, 8.219, 8.220, 8.221, and 8.222 will not be <span class=\"match\">required</span> until the Office of Management and Budget has completed review under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Commission will publish a document in the \n Federal Register \n announcing that <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date.\n \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Zoe Li, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division"},{"title":"Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model year (MY) 2032 and later heavy-duty highway vehicles that phase in starting as early MY 2027 for certain vehicle categories. The phase in revises certain MY 2027 GHG standards that were established previously under EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles--Phase 2 rule (\"HD GHG Phase 2\"). This document also updates discrete elements of the Averaging Banking and Trading program, including providing additional flexibilities for manufacturers to support the implementation of the Phase 3 program balanced by limiting the availability of certain advanced technology credits initially established under the HD GHG Phase 2 rule. EPA is also adding warranty requirements for batteries and other components of zero-emission vehicles and requiring customer-facing battery state-of- health monitors for plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles. In this action, we are also finalizing additional revisions, including clarifying and editorial amendments to certain highway heavy-duty vehicle provisions and certain test procedures for heavy-duty engines.","document_number":"2024-06809","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/22/2024-06809/greenhouse-gas-emissions-standards-for-heavy-duty-vehicles-phase-3","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-22/pdf/2024-06809.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06809.pdf?1713530716","publication_date":"2024-04-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"are just two examples of potential technology <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> pathways and do not reflect a requirement of how manufacturers will ultimately meet the standards finalized in this rule.\n \n \n \n 67 \n  As further explained in sections I and II (including II.G), EPA is <span class=\"match\">required</span> by law to assess feasibility and <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> costs of standards issued pursuant to CAA section 202(a), and thus practically must demonstrate a potential means of complying with the standards in order to do so (\n e.g., \n a potential <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> pathway's projected technology packages that"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\") is publishing a final rule to establish and amend the certification provisions, labeling requirements, and enforcement provisions for specific types of consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment, as described in sections II and III of this final rule. DOE is establishing and making amendments to the certification requirements, labeling requirements, and enforcement provisions for these products and equipment to ensure reporting that is consistent with currently applicable energy conservation standards and test procedures and to ensure DOE has the information necessary to determine the appropriate classification of products for the application of standards.","document_number":"2024-21950","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/09/2024-21950/energy-conservation-program-for-appliance-standards-certification-requirements-labeling-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-09/pdf/2024-21950.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-21950.pdf?1728391519","publication_date":"2024-10-09","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":"this rule and a template is not currently available to certify <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>, then <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the amended certification requirements would not be <span class=\"match\">required</span> until 210 days after publication of this rule. DOE notes that <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the amended standards themselves would still be <span class=\"match\">required</span> on and after their applicable <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date(s). For products and equipment with existing standards and existing reporting requirements, if the annual reporting deadline is prior to the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date of this rule (\n i.e., \n sooner than 210 days after publication)"},{"title":"Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units","type":"Rule","abstract":"Public trust in Federal statistics is essential to their value and use in informing decisions across public and private sectors. To promote public trust in the statistical agencies and units that produce Federal statistics, the Office of Management and Budget issues this final rule pursuant to Title III of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Evidence Act) to provide direction to Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units (RSAUs) in carrying out their four fundamental responsibilities: produce and disseminate relevant and timely statistical information, conduct credible and accurate statistical activities, conduct objective statistical activities, and protect the trust of information providers by ensuring the confidentiality and exclusive statistical use of their responses. This final rule also provides direction to other Federal agencies to enable, support, and facilitate RSAUs in carrying out these four fundamental responsibilities.","document_number":"2024-23536","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/11/2024-23536/fundamental-responsibilities-of-recognized-statistical-agencies-and-units","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-11/pdf/2024-23536.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23536.pdf?1728564329","publication_date":"2024-10-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"}],"excerpts":"determine whether the parent agency and the RSAU are in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with this rule and whether the RSAU has sufficient resources to carry out the fundamental responsibilities. \n Importantly, the IG <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> review <span class=\"match\">required</span> under this final rule should be conducted in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with and in the spirit of this final rule. This final rule is intended to ensure the autonomy of RSAUs and ensure sufficient functional separation. As such, where this final rule <span class=\"match\">requires</span> RSAUs to make decisions or <span class=\"match\">requires</span> the parent agency to delegate or ensure the RSAU has"},{"title":"Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Under its Clean Air Act authority, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing new, more stringent emissions standards for criteria pollutants and greenhouse gases (GHG) for light- duty vehicles and Class 2b and 3 (\"medium-duty\") vehicles that would phase-in over model years 2027 through 2032. In addition, EPA is proposing GHG program revisions in several areas, including off-cycle and air conditioning credits, the treatment of upstream emissions associated with zero-emission vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in compliance calculations, medium-duty vehicle incentive multipliers, and vehicle certification and compliance. EPA is also proposing new standards to control refueling emissions from incomplete medium-duty vehicles, and battery durability and warranty requirements for light-duty and medium-duty plug-in vehicles. EPA is also proposing minor amendments to update program requirements related to aftermarket fuel conversions, importing vehicles and engines, evaporative emission test procedures, and test fuel specifications for measuring fuel economy.","document_number":"2023-07974","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/05/2023-07974/multi-pollutant-emissions-standards-for-model-years-2027-and-later-light-duty-and-medium-duty","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-05/pdf/2023-07974.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-07974.pdf?1683204319","publication_date":"2023-05-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"environment label values \n Pre-MY 2027 \n MYs 2027-2029 \n MY 2030 and beyond \n \n \n Indolene \n No adjustment <span class=\"match\">required</span> \n Carry-over test results only; divide test results by 1.0166 \n Not allowed \n No adjustment <span class=\"match\">required</span> \n Carry-over results only; no adjustment <span class=\"match\">required</span> \n Not allowed \n No adjustment <span class=\"match\">required</span> \n Carry-over results only; no adjustment <span class=\"match\">required</span> \n Not allowed. \n \n \n Tier 3 \n Multiply test results by 1.0166 \n No adjustment <span class=\"match\">required</span> \n Apply revised FE equation proposed in 2020 rule \n \n Apply revised FE equation proposed in 2020 rule. Apply"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2026 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital- related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); update and make changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and make other policy-related changes.","document_number":"2025-06271","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/30/2025-06271/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-30/pdf/2025-06271.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06271.pdf?1744402510","publication_date":"2025-04-30","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":"desk review adjustments to their wage index data as included in the January 31, 2025, PUF. \n \n Hospitals also were <span class=\"match\">required</span> to submit sufficient <span class=\"match\">documentation</span> to support their requests. Hospitals' requests and supporting <span class=\"match\">documentation</span> must have been received by the MAC by the February deadline (that is, by February 18, 2025, for the FY 2026 wage index).\n \n After reviewing requested changes submitted by hospitals, MACs were <span class=\"match\">required</span> to transmit to CMS any additional revisions resulting from the hospitals' reconsideration requests by March 21, 2025"},{"title":"Medicare Program; FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. This rule proposes changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program. This rule also proposes to adopt the most recent Office of Management and Budget statistical area delineations, which would change the hospice wage index. This rule proposes to clarify current policy related to the \"election statement\" and the \"notice of election\", as well as to add clarifying language regarding hospice certification. Finally, this rulemaking solicits comments regarding potential implementation of a separate payment mechanism to account for high intensity palliative care services.","document_number":"2024-06921","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/04/2024-06921/medicare-program-fy-2025-hospice-wage-index-and-payment-rate-update-hospice-conditions-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-04/pdf/2024-06921.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06921.pdf?1711656916","publication_date":"2024-04-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"records would need to be submitted as an XML file, which is also the <span class=\"match\">required</span> format for the HIS. The format is subject to change in future years as technological advancements occur and healthcare provider use of electronic records increases, as well as systems become more interoperable. \n \n We will provide the HOPE <span class=\"match\">technical</span> date <span class=\"match\">specifications</span> for software developers and vendors on the CMS website. Software developers and vendors should not wait for final <span class=\"match\">technical</span> data <span class=\"match\">specifications</span> to begin development of their own products. Rather, software developers"},{"title":"Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice is issuing a final rule to implement Executive Order 14117 of February 28, 2024 (Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government- Related Data by Countries of Concern), by prohibiting and restricting certain data transactions with certain countries or persons.","document_number":"2024-31486","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-31486/preventing-access-to-us-sensitive-personal-data-and-government-related-data-by-countries-of-concern","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2024-31486.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31486.pdf?1735911918","publication_date":"2025-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"suggested that this exemption be expanded to cover data transactions not only to the extent that they are <span class=\"match\">required</span> or authorized by Federal law, but also to the extent that they “facilitate or otherwise relate to <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>” with Federal law or other regulatory obligation. This commenter noted that some financial institutions may institute <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> programs that go beyond what is specifically <span class=\"match\">required</span> by Federal law in order to help ensure <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with such laws or other regulatory obligations. \n The Department appreciates that some financial institutions"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2025 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. Also, this final rule updates the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. We also summarize information received in response to a Request for Information on potential modifications to the Safety of Care measure group in the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating methodology. In this final rule, we are also finalizing our proposal to narrow the description of \"custody\" in the Medicare payment exclusion rule and to revise the special enrollment period criteria for formerly incarcerated individuals. We are also finalizing our Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) continuous eligibility provisions. We are also finalizing the proposal to reduce the review timeframe for standard prior authorization requests for certain covered outpatient department services paid under the OPPS from 10-business days to 7-calendar days. Further, this rule finalizes updates to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) in an effort to advance the health and safety of pregnant, birthing, and postpartum women. This rule also finalizes our proposed policy to separately pay Indian Health Service (IHS) and Tribal hospitals for high-cost drugs furnished in hospital outpatient departments through an add-on payment in addition to the all-inclusive rate (AIR) under the authorities used to calculate the AIR starting January 1, 2025. Finally, we are finalizing exceptions to the Medicaid clinic services four walls requirement for IHS and Tribal clinics, and, at state option, for behavioral health clinics and clinics located in rural areas.","document_number":"2024-25521","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/27/2024-25521/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-27/pdf/2024-25521.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25521.pdf?1730492130","publication_date":"2024-11-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"the Act, <span class=\"match\">requires</span> that hospitals that fail to report data <span class=\"match\">required</span> for the quality measures selected by the Secretary, in the form and manner <span class=\"match\">required</span> by the Secretary under section 1833(t)(17)(B) of the Act, incur a 2.0 percentage point reduction to their OPD fee schedule increase factor; that is, the annual payment update factor. The application of a reduced OPD fee schedule increase factor results in reduced national unadjusted payment rates that would apply to certain outpatient items and services furnished by hospitals that are <span class=\"match\">required</span> to report"}]}