{"description":"Documents matching 'they have imposed themselves which'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=they+have+imposed+themselves+which&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Notice of Determinations and Request for Comments Concerning Actions in Section 301 Investigations of Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure To Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced With Forced Labor","type":"Notice","abstract":"On March 12, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) initiated 60 investigations related to the failure of various economies to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor. The Trade Representative has determined that 54 of the investigated economies have failed to impose and effectively enforce a forced labor import prohibition. The Trade Representative has determined that six of the investigated economies have failed to effectively enforce a forced labor import prohibition. The Trade Representative has determined that the failure of each of the investigated economies to impose and effectively enforce a force labor import prohibition is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce. As a result of the findings in each investigation, the Trade Representative proposes that appropriate action includes additional duties on all products of the investigated economies, except as provided in Annex A to this Notice. For economies that impose a forced labor import prohibition; have taken on commitments related to forced labor import prohibitions through an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade; or have imposed a partial regime with the effect of preventing the importation of certain forced labor goods, the Trade Representative proposes 10% as the rate of additional duties. For all other economies, the Trade Representative proposes 12.5% as the rate of additional duties. The Trade Representative also proposes a textile mechanism that would allow for a certain volume of apparel and textile imports from certain economies to enter the United States at a reduced Section 301 tariff rate. USTR seeks public comments on the proposed actions in the investigations and will hold public hearings in connection with the proposals.","document_number":"2026-11296","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/05/2026-11296/notice-of-determinations-and-request-for-comments-concerning-actions-in-section-301-investigations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-05/pdf/2026-11296.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11296.pdf?1780577112","publication_date":"2026-06-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE","name":"Trade Representative, Office of United States","id":491,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/trade-representative-office-of-united-states","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/491","parent_id":null,"slug":"trade-representative-office-of-united-states"}],"excerpts":"various economies to <span class=\"match\">impose</span> and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor. The Trade Representative has determined that 54 of the investigated economies <span class=\"match\">have</span> failed to <span class=\"match\">impose</span> and effectively enforce a forced labor import prohibition. The Trade Representative has determined that six of the investigated economies <span class=\"match\">have</span> failed to effectively enforce a forced labor import prohibition. The Trade Representative has determined that the failure of each of the investigated economies to <span class=\"match\">impose</span> and effectively enforce"},{"title":"Registry of Supervised Nonbanks That Use Form Contracts To Impose Terms and Conditions That Seek To Waive or Limit Consumer Legal Protections; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is withdrawing its Notice of Proposed Rule: Registry of Supervised Nonbanks That Use Form Contracts To Impose Terms and Conditions That Seek To Waive or Limit Consumer Legal Protections, published on February 1, 2023 (Proposed Rule), and is providing this notice of withdrawal. The Bureau has determined that legislative rulemaking is not necessary or appropriate at this time to address the subject matter of the Proposed Rule. The Bureau will not take any further action on the Proposed Rule.","document_number":"2025-19690","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/29/2025-19690/registry-of-supervised-nonbanks-that-use-form-contracts-to-impose-terms-and-conditions-that-seek-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-29/pdf/2025-19690.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19690.pdf?1761655507","publication_date":"2025-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"justified by their uncertain and speculative benefits. As discussed in part VI below, the proposal would <span class=\"match\">have</span> <span class=\"match\">imposed</span> a significant burden on supervised nonbanks in order to collect and publish information of uncertain or speculative value or benefit, mostly about regulated entities' use of lawful terms and conditions. It also would <span class=\"match\">have</span> <span class=\"match\">imposed</span> significant burdens on the Bureau, beyond those the Bureau estimated when it issued the Proposed Rule, <span class=\"match\">which</span> are unwarranted in light of the speculative benefits and additional limitations on the Bureau's resources"},{"title":"Application for Relief From Disabilities Imposed by Federal Laws With Respect to the Acquisition, Receipt, Transfer, Shipment, Transportation, or Possession of Firearms","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice (\"the Department\") proposes to implement criteria to guide determinations for granting relief from disabilities imposed by Federal laws with respect to the acquisition, receipt, transfer, shipment, transportation, or possession of firearms. In accordance with certain firearms laws and the Second Amendment of the Constitution, the criteria are designed to ensure the fundamental right of the people to keep and bear arms is not unduly infringed, that those granted relief are not likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety, and that granting such relief would not be contrary to the public interest.","document_number":"2025-13765","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/22/2025-13765/application-for-relief-from-disabilities-imposed-by-federal-laws-with-respect-to-the-acquisition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-22/pdf/2025-13765.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13765.pdf?1753101916","publication_date":"2025-07-22","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":"the \n Bruen \n decision, there <span class=\"match\">have</span> been many challenges to section 922(g)(1)'s constitutionality under the Second Amendment. Some of those challenges are declaratory judgment actions brought by non-violent convicted felons who do not pose any apparent danger to others, and who <span class=\"match\">have</span> not <span class=\"match\">themselves</span> violated section 922(g)(1). Some of these plaintiffs <span class=\"match\">have</span> had success in challenging section 922(g)(1), as courts <span class=\"match\">have</span> found that the statute is unconstitutional as applied to them.\n 35 \n \n At the same time, some courts <span class=\"match\">have</span> expressly recognized that section"},{"title":"Updated Staple Food Stocking Standards for Retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In response to section 765 of the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2017 and subsequently enacted appropriations, this rule proposes to codify a new framework for determining distinct staple food varieties and accessory foods (such as snacks, desserts, and foods meant to complement or supplement meals, which do not themselves count as staple foods) for purposes of meeting the staple food requirements for retailer participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The rulemaking is necessary to implement the codified stocking requirements of the Agricultural Act of 2014, which increased the minimum number of staple food varieties and perishables SNAP retailers must carry. A summary of this notice of proposed rulemaking is posted on regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FNS- 2025-0018.","document_number":"2025-18624","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/25/2025-18624/updated-staple-food-stocking-standards-for-retailers-in-the-supplemental-nutrition-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-25/pdf/2025-18624.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18624.pdf?1758717921","publication_date":"2025-09-25","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"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"SNAP retailer stocking requirements in Section 3(o) of the Act would also go into effect because the conditions of the appropriations language will <span class=\"match\">have</span> been satisfied. Those stocking requirements, <span class=\"match\">which</span> <span class=\"match\">have</span> already been codified at 7 CFR 278.1(b)(1)(ii) but not enforced, would require SNAP retailers to stock seven (7) varieties of staple foods in each of the four (4) staple food categories, of <span class=\"match\">which</span> at least one (1) variety in each of three (3) different staple food categories is perishable. The requirement to carry at least three (3) stocking"},{"title":"Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) seeks to advance its Build America Agenda by seeking comment on reforms that would free towers and other wireless infrastructure from unlawful regulatory burdens imposed.","document_number":"2025-21620","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/01/2025-21620/build-america-eliminating-barriers-to-wireless-deployments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-01/pdf/2025-21620.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21620.pdf?1764337516","publication_date":"2025-12-01","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":"Recently, some local jurisdictions <span class=\"match\">have</span> passed ordinances that require tower owners to renew their wireless tower facility permits after 10 years, <span class=\"match\">which</span> include “eligible facilities” under section 6409. In some instances, after the expiration of the initial permit period, the local government <span class=\"match\">imposes</span> new conditions on permit renewals for deployments previously deemed eligible facilities requests under section 6409(a). For example, a City of Monterey, CA ordinance states that a wireless facility permit may not <span class=\"match\">have</span> a duration longer than ten years"},{"title":"Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2002-51 To Permit Certain Transactions Identified in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document amends Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-51, an exemption for certain transactions identified in the Department of Labor's Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program or Program). The VFC Program is designed to encourage correction of fiduciary breaches and compliance with the law by permitting persons to avoid potential Department of Labor civil enforcement actions and civil penalties if they voluntarily correct eligible transactions in a manner that meets the requirements of the Program. PTE 2002-51 is a related class exemption that allows excise tax relief from excise taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for certain eligible transactions corrected pursuant to the VFC Program. This amendment to PTE 2002-51 is being finalized in connection with the Department's amendment and restatement of the VFC Program, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register (2025 VFC Program). These amendments simplify and expand the VFC Program and exemptive relief to make the Program and exemption easier to use and more useful for employers and others who wish to avail themselves of the relief provided. The amendment to PTE 2002-51 affects plans, participants and beneficiaries of such plans, and certain other persons engaging in such transactions.","document_number":"2025-00328","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00328/prohibited-transaction-exemption-pte-2002-51-to-permit-certain-transactions-identified-in-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00328.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00328.pdf?1736862323","publication_date":"2025-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"section I.A. These transactions must comply with the applicable exemption conditions, including the requirement that delinquent contributions may not <span class=\"match\">have</span> been transmitted to the plan more than 180 calendar days from the date they were either received by the employer or otherwise would <span class=\"match\">have</span> been payable to the participant in cash. The Department is also amending section III.B of the exemption, <span class=\"match\">which</span> provides that the exemption will apply only if the applicant receives an EBSA no-action letter pursuant to the VFC Program. Since self-correctors will"},{"title":"Federal Plan Requirements for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units That Commenced Construction on or Before August 31, 2020, and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed After August 29, 2025","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a Federal plan to implement the revised emission guidelines for existing other solid waste incineration (OSWI) units. The EPA promulgated emission guidelines for existing OSWI units in 2005 and revised the emission guidelines on June 30, 2025. If a State or Tribe with existing OSWI units subject to the 2025 revised OSWI emission guidelines does not submit an approvable plan by June 30, 2027, the EPA will develop, implement, and enforce a Federal plan for existing OSWI units located in that State or area of Indian Country. This action proposes a Federal plan to implement the 2025 revised OSWI units emission guidelines for existing OSWI units located in States and on Tribal lands without effective State or Tribal plans by the effective date of this Federal plan.","document_number":"2026-13485","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13485/federal-plan-requirements-for-other-solid-waste-incineration-units-that-commenced-construction-on-or","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-02/pdf/2026-13485.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13485.pdf?1782909929","publication_date":"2026-07-02","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":"apply to existing OSWI units meeting the proposed applicability of 40 CFR 62.15460 that are located in any State that does not currently <span class=\"match\">have</span> an approved State plan in place. Existing units are all OSWI units for <span class=\"match\">which</span> construction commenced on or before August 31, 2020 and <span class=\"match\">have</span> not been modified or reconstructed after August 29, 2025. All OSWI units for <span class=\"match\">which</span> construction commenced after August 31, 2020, or for <span class=\"match\">which</span> modification or reconstruction commenced after December 29, 2025, are new sources subject to NSPS emissions limits (40 CFR part 60, subpart"},{"title":"Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is issuing a final rule that amends provisions related to disparate impact, discouragement of applicants or prospective applicants, and special purpose credit programs under Regulation B, the regulation implementing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA or Act). The amendments facilitate compliance with ECOA by clarifying the obligations imposed by the statute.","document_number":"2026-07804","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/22/2026-07804/equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-22/pdf/2026-07804.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07804.pdf?1776775512","publication_date":"2026-04-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"current interpretation authorizing disparate-impact claims. They maintained that consumers <span class=\"match\">have</span> reliance interests in a regime that deters facially neutral policies that <span class=\"match\">have</span> disparate effects and that creditors <span class=\"match\">have</span> reliance interests in their compliance systems and policies and procedures, <span class=\"match\">which</span> <span class=\"match\">have</span> been adopted consistent with longstanding regulatory interpretations. State Attorneys General commenters also stated that State and local governments <span class=\"match\">have</span> reliance interests in a strong Federal enforcement mechanism to address discrimination in credit"},{"title":"21st Century Cures Act: Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule implements the provision of the 21st Century Cures Act specifying that a health care provider determined by the HHS Inspector General to have committed information blocking shall be referred to the appropriate agency to be subject to appropriate disincentives set forth through notice and comment rulemaking. This rulemaking establishes, for certain health care providers, a set of appropriate disincentives using authorities under applicable Federal law.","document_number":"2024-13793","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/01/2024-13793/21st-century-cures-act-establishment-of-disincentives-for-health-care-providers-that-have-committed","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-01/pdf/2024-13793.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-13793.pdf?1719432919","publication_date":"2024-07-01","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"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"notice in all cases in <span class=\"match\">which</span> disincentives <span class=\"match\">have</span> been <span class=\"match\">imposed</span> on a health care provider. For the finalized text of § 171.1002, we also revise our proposed reference to disincentives “specified in § 171.1001(a)” to refer to disincentives “specified in § 171.1001” instead, since we <span class=\"match\">have</span> finalized that disincentives may be listed throughout § 171.1001 and not only under paragraph (a), <span class=\"match\">which</span> specifically lists disincentives established by CMS. Therefore, we <span class=\"match\">have</span> finalized in 45 CFR 171.1002 that an appropriate agency that <span class=\"match\">imposes</span> a disincentive or disincentives"},{"title":"Diplomatic Agent-Level Immunity","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations defines \"diplomatic agent\" and the level of immunity enjoyed by a diplomatic agent. However, because some other individuals who are not themselves \"diplomatic agents\" as defined in the VCDR also enjoy what is known as \"diplomatic agent-level immunity,\" the Department of State is promulgating this regulation to clearly and correctly define which foreign persons enjoy diplomatic agent-level immunity within the United States and clarify that the determination of who enjoys diplomatic agent-level immunity and lesser status-based immunity, which is both legal and factual in nature, is made by the Department of State.","document_number":"2024-19192","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/28/2024-19192/diplomatic-agent-level-immunity","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-28/pdf/2024-19192.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19192.pdf?1724762716","publication_date":"2024-08-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF STATE","name":"State Department","id":476,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/476","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-department"}],"excerpts":"administrative and technical staff immunity as set forth in the VCDR, <span class=\"match\">which</span> is generally coextensive with diplomatic-agent level immunity with the exception of civil immunity <span class=\"match\">which</span> is more limited (for official acts only); consular officer immunity as set forth in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR, 21 U.S.T. 77), <span class=\"match\">which</span> entails immunity for official acts and personal inviolability from arrest absent a warrant for grave crimes; and consular employee immunity as set forth in the VCCR, <span class=\"match\">which</span> entails immunity for official acts.\n \n Accordingly, the"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; Minnesota; Exempt Source SIP Revision","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Minnesota State Implementation Plan (SIP) which updates Minnesota's air program rules. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) submitted the request to EPA on October 1, 2021. The revision to Minnesota's air quality rules will reflect changes that have occurred to the State air quality rules since July 2020. EPA is proposing to approve MPCA's submittal, which will result in consistent requirements of rules at both the State and Federal level.","document_number":"2025-13327","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/16/2025-13327/air-plan-approval-minnesota-exempt-source-sip-revision","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-16/pdf/2025-13327.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13327.pdf?1752583517","publication_date":"2025-07-16","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":"activity. Revisions <span class=\"match\">have</span> been made in this part to the material usage emissions limits of volatile organic compounds (VOC) that qualify as an insignificant activity under this rule. Thresholds of eligibility for VOC emissions <span class=\"match\">have</span> been increased from less than 2,000 pounds to less than 10,000 pounds, and VOC-containing material usage limits <span class=\"match\">have</span> increased from less than 200 gallons to less than 1,000 gallons per calendar year. The limits <span class=\"match\">have</span> been increased to provide flexibility to owners and operators of stationary sources that <span class=\"match\">have</span> material usage"},{"title":"Combating Discriminatory Equity Ideology in Foreign Assistance Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"To implement the foreign policy objective of the United States not to support the promotion of discriminatory equity ideology overseas directly or indirectly, the U.S. Department of State (Department) is adding a new award term for grants, cooperative agreements, and voluntary contributions entitled \"Combating Discriminatory Equity Ideology in Foreign Assistance.\" The award term imposes certain requirements relating to discriminatory equity ideology on foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), United States NGOs, international organizations, foreign governments, and parastatals. The award term is issued consistent with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) and other foreign assistance authorities such as the FREEDOM Support Act, the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, and the SEED Act of 1989, which authorize the Department to provide foreign assistance on such terms and conditions as the President, and by delegation, the Secretary of State, may determine.","document_number":"2026-01517","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/27/2026-01517/combating-discriminatory-equity-ideology-in-foreign-assistance-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-27/pdf/2026-01517.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01517.pdf?1769202910","publication_date":"2026-01-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF STATE","name":"State Department","id":476,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/476","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-department"}],"excerpts":"offenses. This rule does not <span class=\"match\">impose</span> a criminal regulatory penalty and is thus exempt from Executive Order 14294 requirements. \n G. Executive Orders 12372 and 13132—Federalism \n \n This regulation will not <span class=\"match\">have</span> substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with section 6 of Executive Order 13132, it is determined that this rule does not <span class=\"match\">have</span> sufficient federalism implications"},{"title":"Investments in and Licensing of Permitted Payment Stablecoins Issuers","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The NCUA Board (Board) is seeking comment on proposed regulations to implement portions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The GENIUS Act charges the NCUA with licensing, regulating, and supervising payment stablecoin issuers that are subsidiaries of federally insured credit unions (FICU subsidiaries). The GENIUS Act also requires the NCUA to issue implementing regulations by July 18th, 2026. This proposed rule proposes regulations to implement the statutorily required process for approval and licensure of permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) subject to the NCUA's jurisdiction. It also proposes regulations limiting FICUs to investing in NCUA-licensed PPSIs. A forthcoming proposal will propose regulations to implement the standards and restrictions imposed by the GENIUS Act on PPSIs.","document_number":"2026-02868","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/12/2026-02868/investments-in-and-licensing-of-permitted-payment-stablecoins-issuers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-12/pdf/2026-02868.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02868.pdf?1770817517","publication_date":"2026-02-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Credit Union Administration","id":335,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-credit-union-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/335","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-credit-union-administration"}],"excerpts":"Federal payment stablecoin regulators that may be more likely to <span class=\"match\">have</span> a single-parent ownership structure. It would also <span class=\"match\">impose</span> a prohibitive burden on the NCUA's resources, especially when considering the 120-day deadline the GENIUS Act <span class=\"match\">imposes</span> on the NCUA for rendering a decision on a substantially complete application.\n \n In summary, the Board believes it is prudent to only require joint application filing and review of the Officers and Directors of an investing FICU when the FICU would <span class=\"match\">have</span> a material amount of control of the PPSI. The Board selected"},{"title":"Civil Penalties Schedule Update","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to remove the reference to rules under the Department of Transportation's \"Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Program\" from the civil penalty schedule in the FMCSRs. Instead, the civil penalty schedule will refer solely to the part of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) where this program is incorporated into the FMCSRs. Because the rule does not impose any new material requirements or increase compliance obligations, it is issued without prior notice and opportunity for comment, pursuant to the good cause exception in the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).","document_number":"2025-09703","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/30/2025-09703/civil-penalties-schedule-update","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-30/pdf/2025-09703.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09703.pdf?1748376909","publication_date":"2025-05-30","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 Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":" including the FMCSRs. As part of the 2005 rulemaking, a reference to 49 CFR part 40 was added to Appendix B(a)(1), <span class=\"match\">which</span> specifies the penalty for recordkeeping violations. However, 49 CFR part 40 contains DOT's drug and alcohol testing rules, <span class=\"match\">which</span> FMCSA does not directly administer. Instead, motor carriers are required to comply with part 40 through FMCSA's incorporation of those requirements into the FMCSRs in part 382, <span class=\"match\">which</span> is already referenced in Appendix B(a)(1). In reviewing the regulatory history of this amendment, it appears that the"},{"title":"Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is issuing a proposed rule for public comment that amends provisions related to disparate impact, discouragement of applicants or prospective applicants, and special purpose credit programs under Regulation B, the regulation implementing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA or Act). The amendments would facilitate compliance with ECOA by clarifying the obligations imposed by the statute.","document_number":"2025-19864","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/13/2025-19864/equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-13/pdf/2025-19864.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19864.pdf?1762955111","publication_date":"2025-11-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"statutory text. Consumers who may be affected by creditors' facially neutral policies that <span class=\"match\">have</span> disparate effects may <span class=\"match\">have</span> reliance issues in the existing framework. Creditors may <span class=\"match\">have</span> developed compliance systems consistent with the existing framework. However, consumers would remain protected under ECOA from disparate treatment, including facially neutral policies and procedures that creditors adopt as proxies for intentional discrimination. Creditors would <span class=\"match\">have</span> greater flexibility to adopt facially neutral policies and procedures. The Bureau requests"},{"title":"Combating Gender Ideology in Foreign Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"To implement the foreign policy objective of the United States not to support the promotion of gender ideology overseas, the U.S. Department of State (Department) is adding a new award term for grants, cooperative agreements, and voluntary contributions entitled \"Combating Gender Ideology in Foreign Assistance.\" The award term imposes certain requirements relating to gender ideology on foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), United States NGOs, international organizations, foreign governments, and parastatals. The award term is issued consistent with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) and other foreign assistance authorities such as the FREEDOM Support Act, the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, and the SEED Act of 1989, which authorize the Department to provide foreign assistance on such terms and conditions as the President, and by delegation, the Secretary of State, may determine. Consistent with past Mexico City Policy protocol, the provision will be incorporated as applicable into grants and cooperative agreements when new funds are added as well as into new awards.","document_number":"2026-01516","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/27/2026-01516/combating-gender-ideology-in-foreign-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-27/pdf/2026-01516.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01516.pdf?1769202910","publication_date":"2026-01-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF STATE","name":"State Department","id":476,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/476","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-department"}],"excerpts":"offenses. This rule does not <span class=\"match\">impose</span> a criminal regulatory penalty and is thus exempt from Executive Order 14294 requirements. \n G. Executive Orders 12372 and 13132—Federalism \n This regulation will not <span class=\"match\">have</span> substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with section 6 of Executive Order 13132, it is determined that this rule does not <span class=\"match\">have</span> sufficient federalism implications"},{"title":"Clarification of Discretionary Employment Authorization for Certain Aliens","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security proposes to limit and clarify eligibility for discretionary employment authorization for aliens paroled into the United States temporarily for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, who have been granted deferred action, or against whom a final order of removal exists and who are temporarily released from custody on an order of supervision. DHS further proposes to specify that aliens applying for employment authorization who admit to committing, have been arrested for, or have been convicted of certain criminal acts do not warrant a favorable exercise of discretion unless there are significant countervailing public interests, which may include assisting law enforcement activity in the United States.","document_number":"2026-11285","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/05/2026-11285/clarification-of-discretionary-employment-authorization-for-certain-aliens","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-05/pdf/2026-11285.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11285.pdf?1780577111","publication_date":"2026-06-05","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":"humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, who <span class=\"match\">have</span> been granted deferred action, or against whom a final order of removal exists and who are temporarily released from custody on an order of supervision. DHS further proposes to specify that aliens applying for employment authorization who admit to committing, <span class=\"match\">have</span> been arrested for, or <span class=\"match\">have</span> been convicted of certain criminal acts do not warrant a favorable exercise of discretion unless there are significant countervailing public interests, <span class=\"match\">which</span> may include assisting law enforcement activity in"},{"title":"Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"To implement the Presidential Memorandum of January 24, 2025, reinstating the Mexico City Policy in support of the foreign policy objective of the United States not to support abortion as a method of family planning overseas directly or indirectly, the U.S. Department of State (Department) is adding a new award term for grants, cooperative agreements, and voluntary contributions entitled \"Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance.\" The award term imposes certain abortion-related requirements on foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), United States NGOs, public international organizations, foreign governments, and parastatals. The award term is issued consistent with authorities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) and other foreign assistance authorities, such as the FREEDOM Support Act, the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, and the SEED Act of 1989, which authorize the Department to provide foreign assistance on such terms and conditions as the President, and by delegation, the Secretary of State, may determine. Consistent with past Mexico City Policy protocol, the provision will be incorporated as applicable into grants and cooperative agreements when new funds are added as well as into new awards.","document_number":"2026-01519","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/27/2026-01519/protecting-life-in-foreign-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-27/pdf/2026-01519.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01519.pdf?1769202910","publication_date":"2026-01-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF STATE","name":"State Department","id":476,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/476","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-department"}],"excerpts":"9, 2025). This rule does not <span class=\"match\">impose</span> a criminal regulatory penalty and is thus exempt from Executive Order 14294 requirements.\n \n G. Executive Orders 12372 and 13132—Federalism \n This regulation will not <span class=\"match\">have</span> substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with section 6 of Executive Order 13132, it is determined that this rule does not <span class=\"match\">have</span> sufficient federalism implications"},{"title":"Recission of Final Rule: Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is proposing to amend its regulations governing the certification of agricultural labor or services to be performed by temporary foreign workers in H-2A nonimmigrant status (H-2A workers) and enforcement of the contractual obligations applicable to employers of such nonimmigrant workers. This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM or proposed rule) that would rescind provisions contained within a final rule published by the Department on April 29, 2024, which adopted a number of unnecessary, burdensome, and costly requirements on employers. Specifically, these provisions include, but are not limited to, substantial new requirements associated with the material terms and conditions offered by employers to H-2A workers that are not commonly provided to other U.S. workers, including progressive discipline policies for cause-based employment terminations, anti-retaliation measures for certain workers engaged in self-organization and other concerted activities, and expanding the authority and scope for a State Workforce Agency (SWA) to discontinue employment services to employers, which prevents those employers from accessing the H-2A program, while eliminating employers' option to request a hearing prior to the SWA's final determination. Further, the final rule imposed extensive highly-sensitive data collection requirements on employers related to their use of foreign labor recruiters, including personal names and physical addresses abroad, as well as detailed personal information associated with all owners of the employers, operators of the place(s) of employment, and supervisor(s) and manager(s) of workers employed under the terms of the work contract, with very limited or no practical utility to the agency's statutory decision making. A brief summary of this rulemaking can be found at www.regulations.gov by searching by the RIN: 1205-AC25.","document_number":"2025-12315","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12315/recission-of-final-rule-improving-protections-for-workers-in-temporary-agricultural-employment-in","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-02/pdf/2025-12315.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12315.pdf?1751287533","publication_date":"2025-07-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"with employers <span class=\"match\">having</span> to read and understand this proposed rulemaking, not <span class=\"match\">having</span> to read and understand the 2024 H-2A Final Rule, and the rescission of the provisions requiring additional information disclosure on the H-2A Application. \n i. Rule Familiarization \n Under this proposed rule, H-2A employers will incur costs to familiarize <span class=\"match\">themselves</span> with the impact of the rescissions of requirements contained in the 2024 H-2A Final Rule. New employers in each subsequent year will now save time and costs trying to familiarize <span class=\"match\">themselves</span> with current requirements"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Preserving Medicaid Funding for Vulnerable Populations-Closing a Health Care-Related Tax Loophole","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule addresses a loophole in a regulatory statistical test applied to State proposals for Medicaid tax waivers. The test is designed to ensure, as required by statute, that non- uniform or non-broad-based health care-related taxes, authorized under a waiver, are generally redistributive. The inadvertent loophole currently allows some health care-related taxes, especially taxes on managed care organizations, to be imposed at higher tax rates on Medicaid taxable units than non-Medicaid taxable units, contrary to statutory and regulatory intent for health care-related taxes to be generally redistributive. The final rule closes the loophole by finalizing the policies in the proposed rule to add additional safeguards to ensure that tax waivers that exploit the loophole because they pass the current statistical test, but are not generally redistributive, are not approvable. By adding these safeguards, the final rule is also implementing recently added statutory requirements for a tax to be considered generally redistributive.","document_number":"2026-02040","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/02/2026-02040/medicaid-program-preserving-medicaid-funding-for-vulnerable-populations-closing-a-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-02/pdf/2026-02040.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02040.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-02-02","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":"States may <span class=\"match\">have</span> a wide variety of legitimate policy purposes in mind that relate to different State circumstances. These factors could relate to differences in public health priorities, State fiscal administration, or the health insurance marketplaces in respective States. For example, some States may <span class=\"match\">have</span> more tribal health considerations, others may <span class=\"match\">have</span> more rural health concerns, others may <span class=\"match\">have</span> more urban health concerns. We <span class=\"match\">have</span> frequently encountered differences among States regarding how they spend money on their Medicaid programs, <span class=\"match\">which</span> programs"}]}