{"description":"Documents matching 'used select board chair affirm'","count":680,"total_pages":34,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=used+select+board+chair+affirm&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-Subpart B, Federal Subsistence Board Membership","type":"Rule","abstract":"Based on requests during joint consultations with Alaska Native Tribes and others, the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture (Departments) revise the regulations concerning the composition of the Federal Subsistence Board (Board), which has authority to administer the subsistence taking and uses of fish and wildlife on public lands in Alaska, subject to the Department's oversight. The Departments add three public members nominated or recommended by federally recognized Tribal governments, require that those nominees have certain knowledge and experience, define requirements used to select the Board Chair, and affirm the Secretaries' authority to replace Board members and the Secretaries' responsibility and oversight regarding Board decisions. These regulatory revisions are responsive to the primary requests made to the Departments during the consultations.","document_number":"2024-24088","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/17/2024-24088/subsistence-management-regulations-for-public-lands-in-alaska-subpart-b-federal-subsistence-board","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-17/pdf/2024-24088.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24088.pdf?1729023315","publication_date":"2024-10-17","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":"Forest Service","name":"Forest Service","id":209,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/forest-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/209","parent_id":12,"slug":"forest-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"Subsistence <span class=\"match\">Board</span> (<span class=\"match\">Board</span>), which has authority to administer the subsistence taking and <span class=\"match\">uses</span> of fish and wildlife on public lands in Alaska, subject to the Department's oversight. The Departments add three public members nominated or recommended by federally recognized Tribal governments, require that those nominees have certain knowledge and experience, define requirements <span class=\"match\">used</span> to <span class=\"match\">select</span> the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> <span class=\"match\">Chair</span>, and <span class=\"match\">affirm</span> the Secretaries' authority to replace <span class=\"match\">Board</span> members and the Secretaries' responsibility and oversight regarding <span class=\"match\">Board</span> decisions. These"},{"title":"Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-Subpart B; Federal Subsistence Board Membership","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the regulations concerning the composition of the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) by adding three public members nominated or recommended by federally recognized Tribal governments, requiring that those nominees have personal knowledge of and direct experience with subsistence uses in rural Alaska including Alaska Native subsistence uses, defining requirements used for the selection of the Board Chair, affirming the Secretaries' authority to replace members from the Board, and affirming the Secretaries' responsibility and oversight regarding Board decisions while incorporating a ratification requirement. In January 2022, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) held joint consultations with federally recognized Tribes of Alaska and various Tribal Consortia. Later during October-November 2022, DOI leadership and the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, held joint consultations with various Alaska Tribes regarding fisheries. Approximately 445 individual subsistence users and representatives from Alaska Native Tribes, Tribal consortia, Alaska Native organizations, and Native corporations participated in the consultations, and a majority of the commenters specifically requested increasing the number of public members to five and adding more voting members who represent Alaska Native Villages and have local knowledge and direct subsistence experience.","document_number":"2024-03604","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/26/2024-03604/subsistence-management-regulations-for-public-lands-in-alaska-subpart-b-federal-subsistence-board","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-26/pdf/2024-03604.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-03604.pdf?1708695913","publication_date":"2024-02-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Forest Service","name":"Forest Service","id":209,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/forest-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/209","parent_id":12,"slug":"forest-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"composition of the Federal Subsistence <span class=\"match\">Board</span> (<span class=\"match\">Board</span>) by adding three public members nominated or recommended by federally recognized Tribal governments, requiring that those nominees have personal knowledge of and direct experience with subsistence <span class=\"match\">uses</span> in rural Alaska including Alaska Native subsistence <span class=\"match\">uses</span>, defining requirements <span class=\"match\">used</span> for the selection of the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> <span class=\"match\">Chair</span>, <span class=\"match\">affirming</span> the Secretaries' authority to replace members from the <span class=\"match\">Board</span>, and <span class=\"match\">affirming</span> the Secretaries' responsibility and oversight regarding <span class=\"match\">Board</span> decisions while incorporating a ratification"},{"title":"Advisory Committee; Blood Products Advisory Committee; Renewal","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the renewal of the Blood Products Advisory Committee by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner). The Commissioner has determined that it is in the public interest to renew the Blood Products Advisory Committee for an additional 2 years beyond the charter expiration date. The new charter will be in effect until the May 13, 2028, expiration date.","document_number":"2026-09108","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/07/2026-09108/advisory-committee-blood-products-advisory-committee-renewal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-07/pdf/2026-09108.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09108.pdf?1778071535","publication_date":"2026-05-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"recommendations on specific issues or problems concerning the safety and effectiveness of devices. \n The Committee shall consist of a core of at least thirteen voting members including the <span class=\"match\">Chair</span>. Subject to legal and regulatory requirements, members and the <span class=\"match\">Chair</span> are <span class=\"match\">selected</span> by and serve at the discretion of the Commissioner or designee. Each member, including the <span class=\"match\">Chair</span>, will be <span class=\"match\">selected</span> from among authorities knowledgeable in the fields of clinical and administrative medicine, hematology, immunology, blood banking, surgery, internal medicine, biochemistry, engineering"},{"title":"Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rules on Firm Reporting","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2024-28148","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/05/2024-28148/public-company-accounting-oversight-board-notice-of-filing-of-proposed-rules-on-firm-reporting","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-05/pdf/2024-28148.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28148.pdf?1733319919","publication_date":"2024-12-05","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":"Title I of the Act. \n B. <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> Statement on Burden on Competition \n Not applicable. The <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> consideration of the economic impacts of the proposed rules is discussed in section D below. \n C. <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rules Received From Members, Participants or Others \n The <span class=\"match\">Board</span> released the proposed rule amendments for public comment in PCAOB Release No. 2024-003 (April 9, 2024). The <span class=\"match\">Board</span> received 36 written comment letters. The <span class=\"match\">Board</span> has carefully considered all comments received. The <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> response to the comments"},{"title":"Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin; Amendments to the Marketing Order","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This rulemaking proposes amendments to Marketing Order No. 930, which regulates the handling of tart cherries grown in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The proposed amendments would modify the basis for calculating district representation on the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (\"Board\"), change the starting date for the term of office for Board members, simplify the way a Board member's sales constituency is determined, clarify how the sales constituency applies to alternate Board members, change the timeframe for submitting nominations, and clarify when districts are subject to volume regulation.","document_number":"2024-15629","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/19/2024-15629/tart-cherries-grown-in-the-states-of-michigan-new-york-pennsylvania-oregon-utah-washington-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-19/pdf/2024-15629.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-15629.pdf?1721306714","publication_date":"2024-07-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"specified in § 930.120 and recommend to the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> who among them should be removed from office. The <span class=\"match\">Board</span> then makes a recommendation to the Secretary for approval of the member and alternate to be removed from the <span class=\"match\">Board</span>. This process is time-intensive and disrupts the continuity of the <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> operations by removing members and alternates from the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> as frequently as every year. If the new three-year average calculation results in an increase to a district's representation on the <span class=\"match\">Board</span>, the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> staff would conduct an election in that district to"},{"title":"Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The National Park Service proposes to amend its regulations for hunting, fishing, trapping, and other natural resource harvest in national preserves in Alaska and for the procedures used to restrict public use and access in Alaska park lands. These changes restore National Park Service interpretations of law, policies, and regulations adopted to implement the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 that were in effect for over three decades. Rulemaking in 2015, 2017, and 2024 preempted methods of State-authorized fish and wildlife harvests, revised codified and established procedures for restricting public access and activities in Alaska park lands, and added severability provision, among other changes. The revisions in this proposed rule are consistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14153, E.O. 14192, and Secretary of the Interior's Order (S.O.) 3422 titled \"Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.\"","document_number":"2026-04606","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/10/2026-04606/alaska-hunting-and-trapping-in-national-preserves","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-10/pdf/2026-04606.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04606.pdf?1772813708","publication_date":"2026-03-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"National Park Service","name":"National Park Service","id":362,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-park-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/362","parent_id":253,"slug":"national-park-service"}],"excerpts":"regulate the taking of fish and wildlife for subsistence <span class=\"match\">uses</span> within park areas to the extent such regulation is consistent with applicable Federal law, including but not limited to ANILCA. \n \n 7. In § 13.420: \n a. Remove definitions for “Animal parts” and “Handicraft”; and \n b. Revise the definition for “Subsistence <span class=\"match\">uses</span>”. \n The revision reads as follows: \n \n § 13.420 \n \n \n \n Subsistence <span class=\"match\">uses</span>. \n As <span class=\"match\">used</span> in this part, the term “subsistence <span class=\"match\">uses</span>” shall mean the customary and traditional <span class=\"match\">uses</span> by rural Alaska residents of wild, renewable resources for"},{"title":"Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rules on Firm and Engagement Metrics and Related Amendments to PCAOB Standards","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2024-28142","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/11/2024-28142/public-company-accounting-oversight-board-notice-of-filing-of-proposed-rules-on-firm-and-engagement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-11/pdf/2024-28142.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28142.pdf?1733838314","publication_date":"2024-12-11","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":"ways. Metrics will help to inform the <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> inspection activities, including in the selection of firms, engagements, and focus areas for review. For example, the final metrics could refine the selection models <span class=\"match\">used</span> to aid in predicting negative audit outcomes, enhancing the <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> risk-based inspections. They could also enrich the discussions the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> has with audit committee <span class=\"match\">chairs</span> as part of the <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> inspections process. Metrics may also inform future standard-setting activities by helping the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> to identify areas where regulatory action"},{"title":"Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Enforcement Rule Proposed Modification","type":"Notice","abstract":"As required by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020, the Federal Trade Commission publishes a proposed modification of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's rules addressing horseracing in the United States. The proposed rule modification would amend the Rule 8000 Series, the Enforcement Rule, which establishes specified violations, sanctions applicable to violations of rules in both the Rule 2000 and Rule 8000 Series, a comprehensive set of procedures for the adjudication of alleged violations, and rules applicable to the exercise of the Authority's investigatory powers. This document publicizes the Authority's proposed rule modification's text and explanation, and it seeks public comment on whether the Commission should approve the proposed rule modification.","document_number":"2025-17296","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/09/2025-17296/horseracing-integrity-and-safety-authority-enforcement-rule-proposed-modification","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-09/pdf/2025-17296.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17296.pdf?1757335514","publication_date":"2025-09-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"initial <span class=\"match\">Board</span> hearing panel may be appealed on the record to the <span class=\"match\">Board</span>, to be reviewed by a quorum of the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> which shall not include the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> members who were on the panel in the initial hearing. The decision may be appealed by a party to the decision, or the decision may be reviewed upon the <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> own initiative and at its discretion. \n (c) An appeal shall not automatically stay the decision. A party may request the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> to stay the decision. A stay may be issued by the <span class=\"match\">Board</span>, or by any official or body of the Authority to whom the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> delegates"},{"title":"Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin; Amendments to the Marketing Order","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule invites comments on proposed amendments to Marketing Order No. 930, which regulates the handling of tart cherries grown in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The proposed amendments would modify the basis for calculating district representation on the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (\"Board\"), change the starting date for the term of office for Board members, simplify the way a Board member's sales constituency is determined, clarify how the sales constituency applies to alternate Board members, change the timeframe for submitting nominations, and clarify when districts are subject to volume regulation.","document_number":"2023-26396","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/04/2023-26396/tart-cherries-grown-in-the-states-of-michigan-new-york-pennsylvania-oregon-utah-washington-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-04/pdf/2023-26396.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-26396.pdf?1701438315","publication_date":"2023-12-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"determining the <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> membership has proved to be inefficient and costly. If the <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> calculation of the three-year average production in a district reduces the number of seats for the district, the members of that district follow the procedures specified in § 930.120 and recommend to the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> who among them should be removed from office. The <span class=\"match\">Board</span> then makes a recommendation to the Secretary for approval of the member and alternate to be removed from the <span class=\"match\">Board</span>. This process is time-intensive and disrupts the continuity of the <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> operations"},{"title":"Federal Home Loan Bank System Boards of Directors and Executive Management","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA or the Agency) is proposing to revise regulations addressing boards of directors and overall corporate governance of the Federal Home Loan Banks (Banks) and the Bank System's Office of Finance (OF) to update and clarify regulatory requirements on a variety of topics including: FHFA's annual designation of Bank directorships; Bank director eligibility and professional qualifications; nomination, election, and removal of Bank directors; the conduct of System board and committee meetings; conflicts of interest; and the respective responsibilities of System boards of directors and executive management.","document_number":"2024-24767","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/04/2024-24767/federal-home-loan-bank-system-boards-of-directors-and-executive-management","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-04/pdf/2024-24767.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24767.pdf?1730465115","publication_date":"2024-11-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY","name":"Federal Housing Finance Agency","id":174,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-housing-finance-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/174","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-housing-finance-agency"}],"excerpts":"established the Federal Housing Finance <span class=\"match\">Board</span> (Finance <span class=\"match\">Board</span>) to replace the FHLBB as the Bank System regulator and revised the Bank Act to replace all <span class=\"match\">uses</span> of “<span class=\"match\">board</span>” except in section 7 with “<span class=\"match\">Board</span>,” which FIRREA defined as the Finance <span class=\"match\">Board</span>.\n 54 \n \n Because this change in terms did not cover section 7 (plausibly to avoid changing “<span class=\"match\">board</span>” in the term “<span class=\"match\">board</span> of directors” to “<span class=\"match\">Board</span>”), in sections 7(a) through (h) “<span class=\"match\">Board</span>” continued to connote the Bank System regulator while section 7(i) continued to <span class=\"match\">use</span> the lowercase “<span class=\"match\">board</span>.” There is no evidence that FIRREA's"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Social Impact Partnerships To Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) Program Review","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to comment on the proposed information collections listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Treasury has completed two rounds of funding for the SIPPRA program through two releases of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Treasury invites comments on the revisions to the FY26 NOFO to improve the efficacy and efficiency of the application review process.","document_number":"2026-04685","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/10/2026-04685/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request-social-impact","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-10/pdf/2026-04685.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04685.pdf?1773060316","publication_date":"2026-03-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"}],"excerpts":"application. \n Applicants may <span class=\"match\">use</span> classical statistical analysis or Bayesian statistical analysis. For applicants <span class=\"match\">using</span> Bayesian statistical analysis, the appropriate Bayesian tests must be <span class=\"match\">used</span> to show the equivalent of classical statistical significance at the 80 percent level. Additionally, applicants <span class=\"match\">using</span> Bayesian statistical analysis must conduct prior sensitivity analysis to ensure any causal result is not due only to an overly strong assumption (a dominant prior) in the prior distribution. Applicants <span class=\"match\">using</span> this approach must <span class=\"match\">use</span> high-quality experimental"},{"title":"CME Securities Clearing, Inc.; Order Granting an Application for Registration as a Clearing Agency Under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-21908","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/04/2025-21908/cme-securities-clearing-inc-order-granting-an-application-for-registration-as-a-clearing-agency","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-04/pdf/2025-21908.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21908.pdf?1764769512","publication_date":"2025-12-04","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":"appeal filed with CMESC.\n 285 \n \n If the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> chooses to grant a request for an appeal, the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> shall <span class=\"match\">affirm</span>, reverse, modify, or remand for further consideration the Hearing Panel's decision within ten business days after the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> receives the notice of appeal.\n 286 \n \n The <span class=\"match\">Board</span> in its discretion may determine to open the record for introduction of evidence or to provide the parties with the opportunity for a further hearing.\n 287 \n \n If the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> determines to provide for a further hearing, the <span class=\"match\">Board</span> shall provide notice to the parties of the"},{"title":"Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rules on a Firm's System of Quality Control and Related Amendments to PCAOB Standards","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2024-12692","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/11/2024-12692/public-company-accounting-oversight-board-notice-of-filing-of-proposed-rules-on-a-firms-system-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-11/pdf/2024-12692.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-12692.pdf?1718023523","publication_date":"2024-06-11","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":"Sarbanes-Oxley. \n B. <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> Statement on Burden on Competition \n Not applicable. The <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> consideration of the economic impacts of the proposed rules is discussed in section D below. \n C. <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rules Received From Members, Participants or Others \n The <span class=\"match\">Board</span> issued a concept release regarding potential changes to quality control standards for public comment in PCAOB Release No. 2019-003 (Dec. 17, 2019). The <span class=\"match\">Board</span> received 36 written comment letters on the concept release. The <span class=\"match\">Board</span> released the proposed"},{"title":"Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-Applicability and Scope; Tongass National Forest Submerged Lands","type":"Rule","abstract":"To comply with a court order, the Secretaries, through the Federal Subsistence Board (Board), initiated regulatory proceedings to identify those submerged lands within the Tongass National Forest that did not pass to the State of Alaska at statehood and, therefore, remain Federal public lands subject to Federal subsistence provisions. This rule adds to the list of submerged parcels in the Federal subsistence regulations that have been identified through agency review. The purpose of this rule is to complete regulatory proceedings addressing submerged public lands within the Tongass National Forest, as directed by the Court, and will result in increased subsistence harvest opportunities for rural Alaskans. This final rule will also make nonsubstantive changes to present the list of submerged parcels in a tabular format.","document_number":"2024-07012","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/03/2024-07012/subsistence-management-regulations-for-public-lands-in-alaska-applicability-and-scope-tongass","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-03/pdf/2024-07012.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07012.pdf?1712061921","publication_date":"2024-04-03","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":"Forest Service","name":"Forest Service","id":209,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/forest-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/209","parent_id":12,"slug":"forest-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"100.1-100.28, \n \n respectively. The regulations contain subparts as follows: Subpart A, General Provisions; Subpart B, Program Structure; Subpart C, <span class=\"match\">Board</span> Determinations; and Subpart D, Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife.\n \n Consistent with subpart B of these regulations, the Secretaries established a Federal Subsistence <span class=\"match\">Board</span> (<span class=\"match\">Board</span>) to administer the Program. The <span class=\"match\">Board</span> comprises: \n • A <span class=\"match\">Chair</span> appointed by the Secretary of the Interior with concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture; \n • The Alaska Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife"},{"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, and 53","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council or FAR Council) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement. The E.O. directs the elimination of excessive acquisition regulations to stop the inefficient use of American taxpayer dollars. The FAR Council is issuing twelve proposed rules that collectively will streamline the FAR in its entirety. This rule proposes revisions to FAR parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, 52, and 53.","document_number":"2026-12559","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12559/federal-acquisition-regulation-revolutionary-federal-acquisition-regulation-overhaul-parts-1-2-4-33","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12559.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12559.pdf?1782132314","publication_date":"2026-06-23","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"},{"raw_name":"Office of Federal Procurement Policy","name":"Federal Procurement Policy Office","id":184,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-procurement-policy-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/184","parent_id":280,"slug":"federal-procurement-policy-office"},{"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":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"agency <span class=\"match\">use</span> \n S \n \n \n (xx) Reserved for departmental or agency <span class=\"match\">use</span> \n T \n \n \n (xxi) See Q, requests for quotations \n U \n \n \n (xxii) See P, purchase orders \n V \n \n \n (xxiii) Reserved for future Federal Governmentwide <span class=\"match\">use</span> \n W \n \n \n (xxiv) Reserved for future Federal Governmentwide <span class=\"match\">use</span> \n X \n \n \n (xxv) Imprest fund \n Y \n \n \n (xxvi) Reserved for future Federal Governmentwide <span class=\"match\">use</span> \n Z \n \n \n \n (4) \n Positions 10 through 17. \n <span class=\"match\">Use</span> the number assigned by the issuing agency in these positions. Agencies may choose between four and eight characters to be <span class=\"match\">used</span>, but"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence and Copyright","type":"Notice","abstract":"The United States Copyright Office is undertaking a study of the copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (\"AI\") systems. To inform the Office's study and help assess whether legislative or regulatory steps in this area are warranted, the Office seeks comment on these issues, including those involved in the use of copyrighted works to train AI models, the appropriate levels of transparency and disclosure with respect to the use of copyrighted works, and the legal status of AI-generated outputs.","document_number":"2023-18624","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/30/2023-18624/artificial-intelligence-and-copyright","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-08-30/pdf/2023-18624.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-18624.pdf?1693313133","publication_date":"2023-08-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","name":"Library of Congress","id":277,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/277","parent_id":null,"slug":"library-of-congress"},{"raw_name":"Copyright Office","name":"Copyright Office, Library of Congress","id":87,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/copyright-office-library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/87","parent_id":277,"slug":"copyright-office-library-of-congress"}],"excerpts":"gov/rulings-filings/review-<span class=\"match\">board</span>/docs/a-recent-entrance-to-paradise.pdf \n .\n \n \n \n \n 17 \n  The Review <span class=\"match\">Board</span> is a three-member body that hears administrative appeals of copyright registration decisions. Review <span class=\"match\">Board</span> decisions constitute final agency actions and are subject to judicial review. \n See \n 37 CFR 202.5(f), (g).\n \n \n \n \n 18 \n  U.S. Copyright Office Review <span class=\"match\">Board</span>, \n Decision <span class=\"match\">Affirming</span> Refusal of Registration of A Recent Entrance to Paradise \n at 3 (Feb. 14, 2022), \n https://www.copyright.gov/rulings-filings/review-<span class=\"match\">board</span>/docs/a-recent-entrance-to-paradise"},{"title":"Joint Industry Plan; Order Approving, as Modified, a National Market System Plan Regarding Consolidated Equity Market Data","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2024-27644","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/29/2024-27644/joint-industry-plan-order-approving-as-modified-a-national-market-system-plan-regarding-consolidated","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-29/pdf/2024-27644.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27644.pdf?1732715120","publication_date":"2024-11-29","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":"well as the selection of subcommittee <span class=\"match\">chairs</span>, permissible attendees at subcommittee meetings, minutes of subcommittee meetings, and special provisions applicable to meetings of a legal subcommittee. \n (i) Selection of Subcommittee <span class=\"match\">Chairs</span> \n \n Paragraph (a) of Section 4.8 permits the Operating Committee to create and disband subcommittees and to determine the duties, responsibilities, powers, and composition of any of its subcommittees.\n 266 \n \n This paragraph also requires that subcommittee <span class=\"match\">chairs</span> be <span class=\"match\">selected</span> by the Operating Committee from Voting"},{"title":"Periodic Review of the Designations of the Mechanical Licensing Collective and Digital Licensee Coordinator","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Copyright Office, as required by the Music Modernization Act, has completed its first periodic review of the existing designations of the mechanical licensing collective and digital licensee coordinator and has determined that both designations should be continued.","document_number":"2026-11117","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11117/periodic-review-of-the-designations-of-the-mechanical-licensing-collective-and-digital-licensee","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11117.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11117.pdf?1780404320","publication_date":"2026-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","name":"Library of Congress","id":277,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/277","parent_id":null,"slug":"library-of-congress"},{"raw_name":"Copyright Office","name":"Copyright Office, Library of Congress","id":87,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/copyright-office-library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/87","parent_id":277,"slug":"copyright-office-library-of-congress"}],"excerpts":"MLC's continued designation. On this topic, comments noting concerns or improvements focused on the MLC <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> composition, the <span class=\"match\">Board's</span> Songwriter Trade Group Director, the MLC's authority to interpret the MMA or Copyright Act, transparency, and certain MLC policies. \n a. Bylaws, <span class=\"match\">Board</span>, and Committees \n \n The MLC's <span class=\"match\">Board</span> and statutory committee members are <span class=\"match\">selected</span> in accordance with its bylaws.\n 202 \n \n When a nonvoting MLC <span class=\"match\">Board</span> member is <span class=\"match\">selected</span>, that candidate “is then referred to the Register of Copyrights for evaluation, along with an explanation"},{"title":"Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (\"FTC\" or \"Commission\"), with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice (\"Assistant Attorney General\" or \"Antitrust Division\") (together the \"Agencies\"), is issuing this final rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose (\"SBP\") to amend the Premerger Notification Rules (the \"Rules\") that implement the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act (\"the HSR Act\" or \"HSR\"), including the Premerger Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (\"Form\") and Instructions to the Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (\"Instructions\"). The final rule requires parties to transactions that are reportable under the HSR Act to provide documentary material and information that are necessary and appropriate for the Agencies to efficiently and effectively conduct an initial assessment to determine whether the transaction may violate the antitrust laws and whether to issue a Request for Additional Information (\"Second Request\") as provided by the HSR Act. In addition, the final rule implements certain requirements of the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (\"Merger Modernization Act\") and ministerial changes to the Rules as well as the necessary amendments to the Instructions to effect the final changes.","document_number":"2024-25024","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/12/2024-25024/premerger-notification-reporting-and-waiting-period-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-12/pdf/2024-25024.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25024.pdf?1731073564","publication_date":"2024-11-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"discussed above, that may have material influence on the acquiring entity and entities related to it. These included certain individuals or entities that (i) provide credit; (ii) hold non-voting securities, options, or warrants; (iii) are <span class=\"match\">board</span> members or <span class=\"match\">board</span> observers or have nomination rights for <span class=\"match\">board</span> members or <span class=\"match\">board</span> observers; or (iv) have agreements to manage entities related to the transaction. As discussed below, while understanding these relationships can be very important in assessing the competitive effects of certain transactions, the Commission"},{"title":"Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Restrictions on the Use of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing regulations to implement certain provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, as enacted on December 27, 2020. This rulemaking restricts the use of hydrofluorocarbons in specific sectors or subsectors in which they are used; establishes a process for submitting technology transitions petitions; establishes recordkeeping and reporting requirements; and addresses certain other elements related to the effective implementation of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act. These restrictions on the use of hydrofluorocarbons address petitions granted on October 7, 2021, and September 19, 2022.","document_number":"2023-22529","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/24/2023-22529/phasedown-of-hydrofluorocarbons-restrictions-on-the-use-of-certain-hydrofluorocarbons-under-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-24/pdf/2023-22529.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-22529.pdf?1698065118","publication_date":"2023-10-24","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":"EPA is not restricting the <span class=\"match\">use</span> of any specific HFC when <span class=\"match\">used</span> in blends. For instance, for sectors or subsectors with a GWP limit of 150, HFC-134a neat, which has a GWP of 1,430, cannot be <span class=\"match\">used</span>, while R-451A, which is a blend of HFC-134a and HFO-1234yf, has a GWP of 147 and may be <span class=\"match\">used</span>. In other words, an HFC with a GWP above the limit may continue to be <span class=\"match\">used</span> when it is <span class=\"match\">used</span> in a blend, such that the total GWP of the blend is below the limit. There may be certain characteristics associated with a higher-GWP HFC that make <span class=\"match\">use</span> of that substance in a blend"}]}