The Small Business
Rule Change Brief

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection· Rule

Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C) Adjustment to Asset-Size Exemption Threshold

effective in 2d

SUMMARY: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau's Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure) to reflect the asset-size exemption threshold for banks, savings associations, and credit unions based on the annual percentage change…

Owner check — Labor/OSHA action: check workplace, payroll, certification, or contractor obligations against the source notice.

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection· Rule

Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Adjustment to Asset-Size Exemption Threshold

effective in 2d

SUMMARY: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is amending the official commentary to its Regulation Z in order to make annual adjustments to the asset-size thresholds exempting certain creditors from the requirement to establish an escrow account for a higher-priced mortgage loan (HPML). These changes…

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Office of Personnel Management· Proposed Rule

Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Certain Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas

Stage 2·83d PRORULE→RULE·effective in 115d

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of the following appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas for pay-setting purposes: Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Richmond, VA; Roanoke, VA; and Washington, DC. The proposed rule would…

Owner check — Labor/OSHA action: check workplace, payroll, certification, or contractor obligations against the source notice.

Department of the Treasury· Notice

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been removed from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) and the List of Foreign Sanctions Evaders (FSE List). Their property and interests…

Owner check — Sanctions/trade action: re-screen vendors, customers, owners, and foreign counterparties before transactions.