The Small Business
Rule Change Brief

Department of Health and Human Services· Rule

Medicare Program; FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements; Correction

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SUMMARY: Federal Register This document corrects technical and typographical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 6, 2024titled “Medicare Program; FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements”.

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Small Business Administration· Rule

504 Debt Refinancing

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) is amending regulations governing SBA's 504 Loan Program for debt refinancing with expansion and debt refinancing without expansion with this direct final rule. The changes will streamline the loan application process, expand eligibility criteria for…

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Federal Housing Finance Agency· Proposed Rule

Suspended Counterparty Program

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SUMMARY: On July 21, 2023, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) published a proposed rule to amend its Suspended Counterparty Program (SCP) regulation by expanding the categories of covered misconduct on which a suspension could be based to include sanctions arising from certain forms of civil enforcement. After…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Proposed Exemption From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions Involving United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (the Applicant) Located in Washington, DC

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed individual exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This proposed…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Technical Release 1991-1

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Employee Retirement Income Security Act Blackout Period Notice

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Permit-Required Confined Spaces

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Registration for EFAST-2 Credentials

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Older Workers Study Impact Evaluation, New Collection

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort toreduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Bloodborne Pathogens Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Georgia

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Georgia (FEMA-4821-DR), dated September 24, 2024.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Kansas

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SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Kansas (FEMA-4824-DR), dated September 24, 2024.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Georgia

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SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Georgia (FEMA-4821-DR), dated September 24, 2024.

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