The Small Business
Rule Change Brief

Department of Health and Human Services· Rule

Medicare Program; FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements; Correction

Stage 2·first seen 30d ago·effective in 27d

SUMMARY: Federal Register This document corrects typographical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 5, 2025titled “Medicare Program; FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements” (hereinafter referred to as the “FY 2026 Hospice final rule”). The…

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Department of Labor· Proposed Rule

Rescission of Executive Order 11246 Implementing Regulations; Extension of Comment Period

Stage 2·first seen 65d ago

SUMMARY: On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to rescind the regulations for Executive Order (E.O.) 11246, as amended. The comment period for the NPRM was scheduled to close on September 2, 2025. With this notice document, DOLis extending the comment…

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Department of Labor· Proposed Rule

Modifications to the Regulations Implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended; Extension of Comment Period

Stage 2·first seen 65d ago

SUMMARY: On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the implementing regulations for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The comment period for the NPRM was scheduled to close on September 2, 2025. With this notice document, DOL…

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Department of Labor· Proposed Rule

Modifications to the Regulations Implementing the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as Amended; Extension of Comment Period

Stage 2·first seen 65d ago

SUMMARY: On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the implementing regulations for the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended. The comment period for the NPRM was scheduled to close on September 2, 2025. With this…

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Small Business Administration· Notice

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

Stage 2·first seen 34d ago

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Oregon (FEMA-4881-DR), dated July 22, 2025. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides.

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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 who have been removed from OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List).

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Department of the Treasury· Notice

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

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 placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were…

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