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Rule Change Brief

Commerce Department· Rule· 91 FR 42135

Age Search Fee Structure

effective in 30d

The Census Bureau provides an Age Search service of confidential records from the 1910 to 2020 decennial censuses and can issue an official transcript of the results to authorized individuals. With this rule, the Census Bureau will increase the fee for conducting an Age Search from $65.00 to $155.00. The Census Bureau…

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Management and Budget Office· Rule· 91 FR 42139

Conformance of Cost Accounting Standards to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for Cost Accounting Standards 404, 408, 409, and 411

Stage 2·first seen 300d ago·300d PRORULE→RULE·effective in 30d

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Cost Accounting Standards Board (the Board), is publishing a final rule wholly rescinding Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) 408 and 411 and rescinding most provisions of CAS 404 and 409 to conform to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The remaining content from…

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Commerce Department· Proposed Rule· 91 FR 42158

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of America, and South Atlantic; Puerto Rico Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 4

Stage 2·first seen 48d ago·comments close in 30d

NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 4 to the Puerto Rico Fishery Management Plan (Puerto Rico FMP), as prepared and submitted by the Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council). The proposed rule would reclassify rainbow runner from a reef fish to a pelagic fish under the Puerto Rico FMP. The proposed…

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Commerce Department· Proposed Rule· 91 FR 42165

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Omnibus Management Flexibility Amendment to New England Fishery Management Council Fishery Management Plans

Stage 2·first seen 55d ago·comments close in 30d

NMFS proposes to implement the Omnibus Management Flexibility Amendment to the New England Fishery Management Council (Council) Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) (Amendment), as prepared by the Council. This proposed rule would allow for changes to the specifications process, in-season adjustment authority, and…

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Justice Department· Proposed Rule· 91 FR 42150

Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Tianeptine in Schedule I

comments close in 30d

The Drug Enforcement Administration proposes placing the substance tianeptine (7-[(3-chloro-6,11-dihydro-6-methyl-5,5- dioxidodibenzo[c,f][1,2]thiazepin-11-yl)amino]heptanoic acid), including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers whenever the existence of such isomers, esters,…

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Transportation Department· Notice· 91 FR 42263

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Crash Reporting Sampling System (CRSS), Non-Traffic Surveillance (NTS), and Special Study Data Collection

comments close in 30d

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden.…

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Federal Communications Commission· Notice· 91 FR 42195

Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget

Stage 2·first seen 70d ago·comments close in 30d

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection.…

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Federal Communications Commission· Notice· 91 FR 42193

Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget

comments close in 30d

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection.…

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Transportation Department· Proposed Rule· 91 FR 42272

Pipeline Safety: Repair Criteria for Hazardous Liquid and Gas Transmission Pipelines

comments close in 62d

PHMSA proposes to modernize and to clarify the anomaly response criteria in the Federal pipeline safety regulations for gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines. Driven by twenty years of technological development, modern engineering concepts allow operators to identify, schedule, and remediate pipeline…

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Housing and Urban Development Department· Notice· 91 FR 42209

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Recipient Financial Reporting for Grant Programs

comments close in 62d

HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comments from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of…

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Homeland Security Department· Notice· 91 FR 42207

Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension; Court-Ordered Refunds Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act Worksheet

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the…

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Commerce Department· Notice· 91 FR 42176

Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Cosmo First Limited (Cosmo), the sole mandatory respondent in this administrative review, made sales of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from India at less than normal value during the period of review July 1, 2023, through June 30,…

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