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The Small Business
Rule Change Brief

Vol. 1 · No. 1118

Friday, October 9, 2026

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Vol. 1 · No. 1095 — Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Small business rule changes: 6 entries flagged for owners.

Owner-readable summary of Federal Register, SBA, DOL, OFAC, and compliance updates published on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Scanned 27 source documents matching small-business terms; 6 warranted a closer look.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission· Rule· 91 FR 57063

Clearing Requirement Determination Under Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act for Interest Rate Swaps To Account for CAD and MXN Interest Rate Benchmark Transitions

Stage 2·first seen 119d ago·119d PRORULE→RULE·effective in 30d

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is amending its interest rate swap clearing requirement regulations under applicable provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to address the transition from the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR) to the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA),…

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Treasury Department· Notice· 91 FR 57211

Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Supervisory Guidance: Supervisory Review Process of Capital Adequacy (Pillar 2) Related to the Implementation of the Basel II Advanced Capital Framework

comments close in 30d

The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required…

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Treasury Department· Rule· 91 FR 57214

Car Loan Interest Deduction

effective in 62d

This document contains final regulations regarding the deduction for certain taxpayers for an amount up to $10,000 of qualified passenger vehicle loan interest. This document also contains final regulations regarding new information reporting requirements for certain persons who, in a trade or business, receive from…

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Federal Communications Commission· Proposed Rule· 91 FR 57110

Unleashing Unlicensed Spectrum for Direct-to-Device

effective in 62d·comments close in 90d

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes to expand opportunities for direct-to-device (D2D) communications by permitting certain unlicensed devices to communicate with satellites on a non-interference basis. Building on recent market growth and new…

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Interior Department· Proposed Rule· 91 FR 57091

National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Production Site Development

comments close in 62d

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to streamline its decision-making process for authorizing the construction and operation of qualifying oil and gas production sites and their associated rights-of-way (ROWs) in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (the Petroleum Reserve or NPR-A). This proposed rule…

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State Department· Notice· 91 FR 57207

Termination of Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act Measures Against ROK Entity

A decision has been made, pursuant to the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act, to terminate nonproliferation measures pursuant to this Act on an ROK entity.

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