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Commerce Department· Rule· 91 FR 62677

Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications; 2026-2027 Annual Specifications and Management Measures for Pacific Sardine

effective in 0d

NMFS is implementing annual harvest specifications and management measures for the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine (hereafter, Pacific sardine), for the fishing year from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. This rule prohibits most directed commercial fishing for Pacific sardine off the coasts of…

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Federal Reserve System· Rule· 91 FR 62870

Enhanced Transparency and Public Accountability of the Supervisory Stress Test Models and Scenarios; Modifications to the Capital Planning and Stress Capital Buffer Requirement Rule, Enhanced Prudential Standards Rule, and Regulation LL

effective in 31d

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) has adopted final amendments to Regulations Y, LL, and YY to enhance the transparency and public accountability of the Board's stress testing framework. The Board is also finalizing amendments to the Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for…

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Interior Department· Notice· 91 FR 62742

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

effective in 31d·comments close in 31d

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget guidance on computer matching, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is providing notice of the establishment of a new matching program. The matching program will enable the 20 DOI programs listed in the appendix to compare…

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Health and Human Services Department· Rule· 91 FR 62936

Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing (GLOBE) Model

effective in 59d

This final rule implements the Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing Model (GLOBE Model), a new mandatory Medicare payment model under section 1115A of the Social Security Act. The GLOBE Model will test whether a payment model that uses an alternative method for calculating Medicare Part B drug inflation rebate…

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Treasury Department· Rule· 91 FR 62655

Federal Scholarship Tax Credit

effective in 60d

This document contains temporary regulations that address the new nonrefundable Federal tax credit for qualified contributions to scholarship granting organizations made in 2027 and later taxable years to fund qualified elementary and secondary education scholarships. The temporary regulations implement certain…

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Federal Reserve System· Rule· 91 FR 62636

Modifications to the Capital Plan Rule and Stress Capital Buffer Requirement

effective in 60d

The Board is adopting a final rule to amend the calculation of the Board's stress capital buffer requirement applicable to certain large bank holding companies, savings and loan holding companies, U.S. intermediate holding companies of foreign banking organizations, and nonbank financial companies supervised by the…

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Commerce Department· Notice· 91 FR 62702

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Marine Structure Maintenance and Pile Replacement Program in Puget Sound, Washington

effective 7d ago

In accordance with regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the United States Navy (Navy) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the Marine Structure Maintenance and…

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Transportation Department· Proposed Rule· 91 FR 62680

Amendment of Class D and E Airspace, Revocation of Class E Airspace; Montgomery, AL

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This action proposes to amend Class D airspace for Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), Montgomery, AL, by making administrative updates. It also proposes to amend Class E airspace from 700 feet by expanding it by 0.5 NM from a 7-mile to a 7.5-mile radius around Maxwell AFB to contain IFR departures, along with making…

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Treasury Department· Proposed Rule· 91 FR 62818

Federal Scholarship Tax Credit

comments close in 60d

This document contains proposed regulations regarding the nonrefundable Federal tax credit for qualified contributions to scholarship granting organizations to fund qualified elementary and secondary school education scholarships. The proposed regulations would affect taxpayers who make such qualified contributions,…

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Commerce Department· Notice· 91 FR 62698

Certain Aluminum Foil From the Republic of Türkiye: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters of certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye), during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.

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Commerce Department· Notice· 91 FR 62700

Melamine From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on melamine from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Review" section of…

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Treasury Department· Notice· 91 FR 62809

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

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 satisfied. All…

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