Regulatory Watch

In the latest Federal Register: DHS extends the 9-11 Biometric Fee to all H-1B and L-1 extensions; HUD moves to drop disparate-impact rules; IRS finalizes 1099-K backup-withholding relief; DOE invokes…

Eighty-three final rules in one week: OPM rewrites federal layoff and appeal procedures, CMS adds $2.1 billion for hospitals, visa bonds go permanent, and the FCC targets foreign equipment in…

HUD proposes removing Title VI disparate-impact provisions, IRS payment-platform withholding rules take effect, and the SEC approves overnight-trading price bands in Monday's 78-document Federal Register.

Today's Federal Register: DHS finalizes the expanded 9-11 biometric fee for H-1B/L-1 extensions, FMCSA proposes English-proficiency out-of-service rules, HUD moves on disparate impact, IRS finalizes 1099-K withholding relief, and more.…

Today's Federal Register: the FCC floats sweeping telecom-equipment security rules, DOJ's egg price-fixing settlement opens for public comment, and HHS proposes a 200-page rewrite of Head Start standards.

Commerce invokes the Defense Production Act to keep battery scrap and tungsten at home, Interior moves to revise the 2016 Arctic drilling rule, the FDIC proposes quadrupling insider-lending thresholds, and…

A four-year quartz tariff-rate quota starts Aug. 15, the FTC opens comment on its Caremark PBM consent order, and OFAC blocks 10 entities over Iranian petroleum shipping.

Today's Federal Register: CMS's FY 2027 hospital payment final rule, NHTSA's child restraint proposal, three PHMSA deregulatory rules, and an SEC notice on an MSRB filing.

The July 20, 2026 Federal Register: 25% Section 301 tariffs on Brazil, DHS’s public charge rescission, the FDA orange juice rule, CMS drug-price guidance, and FDIC stablecoin reporting.

Federal agencies filed a dense slate of rules this week: the NRC's first radiation-protection overhaul since 1991, two presidential proclamations on trade and chemical compliance, a sweeping FAR rewrite, and…