Washington’s Thanksgiving Turkeys: Here’s Your Chance to Fill Up on the White House’s 218 Economically Significant Rules

The president will pardon a couple turkeys again this year for Thanksgiving.

The birds will take a carbon-intensive cross country flight from San Francisco International Airport to meet the POTUS.

For us, there is no reprieve coming from Washington’s big-government ways.

In fact, you could stuff a lot of Thanksgiving turkeys with the red tape and paperwork pouring out of Washington.

There are thousands of rules and regulations every year, in every administration.

The Fall 2015 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (mostly regulatory), released just before the Holiday break,  reports on 3,297 rules and regulations at the “active,” “completed” and “long-term” stages of the regulatory pipeline, many of them holdovers from earlier volumes.

Over 3,500 rules get issued each year. A portion of these rules, though, are “economically significant” ones with impacts (usually costs rather than liberalizations) of at least $100 million every year.

This fall there are 218 of these big rules in the Fall Unified Agenda: 149 active, 36 recently completed, and 33 long-term.

Items that get featured or prioritized in the Agenda vary, creating confusion and making it hard to comparisons across the years difficult. For example, the Obama administration recently told agencies not to talk so much anymore about their "Long-term" rules, when those are actually very important to know about. Also, agencies are not bound to limit their activities to what they present in the Agenda (but should be).

The full list of the 218 economically significant rules appears down below the break, with plenty “turkeys” in the lineup. But first, here’s a sampling:

• The Department of Energy continues its drive to regulate anything and everything that uses energy, even in our ordinary households, including dishwashers, hearth products, fans, computers, and battery backups. There are even energy efficiency rules for pre-fab housing. And for the little stand-up heaters that have become popular.
• The Department of Health and Human Services’ regulation of food labeling (and even labeling of pet food), portion size regulations for things like breath mints, rules on sanitary transport of food, regulation of home health-service providers, and rules for e-cigarettes. A recent debate was over calorie count postings for vending machines and restaurants.
• The Department of Agriculture’s rules for school lunch contents.
• The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s “Instituting Smoke-Free Public Housing.”
• The Department of the Interior’s interference with Arctic drilling and resource access
• The Transportation Security Administration’s “Passenger Screening Using Advanced Imaging Technology.”
• Department of Labor rules on paid sick leave for businesses that contract with the government, and conflict of interest rules affecting investment advisors.
• Department of Transportation “Rear Seat Belt Reminder System,” speed-control rules for certain heavy vehicles, proposed rules on “vehicle-to-vehicle” communication, and commercial hours-of-service and driver-training mandates.
• The Environmental Protection Agency's campaign against ordinary wood fires and continued crusade all fossil energy of all types.
• Rules implementing parts of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law and Obamacare.

Many rules not among the 218 the government self-selects are significant too, of course. Among these have been the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, and proposals to have silent subsidized-into-existence electric vehicles make noise.

So below, for Thanksgiving deep-divers, all 218 rules are broken down by department or agency, and by stage of completion. The so-called “Regulation Identifier Number” appears at the end of each entry.

 

List of 218 “Economically Significant” Rules, Year-End 2015

Source: Compiled by W. Crews from “The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions,” Federal Register, and from online edition at. http://www.reginfo.gov

*Note: The “Regulation Identifier Number” appears at the end of each entry below. 

ACTIVE RULEMAKINGS (149)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

1. USDA/FCIC, Final Rule Stage, General Administrative Regulations; Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement; Area Risk Protection Insurance Regulations; and the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Basic Provisions, 0563-AC43
2. USDA/RHS   Final Rule Stage,  Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Reinvention, 0575-AC13
3. USDA/NRCS, Final Rule Stage, Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), 0578-AA62
4. USDA/FSIS   Final Rule Stage,  Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the Order Siluriformes and Products Derived From Such Fish,0583-AD36
5. USDA/FNS    Proposed Rule Stage, Modernizing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefit Redemption Systems, 0584-AE37
6. USDA/FNS    Proposed Rule Stage, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Electronic Benefits Transfer Requirements for Scanning and Product-Lookup Technology, 0584-AE39
7. USDA/FNS    Proposed Rule Stage, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Standard Utility Allowances Based on the Receipt of Energy Assistance Payments, AE43
8. USDA/FNS    Final Rule Stage,  Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions, 0584-AD87
9. USDA/FNS    Final Rule Stage,  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Farm Bill of 2008 Retailer Sanctions, 0584-AD88
10. USDA/FNS    Final Rule Stage,  National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School, as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, 0584-AE09

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

11. DOC/PTO      Proposed Rule Stage, Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees, 0651-AD02

 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

12. DOD/DODOASHA      Final Rule Stage,  TRICARE; Reimbursement of Long Term Care Hospitals,  0720-AB47
13. DOD/OS        Final Rule Stage,  Transition Assistance Program (TAP) for Military Personnel, 0790-AJ17

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

14. ED/OCTAE   Final Rule Stage,  Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 1830-AA21
15. ED/OPE         Final Rule Stage,  REPAYE , 1840-AD18

 

EPARTMENT OF ENERGY

16. DOE/ENDEP Final Rule Stage, Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program, 1901-AB25
17. DOE/EE         Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Efficiency Standards for Manufactured Housing,1904-AC11
18. DOE/EE         Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Miscellaneous Refrigeration Products     , 1904-AC51
19. DOE/EE         Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers, 1904-AD01
20. DOE/EE         Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Portable Air Conditioners, 1904-AD02
21. DOE/EE         Proposed Rule Stage, Coverage Determination for Computers and Battery Backup Systems, 1904-AD04
22. DOE/EE         Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces, 1904-AD20
23. DOE/EE         Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Dishwashers, 1904-AD24
24. DOE/EE         Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment, 1904-AD34
25. DOE/EE         Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, 1904-AD37
26. DOE/EE         Final Rule Stage,  Fossil Fuel-Generated Energy Consumption Reduction for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings, 1904-AB96
27. DOE/EE         Final Rule Stage,  Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial and Industrial Pumps, 1904-AC54
28. DOE/EE         Final Rule Stage,  Energy Conservation Standards for Fans and Blowers               , 1904-AC55
29. DOE/EE         Final Rule Stage,  Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Dehumidifiers, 1904-AC81
30. DOE/EE         Final Rule Stage,  Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Boilers, 1904-AC88
31. DOE/EE         Final Rule Stage,  Energy Conservation Standards for Small, Large, and Very Large Commercial Package A/C and Heating Equipment, 1904-AC95
32. DOE/EE         Final Rule Stage,  Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces, 1904-AD11
33. DOE/EE         Final Rule Stage,  Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products, 1904-AD15
34. DOE/EE         Final Rule Stage,  Energy Conservation Standards for Hearth Products, 1904-AD35

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

35. HHS/FDA     Proposed Rule Stage, Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drug Review–Topical Antimicrobial Drug Products, 0910-AF69
36. HHS/FDA     Proposed Rule Stage, Updated Standards for Labeling of Pet Food, 0910-AG09
37. HHS/FDA     Proposed Rule Stage, Requirements for the Testing and Reporting of Tobacco Product Constituents, Ingredients, and Additives               , 0910-AG59
38. HHS/FDA     Proposed Rule Stage, Radiology Devices; Designation of Special Controls for the Computed Tomography X-Ray System, 0910-AH03
39. HHS/FDA     Proposed Rule Stage, Requirements for Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practice, 0910-AH22
40. HHS/FDA     Final Rule Stage,  Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels, 0910-AF22
41. HHS/FDA     Final Rule Stage,  Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed At One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain RACCs, 0910-AF23
42. HHS/FDA     Final Rule Stage,  Electronic Distribution of Prescribing Information for Human Prescription Drugs Including Biological Products, 0910-AG18
43. HHS/FDA     Final Rule Stage,  Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, 0910-AG35
44. HHS/FDA     Final Rule Stage,  "Tobacco Products" Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, 0910-AG38
45. HHS/FDA     Final Rule Stage,  Focused Mitigation Strategies To Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration, 0910-AG63
46. HHS/FDA     Final Rule Stage,  Foreign Supplier Verification Program, 0910-AG64
47. HHS/FDA     Final Rule Stage,  Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food,               0910-AG98
48. HHS/IHS      Proposed Rule Stage, Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF), 0917-AA10
49. HHS/CDC     Final Rule Stage,  World Trade Center Health Program Requirements for Enrollment, Appeals, Certification of Health Conditions Reimbursement, 0920-AA44
50. HHS/SAMHSA Proposed Rule Stage, Increase Number of Patients to which Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA)-Waived Physicians Can Prescribe Buprenorphine, 0930-AA22
51. HHS/OIG      Final Rule Stage,  Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to the Office of the Inspector General's Civil Monetary Penalty Rules, 0936-AA04
52. HHS/OASH  Proposed Rule Stage, Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, 0937-AA02
53. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care (CMS-3295-P), 0938-AS21
54. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Payment System (CMS-1621-F), 0938-AS33
55. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, CY 2017 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (CMS-9937-P), 0938-AS57
56. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, Revisions to Requirements for Discharge Planning for Hospitals, Home Health Agencies, and Critical Access Hospitals (CMS-3317-F), 0938-AS59
57. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, Imaging Accreditation (CMS-3309-P), 0938-AS62
58. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Allotment Reductions (CMS-2394-P), 0938-AS63
59. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, Requirements for Surety Bonds for Certain Medicare Providers and Suppliers (CMS-6067-P), 0938-AS65
60. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in Medicare Fee-for-Service (CMS-5517-P), 0938-AS69
61. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, FY 2017 Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (CMS-1645-P),0938-AS75
62. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and FY 2017 Rates (CMS-1655-P), 0938-AS77
63. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, FY 2017 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (CMS-1647-P), 0938-AS78
64. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, FY 2017 Hospice Rate Update (CMS-1652-P), 0938-AS79
65. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, CY 2017 Home Health Prospective Payment System Refinements and Rate Update (CMS-1648-P), 0938-AS80
66. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, CY 2017 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1654-P), 0938-AS81
67. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, CY 2017 Hospital Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1656-P), 0938-AS82
68. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, CY 2017 Changes to the End-Stage, Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System and Quality Incentive Program (CMS-1651-P), 0938-AS83
69. HHS/CMS    Proposed Rule Stage, Program Integrity Enhancements to the Provider Enrollment Process (CMS-6058-P), 0938-AS84
70. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  Face-to-Face Requirements for Home Health Services; Policy Changes and Clarifications Related to Home Health (CMS-2348-F), 0938-AQ36
71. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  Covered Outpatient Drugs (CMS-2345-F), 0938-AQ41
72. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities (CMS-3260-F), 0938-AR61
73. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  Prior Authorization Process for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Items (CMS-6050-F), 0938-AR85
74. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; Application of Mental Health Parity Requirements to Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, CHIP, and Alternative Benefit Plans (CMS-2333-F), 0938-AS24
75. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  Medicaid Managed Care, CHIP Delivered in Managed Care, Medicaid and CHIP Comprehensive Quality Strategies, and Revisions related to Third Party Liability (CMS-2390-F), 0938-AS25
76. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid, and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Medicaid and CHIP (CMS-2334-F2), 0938-AS27
77. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  CY 2016 Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts (CMS-8059-N), 0938-AS36
78. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  CY 2016 Part B Monthly Actuarial Rates, Monthly Premium Rates, and Annual Deductible (CMS-8061-N), 0938-AS38
79. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  CY 2016 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1631-FC), 0938-AS40
80. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  CY 2016 Hospital Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1633-FC), 0938-AS42
81. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  Medicaid Mechanized Claims Processing and Information Retrieval Systems (CMS-2392-F), 0938-AS53
82. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  Omnibus Group & Individual Insurance Market Reforms (CMS-9993-F), 0938-AS56
83. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CMS-5516-F), 0938-AS64
84. HHS/CMS    Final Rule Stage,  CY 2017 Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts (CMS-8062-N), 0938-AS70
85. HHS/OCR     Proposed Rule Stage, Nondiscrimination Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 0945-AA02
86. HHS/ACF     Final Rule Stage,  Head Start Performance Standards, 0970-AC63
87. HHS/OS        Final Rule Stage,  2015 Edition Health Information Technology (Health IT) Certification Criteria, Base Electronic Health Record (EHR) Definition, and ONC Health IT Certification Program Modifications, 0991-AB93

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

88. DHS/USCIS  Proposed Rule Stage, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule, 1615-AC09
89. DHS/USCG   Prerule Stage, Commercial Fishing Industry Vessels, 1625-AA77
90. DHS/USCG   Proposed Rule Stage, Updates to Maritime Security, 1625-AB38
91. DHS/USCG   Final Rule Stage,  Commercial Fishing Vessels–Implementation of 2010 and 2012 Legislation, 1625-AB85
92. DHS/USCBP Final Rule Stage,  Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements, 1651-AA70
93. DHS/TSA      Final Rule Stage,  Passenger Screening Using Advanced Imaging Technology, 1652-AA67
94. DHS/USICE Proposed Rule Stage, Improving and Expanding Training Opportunities for F-1 Nonimmigrant Students with STEM Degrees and Expanding Cap-Gap Relief for All F-1 Students With Pending H-1B Petitions, 1653-AA72

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

95. HUD/PIH      Proposed Rule Stage, Instituting Smoke-Free Public Housing (FR-5597), 2577-AC97

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

96. DOI/BSEE    Final Rule Stage,  Blowout Prevention Systems and Well Control, 1014-AA11
97. DOI/FWS      Proposed Rule Stage, Migratory Bird Hunting; 2016-2017 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations, 1018-BA70
98. DOI/ASLM   Final Rule Stage,  Arctic Regulations, 1082-AA00

 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

99. DOJ/DEA      Final Rule Stage,  Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances, 1117-AA61
100. DOJ/DEA      Final Rule Stage,  Retail Sales of Scheduled Listed Chemical Products; Chemical; Self-Certification of Regulated Sellers of Scheduled Listed Chemical Products, 1117-AB05
101. DOJ/CRT      Proposed Rule Stage, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Governments, 1190-AA65

 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

102. DOL/ETA      Proposed Rule Stage, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule with U.S. Department of Education for Combined and Unified State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions, 1205-AB74
103. DOL/EBSA   Proposed Rule Stage, Conflict of Interest Rule–Investment Advice, 1210-AB32
104. DOL/EBSA   Final Rule Stage,  Final Rules under the Affordable Care Act for Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent Coverage, Appeals, and Patient Protections, 1210-AB72
105. DOL/OSHA  Prerule Stage, Combustible Dust, 1218-AC41
106. DOL/OSHA  Prerule Stage, Preventing Backover Injuries and Fatalities, 1218-AC51
107. DOL/OSHA  Proposed Rule Stage, Occupational Exposure to Beryllium, 1218-AB76
108. DOL/OSHA  Final Rule Stage,  Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica, 1218-AB70
109. DOL/OSHA  Final Rule Stage,  Walking Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems (Slips, Trips, and Fall Prevention), 1218-AB80
110. DOL/WHD    Proposed Rule Stage, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Contractors, Executive Order 13706, 1235-AA13
111. DOL/WHD    Final Rule Stage,  Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees, 1235-AA11

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

112. DOT/FMCSA  Proposed Rule Stage, Carrier Safety Fitness Determination, 2126-AB11
113. DOT/FMCSA  Proposed Rule Stage, Heavy Vehicle Speed Limiters, 2126-AB63
114. DOT/FMCSA  Proposed Rule Stage, Entry-Level Driver Training, 2126-AB66
115. DOT/FMCSA  Final Rule Stage,  Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (MAP-21), 2126-AB18
116. DOT/FMCSA  Final Rule Stage,  Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service Supporting Documents (MAP-21) (RRR), 2126-AB20
117. DOT/NHTSA  Prerule Stage, Rear Impact Guards and Other Safety Strategies for Single Unit Trucks, 2127-AL57
118. DOT/NHTSA  Proposed Rule Stage, Heavy Vehicle Speed Limiters, 2127-AK92
119. DOT/NHTSA  Proposed Rule Stage, Rear Seat Belt Reminder System, 2127-AL37
120. DOT/NHTSA  Proposed Rule Stage, Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Work Trucks: Phase 2, 2127-AL52
121. DOT/NHTSA  Proposed Rule Stage, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 150–Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Communication, 2127-AL55
122. DOT/NHTSA Final Rule Stage,  Establish Side Impact Performance Requirements for Child Restraint Systems (MAP-21), 2127-AK95
123. DOT/FRA      Proposed Rule Stage, Passenger Equipment Safety Standards Amendments, 2130-AC46
124. DOT/FTA      Proposed Rule Stage, Transit Asset Management, 2132-AB07
125. DOT/PHMSA Proposed Rule Stage, Pipeline Safety: Gas Transmission, 2137-AE72
126. DOT/PHMSA Proposed Rule Stage, Pipeline Safety: Amendments to Parts 192 and 195 to Require Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards, 2137-AF06

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

127. TREAS/DO   Final Rule Stage,  Assessment of Fees for Large Bank Holding Companies and Nonbank Financial Companies Supervised by the Federal Reserve to Cover the Expenses of the Financial Research Fund, 1505-AC42
128. TREAS/DO   Final Rule Stage,  Restore Act Program, 1505-AC44
129. TREAS/CUSTOMS     Final Rule Stage,  Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Required for Electronic Entry/Entry Summary (Cargo Release and Related Entry) Filings, 1515-AE03
130. TREAS/OCC Final Rule Stage, Registration and Regulation of Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants; Registration and Regulation of Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants, 1557-AD43

 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

131. VA  Proposed Rule Stage, Tiered Pharmacy Copayments, 2900-AP35
132. VA  Final Rule Stage,  Net Worth, Asset Transfers, and Income Exclusions for Needs-Based Benefits, 2900-AO73
133. VA  Final Rule Stage,  Copayments for Medications in 2015, 2900-AP15
134. VA  Final Rule Stage,  Expanded Access to Non-VA Care Through the Veterans Choice Program, 2900-AP60

 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

135. EPA/SWER   Proposed Rule Stage, Modernization of the Accidental Release Prevention Regulations Under Clean Air Act, 2050-AG82
136. EPA/SWER   Proposed Rule Stage, Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA Section 108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hard Rock Mining Industry, 2050-AG61
137. EPA/AR Proposed Rule Stage, Interstate Transport Rule for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS, 2060-AS05
138. EPA/AR Proposed Rule Stage, Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New and Modified Sources, 2060-AS30
139. EPA/AR Proposed Rule Stage, Model Trading Rules for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or Before January 8, 2014, 2060-AS47
140. EPA/AR Final Rule Stage, Petroleum Refinery Sector Risk and Technology Review and New Source Performance Standards, 2060-AQ75
141. EPA/AR Final Rule Stage, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles–Phase 2, 2060-AS16

 

ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

142. ATBCB Final Rule Stage, Information and Communication Technology Standards and Guidelines, 3014-AA37

 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

143. CPSC Prerule Stage,    Rule Review of: Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets 3041-AD47
144. CPSC Proposed Rule Stage, Flammability Standard for Upholstered Furniture, 3041-AB35

 

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

145. FAR Final Rule Stage, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-025; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, 9000-AM81

 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

146. FDIC Final Rule Stage, Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities , 3064-AE21

 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

147. NCUA Final Rule Stage, Risk-Based Capital, 3133-AD77

 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

148. NRC Proposed Rule Stage, Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2016 [NRC-2015-0223], 3150-AJ66
149. NRC Final Rule Stage, Domestic Licensing of Source Material–Amendments/Integrated Safety Analysis [NRC-2009-0079], 3150-AI50

 

COMPLETED  ACTIONS (36)

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

150. USDA/APHIS Completed Actions, Importation of Beef From a Region in Brazil, 0579-AD41
151. USDA/APHIS Completed Actions, User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services, 0579-AD77
152. USDA/APHIS, Completed Actions, Importation of Beef From a Region in Argentina , 0579-AD92

 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

153. DOD/DODOASHA     Completed Actions, CHAMPUS/TRICARE: Pilot Program for Refills of Maintenance Medications for TRICARE For Life Beneficiaries Through the TRICARE Mail Order Program, 0720-AB60

154. DOD/OS       Completed Actions, Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents, 0790-AJ10

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

155.ED/OII Completed Actions Charter Schools Grants to SEAs, 1855-AA12

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

156. DOE/EE        Completed Actions ,Energy Conservation Standards for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Single Package Vertical Heat Pumps, 1904-AC85

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

157. HHS/FDA Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals, 0910-AG10
158. HHS/FDA     Current Good Manufacturing and Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food, 0910-AG36
159. HHS/FDA     Revision of Postmarketing Reporting Requirements Discontinuance or Interruption in Supply of Certain Products (Drug Shortages), 0910-AG88
160. HHS/CMS    Medicare Shared Savings Program; Accountable Care Organizations (CMS-1461-F), 0938-AS06
161. HHS/CMS    Electronic Health Record Incentive Program–Stage, 3 and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017 (CMS-3310-F), 0938-AS26
162. HHS/CMS    FY 2016 Hospice Rate Update (CMS-1629-F), 0938-AS39
163. HHS/CMS    Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and FY 2016 Rates (CMS-1632-FC), 0938-AS41
164. HHS/CMS    FY 2016 Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (CMS-1622-F), 0938-AS44
165. HHS/CMS    FY 2016 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (CMS-1624-F), 0938-AS45
166. HHS/CMS    CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Refinements and Rate Update (CMS-1625-F), 0938-AS46
167. HHS/CMS    Coverage of Certain Preventive Services; Eligible Organizations (CMS-9940-F), 0938-AS50
168. HHS/CMS    Electronic Health Record Incentive Program–Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017 (CMS-3311-F), 0938-AS58

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

169. DHS/USCBP Changes to the Visa Waiver Program To Implement the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Program, 1651-AA72
170. DHS/USCBP, Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA): Fee for Use of the System, 651-AA83

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

171. HUD/HUDSEC Credit Risk Retention (FR-5504), 2501-AD53

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

172. DOI/FWS      Migratory Bird Hunting; 2015-2016 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations, 1018-BA67

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

173. DOT/NHTSA                Electronic Stability Control Systems for Heavy Vehicles (MAP-21), 2127-AK97
174. DOT/PHMSA               Hazardous Materials: Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains, 2137-AE91

 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

175. VA  Expanded Access to Non-VA Care through the Veterans Choice Program, 2900-AP24

 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

176. EPA/WATER               Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category, 2040-AF14
177. EPA/SWER                   Revising Underground Storage Tank Regulations–Revisions to Existing Requirements and New Requirements for Secondary Containment and Operator Training, 2050-AG46
178. EPA/AR                         Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, 2060-AP38
179. EPA/AR                         NESHAP for Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing and NESHAP for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing, 2060-AP69
180. EPA/AR                         Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, 2060-AR33

 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

181. FCC                Broadband Over Power Line Systems; ET Docket No. 04-37, 3060-AI24

 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

182. NCUA            Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards,  3133-AE18
183. NCUA            Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards (Escrow and Mandatory Purchase), 3133-AE40

 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

184. NRC               Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2015 [NRC-2014-0200], 3150-AJ44

 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

185. OPM               Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Self Plus One Enrollment Type, 3206-AN08

 

LONG-TERM ACTIONS (33)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

186. DOC/NOAA  Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Conducting Geological and Geophysical Exploration of Mineral and Energy Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, 0648-BB38

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

187. DOE/OGC     Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage Contingent Cost Allocation, 1990-AA39

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

188. HHS/FDA     Regulations on Human Drug Compounding Under Sections 503A and 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 0910-AH10
189. HHS/CMS    Home Health Agency Conditions of Participation (CMS-3819-F),  0938-AG81
190. HHS/CMS    Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers (CMS-3178-F), 0938-AO91
191. HHS/CMS    Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Health Care Facilities (CMS-3277-F),  0938-AR72
192. HHS/CMS    Adoption of Operating Rules for HIPAA Transactions (CMS-0036-IFC), 0938-AS01

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

193. DHS/OS         Collection of Alien Biometric Data Upon Exit From the United States at Air and Sea Ports of Departure, 1601-AA34
194. DHS/OS         Ammonium Nitrate Security Program, 1601-AA52
195. DHS/USCIS  Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States, 1615-AC06
196. DHS/TSA      General Aviation Security and Other Aircraft Operator Security, 1652-AA53
197. DHS/TSA      Standardized Vetting, Adjudication, and Redress Services, 1652-AA61

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

198. HUD/CPD     Housing Trust Fund, 2506-AC30

 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

199. DOJ/CRT      Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of Public Accommodations, 1190-AA61

 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

200. DOL/ETA      Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States, 1205-AB76
201. DOL/EBSA   Improved Fee Disclosure for Welfare Plans   , 1210-AB37
202. DOL/OSHA  Infectious Diseases, 1218-AC46
203. DOL/OSHA  Injury and Illness Prevention Program, 1218-AC48
204. DOL/OSHA  Update to the Hazard Communication Standard, 1218-AC93

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

205. TREAS/OCCTreatment of Certain Collateralized Debt Obligations Backed by Trust Preferred Securities, 1557-AD79
206. TREAS/CDFIF             Interim Rule for the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program., 1559-AA01

 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

207. EPA/WATER, Stormwater Regulations Revision to Address Discharges From Developed Sites, 2040-AF13
208. EPA/WATER, National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Regulatory Revisions, 2040-AF15
209. EPA/AR         Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, 2060-AS50
210. EPA/OCSPP  Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program for Public and Commercial Buildings, 2070-AJ56

 

ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

211. ATBCB         Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Passenger Vessels, 3014-AA11

 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

212. FCC Expanding Broadband and Innovation through Air-Ground Mobile Broadband Secondary Service for Passengers Aboard Aircraft in the 14.0-14.5 GHz Band; GN Docket No. 13-114, 3060-AK02
213. FCC In the Matter of Service Rules for the 698 to 746, 747 to 762, and 777 to 792 MHz Bands, 3060-AJ35
214. FCC Universal Service Reform Mobility Fund (WT Docket No. 10-208), 3060-AJ58
215. FCC,  Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions; Docket No. 12-268, 3060-AJ82
216. FCC,  IP-Enabled Services; WC Docket No. 04-36, 3060-AI48
217. FCC, Implementation of Section 224 of the Act; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future (WC Docket No. 07-245, GN Docket No. 09-51), 3060-AJ64
218. FCC,  Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet; (WC Docket No. 14-28), 3060-AK21