This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Happy New Year, everyone. We’re doing a slightly different format this week, on account of the new year starting mid-week. With just two days’ worth of data so far, year-to-date totals and annual projections for 2020 are not yet very informative. Also, Wayne Crews did a year-end look at regulation in 2019 for Forbes, and I did one here. In another piece, Wayne found that for every law passed by Congress in 2019, agencies issued 28 new regulations. He calls this ratio the Unconstitutionality Index. See also related coverage in the Washington Examiner (twice) and the Epoch Times. With those bases already covered, this week’s roundup will simply summarize last week’s new regulation highlights so they don’t get lost in the ether. Back to business as usual next week.
From the 27 final regulations issued from December 30-31, 2019:
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Labeling guidance for “Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed at One Eating Occasion, Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed, Serving Size-Related Issues, Dual-Column Labeling, and Miscellaneous Topics.”
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Seven new defense acquisitions regulations. See them all here.
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Supervision of non-bank financial companies.
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You only live once: air quality in the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, or YSAQMD.
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The FDA is loosening some of its pre-market notification requirements for new medical devices.
From the 21 final regulations issued from January 2-3, 2020 (no Federal Register on New Year’s Day):
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In-season adjustments for a groundfish fishery.
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No Universal Service Fund money can go to Huawei. Expanding this rule to include all private businesses would be even better.
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Medicare penalties are being adjusted for inflation.
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Corrections to several Medicare programs.
For more data, see Ten Thousand Commandments and follow @10KC and @RegoftheDay on Twitter.