This week in ridiculous regulations: Seat belts and eagle possession
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This week’s roundup will be a little different than usual. Since the new year began mid-week, and I already published a breakdown of 2024’s year-end numbers, as did Wayne Crews, here we’ll just list weekly data for last week’s new regulations. Annual projections and other data will be back in next week’s edition. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from food labels to cybersecurity workers.
On to the data:
• Agencies issued 66 final regulations last week, after 69 the previous week.
• That’s the equivalent of a new regulation every two hours and 33minutes.
• Agencies issued 27 proposed regulations in the Federal Register last week, after 45 the previous week.
• Agencies published 499 notices last week, after 330 notices the previous week.
• Last week, 1,557 new pages were added to the Federal Register, after 1,8601 pages the previous week.
• With 106,229 pages so far, the 2024 Federal Register is on pace for 107,086 pages.
• There were no 3(f)(1) significant regulations, which have estimated costs of $200 million or more of economic effects in at least one year.
• This is on pace for 20 3(f)(1) regulations in 2024.
• There were eight new final regulations meeting the broader definition of “significant” last week, after eight the previous week.
Highlights from last week’s new final regulations:
• US Customs and the TSA are inflation-adjusting their civil penalties. Look for a lot of agencies to pass similar rules in the new year.
• Such as the Commerce Department.
• And the Federal Election Commission.
• Federal Maritime Commission rules for common carriers unreasonably refusing to negotiate.
• A correction to an earlier housing subsidy regulation.
• Multifamily housing subsidies.
• Food labels.
• Updated postal labeling lists.
• The Office of Child Support Enforcement is changing its name to the Office of Child Support Services.
• Freight forwarder financial responsibility.
• Rules for giving the Social Security Administration access to payroll data.
• Bird flu-related indemnity and compensation.
• Overdraft lending regulations for big banks.
• More regulations for overdraft lending regulations for big banks.
• Human trafficking training for certain air carriers.
• Inspection fees for Section 8a agricultural imports.
• The DEA is classifying seven fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I.
• The FAA is updating its BasicMed program.
• The Postal Service has a new international return receipt.
• Rules of acquisition for small contractors.
• Subcontracting to small businesses in Puerto Rico.
• Size and socioeconomic status of government contractors.
• HIII 5th percentile female test dummies.
• Updated manufactured housing provisions.
And from last week’s proposed regulations:
• Two Trump-era immigration regulations are being removed.
• Introducing US SHIP, the United States Swine Health Improvement Plan.
• Guidance documents for housing subsidies.
• The FDA is classifying seven fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I.
• Nitrogen oxygen standards for Ohio.
• The Federal Railroad Administration is withdrawing waiver procedures for some of its rules.
• Excise tax on certain drugs.
• Access to video conferencing.
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