Washington’s Thanksgiving Turkeys: Here Are All of the White House’s 200 Economically Significant Rules

As usual, the president will pardon a turkey again this year for Thanksgiving. For us turkey eaters, though, our federal holiday treat is lots and lots of federal red tape.

In fact, the holiday was just used as cover for what some news reports called a White House dump of 3,415 regulations just before the break. You could stuff a lot of turkeys with that.

It’s really not unusual though. There are thousands of rules every year, in every administration.

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

The technical definition is actually different, but such rules are also often referred to as "major" rules. In any event, while the total number of rules each year exceeds 3,500, the number in the “economically significant” category over the past decade has ranged from as low as 127 to as high as 224 in each Fall’s Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (the document just released).

The Agenda is like a year-end pipeline, a flow of rules and regulations at the "Active" (pre-rule, proposed and final rule states), "Completed" and "Long-term" phases. Very frequently the rules listed are holdovers from the year or years before. Each Fall edition, this one included, also includes a so-called "Regulatory Plan" from some agencies that highlights certain rules for attention.

Items that get featured or prioritized in the Agenda vary over the years, creating confusion and making it hard to compare Agendas. 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 for planning purposes.

Moreover, agencies are not legally bound to limit themselves only to what they present in their annual roundups.

In any event, here we put a face on the current batch of "economically significant" rules: There was a total of 3,415 rules in the Fall 2014 Unified Agenda, as we’ve noted, with 200 of them designated as economically significant.

Of these, 131 are “active,” 31 recently “completed,” and 38 “long-term.” The full list appears down below the break with plenty turkeys in the lineup like these.

Herein you may find such delights as:

• The Department of Energy's totalitarian drive to regulate everything that uses energy (from dehumidifiers to vending machines to ice makers); It’s less expensive and invasive to just use solid state controls to turn things off when they’re not used.
• The Department of Health and Human services regulation of labels on pet food; requirements for calorie count postings for vending machines and restaurants; and rules for school lunch contents.
• The Environmental Protection Agency's campaign against ordinary wood fires and of course, all fossil energy.
• FDA’s portion size regulations for things like breath mints.
• Several rules implementing parts of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

Of course, many other rules are significant in fact, but don’t get labeled that way by the government, including the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, and proposals to require that quiet electric vehicles make noise (the same expensive, in-fact coal-powered vehicles that had to be subsidized into existence).

Below, rules are broken down by department or agency, and by stage of completion. (And if you’re diving even more deeply over the holiday, the “Regulation Identifier Number” appears at the end of each entry below.)

List of 200 "Economically Significant" Rules, Year-End 2014

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. Sequential numbers in print editions of the Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda no longer apply.

ACTIVE RULEMAKINGS (131)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

1. USDA/RBS, Final Rule Stage, Rural Energy for America Program, 0570-AA76
2. USDA/RBS, Final Rule Stage, Strategic Economic and Community Development, 0570-AA94
3. USDA/RHS, Proposed Rule Stage,, Citizenship Implementation, 0575-AC86
4. USDA/RHS, Final Rule Stage, Multifamily Housing (MFH) Reinvention, 0575-AC13
5. USDA/APHIS, Final Rule Stage, User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services, 0579-AD77
6. USDA/AMS, Proposed Rule Stage,, National Organic Program–Organic Aquaculture Standards, 0581-AD34
7. USDA/FSIS, Final Rule Stage, Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the order Siluriformes and Products Derived From Such Fish, 0583-AD36
8. USDA/FNS, Final Rule Stage, Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 0584-AD87
9. USDA/FNS, Final Rule Stage, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Farm Bill of 2008 Retailer Sanctions, 0584-AD88

 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

10. DOD/DODOASHA, Final Rule Stage, CHAMPUS/TRICARE: Pilot Program for Refills of Maintenance Medications for TRICARE For Life Beneficiaries Through the TRICARE Mail Order Program, 0720-AB60
11. DOD/OS, Proposed Rule Stage, Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents, 0790-AJ10

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

12. ED/OESE, Final Rule Stage, School Improvement Grants (SIG) Program,, 1810-AB22
13. ED/OSERS, Proposed Rule Stage, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 1820-AB69
14. ED/OCTAE, Proposed Rule Stage, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 1830-AA21
15. ED/OPE, Proposed Rule Stage, Title IV of the HEA–Program Integrity and Improvement, 1840-AD14

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

16. DOE/ENDEP, Final Rule Stage, Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program, 1901-AB25
17. DOE/EE, Prerule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Wine Chillers and Miscellaneous Refrigeration Products, 1904-AC51
18. DOE/EE, Prerule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Portable Air Conditioners, 1904-AD02
19. DOE/EE, Prerule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, 1904-AD37
20. DOE/EE, Proposed Rule Stage, Fossil Fuel-Generated Energy Consumption Reduction for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings, 1904-AB96
21. DOE/EE, Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Efficiency Standards for Manufactured Housing, 1904-AC11
22. DOE/EE, Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Dehumidifiers, 1904-AC81
23. DOE/EE, Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Single Package Vertical Heat Pumps, 1904-AC85
24. DOE/EE, Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Small, Large, and Very Large Commercial Package A/C and Heating Equipment, 1904-AC95
25. DOE/EE, Proposed Rule Stage, Standards for Refrigerated Bottled or Canned Beverage Vending Machines, 1904-AD00
26. DOE/EE, Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces, 1904-AD11
27. DOE/EE, Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-weatherized Gas Furnaces, 1904-AD20
28. DOE/EE, Proposed Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for Hearth Products, 1904-AD35
29. DOE/EE, Final Rule Stage, Energy Efficiency Standards for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers, 1904-AC39
30. DOE/EE, Final Rule Stage, Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps, 1904-AC43
31. DOE/EE, Final Rule Stage, Coverage Determination for Computers and Battery Backup Systems, 1904-AD04
32. DOE/OGC, Proposed Rule Stage, Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage Contingent Cost Allocation, 1990-AA39
33. DOE/NNSA, Final Rule Stage, Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities, 1994-AA02

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

34. HHS/FDA, Proposed Rule Stage, Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drug Review–Internal Analgesic Products, 0910-AF36
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, Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals, 0910-AG10
38. HHS/FDA, Proposed Rule Stage, Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drug Review–Pediatric Dosing for Cough/Cold Products, 0910-AG12
39. HHS/FDA, Proposed Rule Stage, Electronic Distribution of Prescribing Information for Human Prescription Drugs Including Biological Products, 0910-AG18
40. HHS/FDA, Proposed Rule Stage, Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, 0910-AG35
41. HHS/FDA, Proposed Rule Stage, Current Good Manufacturing and Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food, 0910-AG36
42. HHS/FDA, Proposed Rule Stage, Requirements for the Testing and Reporting of Tobacco Product Constituents, Ingredients, and Additives, 0910-AG59
43. HHS/FDA, Proposed Rule Stage, Foreign Supplier Verification Program, 0910-AG64
44. HHS/FDA, Proposed Rule Stage, Radiology Devices; Designation of Special Controls for the Computed Tomography X-Ray System, 0910-AH03
45. HHS/FDA, Proposed Rule Stage, Regulations on Human Drug Compounding Under Sections 503A and 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 0910-AH10
46. 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
47. HHS/FDA, Final Rule Stage, Food Labeling: Calorie Labeling of Articles of Food Sold in Vending Machines, 0910-AG56
48. HHS/FDA, Final Rule Stage, Food Labeling: Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishment, 0910-AG57
49. HHS/FDA, Final Rule Stage, Revision of Postmarketing Reporting Requirements Discontinuance or Interruption in Supply of Certain Products (Drug Shortages), 0910-AG88
50. HHS/FDA, Final Rule Stage, Combinations of Bronchodilators With Expectorants; Cold, Cough, Allergy, Bronchodilator, and Antiasthmatic Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use, 0910-AH16
51. HHS/CDC, Final Rule Stage, World Trade Center Health Program Requirements for Enrollment, Appeals, Certification of Health Conditions Reimbursement, 0920-AA44
52. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, Home Health Agency Conditions of Participation (CMS-3819-F), 0938-AG81
53. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities (CMS-3260-P), 0938-AR61
54. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, Medicare Shared Savings Program; Accountable Care Organizations (CMS-1461-P), 0938-AS06
55. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, CY 2016 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (CMS-9944-P), 0938-AS19
56. 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
57. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; the Application to Medicaid Managed Care, CHIP, and Alternative Benefit Plans (CMS-2333-P), 0938-AS24
58. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, Medicaid Managed Care (CMS-2390-P), 0938-AS25
59. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs–Stage 3 (CMS-3310-P), 0938-AS26
60. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Payment System (CMS-1621-P), 0938-AS33
61. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, CY 2016 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1631-P), 0938-AS40
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 2016 Rates (CMS-1632-P), 0938-AS41
63. HHS/CMS, Proposed 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-P), 0938-AS42
64. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, FY 2016 Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (CMS-1622-P), 0938-AS44
65. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, FY 2016 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (CMS-1624-P), 0938-AS45
66. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Refinements and Rate Update (CMS-1625-P), 0938-AS46
67. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, FY 2016 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System–Rate Update (CMS-1627-P), 0938-AS47
68. HHS/CMS, Proposed Rule Stage, CY 2016 Changes to the End-Stage,,Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System and Quality Incentive Program (CMS-1628-P), 0938-AS48
69. 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
70. HHS/CMS, Final Rule Stage, Covered Outpatient Drugs (CMS-2345-F), 0938-AQ41
71. HHS/CMS, Final Rule Stage, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals, and Other Eligibility and Enrollment Provisions (CMS-2334-F2), 0938-AS27
72. HHS/CMS, Final Rule Stage, CY 2016 Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts (CMS-8059-N), 0938-AS36

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

73. DHS/OS, Final Rule Stage, Ammonium Nitrate Security Program, 1601-AA52
74. DHS/USCG, Prerule Stage, Commercial Fishing Industry Vessels, 1625-AA77
75. DHS/USCG, Proposed Rule Stage, Updates to Maritime Security, 1625-AB38
76. DHS/USCG, Final Rule Stage, Commercial Fishing Vessels–Implementation of 2010 and 2012 Legislation, 1625-AB85
77. DHS/USCBP, Final Rule Stage, Changes to the Visa Waiver Program To Implement the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Program, 1651-AA72
78. DHS/USCBP, Final Rule Stage, Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA): Fee for Use of the System, 1651-AA83
79. DHS/TSA, Proposed Rule Stage,Security Training for Surface Mode Employees, 1652-AA55
80. DHS/TSA, Proposed Rule Stage, Standardized Vetting, Adjudication, and Redress Services, 1652-AA61
81. DHS/TSA, Final Rule Stage, Passenger Screening Using Advanced Imaging Technology, 1652-AA67

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

82. HUD/CPD, Final Rule Stage, Housing Trust Fund, 2506-AC30

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

83. DOI/BOEM, Proposed Rule Stage, Arctic Regulations, 1010-AD85
84. DOI/BSEE, Proposed Rule Stage, Blowout Prevention Systems and Well Control, 1014-AA11
85. DOI/BSEE, Proposed Rule Stage, Arctic Regulations, 1014-AA21

 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

86. DOJ/DEA, Final Rule Stage, Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances, 1117-AA61
87. 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
88. DOJ/CRT, Proposed Rule Stage, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of Public Accommodations, 1190-AA61
89. 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

90. DOL/ETA, Proposed Rule Stage, Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program, 1205-AB72
91. DOL/EBSA, Proposed Rule Stage, Conflict of Interest Rule-Investment Advice, 1210-AB32
92. DOL/OSHA, Prerule Stage, Infectious Diseases, 1218-AC46
93. DOL/OSHA, Proposed Rule Stage, Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica, 1218-AB70
94. DOL/OSHA, Proposed Rule Stage, Occupational Exposure to Beryllium, 1218-AB76
95. DOL/OSHA, Final Rule Stage, Walking Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems (Slips, Trips, and Fall Prevention), 1218-AB80
96. DOL/WHD, Proposed Rule Stage, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees, 1235-AA11
97. DOL/WHD, Final Rule Stage, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors, Executive Order 1365, 1235-AA10

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

98. DOT/FAA, Final Rule Stage, Flight and Duty Time Limitations and Rest Requirements; Supplemental Regulatory Impact Analysis, 2120-AJ58
99. DOT/FMCSA, Proposed Rule Stage, Carrier Safety Fitness Determination, 2126-AB11
100. DOT/FMCSA, Proposed Rule Stage, Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service Supporting Documents (MAP-21), 2126-AB20
101. DOT/FMCSA, Proposed Rule Stage,Heavy Vehicle Speed Limiters, 2126-AB63
102. DOT/FMCSA, Final Rule Stage, Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (MAP-21), 2126-AB18
103. DOT/FMCSA, Final Rule Stage, Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance; Driver-Vehicle Inspection Report (RRR), 2126-AB46
104. DOT/NHTSA, Proposed Rule Stage, Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Work Trucks: Phase 2, 2127-AL52
105. DOT/NHTSA, Final Rule Stage, Electronic Stability Control Systems for Heavy Vehicles (MAP-21), 2127-AK97
106. DOT/FRA, Proposed Rule Stage, Passenger Equipment Safety Standards; Standards for Alternative Compliance and High-Speed Trainsets, 2130-AC46
107. DOT/PHMSA, Proposed Rule Stage, Pipeline Safety: Amendments to Parts 192 and 195 to Require Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards, 2137-AF06
108. DOT/PHMSA, Final Rule Stage, Hazardous Materials: Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains, 2137-AE91

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

109. TREAS/DO, Final Rule Stage, Small Business Lending Fund Refinance, 1505-AC34
110. 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
111. TREAS/DO, Final Rule Stage, Restore Act Program, 1505-AC44

 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

112. VA, Final Rule Stage, Caregivers Program, 2900-AN94
113. VA, Final Rule Stage, Medications Copayment Freeze for 2015, 2900-AP15
114. VA, Final Rule Stage, Expanded Access to Non-VA Care through the Veterans Choice Program, 2900-AP24

 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

115. EPA/WATER, Proposed Rule Stage, National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Regulatory Revisions, 2040-AF15
116. EPA/WATER, Final Rule Stage, Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category, 2040-AF14
117. EPA/SWER, Final Rule Stage, Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Residuals Generated by Commercial Electric Power Producers, 2050-AE81
118. EPA/SWER, Final Rule Stage, Revising Underground Storage Tank Regulations–Revisions to Existing Requirements and New Requirements for Secondary Containment and Operator Training, 2050-AG46
119. EPA/AR, Proposed Rule Stage, Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, 2060-AP38
120. EPA/AR, Proposed Rule Stage, Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: EGUs in Indian Country and U.S. Territories, 2060-AR33
121. EPA/AR, Proposed Rule Stage, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles–Phase 2, 2060-AS16
122. EPA/AR, Final Rule Stage, Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters and New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces, 2060-AP93
123. EPA/AR, Final Rule Stage, Renewable Fuel 2014 Volume Standards, 2060-AR76
124. EPA/OCSPP, Proposed Rule Stage, Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program for Public and Commercial Buildings, 2070-AJ56

 

ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

125. ATBCB, Proposed Rule Stage, Information and Communication Technology Standards and Guidelines, 3014-AA37
126. ATBCB, Final Rule Stage, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Passenger Vessels, 3014-AA11

 

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

127. FAR, Final Rule Stage, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-003; Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors, 9000-AM82

 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

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

 

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

129. GSA, Proposed Rule Stage, General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2013-G504, Transactional Data Reporting, 3090-AJ51

 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

130. NRC, Proposed Rule Stage,Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2015 [NRC-2014-0200], 3150-AJ44
131. NRC, Final Rule Stage, Domestic Licensing of Source Material–Amendments/Integrated Safety Analysis [NRC-2009-0079], 3150-AI50

 

COMPLETED ACTIONS (31)

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

132. USDA/FSA, Disaster Assistance Programs, Payment Limitations, and Payment Eligibility, 0560-AI21
133. USDA/FSA, Cotton Transition Assistance Program (CTAP), 0560-AI22
134. USDA/FSA, Margin Protection Program for Dairy and Dairy Product Donation Program, 0560-AI23
135. USDA/FSA, Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Program, 0560-AI24

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

136. ED/OPE, Gainful Employment, 1840-AD15
137. DOE/EE, Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnace Fans, 1904-AC22

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

138. HHS/HRSA, 340B Drug Pricing Program Regulations, 0906-AB04
139. HHS/CMS, Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan; High Risk Pool (CMS-9995-F), 0938-AQ70
140. HHS/CMS, Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (CMS-9996-F), 0938-AQ78
141. HHS/CMS, Prospective Payment System for Federally Qualified Health Centers; Changes to Contracting Policies for Rural Health Clinics and CLIA Enforcement Actions, for Proficiency Testing Referral (CMS-1443-FC), 0938-AR62
142. HHS/CMS, CY 2015 Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts (CMS-8056-N), 0938-AR94
143. HHS/CMS, CY 2015 Part A Premiums for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement (CMS-8057-N), 0938-AR96
144. HHS/CMS, FY 2015 Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) (CMS-1605-F), 0938-AS07
145. HHS/CMS, FY 2015 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System–Rate Update (CMS-1606-F), 0938-AS08
146. HHS/CMS, FY 2015 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (CMS-1608-F), 0938-AS09
147. HHS/CMS, FY 2015 Hospice Payment Rate Update (CMS-1609-F), 0938-AS10
148. HHS/CMS, Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2015 Rates (CMS-1607-F), 0938-AS11
149. HHS/CMS, CY 2015 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1612-FC), 0938-AS12
150. HHS/CMS, CY 2015 End-Stage,,Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Quality Incentive Program, and Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (CMS-1614-F), 0938-AS13
151. HHS/CMS, CY 2015 Home Health Prospective Payment System Refinements and Rate Update (CMS-1611-F), 0938-AS14
152. HHS/CMS, CY 2015 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) Policy Changes and Payment Rates, and CY 2015 Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1613-FC), 0938-AS15
153. HHS/CMS, Extension of Payment Adjustment for Low-Volume Hospitals and the Medicare-Dependent Hospital Program Under the FY 2014 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (CMS-1599-IFC2), 0938-AS18
154. HHS/CMS, Administrative Simplification: Change to the Compliance Date for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision Medical Data Code Sets (CMS-0043-F), 0938-AS31

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

155. DOI/FWS, Migratory Bird Hunting; 2014-2015 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations, 1018-AZ80

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

156. DOT/MARAD, National Shipping Authority, Ship Manager Citizenship, 2133-AB87

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

157. TREAS/OCC, Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory Capital, Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio Standards for Certain Bank Holding Companies and Their Subsidiary Insured Depository Institutions, 1557-AD69
158. TREAS/OCC, Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards, and Monitoring, 1557-AD74

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

159. VA, Copayments for Medications in 2014, 2900-AO91

 

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

160. FERC, Version 5 Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards, 1902-AE66

 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

161. NRC, Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2014 [NRC-2013-0276], 3150-AJ32

 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

162. PRC, Treatment of Rate Reductions, Rate Incentives, and De Minimis Rate Increases for Price Cap Purposes, 3211-AA09

 

LONG-TERM ACTIONS (38)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

163. USDA/FCIC, General Administrative Regulations; Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement; Area Risk Protection Insurance Regulations; and the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Basic Provisions, 0563-AC43

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

164. 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 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

165. HHS/FDA, Food Labeling; Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels, 0910-AF22
166. HHS/FDA, 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
167. HHS/FDA, Focused Mitigation Strategies To Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration, 0910-AG63
168. HHS/FDA, Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food, 0910-AG98
169. HHS/CMS, Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers (CMS-3178-F), 0938-AO91
170. HHS/CMS, Requirements for the Medicare Incentive Reward Program and Provider Enrollment (CMS-6045-F), 0938-AP01
171. HHS/CMS, Prior Authorization Process for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetic, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Items (CMS-6050-F), 0938-AR85
172. HHS/CMS, Adoption of Operating Rules for HIPAA TransActions,, (CMS-0036-IFC), 0938-AS01

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

173. DHS/OS, Collection of Alien Biometric Data Upon Exit From the United States at Air and Sea Ports of Departure, 1601-AA34
174. DHS/USCIS, Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program, 1615-AC02
175. DHS/USCG, Survival Craft 2010 Authorization Act Requirements USCG-2014-0221, 1625-AC19
176. DHS/USCBP, Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements, 1651-AA70
177. DHS/TSA, Cessation of The Aviation Security Infrastructure Fees (ASIF), 1652-AA01
178. DHS/TSA, General Aviation Security and Other Aircraft Operator Security, 1652-AA53
179. DHS/TSA, Adjustment of Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee, 1652-AA68

 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

180. DOL/ETA, Wage Methodology for the Temporary Nonagricultural Employment H-2B Program, Part 2, 1205-AB69
181. DOL/EBSA, Improved Fee Disclosure for Welfare Plans, 1210-AB37
182. DOL/OSHA, Combustible Dust, 1218-AC41
183. DOL/OSHA, Injury and Illness Prevention Program, 1218-AC48
184. DOL/OSHA, Preventing Backover Injuries and Fatalities, 1218-AC51
185. DOL/OSHA, Update to the Hazard Communication Standard, 1218-AC93

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

186. DOT/NHTSA, Establish Side Impact Performance Requirements for Child Restraint Systems (MAP-21), 2127-AK95
187. DOT/NHTSA, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 150–Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Communication, 2127-AL55

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

188. TREAS/DO, TARP Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance, 1505-AC09
189. TREAS/OCC, Treatment of Certain Collateralized Debt Obligations Backed by Trust Preferred Securities, 1557-AD79
190. TREAS/CDFIF, Interim Rule for the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, 1559-AA01

 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

191. EPA/WATER, Stormwater Regulations Revision to Address Discharges From Developed Sites, 2040-AF13
192. EPA/SWER, Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA Section 108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hard Rock Mining Industry, 2050-AG61

 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

193. CPSC, Flammability Standard for Upholstered Furniture, 3041-AB35

 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

194. 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
195. FCC, Broadband Over Power Line Systems; ET Docket No. 04-37, 3060-AI24
196. FCC, Amendment of the Rules Regarding Maritime Automatic Identification Systems (WT Docket No. 04-344), 3060-AJ16
197. FCC, In the Matter of Service Rules for the 698 to 746, 747 to 762, and 777 to 792 MHz Bands, 3060-AJ35
198. FCC, Universal Service Reform Mobility Fund (WT Docket No. 10-208), 3060-AJ58
199. FCC, IP-Enabled Services; WC Docket No. 04-36, 3060-AI48
200. 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