The Daily Roundup – Friday, February 27, 2026

Employee or Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

Proposed Rule  ● Economically Significant

Wage and Hour Division

Rescission of Interim Final Rule, Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication

Rule  ● Economically Significant

Department of Veterans Affairs

Request for Information (RFI) Related to Comprehensive Regulations To Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH)

Proposed Rule

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals; Extension of Comment Period

Rule

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems; Delay of Effective Date

Proposed Rule

Agricultural Marketing Service · 0581-AE54 · Received Feb 26, 2026

Changes to National Firearms Act Tax Remittance Provisions

Final Rule  ● Economically Significant

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives · 1140-AA83 · Received Feb 26, 2026

Converting Temporary to Permanent Imports for Defense Articles

Proposed Rule

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives · 1140-AA68 · Received Feb 26, 2026

FY 2027 Hospice Wage Index, Payment Rate Update, and Quality Reporting Requirements (CMS-1851)

Proposed Rule  ● Economically Significant

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · 0938-AV78 · Received Feb 26, 2026

Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (CMS-4215)

Proposed Rule  ● Economically Significant

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · 0938-AV90 · Received Feb 26, 2026

AI Action Plan Implementation

Interim Final Rule

Industry and Security Bureau · 0694-AJ90 · Received Feb 26, 2026

Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance

Proposed Rule

Office of Management and Budget · 0348-AB88 · Received Feb 26, 2026

E2D(R1) Postapproval Safety Data: Definitions and Standards for Management and Reporting of Individual Case Safety Reports; International Council for Harmonisation; Guidance for Industry; Availability

Food and Drug Administration · 0910-ZC76 · Completed Feb 26, 2026 · Consistent without Change

Establishment Registration and Product Listing for Tobacco Products

Food and Drug Administration · 0910-AH59

Mar 5, 2026 — Clark Hill Public Strategies for Breeze Smoke LLC (Kristina Aleksanyan) – Client: Steven Haddad, Managing Member, Breeze Smoke LLC

Statement of Policy – Considerations for Flavored Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Premarket Applications; Draft Guidance for Industry

Food and Drug Administration · 0910-ZC78

Mar 2, 2026 — Clark Hill Public Strategies for Breeze Smoke LLC (Kristina Aleksanyan) – Client: Steven Haddad, Managing Member, Breeze Smoke LLC

Independent Dispute Resolution Operations (CMS-9897)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · 0938-AV15

Feb 27, 2026 — Marcy Buckner
Feb 27, 2026 — American Society of Anesthesiologists, College of Emergency Physicians and American College of Radiology (Manuel Bonilla) – Client: American Society of Anesthesiologists, College of Emergency Physicians and American College of Radiology
Mar 2, 2026 — U.S. PIRG (Patricia Kelmar)

Contract Year 2027 Policy and Technical Changes to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Medicare Cost Plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly Programs (CMS-4212)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · 0938-AV63

Mar 4, 2026 — McDermottPlus Consulting (Kristen O’brien) – Client: Sara Everett Brown, Prevent Blindness Joe Reyes, American Academy of Ophthalmology Cade Clurman, Baxter Mark Coin, Baxter Mark Emanuelsen, VuePoint Diagnostics Joel Hanselwinkel, VuePoint Diagnostics

Clarification of National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape

Bureau of Prisons · 1120-AB82

Mar 2, 2026 — Sexual Violence Prevention Association (Omny Miranda Martone)

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities

Civil Rights Division · 1190-AA82

Mar 3, 2026 — National League of Cities (Angelina Panettieri)
Mar 4, 2026 — League of Minnesota Cities (Daniel Lightfoot)

One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Pell Grants and Workforce Pell Grants

Office of Postsecondary Education · 1840-AD99

Feb 27, 2026 — Chazz Robinson
Feb 27, 2026 — The Institute for College Access and Success (and other organizations) (Chris Madaio)
Mar 2, 2026 — New America Higher Education Program (Antoinette Flores)

Rescission of Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency for New Construction of HUD- and USDA Financed Housing

Office of Community Planning and Development · 2506-ZA16

Mar 3, 2026 — NAHB (Jessica lynch)