The Daily Roundup – Thursday, July 23, 2026: Medicaid Program; Amending the Indirect Hold Harmless Threshold of Health…

Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (26-3)Environmental Protection Agency

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 24, 2026

AI Summary: Companies must notify EPA at least 90 days before manufacturing, importing, or processing certain chemicals in newly designated significant ways, allowing agency safety review first.View details →

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment No. 10Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 24, 2026

AI Summary: The NRC proposes updating regulations to include new enhancements to the Holtec HI-STORM Flood/Wind dry spent nuclear fuel storage system’s operating certificate.View details →

Rescinding Portions of AmeriCorps Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281Corporation for National and Community Service

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 24, 2026

AI Summary: AmeriCorps proposes removing disparate-impact liability from its civil rights regulations to align with Title VI’s original meaning and a recent executive order.View details →

Proposal To Revoke the Color Additive Listing for Use of Citrus Red No. 2 on the Skins of Mature OrangesDepartment of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 24, 2026

AI Summary: FDA proposes removing the regulation permitting Citrus Red No. 2 dye on orange skins because the additive appears to have been unused since 2020.View details →

Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern California; Decreased Assessment RateDepartment of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 24, 2026

AI Summary: The assessment rate for grapes grown in southeastern California would drop from $0.030 to $0.025 per 18-pound lug starting in 2026.View details →

Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Salable Quantities and Allotment Percentages for the 2026-2027 Marketing YearDepartment of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 24, 2026

AI Summary: The USDA proposes setting limits on how much Scotch and Native spearmint oil Far West producers can sell during the 2026-2027 marketing year.View details →

Removal of Reporting RequirementsEqual Employment Opportunity Commission

Proposed Rule  ● Economically Significant  Comments due Aug 24, 2026

AI Summary: The EEOC proposes eliminating requirements for employers to file EEO workforce demographic reports, calling them potentially unconstitutional and unnecessarily burdensome.View details →

Exempting Certain Career Federal Employees From Ethics Reporting RequirementsOffice of Government Ethics

Rule  Comments due Aug 24, 2026

AI Summary: OGE is amending ethics rules to exempt certain Schedule Policy/Career federal employees from filing public financial disclosure reports, maintaining their previous filing status.View details →

Categorical Exclusion Under the National Environmental Policy Act for Certain Terminations or Revocations of Water Power Licenses or ExemptionsDepartment of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Rule

AI Summary: FERC is expanding an existing environmental review exemption to cover certain water power license terminations or revocations causing minimal ground disturbance or water flow changes.View details →

Implementation of EAR Export Controls on Silencers, Mufflers, and Sound Suppressors; and Other Firearms Related ChangesDepartment of Commerce, Industry and Security Bureau

Rule

AI Summary: Commerce is updating export regulations to transfer control of gun silencers from State Department munitions rules, reducing export burdens and allowing firearms to be temporarily exported without individual licenses.View details →

International Traffic in Arms Regulations: USML Category I Firearm SuppressorsDepartment of State

Rule

AI Summary: Firearm suppressors and silencers for non-automatic and semi-automatic weapons will be removed from the U.S. Munitions List under a new State Department rule.View details →

Rescinding Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial of Services on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, and Handicap in Vocational Education ProgramsDepartment of Education

Rule

AI Summary: The Education Department is canceling its 1979 anti-discrimination guidelines for vocational education programs, saying existing civil rights regulations make them unnecessary and burdensome.View details →

Rescinding Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial of Services on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, and Handicap in Vocational Education ProgramsDepartment of Health and Human Services

Rule

AI Summary: HHS is removing outdated 1979 anti-discrimination guidelines for vocational education programs that became irrelevant after those programs transferred to the Department of Education in 1980.View details →

Revocation of the Color Additive Listing for Use of Orange B on Casings or Surfaces of Frankfurters and SausagesDepartment of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration

Rule

AI Summary: FDA is removing Orange B from its approved color additives list because the dye is no longer used on frankfurter and sausage casings, making the regulation unnecessary.View details →

Revision to Rules of Practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal BoardDepartment of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office

Final Rule

0651-AD89 · Received Jul 22, 2026

Federal Ship Financing Program RevisionDepartment of Transportation, Maritime Administration

Interim Final Rule

2133-AC05 · Received Jul 22, 2026

Employer Contributions to Trump Accounts and Nondiscrimination Rules for Dependent Care Assistance ProgramsDepartment of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Rule

1545-BS19 · Received Jul 22, 2026

Revision and Update to 29 CFR Part 1614Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Proposed Rule

3046-AB46 · Received Jul 22, 2026

Modernizing the Commission’s National Environmental Policy Act Rules (WT Docket No. 25-217)Federal Communications Commission

Final Rule

3060-AM15 · Received Jul 22, 2026

SBA Size Standards MethodologySmall Business Administration

Notice

3245-ZA17 · Received Jul 22, 2026

Determining Whether to Submit an ANDA or a 505(b)(2) Application; Draft Guidance for Industry; AvailabilityDepartment of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration

Notice  ● Consistent without Change

0910-ZD49 · Completed Jul 21, 2026

Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers and Conductors; English Language ProficiencyDepartment of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration

Proposed Rule  ● Consistent with Change

2130-AD65 · Completed Jul 22, 2026

Federal Ship Financing Program RevisionDepartment of Transportation, Maritime Administration

Proposed Rule  ● Withdrawn

2133-AC05 · Completed Jul 22, 2026

Employer Contributions to Trump Accounts and Nondiscrimination Rules for Dependent Care Assistance ProgramsDepartment of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Rule  ● Consistent without Change

1545-BS19 · Completed Jul 22, 2026

Horse Protection Act RevisionsDepartment of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Proposed Rule Stage

0579-AE93

Jul 28, 2026 — Friends of Sound Horses (Keith Dane)

Special Areas: Roadless Area Conservation RepealDepartment of Agriculture, Forest Service

Proposed Rule Stage

0596-AD66

Jul 24, 2026 — Dyani Lezama
Jul 24, 2026 — Heart of the Gila Inc. (Patrice Mutchnick)
Jul 27, 2026 — Tuleyome (Sandra Schubert)

Guarding U.S. Medicare Against Rising Drug Costs (GUARD) Model (CMS-5546)Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Final Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

0938-AV74

Jul 23, 2026 — Incyte Corporation (Stacie Abbott)

FY 2027 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System Rate and Quality Reporting Updates (CMS-1847)Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Final Rule Stage

0938-AV77

Jul 23, 2026 — Alexandra Campau

Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals; the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System; and FY 2027 Rates (CMS-1849)Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Final Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

0938-AV79

Jul 24, 2026 — Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (Kevin Stump)
Jul 27, 2026 — Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE), Donor Alliance, and DCI-Donor Services (Christopher Gillott) – Client: Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE), Donor Alliance, and DCI-Donor Services
Jul 27, 2026 — Ieesha Johnson
Jul 28, 2026 — Alston & Bird LLP (Mike Park) – Client: Impulse Dynamics
Jul 28, 2026 — Holland & Knight (Jordan Brossi) – Client: Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
Jul 29, 2026 — Holland & Knight (Jennifer Hananoki) – Client: Versiti

International Traffic in Arms Regulations: USML Categories IV and XVDepartment of State

Interim Final Rule Stage

1400-AE73

Jul 23, 2026 — Rocket Lab (Laura Ross)

Guidance on the application of the fundamental public policy against racial discrimination in schoolsDepartment of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Rule Stage

1545-BS05

Jul 24, 2026 — Alexander Reid

Updated Definition of "Waters of the United States"Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water

Proposed Rule Stage

2040-AG44

Jul 23, 2026 — American Road & Transportation Builders Association (Prianka Sharma)
Jul 28, 2026 — Edison Electric Institute (Patrick McGuire)
Jul 28, 2026 — Competitive Enterprise Institute (Daren Bakst)

Updating the Water Quality Certification RuleEnvironmental Protection Agency, Office of Water

Final Rule Stage

2040-AG47

Jul 28, 2026 — National Hydropower Association (Kathleen Robertson)

Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans: Compliance Date Delay and Changes to Reflect Administration PolicyEnvironmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management

Final Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

2050-AH38

Jul 27, 2026 — Alliance for Chemical Distribution (Nicholas Breslin)

Further Resetting NHTSA’s Fuel Economy ProgramDepartment of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Final Rule Stage

2127-ZA30

Jul 23, 2026 — American Lung Association (William Barrett)