Daily Roundup

USDA’s economically significant proposed rule on SNAP federal-state administrative cost sharing has an extended comment deadline of September 8, 2026. Relatedly, OIRA recently completed review of a SNAP work-requirements modification…

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security published a final rule relaxing export controls on certain drones and related software, raising endurance thresholds and removing some national security restrictions…

CMS published a final rule banning federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender transition procedures for minors, with a six-month wind-down for children already on hormone therapy. Separately, OIRA recently…

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the FDIC published an economically significant proposed rule to overhaul Community Reinvestment Act regulations, aiming to redirect bank lending toward local…

FDA’s economically significant proposed rule would require companies to formally submit generally recognized as safe (GRAS) notices before using any substance claimed as generally recognized as safe in human or…

HUD is proposing to strip disparate-impact liability rules from its Title VI regulations, leaving such claims to courts and aligning with DOJ standards. DHS is also finalizing an expansion of…

The Administration for Children and Families published an economically significant proposed rule to replace 2024 Head Start performance standards, shifting program control toward local agencies and parents while restructuring health…

Interior’s proposed rule on Arctic Outer Continental Shelf exploratory drilling would ease requirements for blowout preventer monitoring, crane operations, and exploration plans. The CFTC also proposes new conflict-of-interest and disclosure…

The CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights rule has entered OIRA review, a significant development for open banking stakeholders still tracking the agency’s reconsideration of that framework. Also recently entering OIRA…

The Transportation Department is delaying enforcement of its wheelchair handling and lavatory accessibility training requirements for airlines until April 30, 2027. The Federal Reserve separately proposes modernizing insider lending rules…

CMS finalized two economically significant Medicare payment rules today, updating hospice and inpatient rehabilitation facility rates for fiscal year 2027. The IRF rule finalizes the phaseout of the rural payment…

The FAA finalized an economically significant rule requiring aircraft radio altimeters to meet new interference-resistance standards before nearby spectrum bands open to expanded wireless services. CMS also finalized economically significant…