The Daily Roundup – Thursday, July 2, 2026

Personnel Management in Agencies: Strategic Human Capital ManagementOffice of Personnel Management

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 3, 2026

AI Summary: OPM proposes replacing existing human capital planning and review processes with new staffing-focused equivalents while strengthening Chief Human Capital Officers’ oversight authority and reducing required employee survey questions.View details →

Promoting Employee AccountabilityOffice of Personnel Management

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 3, 2026

AI Summary: Federal agencies propose streamlining procedures for removing or demoting poor-performing employees, reforming appeals review standards, and restricting agreements that hide misconduct records.View details →

Federal Plan Requirements for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units That Commenced Construction on or Before August 31, 2020, and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed After August 29, 2025Environmental Protection Agency

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 3, 2026

AI Summary: EPA proposes a backup federal plan to enforce updated 2025 emission standards for existing solid waste incineration units in states or tribal areas that fail to submit their own approved plans.View details →

Enabling Supersonic Overland FlightDepartment of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 17, 2026

AI Summary: The FAA proposes replacing its ban on civil supersonic flight over land with noise-based standards, enabling commercial supersonic aircraft operations across the United States.View details →

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modifications to Printed Circuit Board Acquisition Restrictions (DFARS Case 2022-D011)Department of Defense, Defense Acquisition Regulations Council

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 31, 2026

AI Summary: DoD is gathering public input to help develop rules restricting military purchases of printed circuit boards from certain prohibited nations.View details →

EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022; Ensuring the Integrity of the EB-5 Program; Automatic Revocation of Petitions for Immigrant ClassificationDepartment of Homeland Security

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 31, 2026

AI Summary: This proposed rule would implement 2022 legislation reforming the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program, which grants permanent residency to foreign nationals who invest in U.S. businesses creating ten full-time jobs.View details →

Direct Multifamily Housing Subsequent Loans for AcquisitionDepartment of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service

Proposed Rule  Comments due Aug 31, 2026

AI Summary: USDA proposes allowing owners of agency-financed multifamily housing to apply for additional federal loans to fund property acquisitions in preservation transactions.View details →

Increase in Threshold for Requiring Information Reporting With Respect to Certain Payees; Extension and Modification of Limitation on Wagering Losses; HearingDepartment of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Rule  ● Economically Significant

AI Summary: A public hearing is scheduled on proposed IRS rules that would change dollar thresholds for business payment reporting, backup withholding, and wagering loss regulations.View details →

Increasing Flexibility on Disclosure of Airline Ancillary FeesDepartment of Transportation

Rule

AI Summary: The DOT is restoring its 2011 airline ancillary fee disclosure rules after a court struck down the stricter 2024 transparency requirements.View details →

National Environmental Policy ActDepartment of Agriculture

Rule

AI Summary: The Agriculture Department is fixing a technical error in its National Environmental Policy Act rule published on April 3, 2026.View details →

Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Children, Youth, and Family ProgramsDepartment of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

Rule

AI Summary: The government is removing redundant regulations for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program to simplify the rules and make them easier for the public to understand.View details →

Rescinding Portions of Department of Labor Title VI RegulationsDepartment of Labor

Rule

AI Summary: The Department of Labor is removing disparate-impact discrimination liability from its Title VI civil rights regulations to align with the law’s original meaning and reduce compliance costs.View details →

Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Cardiovascular DisordersSocial Security Administration

Rule

AI Summary: The Social Security Administration is updating its medical evaluation criteria for cardiovascular disorders to reflect new medical knowledge and adjudicative experience.View details →

Counter-UAS Authority for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement and Correctional AgenciesDepartment of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Interim Final Rule

1110-AA39 · Received Jul 1, 2026

CY 2027 Hospital Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1850)Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Proposed Rule  ● Economically Significant  ● Consistent with Change

0938-AV83 · Completed Jul 1, 2026

Counter-UAS Authority for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement and Correctional AgenciesDepartment of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Interim Final Rule  ● Consistent with Change

1110-AA39 · Completed Jul 1, 2026

Notice Regarding 340B Rebate Model Pilot ProgramDepartment of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

Prerule Stage

0906-ZA23

Jul 7, 2026 — Bristol Myers Squibb (Richard Meyers)
Jul 7, 2026 — Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) (Jack Geisser)
Jul 8, 2026 — 340B Health (Amanda Nagrotsky)

CY 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and Home Infusion Therapy Services Payment Update (CMS-1844)Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Proposed Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

0938-AV80

Jul 2, 2026 — National Alliance for Care at Home (Hillary Loeffler)

CY 2027 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1848)Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Proposed Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

0938-AV82

Jul 2, 2026 — Holland & Knight (Miranda Franco) – Client: Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)

Unaccompanied Alien Children Program Foundational Rule; Updates to Accord with the Hyde AmendmentDepartment of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

Proposed Rule Stage

0970-AD34

Jul 6, 2026 — If/When/How Student Chapter (Julia Nunamaker)

Rescinding Unnecessary Notice and Comment ProceduresSmall Business Administration

Final Rule Stage

3245-AI74

Jul 7, 2026 — Outlook Law (Katherine Scott) – Client: Christine Williams