The Daily Roundup – Tuesday, August 4, 2026: Accessible Lavatories on Single-Aisle Aircraft and Ensuring Safe Accommodations…

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Anchorage Systems; Child Restraint SystemsDepartment of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Proposed Rule  Comments due Sep 3, 2026

AI Summary: NHTSA proposes extending compliance timelines for updated child restraint anchorage rules and granting certain manufacturer exemption requests while denying one tether routing petition.View details →

Revision of Freedom of Information Act RegulationsArchitectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

Proposed Rule  Comments due Sep 3, 2026

AI Summary: The Access Board proposes updating its Freedom of Information Act regulations to modernize procedures, reflect current technology, and incorporate recent legal changes and guidelines.View details →

Petition for Rulemaking of Matheus Garcia PereiraFederal Trade Commission

Proposed Rule  Comments due Sep 3, 2026

AI Summary: The FTC received a rulemaking petition from Matheus Garcia Pereira and is inviting public comments on it.View details →

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 72Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Rule  Comments due Sep 3, 2026

AI Summary: NMFS updates catch limits and overfishing criteria for northeastern groundfish stocks, including new management rules for recreational Atlantic cod and haddock fishing.View details →

Regulatory Modernization and Relief for Mutual Holding CompaniesFederal Reserve System

Proposed Rule  Comments due Oct 5, 2026

AI Summary: The Federal Reserve proposes updating rules for mutual holding companies by easing dividend requirements, simplifying stock conversion processes, and clarifying capital instrument regulations.View details →

Loans to Executive Officers, Directors, and Principal Shareholders of Member Banks; Bank Holding CompaniesFederal Reserve System

Proposed Rule  Comments due Oct 5, 2026

AI Summary: The Federal Reserve proposes updating its rules on bank loans to insiders to modernize requirements, reduce burden, clarify existing rules, and adjust outdated dollar thresholds.View details →

Accessible Lavatories on Single-Aisle Aircraft and Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers With Disabilities Using WheelchairsDepartment of Transportation

Rule  ● Economically Significant

AI Summary: The Transportation Department is delaying enforcement of certain airline disability accommodation rules, including wheelchair handling and lavatory accessibility training requirements, until April 30, 2027.View details →

Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 14175Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Rule

AI Summary: The rule extends requalification periods to 10 years and permits ultrasonic testing for certain compressed gas cylinders, reducing regulatory burdens on stakeholders.View details →

Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21287Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Rule

AI Summary: Federal rules are updated to ease transportation requirements for household appliances like refrigerators and air conditioners containing small amounts of low-flammability refrigerant gases.View details →

Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21379Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Rule

AI Summary: The rule eases transportation requirements for refrigerating machines and components containing certain low-flammability refrigerant gases by incorporating an existing special permit into federal regulations.View details →

Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21478Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Rule

AI Summary: Empty hazardous material containers being transported can now skip shipping papers, placards, and UN identification numbers under this new federal rule.View details →

Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permits 12412 and 11646 Into the Hazardous Materials RegulationsDepartment of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Rule

AI Summary: Two existing hazardous materials special permits are being permanently added to federal regulations, reducing paperwork and supporting commerce while maintaining safety.View details →

Hazardous Materials: Improving Efficiencies for Special Permits and Approvals RenewalsDepartment of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Rule

AI Summary: Companies can now renew hazardous materials special permits or approvals at any point before expiration instead of being required to apply 60 days early.View details →

Hazardous Materials: Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank AccountDepartment of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Rule

AI Summary: Hazardous materials transporters must now pay registration fees electronically instead of by paper check, streamlining processing and matching federal electronic payment standards.View details →

White Paper: Proposed Definition of Ultra-Processed FoodDepartment of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration

Notice

0910-ZD60 · Received Aug 3, 2026

Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program; Data AvailabilityDepartment of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Final Rule

1205-AC11 · Received Aug 3, 2026

Unemployment Insurance Work Search RequirementsDepartment of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Proposed Rule

1205-AC31 · Received Aug 3, 2026

International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Modification of U.S. Munitions List Category XX(a)Department of State

Interim Final Rule

1400-AG35 · Received Aug 3, 2026

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

Proposed Rule Stage

0579-AE93

Aug 10, 2026 — Animal Welfare Institute (Joanna Grossman)

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): WIC Online Ordering and Transactions and Food Delivery Revisions to Meet the Needs of a Modern, Data-Driven ProgramDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service

Final Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

0584-AE85

Aug 6, 2026 — Walmart (Patrick Delaney)

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

Proposed Rule Stage

0596-AD66

Aug 4, 2026 — Keep the Sespe Wild (Peter Deneen)
Aug 4, 2026 — Firefighters United For Safety Ethics and Ecology (Autumn Lukens)
Aug 6, 2026 — Save Our Canyons (Doug Tolman)
Aug 10, 2026 — Tuleyome (Sandra Schubert)

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

Final Rule Stage

0651-AD89

Aug 5, 2026 — Association for Competitive Technology (Amanda Guilardi)
Aug 6, 2026 — Lenovo (U.S.) Inc. (Anthony Del Monaco) – Client: Lenovo (U.S.) Inc.
Aug 10, 2026 — High Tech Inventors Alliance (David Jones)

Administrative Detention of Tobacco ProductsDepartment of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration

Proposed Rule Stage

0910-AI05

Aug 6, 2026 — Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (Andrew Tardiff)

Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing (GLOBE) Model (CMS-5545)Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Final Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

0938-AV66

Aug 4, 2026 — Sharon Pearce

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

Aug 4, 2026 — Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (Sharon Pearce)
Aug 4, 2026 — Barry Liden
Aug 6, 2026 — Biotechnology Innovation Organization (Crystal Kuntz)

Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance (CMS-9881)Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Proposed Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

0938-AV92

Aug 5, 2026 — National Employers Association (Jonathan Rotman)

Planning and Designation of Areas of Critical Environmental ConcernDepartment of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Proposed Rule Stage

1004-AF53

Aug 5, 2026 — Wild Montana (Hilary Eisen)
Aug 6, 2026 — Conservation Lands Foundation (Kara Matsumoto)

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

Proposed Rule Stage

2040-AG44

Aug 4, 2026 — American Chemistry Council (Carly Zaccaria)
Aug 5, 2026 — Natural Resources Defense Council (Jon Devine)

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

Final Rule Stage

2040-AG47

Aug 4, 2026 — League of Conservation Voters (Madeleine Foote)

SJRES 204 (Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA])

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration relating to "Rescinding the Definition of ‘Harm’ Under the Endangered Species Act".

Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.