WASHINGTON, July 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a rule entitled "Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological and Ethnological Material of India." This rule amends Customs and Border Protection regulations by imposing import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological material from the Republic of India. These restrictions are enacted pursuant to a bilateral agreement between the United States and India, authorized  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Defense has issued a rule (Docket ID: DOD-2020-HA-0050) entitled "Tricare Clinical Trial Benefit Expansion and Modernization." This rule imposes changes to Tricare's coverage of clinical trials aiming to prepare for future health emergencies and broaden beneficiary access to emerging treatments. The rule introduces four major expansions to Tricare's clinical trial benefits including permanent coverage for National Institute of Allergy and In  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Education has issued a rule (ED-2025-OESE-0021) entitled "Final Waiver and Extension of the Project Period With Funding for Arts in Education National Program." This rule waives requirements in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations that typically prohibit extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. This waiver and extension will allow one project under Assistance Listing Number 84.351A to receive fu  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has issued a proposed rule entitled "Adjusting and Indexing Certain Regulatory Thresholds." FDIC is inviting comment on this proposed rule which seeks to amend several regulatory thresholds within its regulations to account for inflation. The primary objective is to update these thresholds to reflect inflation from their initial implementation or most recent adjustment. The proposal also introduces an indexing methodology for fu  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a proposed rule entitled "Fair Lending, Fair Housing and Equitable Housing Finance Plans." The rule proposes to repeal the regulation to reduce regulatory burdens and align with current administration policies. The proposed rule aims to eliminate the Fair Lending, Fair Housing and Equitable Housing Finance Plans regulation, which requires compliance with statutes like the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportuni  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a rule (Docket ID: OSM-2022-0004; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 242S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 24XS501520) entitled "West Virginia Regulatory Program." This rule approves an amendment to the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act as outlined in House Bill 4758 of 2022 to enhance the tracking of reclamation liabilities for coal mining operations i  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 (TNSFR) -- Fugro USA Marine Inc., Houston, Texas, has received a modified letter of authorization from the U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The authorization permits the incidental taking of marine mammals during geophysical survey activities in the Gulf of America. The letter of authorization was issued in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which allows for the unintentional taking of small numbers of marine mammals  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSFR) -- The Yurok Tribe has submitted a Tribal Resource Management Plan to the U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that outlines harvest and monitoring activities for tribal fisheries, specifically those affecting Endangered Species Act-listed Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast coho salmon. NOAA has prepared a proposed evaluation and pending determination to assess whether implementing the TRMP will appreciably reduce the lik  more