Reports on Federal Agency Major Rules

Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, the Government Accountability Office provides a report to the Committees of Jurisdiction of both houses of Congress on major rules proposed by Federal Agencies within 15 days of the receipt of a copy of the rule at the Government Accountability Office or publication in the Federal Register, whichever is later. The reports are in letter format and are listed below, arranged by date of issuance, most recent first.

 

New reports on federal agency major rules added in the past 7 days.

Recent Reports on Federal Agency Major Rules

Issued in the past 90 days

Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates; Payments for Graduate Medical Education in Certain Emergency Situations; Changes to Disclosure of Physician Ownership in Hospitals and Physician Self-Referral Rules; Updates to the Long-Term Care Prospective Payment System; Updates to Certain IPPS-Excluded Hospitals;
GAO-08-1119R, September 2, 2008
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Federal Trade Commission: Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
GAO-08-1118R, August 29, 2008
Summary (HTML)   Full Report (PDF, 4 pages)   Full Report (HTML)  
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Fire Safety Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities, Automatic Sprinkler Systems
GAO-08-1106R, August 27, 2008
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Federal Communications Commission: Commercial Mobile Alert System
GAO-08-1116R, August 27, 2008
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Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2009
GAO-08-1101R, August 22, 2008
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Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2009
GAO-08-1100R, August 22, 2008
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Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service: Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Beef, Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Goat Meat, Perishable Agricultural Commodities, Peanuts, Pecans, Ginseng, and Macadamia Nuts
GAO-08-1093R, August 13, 2008
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Environmental Protection Agency: Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries
GAO-08-1072R, August 11, 2008
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Federal Communications Commission: Commercial Mobile Alert System
GAO-08-1070R, August 6, 2008
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Securities and Exchange Commission: Internal Control Over Financial Reporting in Exchange Act Periodic Reports of Non-Accelerated Filers
GAO-08-998R, July 16, 2008
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Department of Education: The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program and Other Federal Aid Programs
GAO-08-969R, July 15, 2008
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Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation: Cotton World Price Determination
GAO-08-963R, July 8, 2008
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Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2008-004, Prohibition on Restricted Business Operations in Sudan and Imports from Burma
GAO-08-949R, July 3, 2008
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Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); Retrospective Adjustment for Additional Allotments To Eliminate Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Funding Shortfalls; Final SCHIP Allotments for FYs 2008 and 2009; Redistribution of Unused SCHIP FY 2005 Allotments To Eliminate FY 2008 Funding Shortfalls; Additional Allotments To Eliminate FY 2008 Funding Shortfalls
GAO-08-952R, July 3, 2008
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Federal Communications Commission: Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Establishes Post-Reconfiguration 800 MHz Band Plan for the U.S.-Canada Border Regions
GAO-08-929R, June 27, 2008
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Department of Homeland Security: Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: Changes to the Visa Waiver Program to Implement the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Program
GAO-08-906R, June 23, 2008
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for FY 2008
GAO-08-910R, June 23, 2008
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Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary: User Fees
GAO-08-882R, June 10, 2008
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