Senate confirms new FCC chair, USDA exempts itself from APA requirements in certain situations, and more…
The Senate unanimously confirms Tom Wheeler to be the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) decides to not use notice-and-comment rulemaking when the Administrative Procedure Act does not require it.
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) delays a decade-old proposed rule on silica dust for forty-seven days to get more comments.
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requests comments on a technical report on Certified-Advanced Air Bags.
- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) proposes strict liquidity rules for big banks which go beyond international standards,
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends stricter regulation on painkillers.
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sues a Kentucky law firm for alleged payment of illegal mortgage kickbacks.
- The Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) reopens the comment period on rule making certain wolverines an endangered species.
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issues a report on the cost of Affordable Care Act healthcare for young people.
- Massachusetts state legislature considers a bill to regulate electronic cigarettes.
- San Francisco may regulate soda soon by considering new taxes.
- California state legislators may face recall over gun-control votes.
- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) “files lawsuit challenging Arizona medical marijuana regulation.”
