Agency Rulemaking Highlights

Notable Actions

• Social Security Advisory Board Urges Quick Action on SSA Nominee, End to 6-Year Terms, Government Executive
• Conservatives Hope Supreme Court Defangs US Consumer Watchdog, Reuters
• Canada, in Policy Shift, Weighs Capping Student Visas, Wall Street Journal

• Wall Street Asks Fed to Please Take Back US Bank Capital Rules, Bloomberg
• CFTC Cracks Down on DeFi Firms Over Crypto Derivatives Trading, Wall Street Journal
• Federal Court Says Consumer Watchdog Can’t Check Banks for Discrimination, New York Times
• Behind SEC Chair Gary Gensler's Wins and Losses, Axios
• How the Largest US Crypto Exchange is Brawling With the SEC, Axios
• UK Regulator to Increase Oversight of Bank Risk Controls, Wall Street Journal

• Biden Approved a Big Oil Project. Now, He’s Cracking Down on Drilling, New York Times
• As EPA Drowns in CCS Applications, Oil States Want to Take Control, E&E News
• Biden Withdraws Energy Nominee Amid Manchin Opposition Over Stove Rule, The Hill
• Groups Sue EPA in an Effort to Strengthen Oversight of Livestock Operations, Associated Press
• Endangered Species and Climate Change, NPR
• For a Pittance, Miners Can Work Public Land. There’s a Push to Make Them Pay, New York Times
  
• California Gets Ahead of SEC in Forcing Firms’ Carbon Disclosure, Bloomberg
• California Assembly Passes Landmark Emissions Disclosure Bill, The Hill
• California Lawmakers Approve the Nation’s Most Sweeping Emissions Disclosure Rules for Big Business, Associated Press
• California Needs Nuclear in Clean-Energy Race, Regulator Says, Bloomberg
• South Dakota Panel Denies Application for CO2 Pipeline, Associated Press

• US v. Google: What to Know About the Biggest Antitrust Trial in 20 Years, Wall Street Journal
• Google’s Defense in Landmark Antitrust Case Hinges on Lawyers Who Took on Microsoft, Wall Street Journal
• Google Goes on Trial Over Justice Dept. Claims That It Has Monopoly Power, New York Times
• United States Takes on Google in Biggest Tech Monopoly Trial of 21st Century, NPR
• Appeals Court Slaps Biden Administration for Contact With Social Media Companies, NPR
• Restaurants and Unions Agree to Raise Pay to $20 an Hour in California, New York Times
• Senate Confirms Biden’s FCC Nominee, Breaking Years-long Deadlock, Washington Post
• How the US Stumbled Into Using Chips as a Weapon Against China, Wall Street Journal

• An AI Leader Urges Regulation and a Rethink, New York Times
• 8 More Companies Pledge to Make AI Safe, White House Says, New York Times
  
• 2 Senators Propose Bipartisan Framework for AI Laws, New York Times
• Senate Tees Up AI Hearings, The Hill
• Poll: Americans Believe AI Will Hurt Elections, Axios
• AI is Part of a 'New Era' at IRS, Commissioner Says, Government Executive
• Governments Race to Regulate AI Tools, Reuters
• Civil Rights Group Starts Center to Monitor AI for Hate Speech, Axios

• HHS Proposes Stronger Anti-discrimination Rules for Disabled Patients, Axios
• The CDC Faces a Dilemma Over Recommending a New COVID Booster for All, Government Executive
• Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Maintain Abortion-Pill Access, Wall Street Journal
• Here’s Something Past Its Expiration Date: The Expiration Date Itself, Wall Street Journal
• Decongestant in Cold Medicines Found Ineffective, Wall Street Journal
• Rocks, Insects, Plastics and Other Foreign Objects Often End Up In Our Food. Here’s How it Happens, Associated Press

• Mike Whitaker Is President Biden’s Pick to Lead FAA, Wall Street Journal
• Biden Nominates Former Airline Executive for Top FAA Job, Washington Post
• Whose Rail Line Is It Anyway? Freight Carriers Could Be Forced to Share Tracks With Competitors, Wall Street Journal
• Federal Railroad Inspectors Find Alarming Number of Defects on Union Pacific this Summer, Associated Press

• Students Press Biden Administration to Finalize New Title IX Rules, Inside Higher Ed