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Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards
The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a final rule amending the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. Among other topics, these amendments include clarification of fire sprinkler requirements for manufactured homes, changes to gas piping requirements, and changes to water heater language. Effective March 17, 2025.

Minimum Standards for ID Cards
The Transportation Security Administration issued a proposed rule that would allow agencies to implement REAL ID regulations through a phased enforcement plan. Agencies would need to coordinate their plans with the Department of Homeland Security, make the plans publicly available, and achieve full enforcement by May 5, 2027. Comments due October 15.

Robocall Mitigation Database
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a proposed rule on procedural measures that would require Robocall Mitigation Database filers to take additional steps to ensure the accuracy of submitted information, potential technical solutions for validating data, and accountability measures to ensure and improve the overall quality of submissions in the Database. Comments due October 15.

Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural America
FCC is seeking comment on whether to require a winning bidder in the 5G Fund Phase I auction to demonstrate during the long-form application process that it has obtained the consent of the relevant tribal governments for any necessary access to deploy network facilities using its 5G Fund support on tribal lands within the areas of its winning bids. Comments due October 17.

Organ Procurement and Transplantation
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule that would remove clinical research and institutional review board requirements for transplantation of livers and kidneys from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV. The Secretary of HHS proposes to remove participation in clinical research as a requirement for transplantation of HIV-positive organs from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV. Comments due October 15.

The Opinion Section

Jay Cost: How the Myth of the Coequal Branches Became the Norm

Adam J. White: Congress, Faithful Execution, and Judge Silberman’s Constitutional Honor

Clyde Wayne Crews: Sen. Rand Paul’s REINvention: The Law That’s About to Lasso Big Government

WSJ Editorial Board: All the President’s Legal Defeats

David Super: The Misleadingly Named ‘Fix Our Forests Act’ Would Do Anything But

Sean Patrick Cooper: Noisy, Hungry Data Centers are Catching Communities by Surprise

Rainer Zitelmann: 80 Years Later, are We Still on ‘The Road to Serfdom’?

In the News

Governance & Politics

Senate GOP Abandons Anti-Biden Strategy After Unexpected Backfire, Axios
Trump’s Second-Term Agenda: Breaking the Bureaucracy, Government Executive

Financial Markets & Housing

FDIC Says Banks Need to Keep a Record of Their Fintech Customers, New York Times
Bank Mergers May Get Tougher to Do, New York Times
Why Harris and Trump Can't Stop Talking About Housing, Axios
US Warns Banks Against Charging Overdraft Fees Without Consent, Bloomberg
Biden’s 15% Minimum Tax on Big Companies Gets 603-Page Rulebook, Wall Street Journal

Energy & Environment

New EU Climate and Competition Chiefs to Develop Bloc's 'Clean Industrial Deal', Reuters

Health & Safety

HHS Updates Rules for Probing Research Misconduct, Axios

Business

Hotel and Airline Junk Fees Are Easier to Spot–and You’ll Keep Paying, Wall Street Journal

Former Google, OpenAI Employees Testify Before Senate on AI Regulation, The Hill
Biden Team Looks to Ease AI-Climate Collision, Axios
Congress is Gridlocked. These Members are Convinced AI Legislation Could Break Through, Associated Press
Senate Dems Ask OMB for More Regulations, Support to Mitigate Algorithm Bias, Government Executive
California Passes AI Laws to Curb Election Deepfakes, Protect Actors, Washington Post

Technology

Instagram Makes All Teen Accounts Private, in a Highly Scrutinized Push for Child Safety, NPR
Will TikTok Be Banned in January? That Question is Headed to Court, New York Times
CISA Issues Guide to Help Federal Agencies Set Cybersecurity Priorities, Government Executive
A Contractor Cybersecurity Regime is Coming Faster Than You Think, Federal News Network
UK Introduces Bill to Recognize Digital Assets as Personal Property, Forbes
The EU is Losing Two Titans of Tech Regulation, Testing its Resolve, Washington Post

Transportation & Infrastructure

Railroads and Regulators Must Address the Dangers of Long Trains, Report Says, Associated Press
Alaska Airlines’ Acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines Cleared by Regulator, New York Times

Education

CFPB Calls for Limits, $120 Million Fine Against Navient for Student Loan Practices, Wall Street Journal

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