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Listed below are documents published in the Federal Register and open for comment that may significantly affect small businesses. Advocacy encourages affected small businesses to provide the Federal agency issuing the notice with comments on the proposed action and the agency’s analysis of its potential impacts on small business. Please share with the Office of Advocacy your comments on these and other regulatory proposals of importance to small businesses.
The Regulatory Alerts Archive can be found here: https://advocacy.sba.gov/category/alerts-archive/.
FCC Proposes Rules to Increase Tribal Participation in E-Rate
The Federal Communications Commission voted to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking at its February 16, 2023 Open Meeting asking for public comment seeking comment on steps to encourage greater participation by eligible Tribal applicants…
BOEM Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule for Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources
On February 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a rule aimed at protecting archaeological resources from impacts of activities conducted on the Outer Continental Shelf. The…
The CFPB Proposes Rulemaking on Registry of Supervised Nonbanks that Use Form Contracts to Impose…
On February 1, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) posted a notice of proposed rulemaking rule to require that nonbanks subject to its supervisory authority to register each year in a nonbank registration system…
CFPB Publishes Proposed Rulemaking on the Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain…
On January 30, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on the Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders. The…
BOEM Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule for Renewable Energy Modernization
On January 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a proposed renewable energy modernization rule. BOEM’s regulations have not been updated since 2009. The proposed rule aims to…
DOE Seeks Comments on Reviews of Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Various…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is requesting comments and information on reviews of several current energy conservation standards, test procedures, and notices of data availability for the products listed below. In conducting these…
TTB Seeks Comments on Alcohol Trade Practice Regulations
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) seeks public comment on the agency’s trade practice regulations related to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act's exclusive outlet, tied house, commercial bribery, and consignment sales…
Federal Trade Commission Issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Non-Compete Clause Rule
Updated 3.16.23
On January 9, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“Commission”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking for the Non-Compete Clause Rule.
The proposed rule would, among other things, prohibit an employer to:
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