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The Regulation Digest
A weekly compendium of regulatory policy, news and analysis.
"The Regulation Digest is better than an algorithm."
Dr. Roslyn Layton
Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
This Week's Edition
In this issue: Biden Administration releases Spring 2024 Unified Agenda. Federal judge blocks FTC non-compete rule. IRS issues final rule for Reporting Requirements for Digital Asset Transactions. Plus, regulation news and commentary for the week.
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Adam White
Executive Director, Center for the Study of the Administrative State
Previous Editions of Regulation Digest
- July 3, 2024
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In this issue: Experts react to Supreme Court rulings that portend major implications for administrative law and all three branches of government. Longstanding ‘Chevron’ Doctrine overruled.
- June 26, 2024
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In this issue: NHTSA finalizes new CAFE standards. DOT rule will require emergency response officials to be notified of trains carrying hazardous materials. SCOTUS opinion season nears climax. Plus, regulation news and commentary for the week.
- June 20, 2024
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In this issue: CFPB proposes to prohibit credit reporting of medical debt. Biden announces actions to help noncitizen spouses and children of US citizens to apply for lawful permanent residence. Plus, regulatory news and commentary for the week.
- June 12, 2024
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In this issue: DHS implements changes to asylum procedures subject to circumstances at the US-Mexico border. CFPB proposes to ban medical debt from credit reports.
- June 5, 2024
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In this issue: Biden proclamation aims to cap asylum claims at the US-Mexico border. Is Congress ready for a post-Chevron world? Biden vetoes Congressional disapproval of SEC bulletin on crypto assets.
- May 29, 2024
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In this issue: House votes to make CFTC the main US crypto regulator. FERC amends rule for electric transmission facility permit applications. HUD proposes incentives for green building standards in new housing construction.
- May 22, 2024
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In this issue: CFPB funding structure upheld by the Supreme Court. FCC finalizes rule reinstating Net Neutrality. CMS proposes performance-based incentives to increase access to kidney transplants. Plus, regulation news and commentary for the week.
- May 15, 2024
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In this issue: EPA finalizes new emissions standards for power plants, amends GHG reporting reqs for petrol & LNG sources. NHTSA adopts new safety standards for light vehicle automatic braking systems. Plus, regulation news and commentary for the week.
- May 8, 2024
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In this issue: It’s raining rules. EPA designates PFAS under Superfund. Non-competes clause rule is finalized. Regulatory Studies Center work on Congressional Review Act spotlighted in WSJ, The Economist, The Hill, Forbes, and ABA AdminLaw conference.
- May 1, 2024
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In this issue: DEA to reclassify marijuana. DOT finalizes airline fee transparency and refund rules. Long-awaited clean energy rule for federal buildings is finalized. Plus, regulatory news and commentary for the week.
The Regulatory Studies Center Update
A monthly(ish) collection of working papers, events, op-eds and insights.
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Updates from the Regulatory Studies Center for May 2024 include: Graduate Certificate in Regulatory Policy and Practice to Launch Fall 2024. Gift establishes the Beales Regulatory Studies Center Research Fund, supporting applied research on regulation impacts. April was the busiest month on record for big ticket rules.
Previous Editions of the Regulatory Studies Center Update
- March 2024
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Regulatory Studies Center to host June 5 forum, Regulation by Enforcement: Blockchain and Crypto. Congress takes action on technology and public commenting. A look-back at the law: How Congress uses the Congressional Review Act. Breakout discussion summaries now available online from "Building on Regulatory Foundations" event.
- January 2024
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This update features the announcement of Roger Nober as the Center's new director; a look back at major trends from our 2023 Regulatory Year in Review; Mary Sullivan's public interest comment on the FTC's Proposed Junk Fees Rule; an overview of the Biden Administration's Fall 2023 Unified Agenda; and highlights and photos from our November event exploring emerging challenges and technology in regulatory practice: Building On Regulatory Foundations.
- October 2023
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This update includes a joint essay for The Regulatory Review authored by former presidents of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA) including RSC's Joseph Cordes and Susan Dudley: Promoting Best Practices for US Regulatory Analysis.
Featured publications include commentary by Sarah Hay on the Congressional Review Act, a public interest comment by Mary Sullivan on Draft FTC-DOJ Merger Guidelines, papers by peer reviewers including Joseph Cordes on the OMB Draft Circular A-4, a working paper by Robert W. Crandall on vertical integration in the communications industry and net neutrality, and a WSJ op-ed by Susan Dudley and W. Kip Viscusi: Biden’s OMB Politicizes Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Recent podcasts highlight topics including the Call for an AM Radio Mandate, Mary Sullivan and Joe Cordes on the Draft FTC-DOJ Merger Guidelines, and Reeve Bull on Building an Evidence-Based System of Regulatory Analysis from the Bottom Up.
- August 2023
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The Regulatory Studies Center prepares for a new era as we seek our next Center Director and Research Professor. Founder and director Susan Dudley will continue to be an affiliated scholar and professor in the Trachtenberg School for Public Policy and Public Administration.
In an interview with an MPP alumna, we catch up with Claire Garvin to learn more about her exciting career path in regulatory policy.
A bevy of public interest comments provided input on the OMB Draft Circular A-4 including:
- The Discounting Dilemma and Using Distributional Weights in Circular A-4 Would Encourage Wasteful Rent-Seeking by Brian Mannix
- Simpler, More Transparent Analysis Will Make Circular A-4 More Valuable to the Regulatory Process by Christopher Carrigan & Stuart Shapiro
- OMB Draft Circular A4: Safeguarding Objective and Evidence-Based Principles for Regulatory Impact Analysis by Susan Dudley
- On Draft Circular A4, Behavioral Biases, and Discount Rates by Howard Beales III
- Distributional Weights Should Be Dropped from the Draft Circular A-4 by Mary Sullivan