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U.S. State Regulations & Administrative Codes

State regulations, or administrative laws, are rules adopted by the executive branch and agencies of each state. These regulations provide guidance on how to follow the laws (statutes) passed by the legislative bodies of each state.

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Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2026-08-31-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2026-08-31
Affirmative Asylum Referrals Without Interview
Document Number: C3-2026-15190
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
Declaring a National Emergency To Secure the United States Bulk-Power System
Document Number: 2026-17843
Type: Executive Order
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer
Document Number: 2026-17842
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Fifth Anniversary of the Attack at Abbey Gate
Document Number: 2026-17841
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Petition for Exemption and Other Relief
Document Number: 2026-17800
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
On July 23, 2026, JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue) and Spirit Airlines, LLC (Spirit) (together, the carriers) petitioned the Department of Transportation (the Department) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for an exemption from the prohibition on selling or purchasing Operating Authorizations (slots) at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA). The carriers requested the exemption to allow them to consummate a transaction in which Spirit would sell 22 slots to JetBlue.
Permitting Use of Computer-Based, Three-Dimensional Simulation for Periodic Refresher Training on Brake Systems
Document Number: 2026-17792
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This rule permits railroads to use a simulation that is instructor-led, computer-based, and three-dimensional (3D) to satisfy the hands-on portion of periodic refresher training under FRA's brake system training requirements, consistent with waivers FRA has granted to date. This computer-based 3D simulation training can provide employees with randomized scenarios that may not be readily available for hands-on training and facilitate real-time feedback on performance of duties.
Miscellaneous Amendments to FRA's Accident Reporting Regulations
Document Number: 2026-17791
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This rule makes miscellaneous amendments to FRA's accident reporting regulations. Specifically, these amendments promote submitting documents to FRA electronically, eliminate redundant regulations, and allow railroads with additional time to complete certain forms.
Retiring Form FRA F 6180.107 and Form FRA F 6180.150
Document Number: 2026-17790
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This rule retires Form FRA F 6180.107, "Alternative Record for Illnesses Claimed to be Work-Related" (Form 6180.107), and Form FRA F 6180.150, "Highway User Injury Inquiry Form" (Form 6180.150). This rule also changes the record retention period required under FRA's accident reporting regulations and makes other technical corrections.
Repealing Outdated Railroad Workplace Safety Requirements and Making Other Improvements
Document Number: 2026-17789
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This rule repeals several roadway workplace safety requirements that have become obsolete. In addition, FRA establishes a new special approval procedure to enable regulated entities, after public notice and FRA approval, to utilize an alternative approach to bridge worker safety that provides for an equivalent or better level of safety. Also, this rule clarifies that the required training for operators of roadway maintenance machines equipped with a crane includes specific aspects such as maintaining vertical clearance.
Expanding Certain Locomotive Wheel Set Diameter Variations
Document Number: 2026-17788
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This rule amends FRA's locomotive safety regulations to expand the maximum permitted variation in diameter for locomotive wheel sets using alternating current technology, in response to a Class I railroad's May 2019 petition for rulemaking and innovations in traction motor control.
Repealing Special Approval Requirement for Freight Cars More Than 50 Years Old
Document Number: 2026-17787
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This rule amends FRA's freight car safety regulations to repeal the requirement for special approval to place or to continue a freight car in service if it is more than 50 years old or equipped with any design or type component listed in appendix A to part 215. This final rule allows railroads to continue or to place such cars in service with notice to FRA, providing certain information that has previously been required in petitions for special approval.
Enhancing Railroad Discretion in Sounding Locomotive Horns at Passenger Stations
Document Number: 2026-17786
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This final rule amends safety standards related to the use of the locomotive horn to clarify that no Federal regulation requires a railroad to sound a locomotive horn because of the presence of a passenger station. The final rule clarifies that a railroad has discretion to determine policies for sounding a locomotive horn at a passenger station through railroad operating rules. The final rule also provides that if a railroad decides to sound a locomotive horn at a passenger station, the minimum sound level requirements in FRA's Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards do not apply to the sound produced by the horn.
Amendments to Brake System Maintenance and Inspection Requirements
Document Number: 2026-17784
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This rule amends mechanical equipment safety standards related to brake inspections for passenger and freight rail equipment and incorporates longstanding waivers for locomotive brake system maintenance and inspection requirements. The amendments are consistent with the mandates of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which require FRA to review and analyze certain longstanding waivers to determine whether incorporating the waivers into FRA's regulations is justified, and Executive Order 14219, Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative.
Regulatory Relief From Locomotive Horn Sounding Pattern at Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Document Number: 2026-17783
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This final rule amends safety standards related to use of the locomotive horn to provide regulatory relief from the required pattern of sounding the locomotive horn in two long blasts, one short blast, and one long blast for locomotive engineers operating trains, locomotive consists, or individual locomotives that have stopped in close proximity to a public highway-rail grade crossing. This final rule allows locomotive engineers to vary the locomotive horn sounding pattern to one single blast of the horn as they enter the nearby public highway-rail grade crossing.
Regulatory Relief for End of Car Cushioning Units
Document Number: 2026-17782
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This rule amends freight car draft arrangement and end-of-car cushioning unit (EOCC) regulations to make permanent relief currently provided by waiver. The amendments will allow a freight car to remain in service if the EOCC is operative and equipped with a unit condition indicator (UCI) that indicates a non-discharged EOCC. This change will permit such EOCCs to remain in service despite the presence of clearly formed oil droplets on the unit. The amendments preserve the requirement to repair or replace an EOCC with clearly formed oil droplets if the unit does not have a UCI.
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Seeks To Dismiss Twenty-Four Mooted or Outdated Petitions
Document Number: 2026-17774
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to assess the continuing interest in certain petitions that were filed between 2003 and 2023. The Commission plans to dismiss the petitions with prejudice unless a petitioner or other interested party files a letter in the relevant docket specifying that it objects to the dismissal of the petition and the reason for such objection.
Promoting Telehealth in Rural America
Document Number: 2026-17767
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comments on the scope of the similar service and rural area comparability requirements, comments on possible improvements to, or replacements of, our existing cost study method of determining rural telecommunications rates, comments on possible methods of promoting the use of lower-cost technologies intended to provide backup services, comments on a proposal to establish an eligible services list for the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program, comments on whether to adopt performance metrics to expedite the processing of RHC Program funding requests, and comments on whether to eliminate the approval requirement of evergreen contracts and an annual report requirement.
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
Document Number: 2026-17766
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
Document Number: 2026-17765
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
Section 898(c) Transition Rule for Allocating Foreign Taxes and Section 960(d)(4) Foreign Tax Credit Disallowance; Correction
Document Number: 2026-17764
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains corrections to the proposed regulations (REG-115145-25), published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026. These proposed regulations relate to allocating foreign taxes of foreign corporations affected by the repeal of the one-month deferral election and to the disallowance of foreign tax credits on certain distributions of previously taxed earnings and profits.
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
Document Number: 2026-17763
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2026-17762
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Partial Coverage Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee (PCFMAC) will meet on September 15, 2026.
Maximizing Efficiencies in Universal Service Administration
Document Number: 2026-17761
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to improve the administration of the Universal Service Fund (USF or Fund) by seeking comment on four areas related to USF administration: current USF administration processes, i.e., the processes used by Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to administer the USF and the Commission's oversight of those processes; the structure of USF administration, that is, USAC's role and responsibilities related to USF administration; operating costs associated with USF administration; and the impact of USAC's Board of Directors on USF administration.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Streamlined Supply Chain Information Collection Request
Document Number: 2026-17760
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue Debts
Document Number: 2026-17759
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary
Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2026-17758
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council will hold a public meeting.
Modifications to the Regulations Implementing the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as Amended; Correction
Document Number: 2026-17757
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 21, 2026, revising its implementing regulations for the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (VEVRAA). This document corrects amendatory instructions included in the final rule.
Resetting NHTSA's Fuel Economy Program: Commercial Medium- and Heavy-Duty On-Highway Vehicles and Work Trucks
Document Number: 2026-17756
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is issuing this interpretive rule regarding the scope of its authority to set fuel economy standards for commercial medium- and heavy-duty on-highway vehicles and work trucks. This rule describes NHTSA's authority to set vehicle standards, which does not include the authority to set separate standards for engines. NHTSA will review its existing standards applicable to commercial medium- and heavy-duty on-highway vehicles and work trucks for consistency with this interpretation in a separate rulemaking. Pending the rulemaking process, NHTSA will exercise its enforcement authority with regard to affected standards in accordance with the interpretation set forth in this rule.
Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Indiana
Document Number: 2026-17755
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Indiana (FEMA-4933-DR), dated August 25, 2026. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2026-17754
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Document Number: 2026-17753
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
First Step Act Time Credits-Revisions
Document Number: 2026-17752
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) amends its First Step Act (FSA) Time Credits regulation to accord with the best reading of the FSA and to conform with recent case law trends. The first change clarifies when an inmate can begin to earn time credits, and the second change clarifies time credits eligibility for inmates serving a term of imprisonment imposed in a foreign country.
Notice of Public Meetings for the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission
Document Number: 2026-17751
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the National Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice that the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission (Commission) will meet as indicated below.
Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
Document Number: 2026-17750
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that van-type trailers and subassemblies thereof (van-type trailers) from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) for the period of investigation (POI) April 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025.
Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination
Document Number: 2026-17749
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of van-type trailers and subassemblies thereof (van-type trailers) from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of investigation is January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for Permanent/Temporary Export or Temporary Import of Classified Defense Articles and Classified Technical Data
Document Number: 2026-17748
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 days for public comment.
Rescission of Social Security Acquiescence Ruling 90-2(2)
Document Number: 2026-17746
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of the rescission of AR 90-2(2): Ruppert v. Bowen, 871 F.2d 1172 (2d Cir. 1989)Evaluation of a Rental Subsidy as In-Kind Income for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefit Calculation PurposesTitle XVI of the Social Security Act (Act).
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Head Start State Collaboration Office Grant Application
Document Number: 2026-17745
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
The Office of Head Start (OHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing a new information collection activity for the Head Start State Collaboration Office (HSCO) Grant Application. HSCO grants are authorized under the Head Start Act and support coordination between Head Start agencies and state systems serving young children and families. OHS has developed new application instructions to align HSCO grant activities with states and federal priorities, including improving outcomes in child welfare, strengthening family formation, supporting effective service delivery, and enhancing early childhood education. This proposed information collection is necessary to support consistent implementation of program objectives and alignment across all states.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request on Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Registration
Document Number: 2026-17744
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the IRS is inviting comments on the information collection request outlined in this notice.
Temporary Exemption From Motor Vehicle Safety and Bumper Standards; Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 2026-17742
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
In response to a request from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (Auto Innovators), NHTSA is announcing a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the interim final rule (IFR) published on July 31, 2026 amending NHTSA's general exemption regulations to remove language limiting the application of temporary exemptions from the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) and the bumper standard to motor vehicles manufactured on and after the effective date of an exemption, and to align the regulations with the Administrator's statutory discretion to determine the vehicle population covered by a temporary exemption. The notice also removed the requirement that applications for exemption be submitted in three copies and specified an electronic means for submission. The comment period for the notice was originally scheduled to end on August 31, 2026. It will now end on September 30, 2026.
AV Framework Updates and Request for Comments on Interim Guidance; Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 2026-17741
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
In response to a request from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (Auto Innovators), NHTSA is announcing a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the notice published on July 31, 2026 summarizing NHTSA's recent activity relating to the AV Framework and requesting comment on interim guidance for commercial deployment exemptions for automated vehicles. The comment period for the notice was originally scheduled to end on August 31, 2026. It will now end on September 30, 2026.
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-FERC-510); Comment Request; Extension
Document Number: 2026-17740
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-510 Application for Surrender of Hydropower License (OMB No 1902-0068). There are no proposed changes to the reporting requirements.
Orlando Utilities Commission; Notice of Filing
Document Number: 2026-17739
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2026-17738
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Name of Information Collection: NASA To Research, Evaluate, Assess, and Treat (TREAT) Astronauts Act
Document Number: 2026-17737
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
NASA, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections.
Information Collection: DOE/NRC Form 740M, Concise Note; DOE/NRC Form 741, Nuclear Material Transaction Report; DOE/NRC Form 742, Material Balance Report; and DOE/NRC Form 742C, Physical Inventory Listing
Document Number: 2026-17736
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, "DOE/NRC Form 740M, Concise Note; DOE/NRC Form 741, Nuclear Material Transaction Report; DOE/NRC Form 742, Material Balance Report; and DOE/NRC Form 742C, Physical Inventory Listing."
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the United Arab Emirates: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Results of Antidumping Administrative Review; Notice of Amended Final Results
Document Number: 2026-17735
Type: Notice
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On August 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Universal Tube & Plastic Indus., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 23-00113, sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s second remand results pertaining to the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) covering the period December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the administrative review, and that Commerce is amending the final results with respect to the dumping margin assigned to Universal Tube and Plastic Industries, Ltd.; THL Tube and Pipe Industries LLC; and KHK Scaffolding and Formwork LLC (collectively, Universal).
Process for Authorizing Seasonal Migratory Game Bird Hunting
Document Number: 2026-17733
Type: Rule
Date: 2026-08-31
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) is changing the administrative process for authorizing seasonal migratory game bird hunting in the United States. Migratory game bird hunting regulations are currently promulgated annually to provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and Tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and allow harvests at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions. The Service is adopting a more efficient administrative process for authorizing seasonal migratory game bird hunting. The Service will issue a memorandum to establish the limits and authorize seasonal migratory game bird hunting once every 3 years. The Service will continue to make annual decisions on harvest levels and will update the memorandum sooner than 3 years if changes are prescribed by our decision frameworks. The process eliminates the need for subsequent annual Federal regulation promulgation and rulemaking and is expected to increase efficiency; better meet State, Tribal, and Federal rulemaking constraints; and reduce the complexity and costs. Our goal is to better serve State partners and the hunting public while continuing to meet the legal and conservation purposes of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Tribes are already authorized under a similar process.