Non-Compete Clause Rule; Extension of Comment Period, 20441-20442 [2023-07036]

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AGENCY: ACTION: The Federal Trade Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) is extending the deadline for filing comments on its notice of proposed rulemaking (‘‘NPRM’’) regarding the Non-Compete Clause Rule. DATES: For the NPRM published January 19, 2023 (88 FR 3482), the comment deadline is extended from March 20, 2023, to April 19, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karuna Patel (202–326–2510), kpatel1@ ftc.gov; Shannon Lane (202–326–2299), slane@ftc.gov; or David O. Fisher, (202– 341–8605), dfisher@ftc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Comment Period Extension On January 5, 2023, the Commission announced and made public its notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the Non-Compete Rule, including its request for public comment on all aspects of the proposed rule. The NPRM was subsequently published in the Federal Register, with March 20, 2023, established as the deadline for the submission of comments. See 88 FR 3482 (January 19, 2023). Interested parties have requested an extension of the public comment period to give them additional time to respond to the NPRM’s request for comment, while others oppose such an extension and any potential delay. While the Commission believes that the current 60-day period—which is 74 days after public release of the notice of proposed rulemaking—is sufficient for meaningful comment and public participation, the Commission agrees to allow the public additional time to prepare and file comments. The Commission has therefore extended the comment period to April 19, 2023, to provide commenters a total of 104 days from the public release of the NPRM on January 5, 2023. This is a 30-day extension of PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 20441 the 60-day comment period from publication in the Federal Register on January 19, 2023. Additionally, the Commission requests public comment on a study, authored in part by a Commission economist, on the value that firms attach to enforceability of noncompete agreements. See Hiraiwa, Lipsitz, Starr, Do firms value court enforceability of noncompete agreements? A revealed preference approach, (February 20, 2023) available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/ papers.cfm?abstract_id=4364674. II. Request for Comment You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to consider your comment, we must receive it on or before April 19, 2023. Write ‘‘NonCompete Clause Rulemaking, Matter No. P201200’’ on your comment. Your comment—including your name and your state—will be placed on the public record of this proceeding, including the https://www.regulations.gov website. Because of the agency’s heightened security screening, postal mail addressed to the Commission will be subject to delay. We strongly encourage you to submit your comments online through the https://www.regulations.gov website. To ensure the Commission considers your online comment, please follow the instructions on the webbased form. If you file your comment on paper, write ‘‘Non-Compete Clause Rulemaking, Matter No. P201200’’ on your comment and on the envelope, and mail your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC– 5610 (Annex C), Washington, DC 20580. Because your comment will be placed on the publicly accessible website at https://www.regulations.gov, you are solely responsible for making sure your comment does not include any sensitive or confidential information. In particular, your comment should not include any sensitive personal information, such as your or anyone else’s Social Security number; date of birth; driver’s license number or other state identification number, or foreign country equivalent; passport number; financial account number; or credit or debit card number. You are also solely responsible for making sure your comment does not include any sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually identifiable health information. In addition, your comment should not include any ‘‘trade secret or any commercial or financial information which . . . is privileged or E:\FR\FM\06APP1.SGM 06APP1 20442 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 66 / Thursday, April 6, 2023 / Proposed Rules confidential’’—as provided by 15 U.S.C. 46(f) and 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)—including, in particular, competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names. Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ and must comply with 16 CFR 4.9(c). In particular, the written request for confidential treatment that accompanies the comment must include the factual and legal basis for the request and must identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from the public record. Your comment will be kept confidential only if the General Counsel grants your request in accordance with the law and the public interest. Once your comment has been posted publicly at https://www.regulations.gov—as legally required by 16 CFR 4.9(b)—we cannot redact or remove your comment, unless you submit a confidentiality request that meets the requirements for such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c) and the General Counsel grants that request. Visit the Commission’s website, www.ftc.gov, to read this document and the news release describing it. The FTC Act and other laws the Commission administers permit the collection of public comments to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments that it receives on or before April 19, 2023. For information on the Commission’s privacy policy, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/ privacy-policy. By direction of the Commission. April J. Tabor, Secretary. Note: The following statement will not appear in the Code of Federal Regulations: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with PROPOSALS1 Concurring Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson The Commission received requests to extend the period for public comments on the proposed Non-Compete Clause Rule by 60 days or more. The Commission also received requests that the comment period not be extended. Today, the Commission announces its decision to extend the public comment period by 30 days. Given that the proposed rule is a departure from hundreds of years of precedent and would prohibit conduct that 47 states allow, I would have supported VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:16 Apr 05, 2023 Jkt 259001 extending the public comment by 60 days. I continue to encourage all interested parties to comment on all issues and alternatives to the proposed rule that are identified in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. [FR Doc. 2023–07036 Filed 4–5–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 24 CFR Parts 5, 91, 92, 93, 570, 574, 576, 903, and 983 [Docket No. FR–6250–N–02] RIN 2529–AB05 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing; Extension of Comment Period Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period. AGENCY: On February 9, 2023, HUD published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing’’, proposing to implement the obligation to affirmatively further the purposes and policies of the Fair Housing Act, which is title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, with respect to certain recipients of HUD funds. The proposed rule provided for a 60-day comment period, which would have ended April 10, 2023. HUD has determined that a 14-day extension of the comment period, until April 24, 2023, is appropriate. This extension will allow interested persons additional time to analyze the proposal and prepare their comments. DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on February 9, 2023, at 88 FR 8516, is extended. Comments should be received on or before April 24, 2023. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposed rule to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410–0500. Communications must refer to the above docket number and title. There are two methods for submitting public comments. All submissions must refer to the above docket number and title. 1. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by mail to the Regulations Division, Office of SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410–0500. 2. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately available to the public. Comments submitted electronically through the www.regulations.gov website can be viewed by other commenters and interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically. Note: To receive consideration as public comments, comments must be submitted through one of the two methods specified above. Again, all submissions must refer to the docket number and title of the rule. No Facsimile Comments: Facsimile (FAX) comments are not acceptable. Public Inspection of Comments. All properly submitted comments and communications submitted to HUD will be available for public inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above address. Due to security measures at the HUD Headquarters building, an advance appointment to review the public comments must be scheduled by calling the Regulations Division at 202–402– 3055 (this is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/ consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. Copies of all comments submitted are available for inspection and downloading at www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tiffany Johnson, Director, Policy and Legislative Initiatives Division, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 5250, Washington, DC 20410–8000, telephone number 202–402–2881 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and individuals with speech impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay E:\FR\FM\06APP1.SGM 06APP1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 20441-20442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07036]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 910

RIN 3084-AB74


Non-Compete Clause Rule; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of public comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') is 
extending the deadline for filing comments on its notice of proposed 
rulemaking (``NPRM'') regarding the Non-Compete Clause Rule.

DATES: For the NPRM published January 19, 2023 (88 FR 3482), the 
comment deadline is extended from March 20, 2023, to April 19, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karuna Patel (202-326-2510), 
[email protected]; Shannon Lane (202-326-2299), [email protected]; or David 
O. Fisher, (202-341-8605), [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Comment Period Extension

    On January 5, 2023, the Commission announced and made public its 
notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the Non-Compete Rule, including 
its request for public comment on all aspects of the proposed rule. The 
NPRM was subsequently published in the Federal Register, with March 20, 
2023, established as the deadline for the submission of comments. See 
88 FR 3482 (January 19, 2023).
    Interested parties have requested an extension of the public 
comment period to give them additional time to respond to the NPRM's 
request for comment, while others oppose such an extension and any 
potential delay. While the Commission believes that the current 60-day 
period--which is 74 days after public release of the notice of proposed 
rulemaking--is sufficient for meaningful comment and public 
participation, the Commission agrees to allow the public additional 
time to prepare and file comments. The Commission has therefore 
extended the comment period to April 19, 2023, to provide commenters a 
total of 104 days from the public release of the NPRM on January 5, 
2023. This is a 30-day extension of the 60-day comment period from 
publication in the Federal Register on January 19, 2023. Additionally, 
the Commission requests public comment on a study, authored in part by 
a Commission economist, on the value that firms attach to 
enforceability of noncompete agreements. See Hiraiwa, Lipsitz, Starr, 
Do firms value court enforceability of noncompete agreements? A 
revealed preference approach, (February 20, 2023) available at SSRN: 
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4364674.

II. Request for Comment

    You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to 
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before April 19, 2023. 
Write ``Non-Compete Clause Rulemaking, Matter No. P201200'' on your 
comment. Your comment--including your name and your state--will be 
placed on the public record of this proceeding, including the https://www.regulations.gov website.
    Because of the agency's heightened security screening, postal mail 
addressed to the Commission will be subject to delay. We strongly 
encourage you to submit your comments online through the https://www.regulations.gov website. To ensure the Commission considers your 
online comment, please follow the instructions on the web-based form.
    If you file your comment on paper, write ``Non-Compete Clause 
Rulemaking, Matter No. P201200'' on your comment and on the envelope, 
and mail your comment to the following address: Federal Trade 
Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 
CC-5610 (Annex C), Washington, DC 20580.
    Because your comment will be placed on the publicly accessible 
website at https://www.regulations.gov, you are solely responsible for 
making sure your comment does not include any sensitive or confidential 
information. In particular, your comment should not include any 
sensitive personal information, such as your or anyone else's Social 
Security number; date of birth; driver's license number or other state 
identification number, or foreign country equivalent; passport number; 
financial account number; or credit or debit card number. You are also 
solely responsible for making sure your comment does not include any 
sensitive health information, such as medical records or other 
individually identifiable health information. In addition, your comment 
should not include any ``trade secret or any commercial or financial 
information which . . . is privileged or

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confidential''--as provided by 15 U.S.C. 46(f) and 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)--
including, in particular, competitively sensitive information such as 
costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, 
manufacturing processes, or customer names.
    Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is 
requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled 
``Confidential,'' and must comply with 16 CFR 4.9(c). In particular, 
the written request for confidential treatment that accompanies the 
comment must include the factual and legal basis for the request and 
must identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from 
the public record. Your comment will be kept confidential only if the 
General Counsel grants your request in accordance with the law and the 
public interest. Once your comment has been posted publicly at https://www.regulations.gov--as legally required by 16 CFR 4.9(b)--we cannot 
redact or remove your comment, unless you submit a confidentiality 
request that meets the requirements for such treatment under FTC Rule 
4.9(c) and the General Counsel grants that request.
    Visit the Commission's website, www.ftc.gov, to read this document 
and the news release describing it. The FTC Act and other laws the 
Commission administers permit the collection of public comments to 
consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will 
consider all timely and responsive public comments that it receives on 
or before April 19, 2023. For information on the Commission's privacy 
policy, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see 
https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy.

    By direction of the Commission.
April J. Tabor,
Secretary.

    Note: The following statement will not appear in the Code of 
Federal Regulations:

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson

    The Commission received requests to extend the period for public 
comments on the proposed Non-Compete Clause Rule by 60 days or more. 
The Commission also received requests that the comment period not be 
extended. Today, the Commission announces its decision to extend the 
public comment period by 30 days. Given that the proposed rule is a 
departure from hundreds of years of precedent and would prohibit 
conduct that 47 states allow, I would have supported extending the 
public comment by 60 days.
    I continue to encourage all interested parties to comment on all 
issues and alternatives to the proposed rule that are identified in the 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

[FR Doc. 2023-07036 Filed 4-5-23; 8:45 am]
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