Agencies and Commissions July 10, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Ohio (FEMA-4447-DR), dated 06/18/2019. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Landslides. Incident Period: 05/27/2019 through 05/29/2019.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of IOWA (FEMA- 4421-DR), dated 04/05/2019. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 03/12/2019 through 06/15/2019.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is soliciting public comment on the agency's proposed implementation of new reporting requirements regarding discrimination and harassment among recipients of NASA financial assistance. The many hundreds of U.S. institutions of higher education and other organizations that receive NASA funds are responsible for fully investigating complaints and for compliance with federal non-discrimination laws, regulations, and executive orders. The implementation of new reporting requirements is necessary as NASA seeks to help ensure research environments to which the Agency provides funding are free from discrimination, including harassment, sexual harassment, other forms of harassment, and sexual assault. Additionally, NASA is taking this action to bolster our policies, guidelines, and communications. The intended effect of this action is, first, to better ensure that organizations funded by NASA clearly understand expectations and requirements. In addition, NASA seeks to ensure that recipients of grants and cooperative agreements respond promptly and appropriately to instances of discrimination, sexual harassment, other forms of harassment, and sexual assault.