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🏹New Federal Acknowledgment Regulation for American Indian Tribes

On January 15, 2025, the Department of Interior (Department) published in the Federal Register a final rule revising regulations governing the Federal acknowledgment process. The rule was set to take effect February 14, 2025; however, the department is delaying that date. The new effective date is March 21, 2025.

🎨Notice of Culturally Significant Objects for Art Exhibition

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918-1939" at the Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

🖼️Determinations for Importing Culturally Significant Exhibition Objects

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

📚Proclamation 10891

Proclamation 10891 declares National School Choice Week from January 26 to February 1, 2025, emphasizing the importance of empowering parents with educational choices. The proclamation highlights achievements in educational freedom and the positive impact on graduation rates and school safety, advocating for reforms that enhance opportunities for American families and children.

🏭RFI for Treatment and Disposal of Elemental Mercury by DOE

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center and Office of Environmental Management are currently in the acquisition planning and regulatory planning stages for a potential future treatment and disposal (T&D) acquisition activity and fee rulemaking activities for elemental mercury waste. This planning supports DOE's efforts to implement the requirements of the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008, as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. DOE's Office of Environmental Management is issuing this RFI for the purpose of conducting market research in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). This RFI is also being issued to potentially support a future rulemaking action that would establish a fee to provide long- term management and storage of elemental mercury. No contract solicitation is available through this RFI.

🌍Nomination Notice for Indigenous Health Advisory Committee Delegates

On January 8, 2025, we published a Federal Register Notice requesting nomination letters for the CIIHE TAC delegates. This correcting amendment corrects two errors: the submission deadline and the notification timeframe for nominee selection.

🚀NASA Notice

NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive patent license to practice the inventions described and claimed in the patents and/or patent applications listed in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.

⚛️Business Implications of DOE’s HALEU Record of Decision

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) announces the Record of Decision (ROD) for the "Final Environmental Impact Statement for Department of Energy Activities in Support of Commercial Production of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU)" (Final HALEU EIS) (DOE/EIS-0559). DOE prepared the Final HALEU EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of activities associated with DOE's Proposed Action to acquire, through procurement from commercial sources, HALEU enriched to at least 19.75 and less than 20 weight percent uranium-235 (U-235) over a 10-year period of performance, and to facilitate the establishment of commercial HALEU fuel production. The Proposed Action addresses the Energy Act of 2020 ("the Energy Act of 2020" or in context, "the Energy Act"), for the acquisition of HALEU produced by a commercial entity using enrichment technology and making it available for commercial use or demonstration projects. DOE also evaluated the No Action Alternative. DOE has decided to implement the Proposed Action, its Preferred Alternative, as described in the Final HALEU EIS.

💼Notice of Closed Meeting

🎨Notice of Determinations for Culturally Significant Exhibition

On July 12, 2023, notice was published in the Federal Register of determinations pertaining to certain objects to be included in an exhibition entitled "Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction." Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain of those objects being re-imported from abroad, and certain additional objects being imported from abroad, pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the aforesaid exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.