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📋AHRQ Evidence Request on Lumbar Spine Surgery Performance

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking scientific information submissions from the public. Scientific information is being solicited to inform our review on The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of the Lumbar Spine, which is currently being conducted by the AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program. Access to published and unpublished pertinent scientific information will improve the quality of this review.

📜CFPB Proposes Rule to Ban Unfair Contract Terms in Financial Services

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing to prohibit certain contractual provisions in agreements for consumer financial products or services. The proposal would prohibit covered persons from including in their contracts any provisions purporting to waive substantive consumer legal rights and protections (or their remedies) granted by State or Federal law. The proposal would also prohibit contract terms that limit free expression, including with threats of account closure, fines, or breach of contract claims, as well as other contract terms. The proposal would also codify certain longstanding prohibitions under the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Credit Practices Rule.

🚗Proposed Regulations for Section 45W Credit on Clean Vehicles

This document contains proposed regulations that would provide guidance on the qualified commercial clean vehicle credit enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. These proposed regulations would affect eligible taxpayers that place a qualified commercial clean vehicle in service during a taxable year. These proposed regulations would also affect manufacturers of qualified commercial clean vehicles.

📈New FLEX Trading Rules for iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF Proposed

📄Notice on Arrival and Departure Records by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

📈Federal Maritime Commission Inflation Adjustment of Penalties 2025

The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Commission, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act). The 2015 Act requires that agencies adjust and publish their new civil penalties by January 15 each year.

📊New IRS Regulations on Disregarded Payments and Corporate Tax

This document contains final regulations regarding certain disregarded payments that give rise to deductions for foreign tax purposes and avoid the application of the dual consolidated loss ("DCL") rules. The final regulations affect domestic corporate owners that make or receive such payments. This document also announces additional transition relief for the application of the DCL rules to certain foreign taxes that are intended to ensure that multinational enterprises pay a minimum level of tax.

⚓Notice of Public Meeting for International Maritime Organization Session

🎣New Regulations for South Atlantic Red Snapper Fishing Proposed

NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 59 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic (Snapper-Grouper FMP) (Amendment 59). If approved, Amendment 59 and this proposed rule would, for South Atlantic red snapper: revise the fishing mortality (F) at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) proxy for determining overfishing, acceptable biological catch (ABC), sector annual catch limits (ACLs), fishing year, sector fishing season start dates, recreational fishing season structure, commercial trip limits, and establish an annual experimental studies program. Additionally, Amendment 59 and this proposed rule would establish a snapper-grouper discard reduction season in South Atlantic Federal waters. This action is intended to end and prevent overfishing of red snapper while reducing dead discards and providing additional fishing opportunities.

🚤National Boating Safety Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting 2025

The National Boating Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet virtually to discuss matters relating to national boating safety. The virtual meeting will be open to the public.