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Final ruleTook effect May 4, 2026

Amending the Department of Commerce's Regulations Implementing the HAVANA Act

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register May 4, 2026. Document 2026-08622. Updated Nov. 11, 2026.

What it does

By this rule, Commerce is updating and amending its regulations implementing the Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks (HAVANA) Act of 2021. This action will ensure statutory conformity, clarify and improve Commerce's regulations, and promote inter-agency uniformity without diminishing any substantive requirements, entitlements, or obligations established by the HAVANA Act.

The Commerce Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

15 CFR 3

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Commerce Department has published 19 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 2 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0605-AA89 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

The rule is effective on May 4, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-08622
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesCommerce Department
PublishedMay 4, 2026
Effective dateMay 4, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)0605-AA89

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register