Federal rules taking effect
120 final rules take effect from Nov. 4, 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026, by effective date as published in the Federal Register. A later document can change a date; each rule's page shows it.
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November 2026 74
- Nov. 4, 2026Domestic Mail Manual; Incorporation by Reference
Final rule · Postal Service · 39 CFR part 111
- Nov. 4, 2026International Mail Manual; Incorporation by Reference
Final rule · Postal Service · 39 CFR part 20
- Nov. 4, 2026Member Business Loans; Commercial Lending
Final rule · National Credit Union Administration · 12 CFR part 723
- Nov. 4, 2026Nomenclature Change Related to Assistant General Counsel Titles
Final rule · Commerce Department · 15 CFR parts 2, 4, 15
- Nov. 4, 2026Section 3 Benchmarks for Creating Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons and Eligible Businesses
Final rule · Housing and Urban Development Department · 24 CFR part 75 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 4, 2026Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Ocean, Key West, FL
Final rule · Coast Guard · 33 CFR part 100
- Nov. 4, 2026
- Nov. 5, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 5, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 5, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 5, 2026Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 5, 2026Privacy Act Exemptions
Final rule · Treasury Department · 31 CFR part 1 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 5, 2026Purchaser Credit on Timber Sale Contracts
Final rule · Forest Service · 36 CFR part 223
- Nov. 6, 2026Safety Zone; Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL
Final rule · Coast Guard · 33 CFR part 165
- Nov. 6, 2026Safety Zone; S.S. UNITED STATES Dead Ship Tow, Sector Mobile Captain of the Port Zone, Mobile, AL
Final rule · Coast Guard · 33 CFR part 165
- Nov. 9, 2026Air Plan Approval; GA; Removal of Nonattainment Area New Source Review
Final rule · Environmental Protection Agency · 40 CFR part 52
- Nov. 9, 2026
- Nov. 9, 2026
- Nov. 9, 2026Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Construction Permit Exemptions
Final rule · Environmental Protection Agency · 40 CFR part 52
- Nov. 9, 2026Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Interstate Transport Requirements for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS
Final rule · Environmental Protection Agency · 40 CFR part 52
- Nov. 9, 2026
- Nov. 9, 2026Car Loan Interest Deduction
Final rule · Internal Revenue Service · 26 CFR parts 1, 301 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 9, 2026
- Nov. 9, 2026Impact Aid Programs
Final rule · Education Department · 34 CFR part 222
- Nov. 9, 2026List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: TN Americas, LLC Standardized NUHOMS® Horizontal Modular Storage System for Irradiated Nuclear Fuel, Certificate of Compliance No. 1004, Renewed Amendment No. 19
Final rule · Nuclear Regulatory Commission · 10 CFR part 72 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 9, 2026
- Nov. 9, 2026Raisins Produced From Grapes Grown in California; Order Amending Marketing Order No. 989
Final rule · Agricultural Marketing Service · 7 CFR part 989
- Nov. 9, 2026Schedules of Controlled Substances; Removal of Exemption Status for Inactive Butalbital Products
Final rule · Drug Enforcement Administration · 21 CFR part 1308
- Nov. 9, 2026Simplified Geographic Preference Procurement in Child Nutrition Programs
Final rule · Food and Nutrition Administration · 7 CFR parts 210, 215, 220 and 2 more · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 12, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 12, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 12, 2026Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 12, 2026Colorado Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program; Class VI Primacy
Final rule · Environmental Protection Agency · 40 CFR part 147
- Nov. 12, 2026Fees for Services Performed in Connection With Licensing and Related Services-2026 Update
Final rule · Surface Transportation Board · 49 CFR part 1002
- Nov. 12, 2026Project-Level Predecisional Administrative Review Process
Final rule · Forest Service · 36 CFR part 218
- Nov. 12, 2026Radio Broadcasting Services; Selmer, Tennessee
Final rule · Federal Communications Commission · 47 CFR part 73 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 12, 2026Radio Broadcasting Services; Whitehall, Michigan
Final rule · Federal Communications Commission · 47 CFR part 73 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 16, 2026Denali National Park and Preserve; Vehicle Use
Final rule · National Park Service · 36 CFR part 13
- Nov. 16, 2026Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program; Data Availability
Final rule · Employment and Training Administration · 20 CFR part 603 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 16, 2026Partial Repeal of the Carbon Pollution Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units
Final rule · Environmental Protection Agency · 40 CFR part 60 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 17, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Engines
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 18, 2026Administrative Leave for Workforce Realignment and Other Purposes
Final rule · Personnel Management Office · 5 CFR parts 351, 630, 715
- Nov. 18, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 18, 2026Alaska; Wildlife, Harvest, and Access
Final rule · National Park Service · 36 CFR part 13
- Nov. 18, 2026
- Nov. 18, 2026Managing Senior Professional Performance
Final rule · Personnel Management Office · 5 CFR parts 351, 430, 451 and 5 more
- Nov. 20, 2026Implementation of EAR Export Controls on Silencers, Mufflers, and Sound Suppressors; and Other Firearms Related Changes
Final rule · Industry and Security Bureau · 15 CFR parts 740, 742, 758 and 1 more · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 20, 2026International Traffic in Arms Regulations: USML Category I Firearm Suppressors
Final rule · State Department · 22 CFR part 121 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 23, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 23, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 23, 2026
- Nov. 23, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Engines
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 23, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Engines
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 23, 2026Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 23, 2026Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 23, 2026Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 23, 2026Virginia: Approval of State Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program
Final rule · Environmental Protection Agency · 40 CFR part 257
- Nov. 24, 2026Air Plan Approval; Kentucky; Campbell-Clermont Area Maintenance Plan for the 2010 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS
Final rule · Environmental Protection Agency · 40 CFR part 52 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 25, 2026Closed Captioning of Video Programming
Final rule · Federal Communications Commission · 47 CFR part 79
- Nov. 25, 2026Enhancing the Ability of Consumers To Control the Robocalls
Final rule · Federal Communications Commission · 47 CFR part 64
- Nov. 25, 2026NRC Reviews of Reactor Designs Previously Authorized by U.S. Department of Energy or Department of War
Final rule · Nuclear Regulatory Commission · 10 CFR parts 50, 53
- Nov. 25, 2026Ohio Regulatory Program
Final rule · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office · 30 CFR part 935
- Nov. 25, 2026Wyoming Regulatory Program
Final rule · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office · 30 CFR part 950
- Nov. 27, 2026Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Engines
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 27, 2026Airworthiness Directives; MD Helicopters, LLC Helicopters
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Nov. 27, 2026
- Nov. 27, 2026Implementation of HAVANA Act of 2021
Final rule · Justice Department · 28 CFR part 106
- Nov. 27, 2026
- Nov. 30, 2026Electronic Payments for FOIA Requests
Final rule · Homeland Security Department · 6 CFR part 5
- Nov. 30, 2026Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing (GLOBE) Model
Final rule · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · 42 CFR part 513 · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 30, 2026Personnel Management in Agencies: Strategic Human Capital Management
Final rule · Personnel Management Office · 5 CFR part 250
- Nov. 30, 2026Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Child Support Enforcement Programs
Final rule · Children and Families Administration · 45 CFR parts 301, 302, 303 and 6 more
- Nov. 30, 2026The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule III for Model Years 2022 to 2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks
Final rule · National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · 49 CFR parts 523, 531, 533 and 3 more · Opens the Federal Register
- Nov. 30, 2026U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment-Based Immigrant Visa, Fifth Preference (EB-5) Fee Rule
Final rule · Homeland Security Department · 8 CFR parts 106, 216 · Opens the Federal Register
December 2026 46
- Dec. 1, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Dec. 1, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Dec. 1, 2026
- Dec. 1, 2026Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Dec. 1, 2026Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Dec. 1, 2026Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Dec. 1, 2026Federal Scholarship Tax Credit
Final rule · Internal Revenue Service · 26 CFR part 1 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 1, 2026Modifications to the Capital Plan Rule and Stress Capital Buffer Requirement
Final rule · Federal Reserve System · 12 CFR parts 225, 238, 252 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 2, 2026Administrative Site Leases
Final rule · Forest Service · 36 CFR part 251
- Dec. 2, 2026Hazardous Materials: Remove Redundant List of U.S. EPA CERCLA Hazardous Substances
Final rule · Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration · 49 CFR parts 171, 172, 173 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 3, 2026Streamlining Contested Adjudications in Licensing Proceedings
Final rule · Nuclear Regulatory Commission · 10 CFR parts 2, 51, 52 and 2 more
- Dec. 4, 2026Statutory Lien
Final rule · National Credit Union Administration · 12 CFR part 701
- Dec. 7, 2026Airworthiness Directives; Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc. Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Dec. 7, 2026Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Dec. 7, 2026Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39
- Dec. 7, 2026Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces
Final rule · Energy Department · 10 CFR part 431
- Dec. 7, 2026Removal of Obsolete Portion of Regulation Relating to Care and Treatment of Ineligible Individuals
Final rule · Indian Health Service · 42 CFR part 136
- Dec. 7, 2026Removal of Obsolete/Suspended Regulations
Final rule · Indian Health Service · 42 CFR part 136
- Dec. 7, 2026Transparency in Coverage
Final rule · Internal Revenue Service · 3 parts · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 14, 2026
- Dec. 14, 2026Family and Medical Leave Act
Final rule · Personnel Management Office · 5 CFR part 630
- Dec. 14, 2026Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (26-1)
Final rule · Environmental Protection Agency · 40 CFR part 721
- Dec. 14, 2026Use of Salt Substitutes To Reduce the Sodium Content in Standardized Foods
Final rule · Food and Drug Administration · 21 CFR parts 130, 131, 133 and 13 more
- Dec. 21, 2026Exemptions From Materials Licensing
Final rule · Nuclear Regulatory Commission · 10 CFR parts 20, 30, 40 and 1 more · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 21, 2026
- Dec. 24, 2026Amendment of Boundaries for Restricted Areas R-5301, R-5302B, and R-5302C; NC
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 73
- Dec. 24, 2026Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace Over Hyannis, MA
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 71 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 24, 2026Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Clovis, NM, and Portales, NM
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 71 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 24, 2026Amendment of Class E Airspace; Alma, MI
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 71 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 24, 2026
- Dec. 24, 2026
- Dec. 24, 2026Amendment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-437; Eastern United States
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 71
- Dec. 24, 2026Establishment of Class E Airspace; Coleman, TX
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 71
- Dec. 24, 2026Establishment of Class E Airspace; Ottawa, IL
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 71 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 24, 2026Establishment of Class E Airspace; Peoria, IL
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 71 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 24, 2026
- Dec. 24, 2026
- Dec. 24, 2026
- Dec. 24, 2026Revocation of Class E Airspace; Point Pleasant, WV
Final rule · Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 71 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 28, 2026AP1000 Design Certification Renewal
Final rule · Nuclear Regulatory Commission · 10 CFR part 52
- Dec. 28, 2026Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ONC Deregulatory Actions To Unleash Prosperity
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 170, 172
- Dec. 28, 2026Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program-Income Producing Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Provisions
Final rule · Rural Housing Service · 7 CFR part 3555
- Dec. 29, 2026Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators
Final rule · Consumer Product Safety Commission · 16 CFR part 1211
- Dec. 31, 2026Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of America, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; 2026 Recreational Season Announcement and Harvest Closure for Gag
Final rule · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 50 CFR part 622 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 31, 2026Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 2026 Atlantic Herring Fishery Specifications
Final rule · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 50 CFR part 648 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 31, 2026Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 2026 Recreational Season Announcement and Closure Date for Golden Tilefish in the South Atlantic
Final rule · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 50 CFR part 622 · Opens the Federal Register