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e-Rulemaking Web Sites

This list of Federal agency web sites, gathered from Rule or Proposed Rule documents that appeared in the Federal Register, is presented as a guide to electronic rulemaking initiatives. Most of these sites offer the text of Proposed and Final Rules, along with other regulatory information, and some enable the public to comment online.

Cabinet Agencies

Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Federal Rulemaking
http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/fvrulemaking.htm

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, e-comments
http://comments.aphis.usda.gov

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Recently Published Rules and Notices
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html

Food Safety and Inspection Service, Federal Register Publications and Supporting Documents
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/Publications.htm

USDA Procurement Policy and Regulations
http://www.usda.gov/procurement/

Department of Commerce

Laws and Regulations
http://www.ogc.doc.gov/ogc/legreg/regulati.htm

Department of Defense

Defense Acquisition Regulations Directorate
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dp/dars/dfars.html

DOD Travel Regulations
http://www.dtic.mil/perdiem/trvlregs.html

Department Of Energy

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Federal Register Documents
http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/newsroom/frnotices.shtml

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Federal Register Documents
http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/notices_rules.html

Office of Building Research and Standards, Federal Register Documents
http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/notices_rules.html

Yucca Mountain Project, Federal Register Documents Yucca Mountain Project, Federal Register Documents
See, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.

Department of Education

Federal Register Documents
http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/index.html

Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control, NIOSH: Office of Compensation Analysis and Support (OCAS), Public Docket
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas/ocasdoci.html

Centers for Disease Control, NIOSH: Federal Register Notices
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fedreg.html

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Regulations and Notices
http://cms.hhs.gov/regulations/regnotices.asp

Food and Drug Administration, Dockets Management
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/

Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Recent Federal Register Notices
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/fedregin.html

Inspector General, Federal Register Documents
http://oig.hhs.gov/authorities/frnotices.html

Office for Civil Rights, National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUDCLIPS: HUD Client Information and Policy System
http://www.hudclips.org

Department of Justice

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and Explosives
http://www.atf.gov/regulations/index.htm

Department of Justice Legal Documents
http://www.usdoj.gov/05publications/05_2.html

Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control, Federal Register Notices
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/index.html

Immigration and Naturalization Service, Laws, Regulations, and Guides
http://www.ins.gov/graphics/lawsregs/index.htm

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Adobe Acrobat PDFhttp://www.usdoj.gov/final_report.pdf

Department of Labor

Federal Register Documents
http://www.dol.gov/dol/regs/fedreg/main.htm

Federal Register Agency E-mail Addresses
http://www.dol.gov/dol/regs/fedreg/agency_list.htm

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, e-comments
http://ecomments.osha.gov

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA Docket Office
http://www.osha.gov/dts/tdc/docketoffice/index.html

Department of Transportation

Department of Transportation Docket Management System
http://dms.dot.gov

Coast Guard, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection Program, Regulatory Page
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/gm/pscweb/Law_Regulation.htm

Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance, Regulations
http://www.dot.gov/ost/dapc/frpubs.html

Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Rulemaking
http://www.faa.gov/avr/arm/index.cfm

Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska: Air Traffic Division
http://www.alaska.faa.gov/at

Federal Highway Administration, Legislation and Regulations
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/legislat.html

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Regulations and Standards
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/

Office of Pipeline Safety, Regulations Page
http://ops.dot.gov/regs/regsindex.htm

Research and Special Programs Administration, Hazardous Materials Regulations
http://hazmat.dot.gov/rules.htm

Department of the Treasury

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Regulations
http://www.ttb.gov/regulations/index.htm

Internal Revenue Service, Tax Regulations
http://www.irs.gov/regs

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, OCC Federal Register Documents from 1/1/1999 to Present
http://www.occ.treas.gov/fr/cronolog.htm

Department of Veterans' Affairs

Federal Regulations Significant to Veterans
http://www.va.gov/OCA/Fed_Reg_Index_USA.htm

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Non-Cabinet Agencies

Administrative Office of U.S. Courts

Proposed Rules Amendments Published for Comment
http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules1.html

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Regulations and Comments
http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftcfedregs.htm

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Federal Register Notices of Interest
http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/cpscfr.html

Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia

CSOSA Regulations
http://www.csosa.gov/regs/cfr.htm

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Dockets
http://www.epa.gov/edocket

Related Links:

Federal Register Documents
http://www.epa.gov/docs/fedrgstr/

Laws and Regulations
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/lawreg.htm

Farm Credit Administration

FCA Handbook, including "Regulations" and "Pending Regulations & Notices"
http://www.fca.gov/handbook.nsf/

Federal Communications Commission

Electronic Filing and Public Access System
http://www.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/EFBoards/systemstatus.cgi?index_t=/pub/e-file/EFBoards.html

Electronic Comment Filing System
http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Laws and Regulations
http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/

Federal Housing Finance Board

Rules and Regulations
http://www.fhfb.gov/pressroom/pressroom_regs.htm

Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board Regulations
http://www.federalreserve.gov/regulations/default.htm

Federal Trade Commission

Rulemaking and Regulatory Reform Proceedings
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/rulemaking/index.html

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Documents and Filing
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation, Proposed Rules
http://www.arnet.gov/far/ProposedRules/

International Trade Commission

Federal Register Notices
http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/fed_reg_notices/

National Archives and Records Administration

Opportunities for Public Comment
http://www.archives.gov/about_us/
opportunities_for_comment/opportunities_for_comment.html

National Labor Relations Board

Federal Register Notices
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/about/reports/fednotices/

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

About Rulemaking at NRC
http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/regulatory/rulemaking.html

NRC Rulemaking Forum
http://ruleforum.llnl.gov/index.html

NRC Regulations (10 CFR)
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr

Office of Management and Budget

Regulatory Matters
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/regpol.html

Related Links:

"Best Practices" For Preparing Economic Analysis Of Federal Regulations Under EO 12866
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/riaguide.html

Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Federal Acquisition Regulations
http://www.arnet.gov/far/

Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Federal Acquisition Regulation, Proposed Rule Comments Forum
http://www.arnet.gov/far/ProposedRules/

OMB Circulars
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Laws and Regulations
http://www.pbgc.gov/laws/lawsregs/default.htm

Securities and Exchange Commission

Regulatory Actions
http://www.sec.gov/rules.shtml

Social Security Administration

SSA Program Rules
http://www.ssa.gov/regulations/

Surface Transportation Board

Electronic Reading Room
http://www.stb.dot.gov

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