February 2016 Significant Rulemaking Report

February 2016 report on significant rulemakings

News Digest DOT 07-16

DOT Cautions Consumers on Super Bowl Air Travel Game Ticket Scams.  Air travelers going to Super Bowl 50 this year should be aware that not all tour packages include a ticket to the Feb. 7 game in Santa Clara, California.  Under U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) consumer...

January 2016 Significant Rulemaking Report

January 2016 Significant Rulemaking Report

FMCSA Proposes New Rule for Determining Safety Fitness of Motor Carriers

First public comment period commences on Safety Fitness Determination rulemaking proposal

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a rulemaking proposal designed to enhance the Agency’s ability...

January 2016 Effects Report

Monthly effects report

49 CFR Part 26 Sample Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has prepared this sample program to help recipients comply with 49 CFR Part 26, the DOT DBE rule. We published Part 26 in the Federal Register on February 2,1999, and it became effective March 4 (64 F.R. 5096). It made extensive revisions to DOT's DBE...

December 2015 Effects Report

Monthly effects on rulemakings.

FAA Announces Small UAS Registration Rule

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a streamlined and user-friendly web-based aircraft registration process for owners of small unmanned aircraft (UAS) weighing...

December 2015 Significant Rulemaking Report

December 2015 Significant Rulemaking Report

News Digest DOT 123-15

FMCSA Proposed Rule Would Close Safety Gap by Requiring All Large Commercial Truck Passengers to Use Safety Belts.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that it is seeking public comment on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requiring passengers riding in...