DOL Regulatory Agenda – Spring 2016

Agency Agenda Stage of 

Rulemaking Title RIN

DOL/ETA Prerule Stage Labor Certification for Permanent Employment of Foreign Workers in the 

United States; Revising Schedule A 1205-AB77

DOL/ETA Proposed Rule 

Stage Modernizing the Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM) 1205-AB75

DOL/ETA Final Rule Stage Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship Amendment of 

Regulations 1205-AB59

DOL/ETA Final Rule Stage

Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Implementing the 

Total Unemployment Rate as an Extended Benefits Indicator and 

Amending for Technical Corrections

1205-AB62

DOL/ETA Final Rule Stage

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Provision on 

Establishing Appropriate Occupations for Drug Testing of Unemployment 

Compensation Applicants

1205-AB63

DOL/ETA Final Rule Stage Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 1205-AB73

DOL/ETA Final Rule Stage

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule With U.S.

Department of Education for Combined and Unified State Plans, 

Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions

1205-AB74

DOL/EBSA Proposed Rule 

Stage Amendment to Claims Procedure Regulation 1210-AB39

DOL/EBSA Proposed Rule 

Stage

Revision of the Form 5500 Series and Implementing Related Regulations 

Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) 1210-AB63

DOL/EBSA Final Rule Stage Amendment of Abandoned Plan Program 1210-AB47

DOL/EBSA Final Rule Stage Electronic Filing of Apprenticeship & Training Notices, and Top Hat Plan 

Statements 1210-AB62

DOL/EBSA Final Rule Stage Adoption of Amended and Restated Voluntary Fiduciary Correction 

Program 1210-AB64

DOL/EBSA Final Rule Stage Savings Arrangements Established by States for Non-Governmental 

Employees 1210-AB71

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Bloodborne Pathogens 1218-AC34

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Combustible Dust 1218-AC41

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Preventing Backover Injuries and Fatalities 1218-AC51

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Chemical Management and Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) 1218-AC74

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Process Safety Management and Prevention of Major Chemical Accidents 1218-AC82

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Shipyard Fall Protection--Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces 1218-AC85

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Communication Tower Safety 1218-AC90

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Emergency Response and Preparedness 1218-AC91

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Mechanical Power Presses Update 1218-AC98

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Powered Industrial Trucks 1218-AC99

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Lock-out/Tag-out Update 1218-AD00

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Revocation of Obsolete Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) 1218-AD01

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Tree Care Standard 1218-AD04

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage 1-Bromopropane (1-BP) Standard 1218-AD05

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Noise in Construction 1218-AD06

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Preventing Workplace Violence in Healthcare 1218-AD08

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Occupational Exposure to Styrene 1218-AD09
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DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Blood Lead Level for Medical Removal 1218-AD10

DOL/OSHA Prerule Stage Updating Requirements for the Selection, Fit Testing, and Use of Hearing 

Protection Devices 1218-AD11

DOL/OSHA Proposed Rule 

Stage Occupational Exposure to Beryllium 1218-AB76

DOL/OSHA Proposed Rule 

Stage Infectious Diseases 1218-AC46

DOL/OSHA Proposed Rule 

Stage Standards Improvement Project IV 1218-AC67

DOL/OSHA Proposed Rule 

Stage Amendments to the Cranes and Derricks in Construction Standard 1218-AC81

DOL/OSHA Proposed Rule 

Stage

Quantitative Fit Testing Protocol: Amendment to the Final Rule on 

Respiratory Protection 1218-AC94

DOL/OSHA Proposed Rule 

Stage Crane Operator Qualification in Construction 1218-AC96

DOL/OSHA Proposed Rule 

Stage

Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Exemption Expansions for Railroad 

Roadway Work 1218-AD07

DOL/OSHA Final Rule Stage Walking Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems (Slips, 

Trips, and Fall Prevention) 1218-AB80

DOL/OSHA Final Rule Stage

Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the 

Consumer Financial Protection Act; the Seaman's Protection Act; and the 

FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

1218-AC58

DOL/OSHA Final Rule Stage Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under Section 

1558 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 1218-AC79

DOL/OSHA Final Rule Stage Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain 

Accurate Records of Each Recordable Injury and Illness 1218-AC84

DOL/OSHA Final Rule Stage

Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the 

Employee Protection Provision of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 

21st Century Act

1218-AC88

DOL/OSHA Final Rule Stage Rules of Agency Practice and Procedure Concerning OSHA Access to 

Employee Medical Records 1218-AC95

DOL/MSHA Prerule Stage Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines 1219-AB79

DOL/MSHA Prerule Stage Request for Information to Improve the Health and Safety of Miners and to 

Prevent Accidents in Underground Coal Mines 1219-AB85

DOL/MSHA Prerule Stage Exposure of Underground Miners to Diesel Exhaust 1219-AB86

DOL/MSHA Proposed Rule 

Stage Respirable Crystalline Silica 1219-AB36

DOL/MSHA Proposed Rule 

Stage Examination of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines 1219-AB87

DOL/MSHA Final Rule Stage Proximity Detection Systems for Mobile Machines in Underground Mines 1219-AB78

DOL/MSHA Final Rule Stage Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines; Limited Reopening of 

the Record 1219-AB84

DOL/WHD Prerule Stage Request for Information on the Impact of the Use of Electric Devices by 

Nonexempt Employees on Hours Worked Issues 1235-AA12

DOL/WHD Proposed Rule 

Stage Employment of Workers With Disabilities Under Special Certificates 1235-AA14
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DOL/WHD Final Rule Stage Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, 

Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees 1235-AA11

DOL/WHD Final Rule Stage Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Contractors, Executive Order 13706 1235-AA13

DOL/OWCP Proposed Rule 

Stage

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Maximum 

Compensation Rate Determinations 1240-AA06

DOL/OWCP Proposed Rule 

Stage

Claims for Compensation Under the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as Amended 1240-AA08

DOL/OWCP Proposed Rule 

Stage Black Lung Benefits Act: Medical Benefit Payments 1240-AA11

DOL/OLMS Proposed Rule 

Stage

Persuader Agreements: Consultant Form LM-21 Receipts and 

Disbursements Report 1245-AA05

DOL/OFCCP Proposed Rule 

Stage Construction Contractors' Affirmative Action Requirements 1250-AA01

DOL/OFCCP Final Rule Stage Discrimination on the Basis of Sex 1250-AA05

DOL/OS Proposed Rule 

Stage Administrative Review Board Rules of Practice and Procedure 1290-AA28

DOL/OS Proposed Rule 

Stage Department of Labor Freedom of Information Act Regulations 1290-AA30

DOL/OS Final Rule Stage Department of Labor Administrative Wage Garnishment 1290-AA27

DOL/OS Final Rule Stage Department of Labor Inflation Adjustment Act 1290-AA31

DOL/OASAM Proposed Rule 

Stage

Implementation of the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity 

Provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 1291-AA36

DOL/OASAM Proposed Rule 

Stage

Department of Labor Implementation of OMB Guidance on 

Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension 1291-AA38