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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

32 CFR Chs. I, V, VI, and VII 

33 CFR Ch. II 

36 CFR Ch. III 

48 CFR Ch. II 

Improving Government Regulations; 

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory 

and Deregulatory Actions 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this semiannual 

agenda of regulatory documents, 

including those that are procurementrelated, for public information and 

comments under Executive Order 12866 

‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review.’’ 

This agenda incorporates the objective 

and criteria, when applicable, of the 

regulatory reform program under the 

Executive order and other regulatory 

guidance. It contains DoD issuances 

initiated by DoD components that may 

have economic and environmental 

impact on State, local, or tribal interests 

under the criteria of Executive Order 

12866. Although most DoD issuances 

listed in the agenda are of limited public 

impact, their nature may be of public 

interest and, therefore, are published to 

provide notice of rulemaking and an 

opportunity for public participation in 

the internal DoD rulemaking process. 

Members of the public may submit 

comments on individual proposed and 

interim final rulemakings at 

www.regulations.gov during the 

comment period that follows 

publication in the Federal Register. 

This agenda updates the report 

published on May 23, 2014, and 

includes regulations expected to be 

issued and under review over the next 

12 months. The next agenda is 

scheduled to be published in the spring 

of 2015. In addition to this agenda, DoD 

components also publish rulemaking 

notices pertaining to their specific 

statutory administration requirements as 

required. 

The complete Unified Agenda will be 

available online at www.reginfo.gov. 

Because publication in the Federal 

Register is mandated for the regulatory 

flexibility agendas required by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

602), the Department of Defense’s 

printed agenda entries include only: 

(1) rules that are in the Agency’s 

regulatory flexibility agenda, in 

accordance with the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, because they are likely 

to have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities; and 

(2) any rules that the Agency has 

identified for periodic review under 

section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act. 

Printing of these entries is limited to 

fields that contain information required 

by the Regulatory Flexibility Act’s 

agenda requirements. Additional 

information on these entries is in the 

Unified Agenda available online. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning the overall DoD 

regulatory improvement program and 

for general semiannual agenda 

information, contact Ms. Patricia 

Toppings, telephone 571–372–0485, or 

write to Office of the Deputy Chief 

Management Officer, Directorate of 

Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory 

and Audit Matters Office, 4800 Mark 

Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22350, or 

email: patricia.l.toppings.civ@mail.mil. 

For questions of a legal nature 

concerning the agenda and its statutory 

requirements or obligations, write to 

Office of the General Counsel, 1600 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–1600, or call 703–697–2714. 

For general information on Office of 

the Secretary regulations, other than 

those which are procurement-related, 

contact Ms. Morgan Park, telephone 

571–372–0489, or write to Office of the 

Deputy Chief Management Officer, 

Directorate of Oversight and 

Compliance, Regulatory and Audit 

Matters Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

Alexandria, VA 22350, or email: 

morgan.e.park.civ@mail.mil. 

For general information on Office of 

the Secretary agenda items, which are 

procurement-related, contact Mr. 

Manuel Quinones, telephone 571–372– 

6088, or write to Defense Acquisition 

Regulations Directorate, 4800 Mark 

Center Drive, Suite 15D07–2, 

Alexandria, VA 22350, or email: 

manuel.quinones.civ@mail.mil. 

For general information on 

Department of the Army regulations, 

contact Ms. Brenda Bowen, telephone 

703–428–6173, or write to the U.S. 

Army Records Management and 

Declassification Agency, ATTN: AAHS– 

RDR–C, Casey Building, Room 102, 

7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, 

Virginia 22315–3860, or email: 

brenda.s.bowen.civ@mail.mil. 

For general information on the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers regulations, 

contact Mr. Chip Smith, telephone 703– 

693–3644, or write to Office of the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Policy and Legislation), 108 Army 

Pentagon, Room 2E569, Washington, DC 

20310–0108, or email: 

charles.r.smith567.civ@mail.mil. 

For general information on 

Department of the Navy regulations, 

contact CDR Noreen Hagerty-Ford, 

telephone 703–614–7408, or write to 

Department of the Navy, Office of the 

Judge Advocate General, Administrative 

Law Division (Code 13), Washington 

Navy Yard, 1322 Patterson Avenue SE., 

Suite 3000, Washington, DC 20374– 

5066, or email: noreen.hagerty-ford@

navy.mil. 

For general information on 

Department of the Air Force regulations, 

contact Bao-Anh Trinh, telephone 703– 

614–8500, or write the Office of the 

Secretary of the Air Force, Chief, 

Information Dominance/Chief 

Information Officer (SAF CIO/A6), 1800 

Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20330–1800, or email: 

usaf.pentagon.saf-cio-a6.mbx.af-foia@

mail.mil. 

For specific agenda items, contact the 

appropriate individual indicated in each 

DoD component report. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

edition of the Unified Agenda of Federal 

Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions is 

composed of the regulatory status 

reports, including procurement-related 

regulatory status reports, from the Office 

of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and 

the Departments of the Army and Navy. 

Included also is the regulatory status 

report from the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, whose civil works functions 

fall under the reporting requirements of 

Executive Order 12866 and involve 

water resource projects and regulation 

of activities in waters of the United 

States. 

In addition, this agenda, although 

published under the reporting 

requirements of Executive Order 12866, 

continues to be the DoD single-source 

reporting vehicle, which identifies 

regulations that are currently applicable 

under the various regulatory reform 

programs in progress. Therefore, DoD 

components will identify those rules 

which come under the criteria of the: 

a. Regulatory Flexibility Act; 

b. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 

c. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995. 

Those DoD regulations, which are 

directly applicable under these statutes, 

will be identified in the agenda and 

their action status indicated. Generally, 

the regulatory status reports in this 

agenda will contain five sections: (1) 

Prerule stage; (2) proposed rule stage; (3) 

final rule stage; (4) completed actions; 

and (5) long-term actions. Where certain 

regulatory actions indicate that small 

entities are affected, the effect on these 


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entities may not necessarily have 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of these entities as 

defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(5 U.S.C. 601(6)). 

Although not a regulatory agency, 

DoD will continue to participate in 

regulatory initiatives designed to reduce 

economic costs and unnecessary 

burdens upon the public. Comments 

and recommendations are invited on the 

rules reported and should be addressed 

to the DoD component representatives 

identified in the regulatory status 

reports. Although sensitive to the needs 

of the public, as well as regulatory 

reform, DoD reserves the right to 

exercise the exemptions and flexibility 

permitted in its rulemaking process in 

order to proceed with its overall 

defense-oriented mission. The 

publishing of this agenda does not 

waive the applicability of the military 

affairs exemption in section 553 of title 

5 U.S.C. and section 3 of Executive 

Order 12866. Executive Order 13563 

recognizes the importance of 

maintaining a consistent culture of 

retrospective review and analysis 

throughout the executive branch. DoD’s 

retrospective review plan is intended to 

identify certain significant rules that are 

obsolete, unnecessary, unjustified, 

excessively burdensome, or 

counterproductive and can be accessed 

at: http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=DOD-2011-OS-0036. 

Dated: September 16, 2014. 

Michael L. Rhodes, 

Director, Administration. 

OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY

FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS—PROPOSED

RULE STAGE

Sequence 

Number Title 

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number 

268 ......... TRICARE; Reimbursement 

of Long Term 

Care Hospitals.

0720–AB47 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) 

Office of Assistant Secretary for Health 

Affairs (DODOASHA) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

268. Tricare; Reimbursement of Long 

Term Care Hospitals 

Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 

U.S.C. ch 55 

Abstract: The proposed rule 

implements the statutory provision in 

10 United States Code 1079(j)(2) that 

TRICARE payment methods for 

institutional care shall be determined to 

the extent practicable in accordance 

with the same reimbursement rules as 

those that apply to payments to 

providers of services of the same type 

under Medicare. This proposed rule 

implements a reimbursement 

methodology similar to that furnished to 

Medicare beneficiaries for services 

provided by long-term care hospitals. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/00/14 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Ann N. Fazzini, 

Department of Defense, Office of 

Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, 

1200 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301, Phone: 303 676–3803. 

RIN: 0720–AB47 

[FR Doc. 2014–28957 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

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