# 2025-20098: Shutdown Paperwork? It's All Due November 20—Don't Resend Anything!

2025-20098, Materials Due To Be Submitted During the Federal Government Shutdown, is a Federal Register notice from Surface Transportation Board published 2025-11-18, effective 2025-11-13 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20098
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20098
- Title: Materials Due To Be Submitted During the Federal Government Shutdown
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Surface Transportation Board
- Citation: 90 FR 51805
- Published: 2025-11-18
- Effective: 2025-11-13
- Comments close: 2025-11-13
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Shutdown Paperwork? It's All Due November 20—Don't Resend Anything!

## Summary

If you had to send paperwork to the Surface Transportation Board during the government shutdown from October 1 to November 12, 2025, don’t worry! All those materials are now officially due by November 20, 2025, and anything sent during the shutdown counts as filed on November 13. This gives everyone extra time without losing their spot, so no need to resend anything or stress about deadlines.

## Abstract

The Board provides notice that any material due to be submitted to the Board during the Federal government shutdown period (including comments on environmental documents) will now be due no later than November 20, 2025, unless otherwise ordered by the Board.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-20098 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/18/2025-20098/materials-due-to-be-submitted-during-the-federal-government-shutdown)
- [2025-20098 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-18/pdf/2025-20098.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20098 (as of 2026-06-08).