Museums and Libraries Plan Regs? Yawn City
Published Date: 8/14/2026
Proposed Rule
Summary
Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605) and Executive Order 12866, the Institute of Museum and Library Services publishes this regulatory agenda describing Agency regulations under development or review. The complete Unified Agenda is available at www.reginfo.gov.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
IMLS Adopts OMB Grants Rules
If you receive grants, cooperative agreements, or other Federal assistance from IMLS, IMLS will adopt the Office of Management and Budget's revised regulation in 2 CFR part 200 and add IMLS-specific provisions. The agency says these revisions will improve transparency, accountability, and oversight for Federal awards. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is scheduled for July 2026 (listed as 07/00/26).
Conforming Debarment and Drug‑Free Rules
IMLS will make conforming changes to the governmentwide nonprocurement debarment and suspension rules at 2 CFR 180 and to the rules implementing the Drug‑Free Workplace Act of 1988 for Federal grants and cooperative agreements. These changes will apply to IMLS awards and grantees; the document lists a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in July 2026 (07/00/26).
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Previous: 2026-16601, Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
This agenda announces the proposed regulatory actions that GSA plans for the next 12 months and those that have been completed since the spring 2025 edition. This agenda was developed under the guidelines of Executive Orders 12866, "Regulatory Planning and Review," Executive Order 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," Executive Order 14219, "Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's `Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative," and Executive Order 14192, "Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation." GSA's purpose in publishing this agenda is to allow interested people an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process. GSA also invites interested people to recommend existing significant regulations for review to determine whether they should be modified or rescinded. The public may provide comments on rules via http://www.regulations.gov. The Unified Agenda, including previous versions, is available 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), GSA'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 available in the Unified Agenda. In addition, for fall editions of the agenda, the entire Regulatory Plan will continue to be printed in the Federal Register, as in past years, including GSA's regulatory plan.
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Publication of the 2026 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order ("E.O.") 12866, "Regulatory Planning and Review," (58 FR 51735, as amended) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," (76 FR 3821) and E.O. 14192, "Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation." The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda) helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of this publication. The complete publication of the 2026 Unified Agenda contains 78 Federal agency regulatory agendas available to the public at www.reginfo.gov. The 2026 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register includes the agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.