Examine proposed and final regulations and type a couple of pages of a summary/analysis of the regulations. Choose any regulation that interests you at the federal or state level and look at both the proposed and final versions of the regulation. Below are instructions on how to find
regulations at the federal level, which are generally easier to follow. However, you are free to do
this at the state level if you can obtain the needed information. 

 

Instructions:
To find the final and proposal regulations, start by going to the federal register website:  
https://www.federalregister.gov/. Next go to search documents (at the top right hand side) and  enter a search term (e.g., Medicaid, health, tobacco control). That will give you a list of  documents. You want to look for something interesting with a circled R next to it (which means  final rule). Click on the final rule and then open the PDF version. (You want to quickly scroll  through the final version to make sure they have a section with responses to comments. You also  want to look at the summary in the beginning, as well as reference to the proposed rule that  preceded the final rule which is often found in the Executive Summary section).  

Please include the following information in the regulatory summary: 

 Proposed regulations: 

•         Legal cite (to the Federal Register or state Register—i.e., date of publication, Register  number and page number)'
•         The agency that is issuing the proposed regulations;
•         The legal authority for publishing the regulation (i.e., what is the statute that gives the  agency the authority to issue regulations in this area);
•         A summary of the proposed rule (no more than a paragraph), including a description of
the problem the rule is meant to address or the goal it intends to accomplish;
• Process for commenting on the rule (i.e., whether a person can request a public hearing,  whether a public hearing has been scheduled by the agency, where a person can submit  public comments, the comment period, etc.).

Final regulations: 

•         When were the final regulations issued (date of publication, register number and page
number);
•         A short summary of the comments and agencies' response. (Note: I only want you to  summarize one or two of the comments/responses. Some of the final regulations in state  or federal registers can be very long.) Look at the final regulations published in the federal  register, not the Code of Federal Regulations (which is where the final regulations are  codified. The CFR does not include summaries of comments and agency responses).

An assessment of whether the regulation is an effective way to address the  problem/accomplish its goal. Please consider cost (to the federal/state  government), impact, equity/justice/fairness, and any practical concerns with  implementation. Please also consider how the rule compares to other policy  options.

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Regulatory Summary Proposed and Final Regulations on Overtime Pay Exemption for WhiteCollar Employees Proposed Regulations Legal cite Federal Register 81 FR 32391 May 23 2016 Issuing agency US Departm... View the full answer