Fall 2019 Unified Agenda Published – DHS

This week the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) published the Fall 2019 Unified Agenda. There has been one item of interest here that was removed from the DHS portion of the Unified Agenda.

Current Agenda

The table below shows the DHS rulemakings that I am following in the Current Unified Agenda. There are no new items in this list nor was there any change status in the items that are still listed here.

OS	Final Rule Stage	Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation: Safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified Sensitive Information (HSAR Case 2015-001)	1601-AA76
OS	Final Rule Stage	Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation: Information Technology Security Awareness Training (HSAR Case 2015-002)	1601-AA78
USCG	Prerule Stage	Identifying Barriers to Autonomous Vessels	1625-AC54
USCG	Final Rule Stage	2013 Liquid Chemical Categorization Updates	1625-AB94
USCG	Final Rule Stage	TWIC Reader Requirements; Delay of Effective Date	1625-AC47
TSA	Proposed Rule Stage	Vetting of Certain Surface Transportation Employees	1652-AA69
TSA	Final Rule Stage	Protection of Sensitive Security Information	1652-AA08
TSA	Final Rule Stage	Security Training for Surface Transportation Employees	1652-AA55

There are no Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency does not currently have any rulemakings on the active portion of the Unified Agenda. The one item that was on the Spring 2019 Unified Agenda (1670-AA00 - Ammonium Nitrate Security Program) was moved to the Long-Term Actions portion of the Unified Agenda.

Long-Term Agenda

The table below shows the rulemakings that I am following in the Long-Term Actions section of the Unified Agenda for DHS.

USCG	Amendments to Chemical Testing Requirements	1625-AB58
TSA	Surface Transportation Vulnerability Assessments and Security Plans	1652-AA56
CISA	Ammonium Nitrate Security Program	1670-AA00
CISA	Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)	1670-AA01
CISA	Updates to Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program	1670-AA02

The only change to this list is the one that I noted earlier.

Commentary

I noted earlier this week on TWITTER® that a TWEET announcing the upcoming publication of the Unified Agenda: “Over states importance and accuracy of Unified Agenda. Most items on agenda predate Trump, many predate Obama.” Some of the rulemakings listed above date from as far back as 2008. No one should pay too much attention to these listings; these may get addressed but lots of rulemakings never make it onto the Unified Agenda.