Review - Fall 2024 Unified Agenda – DHS Rulemakings

Yesterday the Biden Administration published their Fall 2024 Unified Agenda. The Unified Agenda lays out the major regulatory measures that the Administration is considering taking action on over the next year. The listing of a rulemaking or the estimated action dates associated with a rulemaking are aspirational at best and no guarantee of agency action, especially since there will be a change in Administration in January. There are 68 rulemakings listed for DHS with 33 rulemakings on the Long-Term Action list for the Department. Five of those rulemakings are of particular interest here:

Commentary

The Unified Agenda is an ongoing exercise in trying to keep track of the regulatory efforts of the Federal Government. Given the fact that the Executive Branch does not have enough people to complete all of the detailed work on developing and amending the regulations directed by the President, Congress and the Courts, it is not surprising that the ‘expected’ dates for the next stage of the rulemaking process are largely aspirational, and not actual predictions that can be tracked for their forecasting accuracy. With changes in administrations, especially the type change we are seeing this year, those expectations cannot even be called aspirational. Still, it is the tool that we have.

 

For more information on the details on the DHS rulemakings of interest, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/fall-2024-unified-agenda - subscription required.