Congress requires federal agencies to solicit the public’s views, in the form of comment letters, before they issue regulations. Heritage scholars regularly file comments on proposed regulations. This page assembles recent comments by Heritage scholars.

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Agency for International Development 

• Public Comment for USAID LGBTQI+ Inclusive Development Policy | May 11, 2023 | Grace Melton
• Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations | March 13, 2023 | John L. Fitzhenry
• General Comments on USAID Gender Policy | September 6, 2022 | Grace Melton

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

• Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions | February 6, 2023 | E.J. Antoni and Kevin Dayaratna
• Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions | February 6, 2023 | David Burton

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

• Request for Information on Climate-Related Financial Risk | September 30, 2022 | Katie Tubb
• Climate-Related Financial Risk | August 8, 2022 | David Burton

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

• Proposed rule to “rein in excessive credit card late fees” (Regulation Z); Docket No. CFPB-2023-0010 or RIN 3170-AB15 | May 4, 2023 | Joel Griffith

Department of Agriculture

• Proposed Rule “Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Online Ordering and Transactions and Food Delivery Revisions To Meet the Needs of a Modern, Data-Driven Program” (RIN 0584-AE85) | May 24, 2023 | Benjamin Rioja Paris and Jamie Bryan Hall
• Proposed rule “Nutrition Programs: Community Eligibility Provision-Increasing Options for Schools” (RIN 0584-AE93, Docket No. FNS-2022-0044) | May 8, 2023 | Jamie Bryan Hall and Benjamin Rioja Paris
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Child Nutrition Programs: Community Eligibility Provision-Increasing Options for Schools | April 11, 2023 | Jonathan Butcher and Lindsey M. Burke
• Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations | March 13, 2023 | John L. Fitzhenry
• Onions Grown in South Texas and Imported Onions; Termination of Marketing Order 959 and Change in Import Requirements | December 8, 2021 | Daren Bakst, Elizabeth Hanke
• Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Program | November 1, 2021 | Daren Bakst

Department of Education

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female Athletic Teams” | May 15, 2023 | Benjamin Rioja Paris and Jonathan Abbamonte
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female Athletics Teams” | May 15, 2023 | Sarah Parshall Perry
• Proposed Rule (DCL ID: GEN-23-03, p. 23), Requirements and Responsibilities for Third-Party Servicers and Institutions | March 28, 2023 | Adam Kissel
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “Direct Grant Programs, State-Administered Formula Grant Programs” (regarding 34 CFR Parts 75 and 76) | March 21, 2023 | Adam Kissel
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “Direct Grant Programs, State-Administered Formula Grant Programs” (regarding 34 CFR Parts 75 and 76) | March 20, 2023 | Jonathan Butcher
• Request for Information Regarding First Amendment and Free Inquiry Related Grant Conditions | March 20, 2023 | Jonathan Butcher
• Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations | March 13, 2023 | John L. Fitzhenry
• Request for Information Regarding First Amendment and Free Inquiry Related Grant Conditions | March 8, 2023 | Adam Kissel
• Improving Income-Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program | February 10, 2023 | Jamie Bryan Hall, Leslie Ford, and Robert Rector
• Improving Income-Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program | February 8, 2023 | E.J. Antoni
• Improving Income-Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program | January 18, 2023 | Adam Kissel and Lindsey Burke
• Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance | September 11, 2022 | Jay W. Richards and Jared Eckert
• Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance | August 9, 2022 | Melanie Israel and Emma Waters
• The Department of Education’s Intended Revision of Title IX Fails Regulatory and Civil Rights Analyses | June 19, 2022 | Sarah Parshall Perry
• Proposed Rule, “Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program” | August 11, 2022 | Adam Kissel and Lindsey Burke
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance” | August 2, 2022| Lindsey Burke and Jonathan Butcher
• Agency’s Intention To Amend the Regulations Pertaining to Sec. 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Through Negotiated Rulemaking | June 6, 2022 | Lindsey Burke

Department of Energy

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Re: “Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers,” Docket No. EERE-2017- BT-STD-0014 | May 17, 2023 | Travis Fisher, Rachael Wilfong, Kevin Dayaratna
• Proposed rule RE: “Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products,” Docket ID No. EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005 | April 17, 2023 | Rachael Wilfong and Kevin Dayaratna
• Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces | October 5, 2022 | Jack Spencer and Kevin Dayaratna 
• Energy Conservation Standards Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comment | October 5, 2022 | Kevin Dayaratna, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Department of Health and Human Services

• Proposed Rule RE: [CMS–9903–P] Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act | April 3, 2023 | Edmund F. Haislmaier
• Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act, RIN 0938-AU94,CMS-9903-P | April 3, 2023 | John L. Fitzhenry
• Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations | March 13, 2023 | John L. Fitzhenry
• Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statute (RIN 0945-AA18) | March 6, 2023 | Sarah Parshall Perry and Tom Jipping
• Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes (RIN 0945-AA18) | March 6, 2023 | Melanie Israel and Emma Waters
• Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes (RIN 0945-AA18) | March 6, 2023 | Jonathan Abbamonte
• Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes (RIN 0945-AA18) | March 1, 2023 | Benjamin Rioja Paris
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024 | January 30, 2023 | Peter Nelson and Edmund F. Haislmaier
• Office for Civil Rights, Sec. 1557 Proposed Rule “Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities” | October 3, 2022 | Jay W. Richards
• Office for Civil Rights, Sec. 1557 Proposed Rule “Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities | October 3, 2022 | Edmund F. Haislmaier
• Submitted Comment on a Pending HHS Regulation That Would Require Insurers To Cover Gender “Transition” Treatments and Surgical Procedures | May 17, 2022 | Jay W. Richards, Sarah Parshall Perry, Edmund Haislmaier  
• Comment on Proposed Rule “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023” | Jan 27, 2022 | Jay W. Richards, Jared Eckert 
• Ensuring Access to Equitable, Affordable, Client-Centered, Quality Family Planning Services | May 17, 2021 | Melanie Israel

- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• The Child/Adolescent Immunization Schedule and Covid-19 Vaccines for Children | October 19, 2022 | Robert E. Moffit

- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

• Streamlining the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Process | November 3, 2022 | Dennis G. Smith, Ed Haislmaier, Nina Owcharenko Schaefer
• Request for Information on Medicare | August 30, 2022 | Robert E. Moffit
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Updating Payment Parameters, Section 1332 Waiver Implementing Regulations, and Improving Health Insurance Markets for 2022 and Beyond | July 28, 2021 | Melanie Israel

Department of Homeland Security

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways,” 88 FR 11704, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2022-0016 | Mar 27, 2023 | Joseph Edlow, Lora Ries, Mark Morgan, Ken Cuccinelli, and Tom Homan 
• Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations | March 13, 2023 | John L. Fitzhenry

Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Proposed Rule Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing NPRM (RIN 2529-AB05, Docket No. FR-6250-P-01) | April 24, 2023 | Jamie Bryan Hall
• Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing NPRM (RIN 2529-AB05, Docket No. FR-6250-P-01) | April 11, 2023 | Benjamin Rioja Paris
• Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations | March 13, 2023 | John L. Fitzhenry

Department of the Interior

- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

• 2023-2028 National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Program | October 6, 2022 | Katie Tubb

Department of Justice

• Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations | March 13, 2023 | John L. Fitzhenry

Department of Labor

• Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations | March 13, 2023 | John L. Fitzhenry
• Wage and Hour Division Proposed Rule: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act | December 13 | Rachel Greszler and David Burton
• Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations | May 17, 2022 | David Ditch 
• Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights [RIN 1210–AC03] | December 13, 2021 | David Burton 

Department of Treasury

• Proposed Rule to Expand Access to ACA Subsidies for Dependents with Employer-Based Coverage | May 7, 2022 | Doug Badger

- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

• Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards, and Use of FinCEN Identifiers for Entities Number [Docket Number FINCEN–2021–0005; RIN 1506–AB49/AB59 | February 14, 2023 | David Burton
• Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the No-Action Letter Process | August 5, 2022 | David Burton
• Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements | February 7, 2022|. David Burton
• Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements | May 5, 2021| David Burton
• Requirements for Certain Transactions Involving Convertible Virtual Currency or Digital Assets | March 29, 2021 |David Burton

- Internal Revenue Service

• Request for Comments on Credits for Clean Vehicles | November 3, 2022 | Preston Brashers

Department of Veterans Affairs

• Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations | March 13, 2023 | John L. Fitzhenry
• Interim Final Rule on Reproductive Health Services | October 11, 2022| Melanie Israel and Emma Waters
• Interim Final Rule on Reproductive Health Services | October 11, 2022| Sarah Parshall Perry, Jack Fitzhenry, Jameson Payne

Environmental Protection Agency

• Proposed Rule “Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter” | March 28, 2023 | Travis Fisher
• Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2023-2025 and Other Changes | February 10, 2023 | Daren Bakst and Rachael Wilfong
• Designation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) as CERCLA Hazardous Substances | November 7, 2022 | Daren Bakst and Rachael Wilfong
• National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Gasoline Distribution Technology Review and Standards of Performance for Bulk Gasoline Terminals Review | August 9, 2022 | Daren Bakst
• National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Gasoline Distribution Technology Review and Standards of Performance for Bulk Gasoline Terminals Review | August 9, 2022 | Jack Spencer
• Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule | August 8, 2022 | Daren Bakst
• Request for hearing on proposed rule, “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Gasoline Distribution Technology Review and Standards of Performance for Bulk Gasoline Terminals Review” | June 17, 2022 | Daren Bakst
• Testimony on the Ozone Reconsideration Process | June 8, 2022 | Daren Bakst 
• Policy Assessment for the Reconsideration of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards | May 31, 2022 | Daren Bakst
• Testimony on the Particulate Matter Reconsideration Process | February 25, 2022 | Daren Bakst
• Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States” | February 7, 2022 | Daren Bakst
• Testimony on the Definition of “Waters of the United States” | January 12, 2022 | Daren Bakst
• Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Motor Vehicles During Model Years 2023 Through 2026 | September 27, 2021 | Kevin Dayaratna and Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Testimony on Notice of Intention To Reconsider and Revise the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule | June 23, 2021 | Daren Bakst
• Rescinding the Rule on Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process | June 10, 2021 | Daren Bakst
• Invitation for Public Comment on the List of Candidates For the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee | June 1, 2021 | Daren Bakst

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

• Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Related Financial Risk | February 13, 2023 | Maiya Clark and Travis Fisher
• Federal Acquisition Regulation: Use of Project Labor Agreement for Federal Construction Projects | October 17, 2022 | Rachel Greszler and David Ditch

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Submitted Comment on Climate-Related Financial Risk Management | June 2, 2022 | David Burton

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

• Proposed Rule Extending the Duty of Candor | September 22, 2022 | Jack Fitzhenry
• FERC's Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Policy Cannot Pass a Cost-Benefit Test | April 25, 2022 | Kevin Dayaratna and Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure Project Reviews | April 25, 2022 | Kevin Dayaratna and Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Technical Conference on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation under Sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act | January 7, 2022 | Kevin Dayaratna and Competitive Enterprise Institute

Federal Trade Commission

• Proposed Rule, addition of a new Subchapter J, consisting of part 910 to Chapter I in title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Concerning Unfair Methods of Competition, Part 910—Non-Compete Clauses | April 18, 2023 | Jake Denton and Will Thibeau 
• Proposed Amendments Regarding the Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security | October 21, 2022 | Will Thibeau and Jake Denton

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

• Regulatory Notice 22-08 Sales Practice Obligations for Complex Products and Options | May 8, 2022| David Burton
• Regulatory Notice 21-17, Diversity and Inclusion in the Broker-Dealer Industry | June 28, 2021| David Burton
• Proposed Rule Change to Establish a Monopoly Corporate Bond New Issue Reference Data Service Operated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) | October 23, 2019 | David Burton

General Services Administration

• Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Related Financial Risk [FAR Case 2021–015] | February 13, 2023 | David Burton

National Labor Relations Board

• Proposed Rule: Representation—Case Procedures: Election Bars; Proof of Majority Support in Construction Industry Collective-Bargaining Relationships | February 2, 2023 | Rachel Greszler
• National Labor Relations Board Proposed Rule: Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status | December 7, 2022 | Rachel Greszler and David Burton

National Transportation Safety Board

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s proposed corporate average fuel economy standards for model years 2024-2026 light duty vehicles | October 26, 2021 | Kevin Dayaratna and Competitive Enterprise Institute

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

• Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks | February 13, 2022 | David Burton

Office of Management and Budget

• Proposed Revisions to OMB Circular A-4, OMB-2022-0014 | June 6, 2023 | Paul J. Ray
• Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates under Executive Order 13990 | Jun 21, 2021 | Kevin Dayaratna and Competitive Enterprise Institute

Office of Personnel Management

• NPRM “Advancing Pay Equity in Governmentwide Pay Systems” (RIN 3206-AO39) | June 6, 2023 | Benjamin Rioja Paris

Securities and Exchange Commission

• Order Scheduling Filing of Statement on Review Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 2, to Establish a Corporate Bond New Issue Reference Data Service (File No. SR-FINRA-2019- 008) | February 21, 2023 | David Burton
• Substantial Implementation, Duplication, and Resubmission of Shareholder Proposals Under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 | September 12, 2022 | David Burton
• Proposed Rule on Enhanced Disclosures by Certain Investment Advisers and Investment Companies about Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosures for Investment Practices | August 16, 2022 | David Burton
• Proposed Rule Changes to Prevent Misleading or Deceptive Fund Names | August 16, 2022 | David Burton
• The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors | June 17, 2022 | David Burton
• The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors | June 17, 2022 | Katie Tubb
• The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, RIN 3235—AM87, File Number S7-10-22 | June 17, 2022 | Paul Ray
• The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors | June 17, 2022 | Kevin Dayaratna
• Amendments Regarding the Definition of “Exchange” and Alternative Trading Systems that Trade U.S. Treasury and Agency Securities, National Market System Stocks, and other Securities | April 18, 2022 | David Burton 
• The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors | June 13, 2021 | David Burton 
• Public Input Welcomed on Climate Change Disclosures | June 11, 2021 | Katie Tubb
• Proposed Nasdaq Rule Change to Adopt Listing Rules Related to Board Diversity | January 4, 2021 | David Burton 

United Nations

• Call for inputs: Report on colonialism and sexual orientation and gender identity” issued by the UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI) | May 26, 2023 | Grace Melton
• Response to Call for input to a thematic report: freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI)” from UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | January 2023 | Grace Melton