Senate confirms CFPB head, Texas governor signs abortion bill, and more…
- The U.S. Senate confirmed Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
- Texas Governor Rick Perry signed the state’s abortion bill into law. See related The Regulatory Review essay.
- The United Kingdom legalized same-sex marriage.
- The U.S. Senate confirmed Tom Perez as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.
- The U.S. Senate confirmed Gina McCarthy as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA).
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a compliance policy guide for salmonella in food for animals.
- A third federal appeals court found the National Labor Review Board (NLRB) recess appointments unconstitutional.
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down the EPA delay on the agency’s biomass power plant standard.
- The U.S. Senate released a discussion draft of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Solvency Act of 2013.
- The Federal Reserve Board (Fed) held a meeting and decided to maintain the primary credit rate.
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a rule clarifying the requirements for assistance personnel in certain Affordable Care Act exchanges.
- The Tennis Channel appealed a court’s decision to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) ruling that Comcast Corp. was discriminating against the Tennis Channel.
- The FDA allowed the marketing of a brain wave test for children and teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed rule to define rail carriers as small businesses based on operating revenues rather than by number of employees.
- Microsoft Corp. sued the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for allegedly failing to follow the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) import ban against Google.
