FDA seeks comment on menthol cigarettes, Senate passes student loan bill, and more…
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking and invited comments on regulating menthol in cigarettes.
- The Senate passed a bill to link federal student loan interest rates to rates for financial markets, lowering interest rates for now.
- The House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee approved plan to cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Interior’s budgets by nineteen percent, in addition to sequestration reductions.
- The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Steven Cohen with failing to supervise his employees who made allegedly illegal trades.
- The House will discuss two bills that will prevent the EPA from using the social cost of carbon when promulgating certain rules.
- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) opened the agency’s pre-screening program to the general public.
- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report detailing the pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance market.
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed suit against a Utah mortgage company for allegedly giving incentives to loan officers for pushing high-interest rate mortgages.
- Legislators voted to defeat a proposal to restrict how the National Security Agency (NSA) uses telephone surveillance.
- The GAO released a report recommending the U.S. Department of Labor to review the department’s green jobs program to enhance implementation.
- The Federal Reserve (Fed), U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a joint statement asking financial institutions to work with private student loan borrowers who are in financial distress.
- The Hobby Lobby won temporary relief from complying with the contraceptive coverage mandate in the ACA.
