Removing Certain Redundant Language From Regulations Governing Planning Investments and Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies

Document 2026-05228 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Commerce in the Federal Register on March 17, 2026, with an effective date of March 17, 2026. By this rule, EDA amends its regulations governing planning investments and comprehensive economic development strategies by removing certain redundant language. Specifically, this rule removes a section pertaining to eligible administrative expenses on the basis that it is redundant with the government-wide cost principles set forth elsewhere in the Code of Federal Regulations. This action is intended to streamline EDA's regulations by eliminating unnecessary regulatory text, and thereby promote administrative efficiency, without diminishing any substantive obligation or entitlement related to planning investments and comprehensive economic development strategies. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/17/2026-05228/removing-certain-redundant-language-from-regulations-governing-planning-investments-and.

No. Document 2026-05228 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.