Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign Citizens

Document 2026-08018 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Commerce in the Federal Register on April 24, 2026, with an effective date of April 24, 2026. By this rule, NIST removes its regulations establishing fellowships in laboratory standardization and testing for foreign citizens of "other American republics." This action is necessary because no statute specifically requires or contemplates the promulgation of these regulations and because there has not been any active program under these regulations in decades. The removal of these regulations will streamline the Code of Federal Regulations, thereby promoting administrative simplicity and efficiency, and also reprioritize U.S. interests. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/24/2026-08018/eliminating-regulations-establishing-fellowships-in-laboratory-standardization-and-testing-for.

No. Document 2026-08018 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.