Welcome to Carver's USA Regulatory Updates.

In this episode, we explore the FCC’s advancement of pivotal proposals including updates to the Lifeline program, aimed at improving discounted communications services for low-income consumers, and revisions to 900 MHz spectrum rules and FM translator application limits to better optimize spectrum use.

We highlight California Attorney General Rob Bonta's successful temporary restraining order preventing the federal termination of over $600 million in public health grants, protecting critical state health programs.

The FDA’s recent approval of changes to the iPLEDGE Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) now permits at-home pregnancy testing during and after treatment, streamlining patient care by removing prior waiting periods.

We cover disaster relief initiatives as the Small Business Administration declares a disaster for California following late 2025 storms, providing Economic Injury Disaster Loans to affected small businesses and nonprofits to aid recovery.

Finally, the Department of Labor’s significant settlement with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan reforms insurer practices related to mental health and substance use disorder care, including a $28 million reimbursement and penalties.

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Articles mentioned:

1. Attorney General Bonta Secures Emergency Order Protecting over $600 Million in Public Health Funding
2. Questions and Answers on the iPLEDGE REMS
3. 赤澤経済産業大臣がグリア米国通商代表主催の重要鉱物に関する貿易大臣会合に出席しました
4. Domestic Section 214 Application Filed For The Aquisition Of Certain Assets Of FiberLight, LLC By Charter Fiberlink-Georgia, LLC
5. View Comments
6. Building the Strategic Supply Chain Network
7. iPLEDGE Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS)
8. 91 FR 5729
9. SBA Offers Relief to California Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by 2025 Late December Storms
10. US Department of Labor, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan reach settlement to reform insurer’s practices on mental health, substance use disorder care
11. Administrative Proceeding - Thomas J. Corsaro
12. US Department of Labor recovers nearly $62K in back wages for 11 workers denied full tips by Denver restaurant
13. CISA’s 2025 Year in Review: Driving Security and Resilience Across Critical Infrastructure
14. Instant Payments Give Suncoast Credit Union Members Faster Access to Their Money
15. Passive investors and loan spreads
16. Partnership with West Virginia Leads to 650 Illegal Alien Arrested in 2 Weeks Including Drug Traffickers, Violent Offenders, and Burglars
17. Lisa D Cook: Economic outlook
18. Zelle® Posts 20% Growth with $1.2 Trillion Sent, Far Outpacing Consumer Spending and Cementing Its Role in the U.S. Economy
19. US hiring soars past expectations as unemployment edges down
20. February 2026 Open Commission Meeting