[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17595-17613]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08231]

Vol. 83

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Part II

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Department of Agriculture

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Department of Energy

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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14 CFR Part 1230

Department of Commerce

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Consumer Product Safety Commission

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16 CFR Part 1028

Social Security Administration

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Agency for International Development

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22 CFR Part 225

Department of Housing and Urban Development

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24 CFR Part 60

Department of Labor

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Department of Defense

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Department of Education

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34 CFR Part 97

Department of Veterans Affairs

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38 CFR Part 16

Environmental Protection Agency

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Department of Health and Human Services

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45 CFR Part 46

National Science Foundation

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Department of Transportation

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49 CFR Part 11

Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects: Proposed Six Month
Delay of the General Compliance Date While Allowing the Use of Three
Burden-Reducing Provisions During the Delay Period; Proposed Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 745

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

14 CFR Part 1230

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

15 CFR Part 27

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1028

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Part 431

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

22 CFR Part 225

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

45 CFR Part 690

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

49 CFR Part 11

Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects: Proposed Six
Month Delay of the General Compliance Date While Allowing the Use of
Three Burden-Reducing Provisions During the Delay Period

AGENCY: Department of Homeland Security; Department of Agriculture;
Department of Energy; National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
Department of Commerce; Consumer Product Safety Commission; Social
Security Administration; Agency for International Development;
Department of Housing and Urban Development; Department of Labor;
Department of Defense; Department of Education; Department of Veterans
Affairs; Environmental Protection Agency; Department of Health and
Human Services; National Science Foundation; and Department of
Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: In a final rule published on January 19, 2017, federal
departments and agencies made revisions to the Federal Policy for the
Protection of Human Subjects (hereafter the ``2018 Requirements''). The
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) adopted the same regulatory
changes in a separate final rule published on September 18, 2017. The
2018 Requirements were scheduled to become effective on January 19,
2018, with a general compliance date of January 19, 2018 (with the
exception of the revisions to the cooperative research provision). The
departments and agencies listed in this document have also published an
interim final rule delaying the effective date and general compliance
date for the 2018 Requirements for six months, to cover the time period
of January 19, 2018 until July 19, 2018.
    As per the interim final rule, the effective date of the 2018
Requirements is now July 19, 2018. The departments and agencies listed
in this document propose delaying the general compliance date for the
2018 Requirements for an additional six months, for the time period of
July 19, 2018 until January 21, 2019. This proposed rule is intended to
provide additional time to regulated entities for the preparations
necessary to implement the 2018 Requirements. This proposed rule, if
finalized, would require regulated entities to continue to comply with
the requirements of the current Federal Policy for the Protection of
Human Subjects (hereafter the ``pre-2018 Requirements'') until January
21, 2019.
    This proposal also takes comment on whether to permit institutions
to implement, for certain research studies, the following provisions in
the 2018 Requirements during the period from July 19, 2018, until
January 21, 2019, that the general compliance date is delayed. Those
three provisions, intended to reduce burdens on regulated entities, are
the 2018 Requirements' definition of ``research,'' which deems certain
activities not to be research, the allowance for no annual continuing
review of certain categories of research, and the elimination of the
requirement that institutional review boards (IRBs) review grant
applications related to the research. The way that this option is
proposed, regulated entities would be required to comply with all pre-
2018 Requirements during the period that the general compliance date is
delayed, except for provisions substituted by the three burden-reducing
provisions of the 2018 Requirements.
    As described in section III, below, this flexibility is proposed
only for studies for which an institution makes a choice to transition
to comply with the 2018 Requirements, beginning on July 19, 2018. In
order to clearly describe this proposed flexibility, including how it
would impact institutions choosing to transition research to comply
with the 2018 Requirements, this document proposes a redrafted
transition provision.

DATES: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of
the addresses provided below, no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time on May 21, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket ID number HHS-
OPHS-2018-0007 by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov):
    [cir] Enter the following link into your web browser's address bar:
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=HHS-OPHS-2018-0007.
    [cir] Click the blue ``Comment Now!'' button in the upper right
hand corner and follow the instructions on how to submit a comment.
    [cir] Alternatively, you can enter the docket ID number into the
``search'' box on the main page of the Federal eRulemaking Portal
(http://www.regulations.gov) to find the electronic docket.

     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier [For paper, disk, or CD-ROM
submissions] to: Jerry Menikoff, M.D., J.D., OHRP, 1101 Wootton
Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20852.
     Comments received, including any personal information,
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Menikoff, M.D., J.D., Office for
Human Research Protections (OHRP), Department of Health and Human
Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20852;
telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER> or 1-866-447-4777; facsimile:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On September 8, 2015, HHS and 15 other federal departments and
agencies published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing
revisions to each agency's codification of the Federal Policy for the
Protection of Human Subjects, originally promulgated as a Common Rule
in 1991. 80 FR 53931. On January 19, 2017, HHS and other federal
departments and agencies published a final rule revising the Federal
Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects. 82 FR 7149. The CPSC
adopted the same regulatory changes, also with a scheduled effective
date of January 19, 2018, in a separate final rule published on
September 18, 2017. 82 FR 43459. For this reason, references in this
document to the January 2017 final rule also extend to the CPSC's
September 2017 final rule. The revised policy, reflected in both final
rules, is hereafter referred to as the ``2018 Requirements.'' The 2018
Requirements were originally scheduled to become effective on January
19, 2018, with a general compliance date of January 19, 2018 (with the
exception of the revisions to the cooperative research provision at
Sec.  __.114(b), for which the compliance date is January 20, 2020).
    After publication of the 2018 Requirements, some representatives of
the regulated community, including organizations representing
recipients of federal human subjects research awards, expressed concern
regarding the regulated community's ability to implement all of the
2018 Requirements by the scheduled general compliance date.\1\ One of
the two letters asked for a delay in the general compliance date of the
2018 Requirements, with the option to adopt burden-reducing provisions
of the 2018 Requirements during the delay period, including certain
carve-outs from the definition of ``research,'' exemptions, elimination
of the continuing review requirement for certain categories of
research, and the elimination of the requirement that institutional
review boards (IRBs) review grant applications. The HHS Secretary's
Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) also
recommended in August 2017 that the required implementation of the 2018
Requirements should be delayed.\2\ On January 17, 2018, HHS and other
federal departments and agencies placed on display in the Federal
Register an interim final rule delaying the effective date and general
compliance date of the 2018 requirements to July 19, 2018. 83 FR 2885
(published January 22, 2018). On January 26, 2018, HUD published an
interim final rule adopting the January 17, 2018 interim final rule. 83
FR 3589.
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    \1\ Two unsolicited comments were received. See the June 21,
2017 letter to Jerry Menikoff from the Association of American
Medical Colleges, Association of American Universities, Association
of Public & Land-grant Universities, and Council on Governmental
Relations, available at http://www.cogr.edu/sites/default/files/AAMC_AAU_APLU_COGR%20Common%20Rule%20Delay%20Letter%206-21-2017.pdf.
See the June 9, 2017 letter to Secretary Thomas Price from the
American Medical Informatics Association at https://www.amia.org/sites/default/files/AMIA%20Letter%20Regarding%20the%20Common%20Rule.pdf.
    \2\ August 2, 2017 SACHRP Letter to HHS Secretary, Attachment A-
Recommendations on Compliance Dates and Transition Provisions,
https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/recommendations/attachment-a-august-2-2017/index.html.
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    This NPRM proposes to delay the general compliance date of the 2018
Requirements by an additional six months, during the time period of
July 19, 2018 to January 21, 2019.

II. Proposed Delay of the General Compliance Date

    We propose to delay the general compliance date of the 2018
Requirements for six months after the effective date of July 19, 2018
until January 21, 2019. Given the degree of complexity involved with
implementing the revised rule, we believe the delay we are proposing in
this action is both an appropriate action to take at this juncture, and
a reasonable time period to allow the regulated community to be
prepared for compliance with the 2018 Requirements and for HHS and the
other Common Rule agencies to develop implementation guidance. The 2018
requirements include new exemptions, new IRB review procedures, and new
provisions pertaining to informed consent, among other revisions, and
guidance would be helpful to the regulated community in understanding
and complying with these requirements. As described below, we propose
to revise Sec.  __.101(l)(2) to specify that the general compliance
date for the 2018 Requirements is January 21, 2019. We also propose to
revise the dates in the transition provision at Sec.  __.101(l)(3),(4)
and (5) to reflect this revised general compliance date.
    As proposed, regulated entities would be required to comply with
the pre-2018 Requirements prior to January 21, 2019, and the pre-2018
Requirements would be applied by the Common Rule departments and
agencies during this period. To clarify, under this proposal, regulated
entities would not be allowed, prior to January 21, 2019, to comply
with all provisions of the 2018 Requirements in lieu of all provisions
of the pre-2018 Requirements. As described below in section III, an
exception would exist during the six-month period between July 19,
2018, and January 21, 2019, with respect to three specified burden-
reducing provisions contained in the 2018 Requirements.
    Research initiated (i.e., initially approved by an IRB, or for
which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.  __.101(i), or determined
to be exempt) before the general compliance date of the 2018
Requirements (which would now become January 21, 2019) would, as a
default, continue to be subject to the pre-2018 Requirements for their
duration. This will maintain the ability of institutions to hold such
studies to the same set of standards throughout the studies' duration,
and will avoid a requirement that such research be subject to two sets
of rules.
    Research initiated (i.e., initially approved by an IRB, or for
which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.  __.101(i), or determined
to be exempt) on or after January 21, 2019 (proposed as the new general
compliance date), would need to be conducted entirely in compliance
with the 2018 Requirements. This document proposes to restructure Sec.
__.101(1)(3) and (4) (now numbered (5)) to aid readability. A new
section Sec.  __.101(l)(4) is proposed to be inserted to explain how
the requirements would apply to research transitioning to take
advantage of the burden-reducing provisions.
    We do not propose delaying the compliance date for the cooperative
research provision of the 2018 Requirements (Sec.  _.114(b)), which
will remain January 20, 2020.

III. Proposed Flexibility for Taking Advantage of Certain Burden-
Reducing Provisions Without a Delay

    This proposed rule also proposes to permit institutions, during the
period from July 19, 2018, until January 21, 2019, that the general
compliance date is proposed to be delayed, to take advantage of three
provisions in the 2018 Requirements intended to minimize burdens on
regulated entities (hereinafter ``three burden-reducing 2018
Requirements'').
    As under the January 2017 final rule, under this proposed rule,
studies initiated prior to the general compliance date of the 2018
Requirements, would, as a default, remain subject to the pre-2018
Requirements for their duration unless and until a decision to
transition to the 2018 Requirements (i.e., the institution chooses to
have a study be subject to the 2018 Requirements) is made and
documented.
    The January 2017 final rule provided an option for institutions to
transition ongoing studies from compliance with the pre-2018
Requirements to compliance with the 2018 Requirements for the studies'
duration. This proposed rule would preserve that option, and proposes
an additional flexibility for ongoing studies to transition to the 2018
Requirements if the decision to transition is documented prior to
January 21, 2019, which would be the new general compliance date of the
2018 Requirements. Between July 19, 2018 and January 21, 2019,
institutions that elect to transition studies to the 2018 Requirements
would, after the decision to transition has been documented, be able to
take advantage of the three burden-reducing 2018 Requirements. This
option is available for ongoing studies, as well as for studies newly
initiated after July 19, 2018.
    This option is described in a proposed revision to Sec.  __.101(l).
In order to clearly outline the operation of this proposed flexibility,
we propose to redraft Sec.  __.101(l) to describe how the transition
provision applies to research subject to the pre-2018 Requirements,
research transitioned from the pre-2018 Requirements to the 2018
Requirements, and research subject to the 2018 Requirements. The
revised Sec.  __.101(l) describes how the pre-2018 Requirements and the
2018 Requirements apply to research initiated (i.e., initially approved
by an IRB, waived under Sec.  __.101(i), or determined to be exempt),
during three time periods: Prior to July 19, 2018, between July 19,
2018 and January 21, 2019, and on or after January 21, 2019.
    As described, studies taking advantage of this option would be
subject to the three burden-reducing 2018 Requirements instead of, or
in addition to, the comparable provisions of the pre-2018 Requirements.
The three burden-reducing 2018 Requirements are (1) the 2018
Requirements' definition of ``research'' at Sec.  __.102(l) (instead of
Sec.  __.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements), which deems certain
activities not to be research, (2) the elimination of the requirement
that an IRB review the grant application related to the research at
Sec.  __.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (instead of Sec.  __.103(f) of
the pre-2018 Requirements), and (3) the allowance for no annual
continuing review of certain categories of research at Sec.
__.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements (instead of Sec.
__.103(b), as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in
addition to Sec.  __.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements).
    Given that studies taking advantage of this flexibility would, if
this proposal is adopted, temporarily be subject to the three burden-
reducing 2018 Requirements, but not other provisions in the 2018
Requirements, we are clarifying our intended interpretations of these
provisions during a transition period. First, the definition of
``research'' in the 2018 Requirements references a ``public health
authority,'' a term defined in the 2018 Requirements, but not included
in the pre-2018 Requirements. The reference to a ``public health
authority'' in Sec.  __.102(l)(3) of the 2018 Requirements would be
interpreted consistent with the definition of ``public health
authority'' included in the 2018 Requirements (Sec.  __.102(k)).
Second, Sec.  __.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements refers to research
``exempted under Sec.  __.104.'' Because the exemptions that will be in
place during any transition period are set forth in Sec.  __.101(b) of
the pre-2018 Requirements, this reference to research ``exempted under
Sec.  __.104'' would be interpreted, during this transition period and
prior to the general compliance date of the 2018 Requirements, as a
reference to research exempted under Sec.  __.101(b) of the pre-2018
Requirements. Third, the reference in Sec.  __.109(f)(1)(i) of the 2018
Requirements to research eligible for expedited review under Sec.
__.110 would be interpreted as a reference to that section in the pre-
2018 Requirements. Moreover, the documentation requirements set forth
in Sec.  __.115(a)(3) of the 2018 Requirements (documenting an IRB's
rationale for conducting continuing review that would not otherwise be
required under Sec.  __.109(f)(1) of the 2018 Requirements) would not
be applicable during this transition period as proposed.
    As proposed above, for institutions electing to transition a
research study to compliance with the 2018 Requirements in order to
take advantage of the three burden-reducing provisions, Sec.  __.103(d)
of the 2018 Requirements would be substituted for Sec.  __.103(f) of
the pre-2018 Requirements. Both sections address the requirement for
certification of research supported by a Federal department or agency.
In addition to removing the requirement that IRBs review grant
applications or proposals, Sec.  __.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements
reflects other minor wording changes necessary to accommodate the
removal of the grant application or proposal review requirement or to
provide additional clarifications.
    Except for the three burden-reducing 2018 Requirements identified
in proposed Sec.  __.101(l)(4)(i)(A), institutions that elect to
transition a research study to comply with the 2018 Requirements and
document that decision, at any time between July 19, 2018, and January
21, 2019, would be required to comply with the pre-2018 Requirements
until January 21, 2019. This approach would afford institutions
additional time before they are required to comply with all provisions
of the 2018 Requirements, while enabling them to take advantage of the
three burden-reducing 2018 Requirements more quickly. The option of
applying the three burden-reducing 2018 Requirements would only be
available for studies that institutions decided to transition to comply
with the 2018 Requirements on or after July 19, 2018. If an institution
so chooses to apply the three burden-reducing 2018 Requirements to
certain research, those studies would be required to comply with all of
the 2018 Requirements beginning on January 21, 2019.
    An institution's decision about whether to transition a study to
the 2018 requirements to take advantage of the three burden-reducing
provisions might vary depending on the nature and progress of the
study, including any elements of the study to be conducted on or after
January 21, 2019. For example, studies planning to recruit some
subjects on or after January 21, 2019 would have to meet the new
requirements for obtaining the informed consent of those subjects. In
contrast, for studies whose remaining activities

consist only of completing data analyses, the new requirements for
informed consent generally would not be applicable.
    We considered stakeholder suggestions to extend this approach to
other burden-reducing sections of the 2018 Requirements, such as the
revised exemption categories. We do not propose adding the revised
exemption categories to Sec.  __.101(l)(4)(i)(A) because implementation
of these categories would involve significantly greater complications.
For example, these categories use terms that are newly defined or for
which revised definitions have been included in the 2018 Requirements,
and permitting compliance with these categories without also
selectively adopting revised definitions could be problematic. To
minimize confusion, this proposed rule limits those provisions for
which early adoption would be permitted to those that would minimize
burdens without creating significant complexities. We also considered a
delay to the effective and general compliance dates without proposing
this additional option in the interim period. Such an approach would be
simple to implement. We decided against proposing this alternative to
be responsive to public comments received and in an effort to minimize
burdens with respect to new provisions that will not be difficult to
implement prior to the general compliance date of the 2018
Requirements.
    As proposed for Sec.  __.101(l)(4)(ii), if the determination to
transition previously initiated studies to the 2018 Requirements is not
made until on or after January 21, 2019, such studies would not benefit
from the additional flexibilities created for the period between July
19, 2018 and January 21, 2019. Such studies would be required to comply
with the 2018 Requirements after the date of transition.
    The regulatory provisions are not prescriptive regarding how an
institution chooses to make its transition decisions. An institution
may elect to transition research protocols to the 2018 Requirements on
a protocol-by-protocol basis, or for a class of protocols (e.g., all
minimal risk research), or for the institution's entire research
portfolio. While these three burden reducing provisions are a
regulatory package, an institution that took advantage of the
flexibility proposed in this NPRM, as a matter of institutional policy,
could adopt a more stringent standard (such as that of the pre-2018
rule) for any or all of these three provisions.
    We also propose a revision to Sec.  __.101(l)(4) regarding
documentation of an institution's decision to transition research begun
under the pre-2018 Requirements to the 2018 Requirements. This proposal
is intended to offer institutions greater flexibility regarding who
documents that decision. Under the January 19, 2017, final rule, if an
institution determines that ongoing research will transition to comply
with the 2018 Requirements, this determination must be documented by an
IRB before the transition can take effect. We now propose that, to
allow ease in implementing this documentation requirement, the
documentation of an institution's transition determination may be
performed either by an institution (through officials who have the
authority to make such determinations on behalf of the institution) or
an IRB. As proposed, this documentation must include the date of the
transition determination. Records documenting the transition decision
must be retained as per Sec.  __.115(b).
    Once the institution makes the determination to transition the
research to the revised rule and that determination is documented, the
date of documentation will serve as the de facto compliance date as
applied to the research. For a study that is transitioned in accordance
with Sec.  __.101(l)(4)(i), between July 19, 2018, and January 20,
2019, one set of rules would apply until the general compliance date of
the final rule and another would apply beginning on such general
compliance date. As of the date the decision to transition is
documented until January 20, 2019, the pre-2018 Requirements would be
applicable, except that the three burden-reducing 2018 Requirements
would apply instead of or in addition to the pre-2018 Requirements
specified in Sec.  __.101(l)(4)(i)(A). Beginning on January 21, 2019,
the 2018 Requirements would apply for the duration of the study.
    As proposed, all studies that are transitioned in accordance with
Sec.  __.101(l)(4)(ii) on or after January 21, 2019, and all studies
that are newly initiated on and after January 21, 2019, would be
required to follow all of the 2018 Requirements.
    In summary, the proposed rule would create three options that would
be available beginning July 19, 2018, that institutions may choose to
follow for research studies initiated before January 21, 2019. The
first option, and default, is to continue to follow all of the pre-2018
Requirements for the duration of the study. The second option is to
choose to follow the pre-2018 Requirements, except for the three
burden-reducing 2018 Requirements, until January 21, 2019, when all of
2018 Requirements would become applicable. The third option would be to
follow the pre-2018 requirements until January 21, 2019, and at some
point thereafter choose to follow all of the 2018 Requirements for the
duration of the study.
    We also solicit comments about the advisability of the alternative
of delaying the effective date and general compliance date until
January 21, 2019, but without the option to implement certain 2018
Requirements during that delay period.
    In addition, we solicit comments on the desirability of the
alternative of delaying the effective date and general compliance date
beyond January 21, 2019. We do not believe the regulated community will
require this additional time to come into compliance with the revised
rule, but we are interested in receiving public comments on this
alternative.
    While we considered the alternative of proposing to amend the
transition provision to permit institutions to voluntarily comply with
the revised rule beginning on July 19, 2018, and not requiring
compliance with the new rule until January 21, 2019 or later, we
believe this approach could result in confusion regarding
implementation of the revised Common Rule that could be minimized with
the issuance of guidance from the Common Rule departments and agencies.
By making the changes proposed above, we believe the Common Rule
departments and agencies will be able to issue relevant guidance
documents that will better enable the regulated community to comply
with the revised rule.
    We also solicit comments about the advisability of not making the
changes proposed in this NPRM (i.e., allowing the effective date and
general compliance date to remain as July 19, 2018). Finally, we note
that we will consider public comments submitted in response to the
interim final rules described above.

IV. Legal Authorities

    The legal authorities for the departments and agencies that are
signatories to this action are as follows:
    Department of Homeland Security, 5 U.S.C. 301; Public Law 107-296,
sec. 102, 306(c); Public Law 108-458, sec. 8306. Department of
Agriculture, 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b). Department of Energy, 5
U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 7254; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b). National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C.

300v-1(b). Department of Commerce, 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).
Social Security Administration, 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 289(a). Agency
for International Development, 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b),
unless otherwise noted. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 5
U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b); 3535(d). Department of Labor, 5 U.S.C.
301; 29 U.S.C. 551. Department of Defense, 5 U.S.C. 301. Department of
Education, 5 U.S.C. 301; 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 3474. Department of
Veterans Affairs, 5 U.S.C. 301; 38 U.S.C. 501, 7331, 7334; 42 U.S.C.
300v-1(b). Environmental Protection Agency, 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C.
136a(a) and 136w(a)(1); 21 U.S.C. 346a(e)(1)(C); sec. 201, Public Law
109-54, 119 Stat. 531; and 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b). Department of Health
and Human Services, 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 289(a); 42 U.S.C. 300v-
1(b). National Science Foundation, 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).
Department of Transportation, 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

V. Regulatory Impact Analyses

    We have examined the effects of this proposed rule under Executive
Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review (September 30, 1993),
Executive Order 13563 on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
(January 18, 2011), Executive Order 13771 on Reducing Regulation and
Controlling Regulatory Costs (January 30, 2017), the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Regulatory Flexibility Act,
(Pub. L. 96-354, September 19, 1980), the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4), and Executive Order 13132 on Federalism
(August 4, 1999).

A. Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 13771

    Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects; distributive impacts; and equity). Executive
Order 13563 is supplemental to and reaffirms the principles,
structures, and definitions governing regulatory review as established
in Executive Order 12866, emphasizing the importance of quantifying
both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and
of promoting flexibility. In accordance with the provisions of
Executive Order 12866, this proposed rule was submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, and has been determined to
be a ``significant'' regulatory action. The designation, as regulatory
or deregulatory under Executive Order 13771 (Reducing Regulation and
Controlling Regulatory Costs, issued on January 30, 2017), of any final
rule resulting from this notice of proposed rulemaking will be informed
by comments received on the costs and cost savings of delaying the 2018
Requirements. Details on the preliminary estimated costs of this
proposed rule can be found in the economic analysis below.
1. Need for This NPRM and Summary
    On January 19, 2017, HHS and 15 other federal departments and
agencies published the 2018 Requirements designed to more thoroughly
address the broader types of research conducted or otherwise supported
by all of the Common Rule departments and agencies. In addition, the
CPSC adopted the same regulatory changes on September 18, 2017.
    This proposed rule, if finalized, would allow regulated entities to
continue to comply with the pre-2018 requirements until January 21,
2019. As discussed above, this proposed rule also proposes to permit
institutions, during the period between July 19, 2018, and January 21,
2019, to take advantage of three provisions in the 2018 Requirements
intended to minimize burdens on regulated entities. Those three burden-
reducing 2018 Requirements are (1) the 2018 Requirements' definition of
``research,'' which deems certain activities not to be research, (2)
the allowance for no annual continuing review of certain categories of
research, and (3) the elimination of the requirement that IRBs review
grant applications related to the research. As described in section III
above, this flexibility is proposed for studies for which an
institution makes a choice to have those studies be subject to the 2018
Requirements.
2. Analysis of Benefits (Cost-Savings) and Costs (Foregone Benefits)
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used interchangeably in this RIA. Similarly, the terms ``costs'' and
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    The RIA for the 2018 Requirements described the benefits and costs
of 16 broad categories of changes finalized. The RIA for this NPRM uses
the information and calculations described in the preamble to the 2018
Requirements as a base for estimating benefits and costs of delaying
the general implementation of the 2018 Requirements by six months. The
time period for the analysis in this RIA is the six month period from
July 2018 to January 2019.
    Table 1 summarizes the quantified benefits and costs of delaying
the general implementation of 2018 Requirements. Over the period of
July 2018 to January 2019, annualized benefits of $6.4 million are
estimated using a 3 percent discount rate; annualized benefits of $5.9
million are estimated using a 7 percent discount rate. Annualized costs
of $37.2 million are estimated using a 3 percent discount rate;
annualized costs of $34.4 million are estimated using a 7 percent
discount rate. Note that all values are represented in millions of 2016
dollars, and 2016 is used as the frame of reference for discounting.

 Table 1--All Benefits and Costs of Delaying the General Compliance Date
                 of the 2018 Requirements by Six Months
                [From July 19, 2018 to January 21, 2019]
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                                          Annualized value by discount
                                         rate (millions of 2016 dollars)
                                       ---------------------------------
                                           3 Percent        7 Percent
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Benefits (Cost-Savings):
    Quantified Benefits...............             6.4              5.9
Costs (Foregone Benefits):

    Quantified Costs..................            37.4             34.7
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    The estimated benefits and costs of delaying the general
implementation date of the 2018 Requirements by six months are shown in
Table 2 below. Note that the categorization shown below includes the
same 16 categories used in the RIA of the 2018 Requirements.

    Table 2--Accounting Table of Quantified Benefits (Cost-Savings) and Costs (Foregone Benefits) of Delaying
                             Compliance With the 2018 Requirements by Six Months \4\
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                                                    Annualized value over 1 year by discount rate (millions of
                                                                           2016 dollars)
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
          2018 Requirement RIA Category               Benefits (cost-savings)           (Foregone benefits)
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        3%              7%              3%              7%
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Regulated Community Learning New Requirements                 --              --              --              --
 and Developing Training Materials; OHRP
 Developing Training and Guidance Materials, and
 Implementing the 2018 Requirements.............
Extending Oversight to IRBs Unaffiliated with an            4.47            4.14              --              --
 Institution Holding an FWA (impact to IRBs not
 operated by an FWA-holding institution)........
Excluding Activities from the Requirements of                 --              --            0.95            0.88
 the Common Rule because They are not Research..
Clarifying and Harmonizing Regulatory                         --              --              --              --
 Requirements and Agency Guidance...............
Modifying the Assurance Requirements............              --              --            0.31            0.29
Requirement for Written Procedures and                        --              --              --              --
 Agreements for Reliance on IRBs Not Operated by
 the Engaged Institution (impact to FWA-holding
 institutions)..................................
Eliminating the Requirement that the Grant                    --              --             8.5             7.9
 Application Undergo IRB Review and Approval....
Expansion of Research Activities Exempt from                0.01            0.01            20.8            19.3
 Full IRB Review................................
Elimination of Continuing Review of Research                1.04            0.96            4.10            3.80
 Under Specific Conditions......................
Amending the Expedited Review Procedures........              --              --            2.66            2.47
Cooperative Research (single IRB mandate in                   --              --              --              --
 multi-institutional research) \5\..............
Changes in the Basic Elements of Consent,                     --              --              --              --
 Including Documentation........................
Obtaining Consent to Secondary Use of                         --              --              --              --
 Identifiable biospecimens and Identifiable
 private information............................
Elimination of Pre-2018 Rule Requirement to                   --              --            0.07            0.06
 Waive Consent in Certain Subject Recruitment
 Activities.....................................
Requirement for Posting of Consent Forms for                0.85            0.79              --              --
 Clinical Trials Conducted or supported by
 Common Rule Departments or Agencies............
Alteration in Waiver for Documentation of                     --              --              --              --
 Informed Consent in Certain Circumstances......
                                                 --------------------------------
Cost Savings, as indicated by public comments                                                 --              --
 (unable to attribute to particular provisions).           unquantified
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    We assume that, in almost all categories described in the RIA for
the 2018 Requirements, the foregone benefits (costs) of delaying the
2018 Requirements by six months are what would have been the benefits
of implementing the 2018 Requirements during the period of July 2018
through January of 2019. Similarly, we assume that, in almost all
categories described in the RIA for the 2018 Requirements, the benefits
(cost-savings) associated with delaying the 2018 Requirements by six
months are what would have been the costs of implementing the 2018
Requirements during the period of July 2018 through January of 2019. We
assume this because regulated entities likely would not have difficulty
implementing these provisions in the absence of guidance from Common
Rule departments or agencies, and thus could have been implemented as
assumed in the economic analysis contained in the RIA for the 2018
Requirements. We seek comment on these assumptions.
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    \4\ Zeroes in Table 2 (represented by ``--'') signify that the
category has been unaffected by the six month delay of the 2018
Requirements. The category could be unaffected for one of two
reasons: (1) No costs or benefits were associated with the category
in the RIA for the 2018 Requirements; or (2) the costs and benefits
of the provision during the six month delay are the same as those
estimated in the RIA for the 2018 Requirements.
    \5\ Because compliance with this provision is not required until
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    Categories with different assumptions are described below:

a. Regulated Community Learning New Requirements and Developing
Training Materials; OHRP Developing Training and Guidance Materials,
and Implementing the 2018 Requirements
    We assume that even with the proposed six month delay, regulated
entities and OHRP would still assume costs related to learning the new
requirements and developing training materials. Thus, there are no
effects estimated here.
    We expect that some entities would experience cost savings as a
result of this proposed rule, and some entities would experience costs
as a result of this proposed rule, but we lack data to quantify these
effects. We request comments which provide data that can be used to
quantify these effects.
b. Early Implementation of the Three Burden-Reducing Provisions of the
2018 Requirements (Explicit Carve-Outs of Activities From the
Definition of Research [Sec.  __.102(I)]; Eliminating the Requirement
That the Grant Application Undergo IRB Review and Approval [Pre-2018
Rule at Sec.  __.103(f)]; Elimination of Continuing Review of Research
Under Specific Conditions [Sec. Sec.  __.109(f) and __.115(a)(3)]
    We assume that 50 percent of regulated entities will take advantage
of the option proposed in this NPRM to implement three burden-reducing
provisions of the 2018 Requirements early. We assume this because an
institution's decision about whether to transition a study to the 2018
requirements to take advantage of the three burden-reducing provisions
might vary depending on the nature and progress of the study, including
any elements of the study to be conducted after January 21, 2019. For
example, studies planning to recruit some subjects after January 21,
2019 would have to meet the new requirements for obtaining the informed
consent of those subjects. In contrast, for studies whose remaining
activities consist only of completing data analyses, the new
requirements for informed consent would generally not be applicable.
Therefore, we assume that there are situations where an institution
would want to take advantage of the three burden-reducing provisions,
and situations where an institution would not want to take advantage of
this flexibility. We note that we intend to publish guidance on the
carve-outs from the definition of research prior to July 2018, which
may also impact an institution's decision to elect to implement the
three burden-reducing provisions or not.
    Thus, these entities will still obtain the benefits and costs
described in the RIA for the 2018 Requirements, implying no effects of
this rule for 50 percent of regulated entities. For the regulated
entities that do not take advantage of these flexibilities, we assume
that the foregone benefits (costs) of delaying implementation of these
provisions are what would have been the benefits of implementing these
provisions in January of 2018. Similarly, we assume that the benefits
(cost-savings) associated with delaying the implementation of these
provisions are what would have been the costs of implementing these
provisions in July of 2018. We assume that these regulated entities
account for 50 percent of the costs and benefits that would have been
experienced in 2018 absent this delay.
    We also assume that institutional staff at the IRB Administrative
staff level \6\ will spend 5 minutes per protocol documenting the
voluntary election to use the three burden-reducing 2018 provisions
during the time period of July 19, 2018 to January 21, 2019.
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    We request comment on our assumption that 50 percent of regulated
entities will take advantage of the option proposed in this NPRM to
implement three burden-reducing provisions of the 2018 Requirements
early.
    Some members of the regulated community have indicated that even
though the 2018 Requirements yield cost savings, these institutions are
still hesitant to transition ongoing research to the 2018 Requirements,
largely because of the burden of making studies already in compliance
with the pre-2018 requirements comply with the 2018 requirements. Also,
some institutions seem inclined to make all of the transitions at once.
This interconnectedness is key to some of the assumptions noted
elsewhere in this analysis. For example, if the three burden-reducing
provisions are considered on their own, a reasonable assumption would
be that 100 percent of affected entities would realize the associated
cost savings as soon as possible. The use, instead, of a 50 percent
estimate reflects entities' possible inclinations to make all
transitions at once. We request comment that would provide insight into
entities' views regarding the interconnectedness of the 2018
Requirements' provisions and thus allow for refinement of the 50
percent estimate.
c. Expansion of Research Activities Exempt From Full IRB Review (Sec.
__.104(d))
    The 2018 Requirements include five new exemption categories, and
modify all but one exemption that exist in the pre-2018 Requirements.
We have received feedback from SACHRP that guidance will be useful for
regulated entities to implement many of the exemption categories.\7\
Areas where significant guidance will be helpful include: Applying the
categories of the new exemptions themselves, conducting limited IRB
review (as required in four exemptions), developing and using broad
consent (as required in two exemptions), utilizing the exemption for
certain HIPAA covered activities, and understanding which federally
supported or conducted nonresearch information collections qualify for
exemption.
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    Because the guidance documents that would be helpful to assist
regulated entities in implementing these 2018 Common Rule provisions
have not yet been developed, we assume that 50 percent of the regulated
entities would not have taken advantage of the expansion in exemptions
during this six month-delay. For these entities, we assume that there
are no benefits and costs of the proposed delay, because they would not
have changed their operations. We assume that 50 percent of the
regulated entities would have gone forward with using the new or
expanded exemption categories under the 2018 Requirements; for these
entities, there are costs of delaying the implementation of this
provision during the six-month delay proposed in this NPRM.
    We do not have data to support our assumption of what percent of
regulated entities would have gone forward with the implementation of
these provisions in the absence of additional guidance, and what
percent would not have gone forward. We request comments on these
assumptions and solicit data that can be used to quantify these
effects.
3. Analysis of NPRM Alternative
    This NPRM includes a primary alternative proposal of delaying the
general effective and compliance date to January 2019.
    Table 3 summarizes the quantified benefits and costs of the
alternative proposal of delaying the general implementation of 2018
Requirements without the option to implement certain

2018 Requirements. Over the period of July 2018 to January 2019,
annualized benefits of $7.4 million are estimated using a 3 percent
discount rate; annualized benefits of $6.9 million are estimated using
a 7 percent discount rate. Annualized costs of $50.8 million are
estimated using a 3 percent discount rate; annualized costs of $47.0
million are estimated using a 7 percent discount rate. Note that all
values are represented in millions of 2016 dollars, and 2016 is used as
the frame of reference for discounting.

  Table 3--All Benefits and Costs of Delaying Compliance With the 2018
               Requirements Under the Alternative Proposal
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                                          Annualized value by discount
                                         rate (millions of 2016 dollars)
                                       ---------------------------------
                                           3 Percent        7 Percent
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Benefits (Cost-Savings):
    Quantified Benefits...............             7.4              6.9
Costs (Foregone Benefits):
    Quantified Costs..................            50.8             47.0
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B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)

    This proposed rule contains collections of information that are
subject to review and approval by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), as amended (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520). A description of these provisions is given in this document
with an estimate of the annual reporting and recordkeeping burden.
    Title: Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects.
    Description: In this document is a discussion of the regulatory
provisions we believe are subject to the PRA and the probable
information collection burden associated with these provisions. In
general, the following actions trigger the PRA: (i) Reporting; (ii)
Recordkeeping.
    Description of Respondents: The reporting and recordkeeping
requirements in this document are imposed on institutions,
institutional review boards, and investigators involved in human
subjects research conducted or supported or otherwise subject to
regulation by any federal department or agency that takes
administrative action that makes the policy applicable to such
research.
Sec.  __.101(l)(4). Compliance Date and Transition Provision (OMB
Control No 0990-0260)
    Section 101(l)(4)(i) would permit studies to transition to the 2018
Requirements between July 19, 2018 and January 21, 2019 (which would be
the new general compliance date of the 2018 Requirements). Between July
19, 2018 and January 21, 2019, institutions that elect to transition
studies to the 2018 Requirements would, after the decision to
transition has been documented, be able to take advantage of the three
burden-reducing 2018 Requirements.
    This option is described in a proposed revision to Sec.
__.101(l)(4)(i). As described, studies taking advantage of this option
would be subject to the three burden-reducing 2018 Requirements instead
of, or in addition to, the comparable provisions of the pre-2018
Requirements. As discussed above, the three burden-reducing 2018
Requirements are (1) the 2018 Requirements' definition of ``research''
at Sec.  __.102(l) (instead of Sec.  __.102(d) of the pre-2018
Requirements), which deems certain activities not to be research, (2)
the elimination of the requirement that an IRB review the grant
application or proposal related to the research at Sec.  __.103(d) of
the 2018 Requirements (instead of Sec.  __.103(f) of the pre-2018
Requirements), and (3) the allowance for no annual continuing review of
certain categories of research at Sec.  __.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of
the 2018 Requirements (instead of Sec.  __.103(b), as related to the
requirement for continuing review, and in addition to Sec.  __.109 of
the pre-2018 Requirements).
    We estimate that approximately 92,084 protocols would take
advantage of the voluntary election described in Sec.  __.101(l)(4)(i).
We estimate that institutional staff would spend 5 minutes per protocol
documenting that the study will be subject to the three burden-reducing
2018 Requirements during the time period of July 19, 2018 through
January 21, 2019. We estimate that this provision includes 7,673 burden
hours.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) (RFA) and the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement and Fairness Act of 1996, which
amended the RFA, require agencies that issue a regulation to analyze
options for regulatory relief for small businesses. If a rule has a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities,
agencies must specifically consider the economic effect of the rule on
small entities and analyze regulatory options that could lessen the
impact of the rule. The RFA generally defines a ``small entity'' as (1)
a proprietary firm meeting the size standards of the Small Business
Administration (SBA); (2) a nonprofit organization that is not dominant
in its field; or (3) a small government jurisdiction with a population
of less than 50,000 (states and individuals are not included in the
definition of ``small entity''). HHS considers a rule to have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
if at least 5 percent of small entities experience an impact of more
than 3 percent of revenue.
    If finalized, this action will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the RFA. In
making this determination, the impact of concern is any significant
adverse economic impact on small entities. An agency may certify that a
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities if the rule relieves regulatory burden, has no
net burden or otherwise has a positive economic effect on the small
entities subject to the rule. This proposed rule would not impose a
regulatory burden for regulated small entities because it would delay
the general compliance date of the 2018 Requirements, allowing the
status quo to be retained for the period of delay, and also would allow
regulated small entities to elect to implement the 2018 Requirements as
scheduled if the entities so choose. We have therefore concluded that
this action will have no net regulatory burden for all directly
regulated small entities. We request

comment on this conclusion, including specific data and information to
support commenters' views.

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)

    Section 202(a) of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 requires
that agencies prepare a written statement, which includes an assessment
of anticipated costs and benefits, before proposing ``any rule that
includes any Federal mandate that may result in the expenditure by
State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100,000,000 or more (adjusted annually for
inflation) in any one year.'' The current threshold after adjustment
for inflation is $148 million, using the most current (2016) implicit
price deflator for the gross domestic product. We do not expect this
rule to result in expenditures that will exceed this amount. This
action does not contain any unfunded mandate as described in UMRA, 2
U.S.C. 1531-1538, and does not significantly or uniquely affect small
governments.

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

    Executive Order 13132 establishes certain requirements that an
agency must meet when it promulgates a rule that imposes substantial
direct requirement costs on state and local governments or has
federalism implications. We have determined that the proposed rule
would not contain policies that would have substantial direct effects
on the States, on the relationship between the Federal Government and
the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among
the various levels of government. The changes in the proposed rule
represent the Federal Government regulating its own program.
Accordingly, we conclude that the rule does not propose policies that
have federalism implications as defined in Executive Order 13132 and,
consequently, a federalism summary impact statement is not required.
    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Federal Policy for
the Protection of Human Subjects, as published in the Federal Register
on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149) and as adopted in a final rule
published by the CPSC on September 18, 2017 (82 FR 43459), and as
amended in a final rule published in the Federal Register on January
22, 2018 (83 FR 2885) and adopted by HUD through a final rule published
on January 26, 2018 (83 FR 3589), is proposed to be amended as follows:

Text of the Amended Common Rule

PART __--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. Amend Sec.  __.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  __.101   To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part/subpart. The general compliance date for the
2018 Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
__.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
__.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  __.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section __.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  __.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section __.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  __.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section __.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.  __.103(b),
as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in addition to
Sec.  __.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.

Department of Homeland Security

List of Subjects in 6 CFR Part 46

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of Homeland
Security proposes to further amend 6 CFR part 46 as published in the
Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended in a
final rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018 (83 FR
2885), as follows:

PART 46--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 46 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; P.L. 107-296, sec. 102, 306(c); P.L.
108-458, sec. 8306.

0
2. Amend Sec.  46.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  46.101  To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
46.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the

following research, unless the research is transitioning to comply with
the 2018 Requirements in accordance with paragraph (l)(4) of this
section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
46.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  46.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 46.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  46.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 46.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  46.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 46.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.  46.103(b),
as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in addition to
Sec.  46.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Elaine C. Duke,

Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security.

Department of Agriculture

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1c

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of Agriculture
proposes to further amend 7 CFR part 1c as published in the Federal
Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended in a final
rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018 (83 FR
2885), as follows:

PART 1c--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 1c continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

0
2. Amend Sec.  1c.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  1c.101   To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
1c.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
1c.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  1c.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 1c.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  1c.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 1c.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  1c.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 1c.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.  1c.103(b),
as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in addition to
Sec.  1c.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Chavonda Jacobs-Young,

Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and
Economics, USDA.

Department of Energy

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 745

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of Energy
proposes to further amend 10 CFR part 745 as published in the Federal
Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended in a final
rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018 (83 FR
2885), as follows:

PART 745--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 745 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 7254; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

0
2. Amend Sec.  745.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  745.101  To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
745.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
745.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  745.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 745.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  745.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 745.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  745.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 745.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.
745.103(b), as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in
addition to Sec.  745.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Dan Brouillette,

Deputy Secretary of Energy.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 1230

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration proposes to further amend 14 CFR part 1230 as
published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and
as amended in a final rule published in the Federal Register on January
22, 2018 (83 FR 2885), as follows:

PART 1230--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 1230 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

0
2. Amend Sec.  1230.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4),
and adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  1230.101  To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
1230.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
1230.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  1230.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 1230.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  1230.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 1230.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  1230.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 1230.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.
1230.103(b), as related to the requirement for continuing review, and
in addition to Sec.  1230.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and

    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
James D. Polk,

Chief Health & Medical Officer, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.

Department of Commerce

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 27

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of Commerce
proposes to further amend 15 CFR part 27 as published in the Federal
Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended in a final
rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018 (83 FR
2885), as follows:

PART 27--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 27 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

0
2. Amend Sec.  27.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  27.101  To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
27.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
27.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  27.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 27.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  27.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 27.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  27.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 27.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.  27.103(b),
as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in addition to
Sec.  27.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Wilbur L. Ross,

Secretary of Commerce.

Consumer Product Safety Commission

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 1028

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Consumer Product Safety
Commission proposes to further amend 16 CFR part 1028 as published in
the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149) and as adopted in
a final rule published by the CPSC on September 18, 2017 (82 FR 43459),
and as amended in a final rule published in the Federal Register on
January 22, 2018 (83 FR 2885), as follows:

PART 1028--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 1028 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

0
2. Amend Sec.  1028.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4),
and adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  1028.101   To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
1028.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
1028.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  1028.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 1028.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  1028.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 1028.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of

Sec.  1028.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements), and
    (3) Section 1028.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.
1028.103(b), as related to the requirement for continuing review, and
in addition to Sec.  1028.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Alberta E. Mills,

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Social Security Administration

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 431

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Social Security
Administration proposes to further amend 20 CFR part 431 as published
in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as
amended in a final rule published in the Federal Register on January
22, 2018 (83 FR 2885), as follows:

PART 431--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 431 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 289(a).

0
2. Amend Sec.  431.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  431.101   To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
431.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
431.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  431.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 431.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  431.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 431.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  431.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 431.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.
431.103(b), as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in
addition to Sec.  431.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Nancy Berryhill,

Deputy Commissioner for Operations, performing the duties and
functions not reserved to the Commissioner of Social Security.

Agency for International Development

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 225

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Agency for International
Development proposes to further amend 22 CFR part 225 as published in
the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended
in a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018
(83 FR 2885), as follows:

PART 225--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 225 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b), unless otherwise
noted.

0
2. Amend Sec.  225.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  225.101  To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
225.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
225.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the

research was exempt under Sec.  225.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements
before January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 225.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  225.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 225.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  225.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 225.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.
225.103(b), as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in
addition to Sec.  225.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Kerry Pelzman,

Acting Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S.
Agency for International Development.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

List of Subjects in 24 CFR Part 60

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of Housing and
Urban Development proposes to further amend 24 CFR part 60 as published
in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as
amended in a final rule published in the Federal Register on January
22, 2018 (83 FR 2885) and adopted by HUD through a final rule published
on January 26, 2018 (83 FR 3589), as follows:

PART 60--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 60 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b) and 3535(d).

0
2. Amend Sec.  60.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  60.101   To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
60.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
60.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  60.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 60.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  60.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 60.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  60.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 60.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.  60.103(b),
as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in addition to
Sec.  60.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Todd M. Richardson,

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Department of Labor

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 21

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of Labor
proposes to further amend 29 CFR part 21 as published in the Federal
Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended in a final
rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018 (83 FR
2885), as follows:

PART 21--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 21 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 301; 29 U.S.C. 551.

0
2. Amend Sec.  21.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  21.101   To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
21.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
21.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  21.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 21.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  21.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 21.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  21.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 21.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.  21.103(b),
as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in addition to
Sec.  21.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
    Dated: April 2, 2018.

R. Alexander Acosta,

Secretary of Labor.

Department of Defense

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 219

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of Defense
proposes to further amend 32 CFR part 219 as published in the Federal
Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended in a final
rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018 (83 FR
2885), as follows:

PART 219--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 219 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.

0
2. Amend Sec.  219.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  219.101   To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
219.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
219.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  219.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 219.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  219.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 219.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  219.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 219.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.
219.103(b), as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in
addition to Sec.  219.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Mary J. Miller,

Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense.

Department of Education

List of Subjects in 34 CFR Part 97

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of Education
proposes to further amend 34 CFR part 97 as published in the Federal
Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended in a final
rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018 (83 FR
2885), as follows:

PART 97--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 97 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 301; 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 3474.

0
2. Amend Sec.  97.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  97.101   To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this subpart. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
97.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
97.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  97.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 97.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  97.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 97.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  97.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 97.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.  97.103(b),
as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in addition to
Sec.  97.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Betsy DeVos,

Secretary of Education.

Department of Veterans Affairs

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 16

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of Veterans
Affairs proposes to further amend 38 CFR part 16 as published in the
Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended in a
final rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018 (83 FR
2885), as follows:

PART 16--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 16 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 38 U.S.C. 501, 7331, 7334; 42 U.S.C.
300v-1(b).

0
2. Amend Sec.  16.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  16.101  To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
16.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
16.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  16.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 16.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  16.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 16.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  16.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 16.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.  16.103(b),
as related to the requirement for continuing review, and

in addition to Sec.  16.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd,

Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.

Environmental Protection Agency

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 26

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Environmental Protection
Agency proposes to further amend 40 CFR part 26 as published in the
Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended in a
final rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018 (83 FR
2885), as follows:

PART 26--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 26 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 136a(a) and 136w(a)(1); 21
U.S.C. 346a(e)(1)(C); sec. 201, Pub. L. 109-54, 119 Stat. 531; 42
U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

0
2. Amend Sec.  26.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  26.101  To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this subpart. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
26.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
26.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  26.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 26.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  26.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 26.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  26.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 26.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.  26.103(b),
as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in addition to
Sec.  26.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
E. Scott Pruitt,

Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.

Department of Health and Human Services

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 46

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of Health and
Human Services proposes to further amend 45 CFR part 46 as published in
the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended
in a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018
(83 FR 2885), as follows:

PART 46--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 46 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 289(a); 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

0
2. Amend Sec.  46.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  46.101  To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this subpart. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
46.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
46.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  46.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution

engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3) of this
section determines that such ongoing research instead will transition
to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an IRB must
document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 46.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  46.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 46.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  46.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 46.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.  46.103(b),
as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in addition to
Sec.  46.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Alex M. Azar II,

Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

National Science Foundation

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 690

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, National Science Foundation
proposes to further amend 45 CFR part 690 as published in the Federal
Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended in a final
rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018 (83 FR
2885), as follows:

PART 690--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 690 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

0
2. Amend Sec.  690.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  690.101  To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for Sec.
690.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is January
20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
690.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  690.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 690.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  690.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 690.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or
proposal) (instead of Sec.  690.103(f) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
and
    (3) Section 690.109(f)(1)(i) and (iii) of the 2018 Requirements
(exceptions to mandated continuing review) (instead of Sec.
690.103(b), as related to the requirement for continuing review, and in
addition to Sec.  690.109, of the pre-2018 Requirements); and
    (B) Beginning on January 21, 2019, comply with the 2018
Requirements.
    (ii) If the determination to transition is documented on or after
January 21, 2019, the research shall, beginning on the date of such
documentation, comply with the 2018 Requirements.
    (5) Research subject to 2018 Requirements. The 2018 Requirements
shall apply to the following research:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB on or after January 21,
2019,
    (ii) Research for which IRB review is waived pursuant to paragraph
(i) of this section on or after January 21, 2019, and
    (iii) Research for which a determination is made that the research
is exempt on or after January 21, 2019.
* * * * *
Lawrence Rudolph,

General Counsel, National Science Foundation.

Department of Transportation

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 11

    Human research subjects, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Research.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Department of
Transportation proposes to further amend 49 CFR part 11 as published in
the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149), and as amended
in a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2018
(83 FR 2885), as follows:

PART 11--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

0
1. The authority citation for Part 11 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

0
2. Amend Sec.  11.101 by revising paragraphs (l)(2), (3), and (4), and
adding paragraph (l)(5), to read as follows:

Sec.  11.101   To what does this policy apply?

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (2) For purposes of this section, the 2018 Requirements means the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects requirements
contained in this part. The general compliance date for the 2018
Requirements is January 21, 2019. The compliance date for

Sec.  11.114(b) (cooperative research) of the 2018 Requirements is
January 20, 2020.
    (3) Research subject to pre-2018 requirements. The pre-2018
Requirements shall apply to the following research, unless the research
is transitioning to comply with the 2018 Requirements in accordance
with paragraph (l)(4) of this section:
    (i) Research initially approved by an IRB under the pre-2018
Requirements before January 21, 2019;
    (ii) Research for which IRB review was waived pursuant to Sec.
11.101(i) of the pre-2018 Requirements before January 21, 2019; and
    (iii) Research for which a determination was made that the research
was exempt under Sec.  11.101(b) of the pre-2018 Requirements before
January 21, 2019.
    (4) Transitioning research. If, on or after July 19, 2018, an
institution engaged in research otherwise covered by paragraph (l)(3)
of this section determines that such ongoing research instead will
transition to comply with the 2018 Requirements, the institution or an
IRB must document and date such determination.
    (i) If the determination to transition is documented between July
19, 2018, and January 20, 2019, the research shall:
    (A) Beginning on the date of such documentation until January 20,
2019, comply with the pre-2018 Requirements, except that the research
shall comply with the following:
    (1) Section 11.102(l) of the 2018 Requirements (definition of
research) (instead of Sec.  11.102(d) of the pre-2018 Requirements),
    (2) Section 11.103(d) of the 2018 Requirements (revised
certification requirement that eliminates IRB review of application or