# Administrative Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement Procedures
> **US Department of Transportation** · Final rule. · Published 2026-04-27 · Effective 2026-05-27 · 91 FR 22431
## Document
- **Document number:** 2026-08144
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Transportation
- **Federal Register citation:** 91 FR 22431
- **CFR reference:** 14 CFR 300
- **Publication date:** 2026-04-27
- **Effective date:** 2026-05-27
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. DOT-OST-2025-0007
## Abstract

This final rule reinstates and expounds upon procedural reforms for the Department's rulemakings, guidance documents, and enforcement actions rescinded by a final rule published by the Department on April 2, 2021, "Administrative Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement Procedures." Accordingly, this final rule revises and updates the Department's internal policies and procedures relating to the issuance of rulemaking documents. In addition, this final rule updates the Department's procedural requirements governing the review and clearance of guidance documents, and the initiation and conduct of enforcement actions, including administrative enforcement proceedings and judicial enforcement actions brought in Federal court.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/27/2026-08144/administrative-rulemaking-guidance-and-enforcement-procedures)
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