On Dec. 14, the Trump administration released its and . The agenda lists upcoming rulemakings and other regulatory actions from each agency that the administration expects to release through the end of the year and in 2018.听

In addition to the Unified Agenda, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released a on the implementation of President Trump鈥檚 , 鈥淩educing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,鈥� which requires agencies to eliminate two existing regulations for every new regulation and stipulates that the savings from the eliminated regulations must offset the cost of each new regulation in order to bring the 鈥渢otal incremental cost of all new regulations鈥� to zero for FY 2017. The administration announced that they , issuing 22 deregulatory actions for every one new regulatory action and achieving $8.1 billion in lifetime net regulatory cost savings.

Department of Labor

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced its plans to continue to rollback or revise many of the burdensome rules issued under the Obama administration:

• December 2017: OSHA plans to issue a its Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, also known as the Electronic Injury Reporting and Anti-Retaliation final rule. The compliance deadline to electronically submit injury and illness data was Dec. 15. According to a Dec. 18 , OSHA will continue accepting 2016 OSHA Form 300A data through the Injury Tracking Application until midnight on Dec. 31, 2017.

• January 2018: The Office of Labor-Management Standards plans to issue a the persuader rule, officially named 鈥淚nterpreting "Advice" Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.鈥� 老牛影视submitted comments on the proposal to rescind the rule Aug. 11.听

• September 2018: OSHA plans to issue a final rule on . 老牛影视 on the proposal Aug. 28.听

• October 2018: The Wage and Hour Division plans to issue a the 2016 final overtime rule, officially named 鈥淒efining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees.鈥� 老牛影视 on the DOL鈥檚 on the overtime rule Sept. 25.听

The department has also slated a , 鈥淎pprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration, Amendment of Regulations,鈥� for January 2018. This proposed rule comes at the instruction of President Trump鈥檚 , 鈥淓xpanding Apprenticeships in America,鈥� which asks the secretary of labor, in consultation with the secretaries of education and commerce, to consider proposing regulations that establish guidelines for third parties to certify industry-recognized apprenticeship programs. On Oct. 16, 老牛影视President and CEO Mike Bellaman was appointed by Secretary R. Alexander Acosta to serve on the Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion, created by E.O. 13801. 老牛影视participated in the inaugural Nov. 13 meeting.

Additionally, the DOL a proposed rule to implement President Trump鈥檚 , which would expand access to association health plans. The proposal will establish criteria for an employer group or association to act as an "employer" within the meaning of section 3(5) of ERISA and sponsor an association health plan that qualifies as an employee welfare benefit plan and a group health plan under Title I of ERISA. The department expects to release the proposal in December 2017.

Other regulatory actions listed by the DOL include:

• 听- Analyze comments in January 2018

• - Request for information in January 2018

• - Final rule in February 2018

• - Request for information in May 2018

• - Notice of proposed rulemaking in August 2018

• - Final Rule in September 2018

Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will continue with plans to rescind the 2015 Clean Water Rule, also known as the definition of 鈥榳aters of the United States鈥� (WOTUS) final rule. The agencies expect to release a rescinding the 2015 WOTUS rule and re-codifying the regulatory definition that existed prior to the 2015 final rule in April 2018 and a to redefine WOTUS in May 2018 (final rule expected in June 2019).听

Additionally, the EPA plans to continue to roll back the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. The agency published a to repeal the Clean Power Plan in October and in Dec. 2017 on whether the EPA should propose a new rule regulating carbon emissions.听

Lastly, the EPA will of the 2008 Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program in April 2018.听

Department of Transportation

• - Final Rule in February 2018

• - Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking in May 2018

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission听

• - Notice of proposed rulemaking in August 2018 (Final action in October 2019)

• - Notice of proposed rulemaking in August 2018 (Final action in October 2019)