Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Negotiator Nominations and Schedule of Committee Meetings

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Education 34 CFR Chapter VI [Docket ID ED-2021-OPE-0077] AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Intent to establish rulemaking committee. SUMMARY: We announce our intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations for the Federal Student Aid programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The committee will include representatives of organizations or groups with interests that are significantly affected by the subject matter of the proposed regulations. We request nominations for individual negotiators who represent key stakeholder constituencies for the issues to be negotiated to serve on the committee and request nominations for advisors to the committee. The Department has also set a schedule for committee meetings. DATES: We must receive your nominations for negotiators to serve on the committee seven days from the date of publication. The dates and times of the committee meetings are set out in the Schedule for Negotiations section in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. All meetings will be virtual. ADDRESSES: Please email your nominations for negotiators to negregnominations@ed.gov . If you are unable to email your nomination, send it to Vanessa Gomez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Room 2C179, Washington, DC 20202. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about negotiated rulemaking, see “The Negotiated…