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Treasury Acquisition Rules

Federal Register rules, proposed rules, and notices from Department of the Treasury and its acquisition components — sorted newest first. Treasury's contract pipeline is dominated by IT modernization, financial-services support, and IRS technology contracts. Sustained protests typically center on technical-evaluation reasonableness for sensitive financial systems work.

Final Rule

Returns Relating to Sales or Exchanges of Certain Partnership Interests

This document contains final regulations modifying information reporting obligations with respect to sales or exchanges of certain interests in partnerships owning inventory or unrealized receivables.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY · Published May 20, 2026

Final Rule

Preemption Determination: State Interest-on-Escrow Laws

The OCC is issuing a preemption determination concluding that Federal law preempts State laws that restrict OCC-regulated banks' flexibility to decide whether and to what extent to pay interest or other compensation on funds placed in real estate escrow accounts; or assess fees in connection with such accounts. This preemption determination will provide much-needed clarity to banks and other stakeholders.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY · Published May 19, 2026

Final Rule

Real Estate Lending Escrow Accounts

The OCC is issuing a final rule to codify longstanding and recognized powers of national banks and Federal savings associations (collectively, banks) to establish or maintain real estate lending escrow accounts and to exercise flexibility in making business judgments as to the terms and conditions of such accounts, including whether and to what extent to offer any compensation or to assess any fees related thereto.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY · Published May 19, 2026

Proposed Rule

Electronic Furnishing of Payee Statements Regarding Digital Asset Sales by Brokers; Hearing

This document provides a notice of public hearing on the notice of proposed rules for electronic furnishing of payee statements by brokers with respect to digital asset sales.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY · Published May 18, 2026

Proposed Rule

Excepted Fertility Benefits

This document contains proposed rules that would amend the regulations regarding excepted benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to establish certain fertility benefits as a new category of limited excepted benefits. Excepted benefits are generally exempt from the market requirements that were added to those laws by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Patient Protection and Affordab

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY · Published May 13, 2026

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