Multiple regulatory agencies published semiannual agendas that include rules the agencies are currently considering to propose or promulgate.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Marty J. Walsh as Secretary of Labor by a vote of 68 to 29.

The DOL named five new members and two officers to the 2021 Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.

Several regulatory agencies published semiannual agendas in the Federal Register. The agendas include rules that the agencies intend to propose or promulgate over the course of the next year.

The U.S. Department of Labor submitted a proposal to the Office of Management and Budget to delay the applicability of several important provisions of the Fiduciary Rule.