To shape policy, EPPC monitors and engages with federal agency actions. EPPC primarily engages in the rulemaking process by submitting written public comments and requesting meetings with government officials to provide input and specific suggested changes or improvements the agency must consider for its rulemaking. EPPC scholars also educate other organizations and individuals on how effectively to engage in the regulatory process and provide legal and policy expertise on various agency actions.
These efforts are led by EPPC’s HHS Accountability Project, and often include collaboration with scholars in other EPPC programs such as the Person and Identity Project and the Bioethics and American Democracy program.
Resource Documents
Department of Labor National Apprenticeship System Rule
Meeting with Government Officials (July 18, 2024)
Public Comment (March 18, 2024)
Department of Agriculture SNAP (Food Stamps) Rule
Public Comment (June 14, 2024)
State Department Foreign Assistance Nondiscrimination Rules
Meeting with Government Officials (May 28, 2024)
Public Comment (March 19, 2024)
Commentary:
- State Department’s Proposed Foreign Assistance Nondiscrimination Requirements Raise Concerns (February 22, 2024)
Indian Health Service “Removal of Outdated Regulations” Rule
Meeting with Government Officials (April 18, 2024)
Public Comment (March 8, 2024)
EEOC Guidance on Workplace Harassment
Meeting with Government Officials (April 18, 2024)
Public Comment (November 1, 2023) | Press Release
Commentary:
- How Democrats Set The Stage In 2023 For An LGBT Onslaught In 2024 (January 9, 2024)
- EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace: Proposed Updates Raise Concerns (October 26, 2023)
HHS TANF Program Rule
Meeting with Government Officials (April 8, 2024)
Public Comment (December 1, 2023) | Press Release
HHS Rule on Disability Rights
Meeting with Government Officials (April 2, 2024)
Public Comment (November 13, 2023) | Press Release
Commentary:
- How Democrats Set The Stage In 2023 For An LGBT Onslaught In 2024 (January 9, 2024)
HHS Foster Care Placement Rule
Meeting with Government Officials (April 2, 2024)
Public Comment (November 27, 2023) | Press Release
Commentary:
- How Democrats Set The Stage In 2023 For An LGBT Onslaught In 2024 (January 9, 2024)
- Non-Affirmation of Child’s “LGBTQI+” Identity Is Abuse Under Proposed Foster Care Rule (November 19, 2023)
HHS Health and Human Services Grants Rule
Meeting with Government Officials (April 1, 2024)
Public Comment (September 11, 2023) | Press Release
Meeting with Government Officials (June 20, 2023)
HHS Unaccompanied Children Program Rule
Meeting with Government Officials (April 1, 2024)
Public Comment (December 4, 2023) | Press Release
Commentary:
- HHS Proposes Facilitating Abortions and Medical “Gender Transitions” for Unaccompanied Children (November 27, 2023)
Department of Education Title IX and Athletics Rules
Meeting with Government Officials (February 29, 2024)
Public Comment on Title IX Athletics Rule (May 15, 2023) | Press Release
Public Comment on Title IX Rule (September 12, 2022)
Meeting with Government Officials (March 17, 2022)
Commentary:
- The White House’s Title IX Bait-and-Switch (May 20, 2024)
- How Democrats Set The Stage In 2023 For An LGBT Onslaught In 2024 (January 9, 2024)
- ED Proposes Title IX Athletics Rule Requiring Participation Based on Gender Identity (May 4, 2023)
- Why the Medical Community Should Care about Biden’s Proposed Title IX Regulations (August 30, 2022)
- Education Department’s Fake Punt on Women’s Sports (August 9, 2022)
- Department of Education Proposes Title IX Rule with Opportunity for Public Comment (July 22, 2022)
HHS HIPAA Privacy Reproductive Health Care Privacy Rule
Meeting with Government Officials (February 28, 2024)
Public Comment (June 16, 2023) | Press Release
Commentary:
Department of Veterans’ Affairs Rule on Abortion Benefits
Meeting with Government Officials (February 7, 2024)
Public Comment (October 11, 2022) | Press Release
Commentary:
- Department of Veterans Affairs Rule Doubles Down on Abortion (March 13, 2024)
- Perversion of Law: Roe v. Wade and the Biden Administration’s Response to Dobbs (December 15, 2022)
- Department of Veterans Affairs Interim Final Rule on Abortion (October 14, 2022)
Nine Agency Rule on Partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations
Meeting with Government Officials (February 5, 2024)
Public Comment (March 14, 2023) | Press Release
Meeting with Government Officials (July 15, 2022)
Commentary:
- Nine Agencies Propose Regulations for Partnerships with Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations (March 7, 2023)
HHS Section 1557 Rule and Transgender Mandate Insurance Rule
Meeting with Government Officials (February 2, 2024)
Public Comment (October 3, 2022) | Press Release
Coalition Meetings with HHS Officials (March 29 and April 8, 2022)
Meeting with Government Officials (April 6, 2022)
Coalition Letter Requesting Meeting with HHS Officials (March 11, 2022)
Public Comment (January 27, 2022) | Press Release
Commentary:
- HHS’s Proposed Nondiscrimination Regulations Impose Transgender Mandate in Health Care (September 8, 2022)
- Religious Liberty Alert: Faith-Based Nonprofits and Forthcoming HHS Rules (March 17, 2022)
EEOC Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Regulations
Meeting with Government Officials (February 1, 2024)
Public Comment (October 10, 2023) | Press Release
Meeting with Government Officials (July 7, 2023)
Commentary:
- The EEOC’s Disdain for Religion – Part II (June 11, 2024)
- The EEOC’s Disdain for Religion (June 10, 2024)
- PWFA Rule Keeps Abortion Accommodations and Fulfills EEOC Wish List (May 23, 2024)
- How Democrats Set The Stage In 2023 For An LGBT Onslaught In 2024 (January 9, 2024)
- EEOC Mandates Employers Accommodate Employees’ Abortions (October 6, 2023)
- Rulemaking Overreach by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (October 5, 2023)
- EEOC Proposes Expansive Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Regulations (September 14, 2023)
- Gender Ideology Is Taking Over Pregnant Workers’ Protection Law (September 7, 2023)
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Protects Women but Promotes Abortion (December 9, 2022)
CDC Notice on Assisted Reproductive Technology
Public Comment (January 29, 2024)
OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements
Public Comment (December 4, 2023) | Press Release
National Institute of Health Mission Statement
Public Comment (November 24, 2023) | Press Release
HHS Rule on Healthcare Conscience Rights Protections
Meeting with Government Officials (September 29, 2023)
Public Comment (March 6, 2023) | Press Release
Meeting with Government Officials (April 1, 2022)
Commentary:
- HHS Issues Final Rule on Conscience Rights in Healthcare (January 31, 2024)
- HHS’s Crusade Against Religious Freedom and Conscience Rights in Healthcare (June 9, 2023)
- HHS Proposes Rule Modifying Healthcare Conscience Regulations (February 16, 2023)
HHS Contraceptive Mandate Rule
Public Comment (April 3, 2023) | Press Release
Meeting with Government Officials (August 2, 2022)
Commentary:
- HHS’s Crusade Against Religious Freedom and Conscience Rights in Healthcare (June 9, 2023)
- Federal Departments Propose New Regulations for Contraceptive Services Mandate (March 29, 2023)
Department of Education Rule on Religious Student Group Protections
Public Comment (March 24, 2023) | Press Release
Commentary:
- Education Department Proposes Rescinding Religious Student Group Protections and Requests Info on Campus Free Speech Regulations (March 3, 2023)
Virginia Department of Education School Gender Identity Policies
Public Comment (October 26, 2022) | Press Release
OFCCP Rule on Religious Exemptions for Federal Contractors
Meeting with Government Officials (August 10, 2022)
Public Comment (December 9, 2021) | Press Release
Department of Veterans’ Affairs Rule on “Gender Transition” Surgery Benefits
Meeting with Government Officials (May 2, 2022)
OSHA Workplace COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Rule
Public Comment (January 19, 2022) | Press Release
Meeting with Government Officials (October 18, 2021)
Commentary:
- In OSHA We Trust? (October 28, 2021)
HHS and FDA COVID-19 Vaccines
Public Comment on Child COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization (June 7, 2022)
Public Comment on Novavax Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization (June 6, 2022)
Public Comment on Vaccine Connection to Aborted Fetal Cell Lines (November 3, 2021)
HHS OCR Complaint for Race Discrimination in New Hampshire COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution (September 28, 2021) | Press Release
Testimony and Public Comment on Discrimination in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution (May 28, 2021)
HHS COVID-19 Health Misinformation
Public Comment (May 2, 2022)
HHS COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Open Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra to end Covid-19 Public Health “Emergency” (March 15, 2022)
HHS Rule on Insurance Payments for Abortion
Public Comment (July 28, 2021)
Commentary:
- Separate Payments for Abortion Services and Other Changes in HHS’s Proposed Insurance Regulations (July 13, 2023)
HHS Title X Rule
Public Comment (May 17, 2021)
Commentary:
- In Its First Year, Biden’s HHS Relentlessly Attacked Christians And Unborn Babies (March 18, 2022)
- Twelve States Stand up to Becerra’s Efforts to Fund Planned Parenthood under Title X (November 9, 2021)
- Biden and Becerra Kill Democratic Norms in Rush to Fund Big Abortion (October 8, 2021)
- HHS Proposes Title X Rule to Refund Planned Parenthood (April 22, 2021)
