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The English rule is 90 years old and isn't changing. Enforcement has flip-flopped for twenty years by memo and vote; FMCSA now proposes making the current strict setting permanent. Where its $14.4 million lands, and why October 9 matters.
June through August 2026, month by month, from the Federal Register itself: three quiet June rule changes, three bigger stories, and a long tail of one-company paperwork.
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