CFTC Seeks Comment on Compute Derivatives; FCC, NRC, AHRQ, Interior Post Notices

CFTC Opens Comment Period on Compute Derivatives Contracts

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is seeking public responses to a Request for Comment aimed at better informing its understanding and oversight of derivatives markets in compute, with comments due on or before October 20, 2026. The request addresses an emerging class of derivatives contracts that reference the price of access to computing power — described in the notice as the processing power primarily used by the large language models at the center of the artificial intelligence economy. The notice states that AI anchors a large and growing share of the U.S. economy and public equity markets, and cites research estimating that the 2025-Q4 installed compute stock implies a gross compute service flow of around $430 billion to $1.3 trillion per year, or approximately 1.4% to 4.0% of U.S. GDP.

The Commission explains that the derivatives markets it oversees under the Commodity Exchange Act are "affected with a national public interest" because they facilitate risk management and price discovery through trading in liquid, fair and financially secure trading facilities. The Commission states it seeks to deter disruptions to market integrity, ensure the financial integrity of transactions, avoid systemic risk, and promote responsible innovation and fair competition. Under the CEA, the Commission may prescribe by rule, regulation, or order the terms and conditions on which a designated contract market (DCM) may list a contract for trading.

The Commission's request focuses on the factors a DCM should consider when addressing certain CEA provisions and CFTC regulations relevant to listing compute derivatives for trading. Affected regulations include 17 CFR 1 and 17 CFR 38. The notice also seeks comment on issues that may arise in connection with a swap execution facility listing contracts that settle to the price of compute, or physically-settled compute swap contracts. The Commission states it recognizes compute derivatives are a comparatively new and evolving class of products, and believes responses from industry participants may enable it to advance the standardization of such products in a manner that promotes transparency, liquidity, and responsible innovation.

FCC Notices Two AM Station Community-of-License Proposals

The FCC's Media Bureau has published notice that two AM stations have filed applications to modify their communities of license, with comments due on or before October 20, 2026. The applicants are RUDEX BROADCASTING LIMITED, for station KWQQ(AM) (Facility ID No. 36830), proposing to move from Hemet, CA to Loma Linda, CA (File No. 0000299205); and CANTICO NUEVO MINISTRY INC., for station WTOC(AM) (Facility ID No. 25414), proposing to move from Newton, NJ to Boonton, NJ (File No. 0000301652). The Bureau's notice states that the Media Bureau shall provide notice in the Federal Register when such applications are filed, consistent with a December 20, 2006 regulatory requirement. Full application texts are available via the FCC's Licensing and Management System.

NRC Advisory Committee to Meet on Medical Isotope Licensing Rulemaking

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will convene an open session of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on September 9, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST. The stated purpose of the meeting is to discuss and provide recommendations from the subcommittee on reducing barriers to medical use licensing rulemaking, a topic the notice describes as tentative based on the rulemaking schedule. ACMUI Chair Hossein Jadvar, M.D., Ph.D., will preside. Members of the public who wish to submit written statements must do so by the close of business on September 4, 2026, and submissions must pertain only to agenda topics. The draft transcript and meeting summary are expected to be available on the ACMUI website on or about October 9, 2026.

AHRQ Seeks Comment on Research Reporting System Collection

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is requesting an additional 30 days of public comment, with comments due by September 21, 2026, on the proposed reinstatement with change of its AHRQ Research Reporting System (ARRS), OMB No. 0935-0122. The notice explains that AHRQ developed the system in 2007 as a systematic method for grantees to report project progress and important preliminary findings, originally called the Grants Reporting System (GRS), which was renamed ARRS in 2008. The system currently tracks grant progress and may also support administrative progress reporting for AHRQ-funded research activities conducted under contracts and challenge competition awards, as applicable.

The notice states that minor revisions to the scope of respondents are being proposed to clarify applicability to AHRQ-funded research contracts and challenge competition recipients, with no substantive revisions to core reporting content. The estimated number of respondents is 450 a year — a decrease from the prior Information Collection Request, which estimated 500 reports to be collected in a year. The revised figure is based on the current number of 210 active reports, adjusted upward to account for potential new grants, research contracts, or challenge competition awards. Grantees are estimated to take 30 minutes to enter required data, with reporting frequency varying from monthly to twice a year; total annualized burden hours are estimated to be 225 hours.

Interior/NPS: CSU Chico Completes NAGPRA Inventory

California State University, Chico has completed a NAGPRA inventory of human remains and determined a cultural affiliation with the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California. The remains — representing at least two individuals, with no associated funerary objects — are associated with accession documentation reading "Los Molinos-3." The National Park Service notes that the determinations are the sole responsibility of California State University, Chico. Repatriation of the human remains may occur on or after September 21, 2026. If competing repatriation requests are received, the university must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation; joint requests are considered a single request and not competing requests.

What to Watch

• September 4, 2026 — Deadline for written public statements to NRC's ACMUI ahead of the September 9 meeting.
• September 9, 2026 — NRC ACMUI open session, 1:00–3:00 p.m. EST, on reducing barriers to medical use licensing rulemaking.
• September 21, 2026 — Deadline for comments on AHRQ's ARRS information collection reinstatement; earliest date for NAGPRA repatriation of CSU Chico human remains.
• October 9, 2026 — Expected availability of NRC ACMUI draft transcript and meeting summary.
• October 20, 2026 — Deadline for comments on CFTC's Request for Comment on compute derivatives listing; deadline for comments on both FCC AM community-of-license applications.

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