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insurance ends, forage seeding
insurance will end at the earliest of:
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(c) The first harvest after the late
harvest date, if a late harvest date is
specified in the Special Provisions (You
may harvest the crop as often as
practical in accordance with good
farming practices on or before the late
harvest date);
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(g) The end of insurance period date
shown in the actuarial documents.
10. Causes of Loss.
In accordance with the provisions of
section 12 of the Basic Provisions,
insurance is provided only against the
following causes that result in loss of, or
failure to establish, an adequate stand
that occurs during the insurance period:
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11. Replanting Payment.
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(a) Unless otherwise specified in the
Special Provisions, a replanting
payment is allowed if:
(1) It is practical to replant;
(2) We give written consent to replant;
(3) In California, acreage planted to
the insured crop is damaged by an
insurable cause of loss occurring before
the spring final planting date in the
actuarial documents to the extent that
less than 75 percent of the normal
planting density remains, and the crop
can reach maturity before the end of the
insurance period;
(4) In all other states:
(i) The insured spring or fall planted
acreage is damaged by an insurable
cause of loss to the extent that less than
75 percent of the normal planting
density remains;
(ii) If fall planted, the acreage is
replanted the following spring by the
spring final planting date; and
(iii) If spring planted, the original
planting took place after the earliest
planting date shown in the Special
Provisions, and the acreage is replanted
by the spring final planting date shown
in the Special Provisions.
(b) The amount of the replanting
payment will be equal to 50 percent of
the amount of indemnity determined in
accordance with section 13(a) unless
otherwise specified in the Special
Provisions.
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12. Duties in the Event of Damage or
Loss.
(a) In accordance with the
requirements of section 14 of the Basic
Provisions, the representative samples
of the crop must be at least 10 feet wide
and extend the entire length of each
field in the unit. The samples must not
be harvested or destroyed until the
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earlier of our inspection or 15 days after
tilling of the balance of the unit is
completed.
(b) In addition to the requirements of
section 14 of the Basic Provisions, you
must give us written notice if, during
the period before destroying the crop on
any damaged fall planted acreage, you
decide to replant the acreage by the
spring final planting date.
13. Settlement of Claim.
In the event of loss or damage covered
by this policy, we will settle your claim
on any unit by:
(a) For each type and practice:
(1) Determining the value of all
insured acreage by multiplying the
number of insured acres by the dollar
amount of insurance;
(2) Determining the value of the
acreage with no insurable losses, by
multiplying the dollar amount of
insurance by the insured acreage that:
(i) Has at least 75 percent of an
adequate stand;
(ii) Was abandoned or put to another
use without our prior written consent;
(iii) Was damaged solely by an
uninsured cause; or
(iv) Was harvested and not reseeded.
(3) Determining the value of the
acreage with partial insurable losses, by
multiplying the dollar amount of
insurance by the number of insured
acres that have a stand less than 75
percent but more than 55 percent of an
adequate stand, by 50 percent (0.5);
(4) Adding the results in section
13(a)(2) and section 13(a)(3);
(5) Subtracting the results in section
13(a)(4) from the results in section
13(a)(1); and
(6) Multiplying the result in section
13(a)(3) by your share; and
(b) Totaling the results in section
13(a).
Example:
Assume you have a 100 percent share
in 30 acres of type A forage in the unit,
with an amount of insurance of $100 per
acre. At the time of loss, the following
findings are established: 10 acres had a
remaining stand of 75 percent of an
adequate stand or greater. 20 acres had
a remaining stand less than 75 percent
but more than 55 percent of an adequate
stand.
You also have a 100 percent share in
20 acres of type B forage in the unit,
with an amount of insurance of $90 per
acre. 10 acres had a remaining stand of
75 percent of an adequate stand or
greater. 10 acres had a remaining stand
less than 55 percent of an adequate
stand.
Your indemnity would be calculated
as follows:
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1. 30 acres × $100 = $3,000 amount of
insurance for type A; 20 acres × $90 =
$1,800 amount of insurance for type B;
2. 10 acres with 75% of an adequate
stand or greater × $100 = $1,000 for type
A; 10 acres with 75% of an adequate
stand or greater × $90 = $900 for type
B;
3. 20 acres with less than 75% but
greater than 55% of an adequate stand
× $100 × 50 percent = $1,000 for type
A; 0 acres with less than 75% but
greater than 55% of an adequate stand
× $90 × 50 percent = $0 for type B;
4. $1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000 reduction
for type A; $900 + $0 = $900 reduction
for type B;
5. $3,000 – $2,000 = $1,000 for type
A; $1,800 – $900 = $900 for type B
6. $1,000 × 100 percent share = $1,000
for type A; $900 × 100 percent share =
$900 for type B;
7. $1,000 + $900 = $1,900 total
indemnity
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Martin R. Barbre,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation.
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BILLING CODE 3410–08–P
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Office for Immigration
Review
8 CFR Parts 1208, 1209, 1212, and 1235
[AG Order No. 4667–2020]
RIN 1125–AA95
Implementation of the Northern
Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of
2018
Executive Office for
Immigration Review, DOJ.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Justice
(‘‘DOJ’’ or ‘‘the Department’’) is making
technical amendments to its regulations
to conform to changes made by the
Northern Mariana Islands U.S.
Workforce Act of 2018 (Workforce Act).
The Workforce Act, in part, extended
the bar for asylum in the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI) by fifteen years,
providing that the current bar will
continue to apply for asylum
applications submitted prior to January
1, 2030. This final rule makes the
necessary conforming date changes in
the Department’s regulations.
DATES: This rule is effective June 1,
2020.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director,
Office of Policy, Executive Office for
Immigration Review, 5107 Leesburg
Pike, Suite 2616, Falls Church, VA
22041, telephone (703) 305–0289 (not a
toll-free call).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands (CNMI)-Only
Transitional Worker (CW–1) program
allows employers within the CNMI to
apply for permission to employ
nonimmigrant workers who are
otherwise ineligible to work in the
CNMI under other nonimmigrant
worker categories. See Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands
Transitional Worker Classification, 76
FR 55502 (Sept. 7, 2011). This
transitional worker program was
intended to provide for an orderly
transition for those workers from the
CNMI permit system to the U.S. federal
immigration system under the
Immigration and Nationality Act
(‘‘INA’’), and to mitigate potential harm
to the CNMI economy as employers
adjust their hiring practices and as
foreign workers obtain U.S. immigrant
or nonimmigrant status.
On July 24, 2018, President Donald J.
Trump signed the Northern Mariana
Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018
(‘‘the Workforce Act’’), Public Law 115–
218, 132 Stat. 1547. The stated purposes
of the Workforce Act are to increase the
percentage of United States workers in
the total workforce of the CNMI, while
maintaining the minimum number of
non-U.S. workers to meet the demands
of the CNMI’s economy; to encourage
the hiring of United States workers into
the CNMI workforce; and to ensure that
no U.S. worker is at a competitive
disadvantage compared to a non-U.S.
worker or is displaced by a non-U.S.
worker. Workforce Act sec. 2.
The Workforce Act made a number of
changes to the transitional provisions of
Title VII of the Consolidated Natural
Resources Act of 2008 (‘‘CNRA’’), Public
Law 110–229, 122 Stat. 754, 853–854—
which extended the U.S. immigration
laws, with limited exceptions, to the
CNMI—and requires the Secretaries of
Homeland Security and Labor to each
promulgate an Interim Final Rule
(‘‘IFR’’) implementing the related
statutory changes. The Department of
Labor (‘‘DOL’’) IFR was published on
April 1, 2019, and went into effect on
April 4, 2019.1
Most of the other changes
implemented under the Workforce Act
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FR 12380 (Apr. 1, 2019).
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that govern immigration policy and
procedures will affect Department of
Homeland Security (‘‘DHS’’)
regulations. The resulting revisions to
the DHS regulations will be addressed
in a separate rulemaking. However,
given the authority of the immigration
judges and the Board of Immigration
Appeals (‘‘BIA’’) to adjudicate asylum
claims for aliens who are placed in
proceedings before the immigration
judges and the BIA, the Attorney
General is making technical
amendments to its regulations to reflect
that the Workforce Act extended the
statutory bar for asylum in the CNMI by
fifteen years. Accordingly, this final rule
replaces the current date of ‘‘January 1,
2015’’ with the new date of ‘‘January 1,
2030’’ in the applicable sections of the
regulations.
II. Legal Authority
The Attorney General’s general
authority for the regulatory amendments
is found in the Immigration and
Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et
seq., and the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (HSA), Public Law 107–296, 116
Stat. 2135, 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq. The
Attorney General’s specific authority for
issuing this rule is found in section
103(g) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1103(g),
which authorizes the Attorney General
to administer and enforce the
immigration and nationality laws, as
well as section 1101 of the HSA, 6
U.S.C. 521.
III. Technical Amendments
The Attorney General is making
technical amendments to regulations of
the Executive Office for Immigration
Review (‘‘EOIR’’) to reflect that Congress
has extended the statutory bar for
asylum in the CNMI by fifteen years.
See Workforce Act at sec. 3(a); 48 U.S.C.
1806(a)(2). These technical amendments
(i.e., a change of date) are being made
in the following provisions of the EOIR
regulations: 8 CFR 1208.1(a)(2),
1208.2(c)(1)(iii), (iv), (vii), (viii),
1208.4(a)(2)(ii), 1208.5(a), (b)(1)(iii),
1208.30(a), 1209.2(a)(3),
1212.1(q)(8)(i)(A), (ii)(A), and
1235.6(a)(1)(ii), (iii). These are the only
changes being made in the EOIR
regulations.
IV. Statutory and Regulatory
Requirements
A. Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and
13771
This rule has been drafted and
reviewed in accordance with Executive
Order 12866, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and
Review,’’ section 1(b), The Principles of
Regulation; Executive Order 13563,
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‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory
Review,’’ section 1(b), General
Principles of Regulation; and Executive
Order 13771, ‘‘Reducing Regulation and
Controlling Regulatory Costs.’’ The rule
merely revises regulations to conform to
a new date set by the Workforce Act.
The Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, of the Office of
Management and Budget, has
determined that this final rule is not a
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ as
defined in Executive Order 12866,
section 3(f). Accordingly, this final rule
has not been reviewed by the Office of
Management and Budget.
Finally, because this rule is not a
significant regulatory action, it is not
subject to the requirements of Executive
Order 13771. There are no costs
associated with this regulation. Because
there are no costs associated with this
final rule, there are no monetized
benefits.
B. Executive Order 13132
This final rule will not have
substantial direct effects on the States,
on the relationship between the Federal
Government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government. Therefore, in
accordance with section 6 of Executive
Order 13132, ‘‘Federalism,’’ the
Attorney General has determined that
this regulation does not have sufficient
federalism implications to warrant the
preparation of a federalism summary
impact statement.
C. Executive Order 12988
This regulation meets the applicable
standards set forth in sections 3(a) and
3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, ‘‘Civil
Justice Reform.’’
D. Administrative Procedure Act
Under the Administrative Procedure
Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), an agency
may, for good cause, find that the usual
requirements of prior notice and
comment are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest. The rule merely makes
technical amendments to the EOIR
regulations to reflect that Congress has
extended the statutory bar for asylum in
the CNMI by fifteen years. Because the
Department must follow the mandate of
Congress and has no discretion in the
matter, the Department has determined
that publishing a notice of proposed
rulemaking and providing opportunity
for public comment is unnecessary.
E. Regulatory Flexibility Act
In accordance with the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 603, 604, and
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605(b), a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
is not required for this final rule because
the Department was not required to
publish a general notice of proposed
rulemaking for this regulatory
amendment.
F. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995
This rule will not result in the
expenditure by State, local, and tribal
governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more
in any one year, and it will not
significantly or uniquely affect small
governments. Therefore, no actions were
deemed necessary under the provisions
of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1535.
This rule is not a major rule as
defined by the Congressional Review
Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 804.
8 CFR Part 1208
Administrative practice and
procedure, Aliens, Immigration,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
4. In § 1209.2, remove the date
‘‘January 1, 2015’’ and add in its place
the date ‘‘January 1, 2030’’ in paragraph
(a)(3).
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101 and note, 1102,
1103, 1182 and note, 1184, 1187, 1223, 1225,
1226, 1227, 1255; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note (section
7209 of Pub. L. 108–458); Title VII of Pub.
L. 110–229; Pub. L. 115–218.
8 CFR Part 1212
§ 1212.1
Administrative practice and
procedure, Aliens, Immigration,
Passports and visas, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
PART 1235—INSPECTION OF
PERSONS APPLYING FOR ADMISSION
Administrative practice and
procedure, Aliens, Immigration,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
PART 1208—PROCEDURES FOR
ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF
REMOVAL
1. The authority citation for part 1208
is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1158,
1226, 1252, 1282; Title VII of Pub. L. 110–
229; Pub. L. 115–218.
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7. The authority citation for part 1235
is revised to read as follows:
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Accordingly, the Attorney General
amends 8 CFR parts 1208, 1209, 1212,
and 1235 as follows:
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[Amended]
6. In § 1212.1, remove the date
‘‘January 1, 2015’’ and add in its place
the date ‘‘January 1, 2030’’ wherever it
appears in paragraphs (q)(8)(i)(A) and
(q)(8)(ii)(A).
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8 CFR Part 1235
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC–2019–0250]
RIN 3150–AK41
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage
Casks: Holtec International HI–STORM
Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister
Storage System, Certificate of
Compliance No. 1032, Amendment No.
4
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Direct final rule.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is amending its
spent fuel storage regulations by
revising the Holtec International HI–
STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose
Canister Storage System listing within
the ‘‘List of approved spent fuel storage
casks’’ to include Amendment No. 4 to
Certificate of Compliance No. 1032.
Amendment No. 4 revises the certificate
of compliance to: Add multipurpose
canister (MPC)–32ML for storage and
allow the fuel assembly class 16x16D as
content for MPC–32ML; add the fuel
assembly class 16X16E as content for
MPC–37; and make changes to the final
safety analysis report to separate the
design pressure for the short-term
operation from the off-normal condition
(to provide clarity in Table 2.2.1), add
cautionary notes to Sections 9.2.1 and
9.2.3, update a definition, and replace a
test program. These changes are
discussed in more detail in the
‘‘Discussion of Changes’’ section of this
direct final rule.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective
July 14, 2020, unless significant adverse
comments are received by June 1, 2020.
If this direct final rule is withdrawn as
a result of such comments, timely notice
of the withdrawal will be published in
the Federal Register. Comments
received after this date will be
considered if it is practical to do so, but
the NRC is able to ensure consideration
only for comments received on or before
this date. Comments received on this
direct final rule will also be considered
to be comments on a companion
proposed rule published in the
Proposed Rules section of this issue of
the Federal Register.
[Amended]
5. The authority citation for part 1212
is revised to read as follows:
Aliens, Immigration, Refugees.
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§ 1209.2
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8 CFR Part 1209
[FR Doc. 2020–07616 Filed 4–29–20; 8:45 am]
AGENCY:
PART 1212—DOCUMENTARY
REQUIREMENTS; NONIMMIGRANTS;
WAIVERS; ADMISSION OF CERTAIN
INADMISSIBLE ALIENS; PAROLE
List of Subjects
Dated: March 17, 2020.
William P. Barr,
Attorney General.
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1157,
1158, 1159, 1228, 1252, 1282; Title VII of
Pub. L. 110–229; Pub. L. 115–218.
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H. Congressional Review Act of 1996
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PART 1209—ADJUSTMENT OF
STATUS OF REFUGEES AND ALIENS
GRANTED ASYLUM
3. The authority citation for part 1209
is revised to read as follows:
This final rule does not impose any
new reporting or recordkeeping
requirements under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–
3521.
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2. In part 1208, remove the date
‘‘January 1, 2015’’ and add in its place
the date ‘‘January 1, 2030’’ in the
following places:
■ a. Section 1208.1(a)(2) (two
occurrences);
■ b. Section 1208.2(c)(1)(iii), (iv), (vii),
and (viii);
■ c. Section 1208.4(a)(2)(ii) (two
occurrences);
■ d. Section 1208.5(a) and (b)(1)(iii);
■ e. Section 1208.30(a).
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G. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
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§§ 1208.1, 1208.2, 1208.4, 1208.5, and
1208.30 [Amended]
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101 and note, 1103,
1183, 1185 (pursuant to E.O. 13323, 69 FR
241, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 278), 1201, 1224,
1225, 1226, 1228, 1365a note, 1379, 1731–32;
Title VII of Pub. L. 110–229; 8 U.S.C. 1185
note (section 7209 of Pub. L. 108–458);
Public Law 115–218.
§ 1235.6
[Amended]
8. In § 1235.6, remove the date
‘‘January 1, 2015’’ and add in its place
the date ‘‘January 1, 2030’’ in
paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and (iii).
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Office for Immigration Review
8 CFR Parts 1208, 1209, 1212, and 1235
[AG Order No. 4667-2020]
RIN 1125-AA95
Implementation of the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act
of 2018
AGENCY: Executive Office for Immigration Review, DOJ.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (``DOJ'' or ``the Department'') is
making technical amendments to its regulations to conform to changes
made by the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018
(Workforce Act). The Workforce Act, in part, extended the bar for
asylum in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) by
fifteen years, providing that the current bar will continue to apply
for asylum applications submitted prior to January 1, 2030. This final
rule makes the necessary conforming date changes in the Department's
regulations.
DATES: This rule is effective June 1, 2020.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director,
Office of Policy, Executive Office for Immigration Review, 5107
Leesburg Pike, Suite 2616, Falls Church, VA 22041, telephone (703) 305-
0289 (not a toll-free call).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)-Only
Transitional Worker (CW-1) program allows employers within the CNMI to
apply for permission to employ nonimmigrant workers who are otherwise
ineligible to work in the CNMI under other nonimmigrant worker
categories. See Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Transitional Worker Classification, 76 FR 55502 (Sept. 7, 2011). This
transitional worker program was intended to provide for an orderly
transition for those workers from the CNMI permit system to the U.S.
federal immigration system under the Immigration and Nationality Act
(``INA''), and to mitigate potential harm to the CNMI economy as
employers adjust their hiring practices and as foreign workers obtain
U.S. immigrant or nonimmigrant status.
On July 24, 2018, President Donald J. Trump signed the Northern
Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018 (``the Workforce Act''),
Public Law 115-218, 132 Stat. 1547. The stated purposes of the
Workforce Act are to increase the percentage of United States workers
in the total workforce of the CNMI, while maintaining the minimum
number of non-U.S. workers to meet the demands of the CNMI's economy;
to encourage the hiring of United States workers into the CNMI
workforce; and to ensure that no U.S. worker is at a competitive
disadvantage compared to a non-U.S. worker or is displaced by a non-
U.S. worker. Workforce Act sec. 2.
The Workforce Act made a number of changes to the transitional
provisions of Title VII of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of
2008 (``CNRA''), Public Law 110-229, 122 Stat. 754, 853-854--which
extended the U.S. immigration laws, with limited exceptions, to the
CNMI--and requires the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Labor to
each promulgate an Interim Final Rule (``IFR'') implementing the
related statutory changes. The Department of Labor (``DOL'') IFR was
published on April 1, 2019, and went into effect on April 4, 2019.\1\
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Most of the other changes implemented under the Workforce Act that
govern immigration policy and procedures will affect Department of
Homeland Security (``DHS'') regulations. The resulting revisions to the
DHS regulations will be addressed in a separate rulemaking. However,
given the authority of the immigration judges and the Board of
Immigration Appeals (``BIA'') to adjudicate asylum claims for aliens
who are placed in proceedings before the immigration judges and the
BIA, the Attorney General is making technical amendments to its
regulations to reflect that the Workforce Act extended the statutory
bar for asylum in the CNMI by fifteen years. Accordingly, this final
rule replaces the current date of ``January 1, 2015'' with the new date
of ``January 1, 2030'' in the applicable sections of the regulations.
II. Legal Authority
The Attorney General's general authority for the regulatory
amendments is found in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8
U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA),
Public Law 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135, 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq. The Attorney
General's specific authority for issuing this rule is found in section
103(g) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1103(g), which authorizes the Attorney
General to administer and enforce the immigration and nationality laws,
as well as section 1101 of the HSA, 6 U.S.C. 521.
III. Technical Amendments
The Attorney General is making technical amendments to regulations
of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (``EOIR'') to reflect
that Congress has extended the statutory bar for asylum in the CNMI by
fifteen years. See Workforce Act at sec. 3(a); 48 U.S.C. 1806(a)(2).
These technical amendments (i.e., a change of date) are being made in
the following provisions of the EOIR regulations: 8 CFR 1208.1(a)(2),
1208.2(c)(1)(iii), (iv), (vii), (viii), 1208.4(a)(2)(ii), 1208.5(a),
(b)(1)(iii), 1208.30(a), 1209.2(a)(3), 1212.1(q)(8)(i)(A), (ii)(A), and
1235.6(a)(1)(ii), (iii). These are the only changes being made in the
EOIR regulations.
IV. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements
A. Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 13771
This rule has been drafted and reviewed in accordance with
Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' section
1(b), The Principles of Regulation; Executive Order 13563, ``Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' section 1(b), General Principles of
Regulation; and Executive Order 13771, ``Reducing Regulation and
Controlling Regulatory Costs.'' The rule merely revises regulations to
conform to a new date set by the Workforce Act. The Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, of the Office of Management and
Budget, has determined that this final rule is not a ``significant
regulatory action'' as defined in Executive Order 12866, section 3(f).
Accordingly, this final rule has not been reviewed by the Office of
Management and Budget.
Finally, because this rule is not a significant regulatory action,
it is not subject to the requirements of Executive Order 13771. There
are no costs associated with this regulation. Because there are no
costs associated with this final rule, there are no monetized benefits.
B. Executive Order 13132
This final rule will not have substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the Federal Government and the
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with section 6
of Executive Order 13132, ``Federalism,'' the Attorney General has
determined that this regulation does not have sufficient federalism
implications to warrant the preparation of a federalism summary impact
statement.
C. Executive Order 12988
This regulation meets the applicable standards set forth in
sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, ``Civil Justice
Reform.''
D. Administrative Procedure Act
Under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), an
agency may, for good cause, find that the usual requirements of prior
notice and comment are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the
public interest. The rule merely makes technical amendments to the EOIR
regulations to reflect that Congress has extended the statutory bar for
asylum in the CNMI by fifteen years. Because the Department must follow
the mandate of Congress and has no discretion in the matter, the
Department has determined that publishing a notice of proposed
rulemaking and providing opportunity for public comment is unnecessary.
E. Regulatory Flexibility Act
In accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 603,
604, and
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605(b), a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is not required for this
final rule because the Department was not required to publish a general
notice of proposed rulemaking for this regulatory amendment.
F. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
This rule will not result in the expenditure by State, local, and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100
million or more in any one year, and it will not significantly or
uniquely affect small governments. Therefore, no actions were deemed
necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1535.
G. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This final rule does not impose any new reporting or recordkeeping
requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521.
H. Congressional Review Act of 1996
This rule is not a major rule as defined by the Congressional
Review Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 804.
List of Subjects
8 CFR Part 1208
Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Immigration,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
8 CFR Part 1209
Aliens, Immigration, Refugees.
8 CFR Part 1212
Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Immigration,
Passports and visas, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
8 CFR Part 1235
Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Immigration,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Accordingly, the Attorney General amends 8 CFR parts 1208, 1209,
1212, and 1235 as follows:
PART 1208--PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL
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1. The authority citation for part 1208 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1158, 1226, 1252, 1282; Title
VII of Pub. L. 110-229; Pub. L. 115-218.
Sec. Sec. 1208.1, 1208.2, 1208.4, 1208.5, and 1208.30 [Amended]
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2. In part 1208, remove the date ``January 1, 2015'' and add in its
place the date ``January 1, 2030'' in the following places:
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a. Section 1208.1(a)(2) (two occurrences);
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b. Section 1208.2(c)(1)(iii), (iv), (vii), and (viii);
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c. Section 1208.4(a)(2)(ii) (two occurrences);
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d. Section 1208.5(a) and (b)(1)(iii);
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e. Section 1208.30(a).
PART 1209--ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF REFUGEES AND ALIENS GRANTED
ASYLUM
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3. The authority citation for part 1209 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1228, 1252,
1282; Title VII of Pub. L. 110-229; Pub. L. 115-218.
Sec. 1209.2 [Amended]
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4. In Sec. 1209.2, remove the date ``January 1, 2015'' and add in its
place the date ``January 1, 2030'' in paragraph (a)(3).
PART 1212--DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS; NONIMMIGRANTS; WAIVERS;
ADMISSION OF CERTAIN INADMISSIBLE ALIENS; PAROLE
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5. The authority citation for part 1212 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101 and note, 1102, 1103, 1182 and note,
1184, 1187, 1223, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1255; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note
(section 7209 of Pub. L. 108-458); Title VII of Pub. L. 110-229;
Pub. L. 115-218.
Sec. 1212.1 [Amended]
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6. In Sec. 1212.1, remove the date ``January 1, 2015'' and add in its
place the date ``January 1, 2030'' wherever it appears in paragraphs
(q)(8)(i)(A) and (q)(8)(ii)(A).
PART 1235--INSPECTION OF PERSONS APPLYING FOR ADMISSION
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7. The authority citation for part 1235 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101 and note, 1103, 1183, 1185 (pursuant
to E.O. 13323, 69 FR 241, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 278), 1201, 1224,
1225, 1226, 1228, 1365a note, 1379, 1731-32; Title VII of Pub. L.
110-229; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note (section 7209 of Pub. L. 108-458);
Public Law 115-218.
Sec. 1235.6 [Amended]
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8. In Sec. 1235.6, remove the date ``January 1, 2015'' and add in its
place the date ``January 1, 2030'' in paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and (iii).
Dated: March 17, 2020.
William P. Barr,
Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 2020-07616 Filed 4-29-20; 8:45 am]
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