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Regulatory Affairs Law Division, Office
of the General Counsel, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, 2707 Martin
Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Mail Stop
0485, Washington, DC 20528–0485.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
6 CFR Chs. I and II
[DHS Docket No. OGC–RP–04–001]
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions
Office of the Secretary, DHS.
Semiannual regulatory agenda.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This regulatory agenda is a
semiannual summary of projected
regulations, existing regulations, and
completed actions of the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) and its
components. This agenda provides the
public with information about DHS’s
regulatory and deregulatory activity.
DHS expects that this information will
enable the public to be more aware of,
and effectively participate in, the
Department’s regulatory and
deregulatory activity. DHS invites the
public to submit comments on any
aspect of this agenda.
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SUMMARY:
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Please direct general comments and
inquiries on the agenda to the
Specific
Please direct specific comments and
inquiries on individual actions
identified in this agenda to the
individual listed in the summary
portion as the point of contact for that
action.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DHS
provides this notice pursuant to the
requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96–354, Sept. 19,
1980) and Executive Order 12866
‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review’’
(Sept. 30, 1993) as incorporated in
Executive Order 13563 ‘‘Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review’’
(Jan. 18, 2011), which require the
Department to publish a semiannual
agenda of regulations. The regulatory
agenda is a summary of existing and
projected regulations as well as actions
completed since the publication of the
last regulatory agenda for the
Department. DHS’s last semiannual
regulatory agenda was published online
on December 9, 2020, at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
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The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 602) requires Federal agencies to
publish their regulatory flexibility
agendas in the Federal Register. A
regulatory flexibility agenda shall
contain, among other things, a brief
description of the subject area of any
rule which is likely to have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. DHS’s printed
agenda entries include regulatory
actions that are in the Department’s
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Agenda format developed by the
Regulatory Information Service Center.
Dated: March 17, 2021.
Christina E. McDonald,
Associate General Counsel for Regulatory
Affairs.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY—FINAL RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
121 ....................
Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation: Safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified Sensitive Information
(HSAR Case 2015–001).
Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation: Information Technology Security Awareness Training (HSAR
Case 2015–002).
122 ....................
1601–AA76
1601–AA78
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
123 ....................
Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation, Enhancement of Whistleblower Protections for Contractor Employees.
1601–AA72
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U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
124 ....................
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule ..............................................................................
1615–AC68
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
125 ....................
Requirements for Filing Motions and Administrative Appeals .........................................................................
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U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES—COMPLETED ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
126 ....................
127 ....................
128 ....................
Removal of International Entrepreneur Parole Program .................................................................................
Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ..........................................
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements.
Employment Authorization for Certain Classes of Noncitizens With Final Orders of Removal ......................
Short-Term Extension for E-Verify Employers in the H–2A Program .............................................................
129 ....................
130 ....................
1615–AC04
1615–AC14
1615–AC18
1615–AC40
1615–AC51
U.S. COAST GUARD—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
131 ....................
Lifejacket Approval Harmonization ..................................................................................................................
1625–AC62
U.S. COAST GUARD—FINAL RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
132 ....................
Financial Responsibility—Vessels; Superseded Pollution Funds (USCG–2017–0788) ..................................
1625–AC39
U.S. COAST GUARD—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
133 ....................
134 ....................
Claims Procedures Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (USCG–2004–17697) .............................................
Commercial Fishing Vessels—Implementation of 2010 and 2012 Legislation ...............................................
1625–AA03
1625–AB85
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
135 ....................
136 ....................
Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements (Section 610 Review) ...................................
Implementation of the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program (Section 610 Review) ........................................
1651–AA70
1651–AA77
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
137 ....................
138 ....................
Visa Security Program Fee ..............................................................................................................................
Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant
Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media.
1653–AA77
1653–AA78
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT—COMPLETED ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
139 ....................
Adjusting Program Fees for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program .......................................................
1653–AA81
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CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
140 ....................
Ammonium Nitrate Security Program ..............................................................................................................
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CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
Title
141 ....................
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) .....................................................................................
122. Homeland Security Acquisition
Regulation: Information Technology
Security Awareness Training (HSAR
Case 2015–002)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
Office of the Secretary (OS)
Final Rule Stage
121. Homeland Security Acquisition
Regulation: Safeguarding of Controlled
Unclassified Sensitive Information
(HSAR Case 2015–001)
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 to 302;
41 U.S.C. 1302, 1303 and 1707
Abstract: This Homeland Security
Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) rule
would implement security and privacy
measures to ensure Controlled
Unclassified Information (CUI), such as
Personally Identifiable Information (PII),
is adequately safeguarded by DHS
contractors. Specifically, the rule would
define key terms, outline security
requirements and inspection provisions
for contractor information technology
(IT) systems that store, process or
transmit CUI, institute incident
notification and response procedures,
and identify post-incident credit
monitoring requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Final Rule ............
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Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
FR Cite
01/19/17
03/20/17
82 FR 6429
03/20/17
82 FR 14341
04/19/17
12/00/21
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Shaundra Ford,
Procurement Analyst, Department of
Homeland Security, Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer, Acquisition Policy
and Legislation, 245 Murray Lane SW,
Washington, DC 20528, Phone: 202 447–
0056, Email: shaundra.ford@hq.dhs.gov.
Nancy Harvey, Policy Analyst,
Department of Homeland Security,
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer,
Room 3636–15, 301 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20528, Phone: 202 447–
0956, Email: nancy.harvey@hq.dhs.gov.
RIN: 1601–AA76
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Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 302;
41 U.S.C. 1707, 1302 and 1303
Abstract: This Homeland Security
Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) rule
would standardize information
technology security awareness training
and DHS Rules of Behavior
requirements for contractor and
subcontractor employees who access
DHS information systems and
information resources or contractorowned and/or operated information
systems and information resources
capable of collecting, processing,
storing, or transmitting controlled
unclassified information (CUI).
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Final Rule ............
FR Cite
01/19/17
03/20/17
82 FR 6446
03/20/17
82 FR 14341
04/19/17
Office of the Secretary (OS)
Long-Term Actions
123. Homeland Security Acquisition
Regulation, Enhancement of
Whistleblower Protections for
Contractor Employees
Legal Authority: sec. 827 of the
National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013, (Pub. L.
112–239, enacted January 2, 2013); 41
U.S.C. 1302(a)(2) and 1707
Abstract: The Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing
to amend its Homeland Security
Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) parts
3003 and 3052 to implement section 827
of the National Defense Authorization
Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013
(Pub. L. 112–239, enacted January 2,
2013) for the United States Coast Guard
(USCG). Section 827 of the NDAA for
FY 2013 established enhancements to
the Whistleblower Protections for
Contractor Employees for all agencies
subject to section 2409 of title 10,
United States Code, which includes the
USCG.
Timetable:
NPRM ..................
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Shaundra Ford,
Procurement Analyst, Department of
Homeland Security, Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer, Acquisition Policy
and Legislation, 245 Murray Lane SW,
Washington, DC 20528, Phone: 202 447–
0056, Email: shaundra.ford@hq.dhs.gov.
Nancy Harvey, Policy Analyst,
Department of Homeland Security,
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer,
Room 3636–15, 301 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20528, Phone: 202 447–
0956, Email: nancy.harvey@hq.dhs.gov.
RIN: 1601–AA78
PO 00000
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
Action
12/00/21
1670–AA01
Date
FR Cite
05/00/22
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Nancy Harvey,
Policy Analyst, Department of
Homeland Security, Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer, Room 3636–15,
301 7th Street SW, Washington, DC
20528, Phone: 202 447–0956, Email:
nancy.harvey@hq.dhs.gov.
RIN: 1601–AA72
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS)
Proposed Rule Stage
124. • U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services Fee Schedule
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1356(m), (n)
Abstract: DHS will propose to adjust
the fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and
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Immigration Services (USCIS) for
immigration and naturalization benefit
requests. On August 3, 2020, DHS
adjusted the fees USCIS charges for
immigration and naturalization benefit
requests, imposed new fees, revised
certain fee waiver and exemption
policies, and changed certain
application requirements via the rule
‘‘USCIS Fee Schedule & Changes to
Certain Other Immigration Benefit
Request Requirements.’’ DHS has been
preliminarily enjoined from
implementing that rule by court order.
This rule would rescind and replace the
changes made by the August 3, 2020,
rule and establish new USCIS fees to
recover USCIS operating costs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
FR Cite
11/00/21
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Kika M. Scott, Chief
Financial Officer, Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, 5900 Capital
Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp
Springs, MD 20588–0009, Phone: 202
721–3000.
RIN: 1615–AC68
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS)
Long-Term Actions
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125. Requirements for Filing Motions
and Administrative Appeals
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 and
552a; 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103 and 1304; 6
U.S.C. 112
Abstract: The Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing
this rule to improve the administration
of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) appeals, motions, and
certifications. The proposed changes
would update and restructure the
regulations in order to clarify and
streamline the administrative review
process, increase efficiency, and reflect
the establishment of DHS and its
components.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
FR Cite
05/00/22
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
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Agency Contact: William K. Renwick,
Jr., Branch Chief, Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services,
Administrative Appeals Office, 5900
Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190,
Camp Springs, MD 20588–0009, Phone:
202 721–3000.
RIN: 1615–AB98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Charles Nimick,
Chief, Business and Foreign Workers
Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Department of Homeland Security, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services,
5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite
4S190, Camp Springs, MD 20588–0009,
Phone: 240 721–3000.
RIN: 1615–AC04
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
127. Collection and Use of Biometrics
by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103(a); 8.
U.S.C. 1444 to 1446; 8 U.S.C. 1365a and
1365b; 8 U.S.C. 1304(a); Pub. L. 107–56;
Pub. L. 107–173; Pub. L. 109–248, sec.
402(a) and 402(b)
Abstract: On September 11, 2020, the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) proposed to update its
regulations to eliminate multiple
references to specific biometric types,
and to allow for the expansion of the
types of biometrics required to establish
and verify an identity. DHS also
proposed to modify age restrictions
where they exist to detect, deter, or
prevent human trafficking of children;
establish consistent identity enrollment
and verification policies and processes;
and align U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) biometric
collection with other immigration
operations. The DHS proposal also
provided a definition to the public on
the term biometric and how biometrics
will be used in the immigration process.
DHS is withdrawing the NPRM
published on September 11, 2020. DHS
remains committed to ensuring national
security, fraud prevention and program
integrity. DHS will look to pursue future
rulemaking that balances those
commitments while also ensuring
sufficient privacy protections, civil
liberty protections, and without
hindering access to the immigration
system.
Timetable:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS)
Completed Actions
126. Removal of International
Entrepreneur Parole Program
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C.
1182(d)(5)(A)
Abstract: On January 17, 2017, DHS
published the International
Entrepreneur Final Rule (the IE final
rule) in the Federal Register at 82 FR
5238, with an original effective date of
July 17, 2017. On May 29, 2018, DHS
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to
remove the international entrepreneur
parole program from DHS regulations
and solicited public comments on the
proposal. DHS is withdrawing the May
29, 2018, proposed rule. The May 29,
2018, proposed rule relied on the
direction from E.O. 13767. On February
2, 2021, President Biden issued
Executive Order 14010 which revoked
Executive Order 13767, and issued
Executive Order 14012, which directed
agencies to identify actions that fail to
promote access to the legal immigration
system.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Rule ............
Final Rule Delay
of Effective
Date.
Final Rule Effective.
NPRM—Removal
of International
Entrepreneur
Parole Program.
NPRM Comment
Period End-Removal of International Entrepreneur Parole
Program.
Notice of Withdrawal.
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Action
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Notice of Withdrawal.
Date
FR Cite
09/11/20
10/13/20
85 FR 56338
05/10/21
86 FR 24750
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Steven P. Kvortek,
Acting Division Chief, Security and
Public Safety Division, Office of Policy
and Strategy, Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, 5900 Capital
Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp
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721–3000.
RIN: 1615–AC14
128. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services Fee Schedule and Changes to
Certain Other Immigration Benefit
Request Requirements
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1356(m)
Abstract: The Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) conducted a FY 2019/2020 fee
review for its Immigration Examinations
Fee Account (IEFA), pursuant to the
requirements of the Chief Financial
Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act), 31
U.S.C. 901–03 and the Immigration and
Nationality Act, section 286(m), 8 U.S.C.
1356(m). The CFO Act requires each
agency’s chief financial officer to
‘‘review, on a biennial basis, the fees,
royalties, rents, and other charges
imposed by the agency for services and
things of value it provides, and make
recommendations on revising those
charges to reflect costs incurred by it in
providing those services and things of
value.’’ As a result of the FY 2019/2020
IEFA fee review, and following full
consideration of public comments, DHS
published its final rule (85 FR 46788) on
August 3, 2020 with an effective date of
October 2, 2020. DHS has been
preliminarily enjoined from
implementing that rule by court order.
In Executive Order 14010 of February 2,
2021, the President directed DHS to
identify any agency actions that fail to
promote access to the legal immigration
system including the 2020 final rule, in
light of the Emergency Stopgap USCIS
Stabilization Act (title I of division D of
Pub. L. 116–159) and recommend steps,
as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, to revise or rescind
those agency actions.
Timetable:
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Date
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period End.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
NPRM Comment
Period Reopened.
NPRM Comment
Period Reopened End.
Final Action .........
Correction ............
Correction ............
Final Action Effective.
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Action
Date
Notice of Preliminary Injunction.
01/29/21
FR Cite
86 FR 7493
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Kika M. Scott, Chief
Financial Officer, Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, 5900 Capital
Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp
Springs, MD 20588–0009, Phone: 202
721–3000.
RIN: 1615–AC18
129. Employment Authorization for
Certain Classes of Noncitizens With
Final Orders of Removal
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1158; 8
U.S.C. 1231; 8 U.S.C. 1324a
Abstract: On November 19, 2020, DHS
proposed to amend its regulations to
eliminate eligibility for employment
authorization for certain noncitizens
who have final orders of removal but are
temporarily released from custody on an
order of supervision (OSUP), with
limited exceptions. DHS also proposed
to include new eligibility requirements
and expand the discretionary factors
DHS will consider for noncitizens on
OSUP who continue to qualify for
employment authorization under the
new regulatory framework. DHS is
withdrawing the November 19, 2020,
proposed rule because Executive Orders
13993 and 14005 have revoked the
executive orders that were the basis for
the proposed rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End (for
rule only).
Notice of Withdrawal.
11/19/20
12/21/20
05/10/21
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130. Short-Term Extension for E-Verify
Employers in the H–2A Program
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 107–296, sec.
116; 6 U.S.C. 112; 8 U.S.C. 1103(a),
1184(a)(1), and 1324a(h)(3)(B)
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Action
Withdrawn ...........
Date
FR Cite
02/26/21
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Charles Nimick,
Chief, Business and Foreign Workers
Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Department of Homeland Security, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services,
5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite
4S190, Camp Springs, MD 20588–0009,
Phone: 240 721–3000.
RIN: 1615–AC51
85 FR 74196
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Steven Kvortek,
Acting Division Chief, Security and
Public Safety Division, Office of Policy
and Strategy, Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, 5900 Capital
Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp
Springs, MD 20588–0009, Phone: 240
721–3000.
RIN: 1615–AC40
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Abstract: The Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) proposed to
amend its regulations regarding shortterm extensions for U.S. employers
seeking temporary or seasonal
agricultural nonimmigrant workers in
the H–2A program to provide a shortterm extension of the H–2A petition
validity period by up to 2 weeks (14
days) to petitioning employers who are
participants in good standing in EVerify. The E-Verify petitioner may
request the short-term extension at the
time of the initial H–2A petition, or the
petitioner may file a new H–2A petition
to request the short-term extension. This
proposal would allow H–2A workers to
continue their H–2A employment for
the same petitioner and under the same
terms and conditions as the valid
temporary labor certification and the H–
2A petition without the requirement to
obtain a new temporary labor
certification from the Department of
Labor. DHS has determined that the
proposed regulation should be
withdrawn.
Timetable:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Proposed Rule Stage
131. Lifejacket Approval
Harmonization
Legal Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306(a); 46
U.S.C. 3306(b); 46 U.S.C. 4102(a); 46
U.S.C. 4102(b); 46 U.S.C. 4302(a); 46
U.S.C. 4502(a); 46 U.S.C. 4502(c)(2)(B)
Abstract: The Coast Guard proposes to
amend the lifejacket approval
requirements and follow-up program
requirements by incorporating three
new bi-national standards. At the same
time, the Coast Guard proposes to
amend lifejacket and personal flotation
devices (PFD) carriage requirements to
allow for the use of equipment approved
to the new standards, and to remove
obsolete equipment approval
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requirements. The new standards are
state-of-the-art and are intended to
replace the legacy standards. The
proposed amendments will streamline
the process for approval of PFDs and
allow manufacturers the opportunity to
produce more innovative equipment
that meets the approval requirements of
both Canada and the United States,
while reducing the burden for
manufacturers in both the approval
process and follow-up program. These
proposed changes are expected to
promote economic relief. The proposed
rule is expected to promote economic
relief by reducing the regulatory burden
on PFD manufacturers by harmonizing
our PFD approval standards with
Canada, requiring less frequent
inspections of manufacturing facilities,
providing lower cost PFD user manuals,
and by creating a new market in PFDs
with a lower buoyancy rating.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jacqueline M.
Yurkovich, Project Manager (CG–ENG–
4), Department of Homeland Security,
U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther
King Jr. Avenue SE, STOP 7509,
Washington, DC 20593–7509, Phone:
202 372–1389, Email:
jacqueline.m.yurkovich@uscg.mil.
RIN: 1625–AC62
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132. Financial Responsibility—Vessels;
Superseded Pollution Funds (USCG–
2017–0788)
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2704; 33
U.S.C. 2716 and 2716a; 42 U.S.C. 9607
to 9609; 6 U.S.C. 552; E.O. 12580; sec.
7(b), 3 CFR, 1987; Comp., p. 193; E.O.
12777, secs. 4 and 5, 3 CFR, 1991
Comp., p. 351, as amended by E.O.
13286, sec. 89, 3; 3 CFR, 2004 Comp.,
p. 166, and by E.O. 13638, sec. 1, 3 CFR,
2014 Comp., p.227; Department of
Homeland; Security Delegation Nos.
0170.1 and 5110, Revision 01
Abstract: The Coast Guard has
proposed to amend its rule on vessel
financial responsibility to include tank
vessels greater than 100 gross tons, to
clarify and strengthen the rule’s
reporting requirements, to conform its
rule to current practice, and to remove
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Date
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Rule ............
05/13/20
08/11/20
FR Cite
85 FR 28802
08/00/21
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Benjamin White,
Project Manager, National Pollution
Funds Center, Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin
Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, STOP 7605,
Washington, DC 20593–7605, Phone:
202 795–6066, Email:
benjamin.h.white@uscg.mil.
RIN: 1625–AC39
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Long-Term Actions
133. Claims Procedures Under the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (USCG–2004–
17697)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
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two superseded regulations. This
rulemaking will ensure the Coast Guard
has current information when there are
significant changes in a vessel’s
operation, ownership, or evidence of
financial responsibility, and reflect
current best practices in the Coast
Guard’s management of the Certificate
of Financial Responsibility Program.
This rulemaking will also promote the
Coast Guard’s missions of maritime
stewardship, maritime security, and
maritime safety.
Timetable:
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2713 and
2714
Abstract: The purpose of this project
is to remove superseded regulations at
33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
part 135, and to finalize the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA’90) claims
procedures at 33 CFR part 136. The
OPA’90 claims procedures,
implementing OPA’90 section 1013
(Claims Procedures) and section 1014
(Designation of Source and
Advertisement), were established by an
interim rule, titled ‘‘Claims under the
Oil Pollution Act of 1990’’ (Interim
Rule) that has not been substantively
amended since it was published in
1992. This rulemaking supports the
Coast Guard’s strategic goal of
protection of natural resources.
Timetable:
Action
Date
Interim Final Rule
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Action
Correction ............
Interim Final Rule
Comment Period End.
Notice of Inquiry ..
Notice of Inquiry
Comment Period End.
NPRM ..................
Date
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12/10/92
57 FR 41104
11/01/11
01/30/12
76 FR 67385
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Benjamin White,
Project Manager, National Pollution
Funds Center, Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin
Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, STOP 7605,
Washington, DC 20593–7605, Phone:
202 795–6066, Email:
benjamin.h.white@uscg.mil.
RIN: 1625–AA03
134. Commercial Fishing Vessels—
Implementation of 2010 and 2012
Legislation
Legal Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4502 and
5103; Pub. L. 111–281
Abstract: The Coast Guard proposes to
implement those requirements of 2010
and 2012 legislation that pertain to
uninspected commercial fishing
industry vessels and that took effect
upon enactment of the legislation but
that, to be implemented, require
amendments to Coast Guard regulations
affecting those vessels. The applicability
of the regulations is being changed, and
new requirements are being added to
safety training, equipment, vessel
examinations, vessel safety standards,
the documentation of maintenance, and
the termination of unsafe operations.
This rulemaking promotes the Coast
Guard’s maritime safety mission.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period End.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Final Rule ............
Date
06/21/16
08/15/16
FR Cite
81 FR 40437
81 FR 53986
10/19/16
12/18/16
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Joseph Myers, Project
Manager, Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin
Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, STOP 7501,
Washington, DC 20593–7501, Phone:
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uscg.mil.
RIN: 1625–AB85
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(USCBP)
Long-Term Actions
135. Importer Security Filing and
Additional Carrier Requirements
(Section 610 Review)
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 109–347, sec.
203; 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66; 19
U.S.C. 1431; 19 U.S.C. 1433 and 1434;
19 U.S.C. 1624; 19 U.S.C. 2071 (note);
46 U.S.C. 60105
Abstract: This final rule implements
the provisions of section 203 of the
Security and Accountability for Every
Port Act of 2006. On November 25,
2008, Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) published an interim final rule
(CBP Dec. 08–46) in the Federal
Register (73 FR 71730), that finalized
most of the provisions proposed in the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. It
requires carrier and importers to
provide to CBP, via a CBP approved
electronic data interchange system,
certain advance information pertaining
to cargo brought into the United States
by vessel to enable CBP to identify highrisk shipments to prevent smuggling
and ensure cargo safety and security.
The interim final rule did not finalize
six data elements that were identified as
areas of potential concern for industry
during the rulemaking process and, for
which, CBP provided some type of
flexibility for compliance with those
data elements. CBP solicited public
comment on these six data elements and
also invited comments on the revised
Regulatory Assessment and Final
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. (See 73
FR 71782–85 for regulatory text and 73
CFR 71733–34 for general discussion.)
Timetable:
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NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Interim Final Rule
Interim Final Rule
Effective.
Interim Final Rule
Comment Period End.
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03/03/08
73 FR 90
02/01/08
73 FR 6061
03/18/08
11/25/08
01/26/09
73 FR 71730
06/01/09
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Date
Correction ............
Correction ............
Next Action Undetermined.
FR Cite
07/14/09
12/24/09
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Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brian Sale, Branch
Chief, Manifest & Conveyance Security
Division, Cargo & Conveyance, Office of
Field Operation, Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20229,
Phone: 202 325–3338, Email:
brian.a.sale@cbp.dhs.gov.
RIN: 1651–AA70
136. Implementation of the Guam–
CNMI Visa Waiver Program (Section
610 Review)
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 110–229, sec.
702
Abstract: The interim final rule
amends Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) regulations to
implement section 702 of the
Consolidated Natural Resources Act of
2008 (CNRA). This law extends the
immigration laws of the United States to
the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands (CNMI) and provides
for a joint visa waiver program for travel
to Guam and the CNMI. This rule
implements section 702 of the CNRA by
amending the regulations to replace the
current Guam Visa Waiver Program with
a new Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver
Program. The amended regulations set
forth the requirements for nonimmigrant
visitors who seek admission for
business or pleasure and solely for entry
into and stay on Guam or the CNMI
without a visa. This rule also establishes
six ports of entry in the CNMI for
purposes of administering and enforcing
the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program.
Section 702 of the Consolidated Natural
Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA), subject
to a transition period, extends the
immigration laws of the United States to
the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands (CNMI) and provides
for a visa waiver program for travel to
Guam and/or the CNMI. On January 16,
2009, the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), issued an interim final
rule in the Federal Register replacing
the then-existing Guam Visa Waiver
Program with the Guam-CNMI Visa
Waiver Program and setting forth the
requirements for nonimmigrant visitors
seeking admission into Guam and/or the
CNMI under the Guam-CNMI Visa
Waiver Program. As of November 28,
2009, the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver
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Program is operational. This program
allows nonimmigrant visitors from
eligible countries to seek admission for
business or pleasure for entry into Guam
and/or the CNMI without a visa for a
period of authorized stay not to exceed
45 days. This rulemaking would finalize
the January 2009 interim final rule.
Timetable:
Action
Interim Final Rule
Interim Final Rule
Effective.
Interim Final Rule
Comment Period End.
Technical Amendment; Change
of Implementation Date.
Date
01/16/09
01/16/09
FR Cite
74 FR 2824
03/17/09
05/28/09
Final Action .........
74 FR 25387
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No.
Agency Contact: Neyda I. Yejo,
Program Manager, Electronic System for
Travel Authorization, Office of Field
Operations, Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20229, Phone: 202
344–2373, Email: neyda.i.yejo@
cbp.dhs.gov.
RIN: 1651–AA77
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (USICE)
Proposed Rule Stage
137. Visa Security Program Fee
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1356
Abstract: ICE seeks to enable the
expansion of the Visa Security Program
(VSP) by proposing to move it to a userfee funded model (as opposed to relying
on appropriations). The VSP leverages
resources in the National Capital Region
(NCR) and at U.S. diplomatic posts
overseas to vet and screen visa
applicants; identifies and prevents the
travel of those who constitute potential
national security and/or public safety
threats; and launches investigations into
criminal and/or terrorist affiliated
networks operating in the U.S. and
abroad. The fees collected as a result of
this rule would fund an expansion of
the VSP, enabling ICE to extend visa
security screening and vetting
operations and investigative efforts to
more visa-issuing posts overseas, and in
turn, enhance the U.S. government’s
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States by illicit actors.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
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SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (USICE)
FR Cite
01/00/22
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Sharon Hageman,
Regulations Unit Chief, Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th
Street SW, Mail Stop 5006, Washington,
DC 20536, Phone: 202 732–6960, Email:
sharon.hageman@ice.dhs.gov.
RIN: 1653–AA77
138. Establishing a Fixed Time Period
of Admission and an Extension of Stay
Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic
Students, Exchange Visitors, and
Representatives of Foreign Information
Media
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101; 8
U.S.C. 1103; 8 U.S.C. 1182 and 1184
Abstract: DHS intends to withdraw
this proposed rule. U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
originally proposed modifying the
period of authorized stay for certain
categories of nonimmigrants traveling to
the United States by eliminating the
availability of ‘‘duration of status’’ and
by providing a maximum period of
authorized stay with options for
extensions for each applicable visa
category.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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NPRM Comment
Period End.
Notice of Withdrawal.
09/25/20
10/26/20
FR Cite
85 FR 60256
06/00/21
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Sharon Hageman,
Regulations Unit Chief, Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th
Street SW, Mail Stop 5006, Washington,
DC 20536, Phone: 202 732–6960, Email:
sharon.hageman@ice.dhs.gov.
RIN: 1653–AA78
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139. Adjusting Program Fees for the
Student and Exchange Visitor Program
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1372(e); 8
U.S.C. 1372(g); 8 U.S.C. 1356(m); 8
U.S.C. 1356(n)
Abstract: DHS has determined that
the proposed regulation entry should be
withdrawn from the Unified Agenda.
ICE intended to propose a regulation to
adjust fees that the Student and
Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)
charges individuals and organizations to
improve compliance and enforcement
related to nonimmigrant students. The
SEVP fee schedule was last adjusted in
a rule published on May 23, 2019.
Timetable:
Action
Date
Withdrawn ...........
FR Cite
03/08/21
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Sharon Hageman,
Regulations Unit Chief, Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th
Street SW, Mail Stop 5006, Washington,
DC 20536, Phone: 202 732–6960, Email:
sharon.hageman@ice.dhs.gov.
RIN: 1653–AA81
Action
ANPRM ...............
ANPRM Correction.
ANPRM Comment
Period End.
NPRM ..................
Notice of Public
Meetings.
Notice of Public
Meetings.
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Notice of Availability.
Notice of Availability Comment
Period End.
Supplemental
NPRM.
Date
10/29/08
11/05/08
FR Cite
73 FR 64280
73 FR 65783
12/29/08
08/03/11
10/07/11
76 FR 46908
76 FR 62311
11/14/11
76 FR 70366
12/01/11
06/03/19
84 FR 25495
09/03/19
11/00/21
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lona Saccomando,
Chemical Facility of Interest (CFOI)
Coordinator, Department of Homeland
Security, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, 245
Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0610,
Arlington, VA 20528–0610, Phone: 703
603–4898, Email: lona.saccomando@
cisa.dhs.gov.
RIN: 1670–AA00
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA)
Long-Term Actions
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY (DHS)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA)
Proposed Rule Stage
140. Ammonium Nitrate Security
Program
Legal Authority: 6 U.S.C. 488 et seq.
Abstract: The Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is
proposing a rulemaking to implement
the December 2007 amendment to the
Homeland Security Act titled ‘‘Secure
Handling of Ammonium Nitrate.’’ The
amendment requires the Department of
Homeland Security to ‘‘regulate the sale
and transfer of ammonium nitrate by an
ammonium nitrate facility . . . to
prevent the misappropriation or use of
ammonium nitrate in an act of
terrorism.’’ CISA previously issued a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
on August 3, 2011. CISA is planning to
issue a Supplemental Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM).
Timetable:
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141. Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism
Standards (CFATS)
Legal Authority: 6 U.S.C. 621 to 629
Abstract: The Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
previously invited public comment on
an Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (ANPRM) for potential
revisions to the Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards (CFATS)
regulations. The ANPRM provided an
opportunity for the public to provide
recommendations for possible program
changes. Taking into consideration the
comments received, the Cybersecurity
and Infrastructure Security Agency
(CISA) has determined to limit the
scope of this rulemaking to improving
Appendix A to the CFATS regulations
and address concerns with releaseflammable security issues. Additionally,
in June 2020, CISA published a notice
announcing the availability of a
retrospective analysis of the data,
assumptions, and methodology that
were used to support the 2007 CFATS
interim final rule and provided the
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comment. CISA is reviewing the
comments received on the retrospective
analysis and determining the next
appropriate step for this rulemaking.
Timetable:
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Date
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Date
ANPRM Comment
Period End.
Next Action Undetermined.
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Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lona Saccomando,
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Security, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, 245
Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0610,
Arlington, VA 20528–0610, Phone: 703
603–4898, Email: lona.saccomando@
cisa.dhs.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
6 CFR Chs. I and II
[DHS Docket No. OGC-RP-04-001]
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
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SUMMARY: This regulatory agenda is a semiannual summary of projected
regulations, existing regulations, and completed actions of the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components. This agenda
provides the public with information about DHS's regulatory and
deregulatory activity. DHS expects that this information will enable
the public to be more aware of, and effectively participate in, the
Department's regulatory and deregulatory activity. DHS invites the
public to submit comments on any aspect of this agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General
Please direct general comments and inquiries on the agenda to the
Regulatory Affairs Law Division, Office of the General Counsel, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, 2707 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE,
Mail Stop 0485, Washington, DC 20528-0485.
Specific
Please direct specific comments and inquiries on individual actions
identified in this agenda to the individual listed in the summary
portion as the point of contact for that action.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DHS provides this notice pursuant to the
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96-354, Sept.
19, 1980) and Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review''
(Sept. 30, 1993) as incorporated in Executive Order 13563 ``Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review'' (Jan. 18, 2011), which require the
Department to publish a semiannual agenda of regulations. The
regulatory agenda is a summary of existing and projected regulations as
well as actions completed since the publication of the last regulatory
agenda for the Department. DHS's last semiannual regulatory agenda was
published online on December 9, 2020, at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain.
Beginning in fall 2007, the internet became the basic means for
disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda is
available online at www.reginfo.gov.
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) requires Federal
agencies to publish their regulatory flexibility agendas in the Federal
Register. A regulatory flexibility agenda shall contain, among other
things, a brief description of the subject area of any rule which is
likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities. DHS's printed agenda entries include regulatory actions
that are in the Department's regulatory flexibility agenda. Printing of
these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by
the agenda provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Additional
information on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda
published on the internet.
The semiannual agenda of the Department conforms to the Unified
Agenda format developed by the Regulatory Information Service Center.
Dated: March 17, 2021.
Christina E. McDonald,
Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs.
Office of the Secretary--Final Rule Stage
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Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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121....................... Homeland Security 1601-AA76
Acquisition Regulation:
Safeguarding of
Controlled Unclassified
Sensitive Information
(HSAR Case 2015-001).
122....................... Homeland Security 1601-AA78
Acquisition Regulation:
Information Technology
Security Awareness
Training (HSAR Case 2015-
002).
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Office of the Secretary--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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123....................... Homeland Security 1601-AA72
Acquisition Regulation,
Enhancement of
Whistleblower Protections
for Contractor Employees.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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124....................... U.S. Citizenship and 1615-AC68
Immigration Services Fee
Schedule.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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125....................... Requirements for Filing 1615-AB98
Motions and
Administrative Appeals.
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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126....................... Removal of International 1615-AC04
Entrepreneur Parole
Program.
127....................... Collection and Use of 1615-AC14
Biometrics by U.S.
Citizenship and
Immigration Services.
128....................... U.S. Citizenship and 1615-AC18
Immigration Services Fee
Schedule and Changes to
Certain Other Immigration
Benefit Request
Requirements.
129....................... Employment Authorization 1615-AC40
for Certain Classes of
Noncitizens With Final
Orders of Removal.
130....................... Short-Term Extension for E- 1615-AC51
Verify Employers in the H-
2A Program.
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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131....................... Lifejacket Approval 1625-AC62
Harmonization.
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U.S. Coast Guard--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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132....................... Financial Responsibility-- 1625-AC39
Vessels; Superseded
Pollution Funds (USCG-
2017-0788).
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U.S. Coast Guard--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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133....................... Claims Procedures Under 1625-AA03
the Oil Pollution Act of
1990 (USCG-2004-17697).
134....................... Commercial Fishing 1625-AB85
Vessels--Implementation
of 2010 and 2012
Legislation.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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135....................... Importer Security Filing 1651-AA70
and Additional Carrier
Requirements (Section 610
Review).
136....................... Implementation of the Guam- 1651-AA77
CNMI Visa Waiver Program
(Section 610 Review).
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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137....................... Visa Security Program Fee. 1653-AA77
138....................... Establishing a Fixed Time 1653-AA78
Period of Admission and
an Extension of Stay
Procedure for
Nonimmigrant Academic
Students, Exchange
Visitors, and
Representatives of
Foreign Information Media.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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139....................... Adjusting Program Fees for 1653-AA81
the Student and Exchange
Visitor Program.
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140....................... Ammonium Nitrate Security 1670-AA00
Program.
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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141....................... Chemical Facility Anti- 1670-AA01
Terrorism Standards
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
Office of the Secretary (OS)
Final Rule Stage
121. Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation: Safeguarding of
Controlled Unclassified Sensitive Information (HSAR Case 2015-001)
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 to 302; 41 U.S.C. 1302, 1303 and 1707
Abstract: This Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) rule
would implement security and privacy measures to ensure Controlled
Unclassified Information (CUI), such as Personally Identifiable
Information (PII), is adequately safeguarded by DHS contractors.
Specifically, the rule would define key terms, outline security
requirements and inspection provisions for contractor information
technology (IT) systems that store, process or transmit CUI, institute
incident notification and response procedures, and identify post-
incident credit monitoring requirements.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 01/19/17 82 FR 6429
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/20/17 .......................
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 03/20/17 82 FR 14341
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 04/19/17 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 12/00/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Shaundra Ford, Procurement Analyst, Department of
Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Acquisition
Policy and Legislation, 245 Murray Lane SW, Washington, DC 20528,
Phone: 202 447-0056, Email: [email protected].
Nancy Harvey, Policy Analyst, Department of Homeland Security,
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Room 3636-15, 301 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20528, Phone: 202 447-0956, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1601-AA76
122. Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation: Information Technology
Security Awareness Training (HSAR Case 2015-002)
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 302; 41 U.S.C. 1707, 1302 and
1303
Abstract: This Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) rule
would standardize information technology security awareness training
and DHS Rules of Behavior requirements for contractor and subcontractor
employees who access DHS information systems and information resources
or contractor-owned and/or operated information systems and information
resources capable of collecting, processing, storing, or transmitting
controlled unclassified information (CUI).
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 01/19/17 82 FR 6446
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/20/17 .......................
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 03/20/17 82 FR 14341
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 04/19/17 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 12/00/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Shaundra Ford, Procurement Analyst, Department of
Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Acquisition
Policy and Legislation, 245 Murray Lane SW, Washington, DC 20528,
Phone: 202 447-0056, Email: [email protected].
Nancy Harvey, Policy Analyst, Department of Homeland Security,
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Room 3636-15, 301 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20528, Phone: 202 447-0956, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1601-AA78
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
Office of the Secretary (OS)
Long-Term Actions
123. Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation, Enhancement of
Whistleblower Protections for Contractor Employees
Legal Authority: sec. 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013, (Pub. L. 112-239, enacted January 2,
2013); 41 U.S.C. 1302(a)(2) and 1707
Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing to
amend its Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) parts 3003
and 3052 to implement section 827 of the National Defense Authorization
Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 (Pub. L. 112-239, enacted January
2, 2013) for the United States Coast Guard (USCG). Section 827 of the
NDAA for FY 2013 established enhancements to the Whistleblower
Protections for Contractor Employees for all agencies subject to
section 2409 of title 10, United States Code, which includes the USCG.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 05/00/22 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Nancy Harvey, Policy Analyst, Department of
Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Room 3636-
15, 301 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20528, Phone: 202 447-0956,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1601-AA72
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Proposed Rule Stage
124. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1356(m), (n)
Abstract: DHS will propose to adjust the fees charged by U.S.
Citizenship and
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Immigration Services (USCIS) for immigration and naturalization benefit
requests. On August 3, 2020, DHS adjusted the fees USCIS charges for
immigration and naturalization benefit requests, imposed new fees,
revised certain fee waiver and exemption policies, and changed certain
application requirements via the rule ``USCIS Fee Schedule & Changes to
Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements.'' DHS has been
preliminarily enjoined from implementing that rule by court order. This
rule would rescind and replace the changes made by the August 3, 2020,
rule and establish new USCIS fees to recover USCIS operating costs.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 11/00/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Kika M. Scott, Chief Financial Officer, Department
of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 5900
Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009, Phone:
202 721-3000.
RIN: 1615-AC68
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Long-Term Actions
125. Requirements for Filing Motions and Administrative Appeals
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a; 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103 and
1304; 6 U.S.C. 112
Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing
this rule to improve the administration of U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) appeals, motions, and certifications. The
proposed changes would update and restructure the regulations in order
to clarify and streamline the administrative review process, increase
efficiency, and reflect the establishment of DHS and its components.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 05/00/22 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: William K. Renwick, Jr., Branch Chief, Department
of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,
Administrative Appeals Office, 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190,
Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009, Phone: 202 721-3000.
RIN: 1615-AB98
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Completed Actions
126. Removal of International Entrepreneur Parole Program
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)
Abstract: On January 17, 2017, DHS published the International
Entrepreneur Final Rule (the IE final rule) in the Federal Register at
82 FR 5238, with an original effective date of July 17, 2017. On May
29, 2018, DHS published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
proposing to remove the international entrepreneur parole program from
DHS regulations and solicited public comments on the proposal. DHS is
withdrawing the May 29, 2018, proposed rule. The May 29, 2018, proposed
rule relied on the direction from E.O. 13767. On February 2, 2021,
President Biden issued Executive Order 14010 which revoked Executive
Order 13767, and issued Executive Order 14012, which directed agencies
to identify actions that fail to promote access to the legal
immigration system.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 08/31/16 81 FR 60129
NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/17/16 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 01/17/17 82 FR 5238
Final Rule Delay of Effective Date.. 07/11/17 82 FR 31887
Final Rule Effective................ 07/17/17 .......................
NPRM--Removal of International 05/29/18 83 FR 24415
Entrepreneur Parole Program.
NPRM Comment Period End-Removal of 06/28/18 .......................
International Entrepreneur Parole
Program.
Notice of Withdrawal................ 05/11/21 86 FR 25809
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Charles Nimick, Chief, Business and Foreign Workers
Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 5900 Capital
Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009, Phone: 240
721-3000.
RIN: 1615-AC04
127. Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103(a); 8. U.S.C. 1444 to 1446; 8 U.S.C.
1365a and 1365b; 8 U.S.C. 1304(a); Pub. L. 107-56; Pub. L. 107-173;
Pub. L. 109-248, sec. 402(a) and 402(b)
Abstract: On September 11, 2020, the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) proposed to update its regulations to eliminate multiple
references to specific biometric types, and to allow for the expansion
of the types of biometrics required to establish and verify an
identity. DHS also proposed to modify age restrictions where they exist
to detect, deter, or prevent human trafficking of children; establish
consistent identity enrollment and verification policies and processes;
and align U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) biometric
collection with other immigration operations. The DHS proposal also
provided a definition to the public on the term biometric and how
biometrics will be used in the immigration process. DHS is withdrawing
the NPRM published on September 11, 2020. DHS remains committed to
ensuring national security, fraud prevention and program integrity. DHS
will look to pursue future rulemaking that balances those commitments
while also ensuring sufficient privacy protections, civil liberty
protections, and without hindering access to the immigration system.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 09/11/20 85 FR 56338
NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/13/20 .......................
Notice of Withdrawal................ 05/10/21 86 FR 24750
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Steven P. Kvortek, Acting Division Chief, Security
and Public Safety Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, Department
of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 5900
Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp
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Springs, MD 20588-0009, Phone: 202 721-3000.
RIN: 1615-AC14
128. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes
to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1356(m)
Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted a FY 2019/2020
fee review for its Immigration Examinations Fee Account (IEFA),
pursuant to the requirements of the Chief Financial Officers Act of
1990 (CFO Act), 31 U.S.C. 901-03 and the Immigration and Nationality
Act, section 286(m), 8 U.S.C. 1356(m). The CFO Act requires each
agency's chief financial officer to ``review, on a biennial basis, the
fees, royalties, rents, and other charges imposed by the agency for
services and things of value it provides, and make recommendations on
revising those charges to reflect costs incurred by it in providing
those services and things of value.'' As a result of the FY 2019/2020
IEFA fee review, and following full consideration of public comments,
DHS published its final rule (85 FR 46788) on August 3, 2020 with an
effective date of October 2, 2020. DHS has been preliminarily enjoined
from implementing that rule by court order. In Executive Order 14010 of
February 2, 2021, the President directed DHS to identify any agency
actions that fail to promote access to the legal immigration system
including the 2020 final rule, in light of the Emergency Stopgap USCIS
Stabilization Act (title I of division D of Pub. L. 116-159) and
recommend steps, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to
revise or rescind those agency actions.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 11/14/19 84 FR 62280
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 12/09/19 84 FR 67243
NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/16/19 .......................
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 12/30/19 .......................
NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 01/24/20 85 FR 4243
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End.... 02/10/20 .......................
Final Action........................ 08/03/20 85 FR 46788
Correction.......................... 08/17/20 85 FR 49941
Correction.......................... 08/31/20 85 FR 53645
Final Action Effective.............. 10/02/20 .......................
Notice of Preliminary Injunction.... 01/29/21 86 FR 7493
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Kika M. Scott, Chief Financial Officer, Department
of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 5900
Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009, Phone:
202 721-3000.
RIN: 1615-AC18
129. Employment Authorization for Certain Classes of Noncitizens With
Final Orders of Removal
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1158; 8 U.S.C. 1231; 8 U.S.C. 1324a
Abstract: On November 19, 2020, DHS proposed to amend its
regulations to eliminate eligibility for employment authorization for
certain noncitizens who have final orders of removal but are
temporarily released from custody on an order of supervision (OSUP),
with limited exceptions. DHS also proposed to include new eligibility
requirements and expand the discretionary factors DHS will consider for
noncitizens on OSUP who continue to qualify for employment
authorization under the new regulatory framework. DHS is withdrawing
the November 19, 2020, proposed rule because Executive Orders 13993 and
14005 have revoked the executive orders that were the basis for the
proposed rule.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 11/19/20 85 FR 74196
NPRM Comment Period End (for rule 12/21/20 .......................
only).
Notice of Withdrawal................ 05/10/21 86 FR 24751
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Steven Kvortek, Acting Division Chief, Security and
Public Safety Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 5900
Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009, Phone:
240 721-3000.
RIN: 1615-AC40
130. Short-Term Extension for E-Verify Employers in the H-2A Program
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 107-296, sec. 116; 6 U.S.C. 112; 8 U.S.C.
1103(a), 1184(a)(1), and 1324a(h)(3)(B)
Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed to
amend its regulations regarding short-term extensions for U.S.
employers seeking temporary or seasonal agricultural nonimmigrant
workers in the H-2A program to provide a short- term extension of the
H-2A petition validity period by up to 2 weeks (14 days) to petitioning
employers who are participants in good standing in E-Verify. The E-
Verify petitioner may request the short-term extension at the time of
the initial H-2A petition, or the petitioner may file a new H-2A
petition to request the short-term extension. This proposal would allow
H-2A workers to continue their H-2A employment for the same petitioner
and under the same terms and conditions as the valid temporary labor
certification and the H-2A petition without the requirement to obtain a
new temporary labor certification from the Department of Labor. DHS has
determined that the proposed regulation should be withdrawn.
Timetable:
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Withdrawn........................... 02/26/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Charles Nimick, Chief, Business and Foreign Workers
Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 5900 Capital
Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009, Phone: 240
721-3000.
RIN: 1615-AC51
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Proposed Rule Stage
131. Lifejacket Approval Harmonization
Legal Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306(a); 46 U.S.C. 3306(b); 46 U.S.C.
4102(a); 46 U.S.C. 4102(b); 46 U.S.C. 4302(a); 46 U.S.C. 4502(a); 46
U.S.C. 4502(c)(2)(B)
Abstract: The Coast Guard proposes to amend the lifejacket approval
requirements and follow-up program requirements by incorporating three
new bi-national standards. At the same time, the Coast Guard proposes
to amend lifejacket and personal flotation devices (PFD) carriage
requirements to allow for the use of equipment approved to the new
standards, and to remove obsolete equipment approval
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requirements. The new standards are state-of-the-art and are intended
to replace the legacy standards. The proposed amendments will
streamline the process for approval of PFDs and allow manufacturers the
opportunity to produce more innovative equipment that meets the
approval requirements of both Canada and the United States, while
reducing the burden for manufacturers in both the approval process and
follow-up program. These proposed changes are expected to promote
economic relief. The proposed rule is expected to promote economic
relief by reducing the regulatory burden on PFD manufacturers by
harmonizing our PFD approval standards with Canada, requiring less
frequent inspections of manufacturing facilities, providing lower cost
PFD user manuals, and by creating a new market in PFDs with a lower
buoyancy rating.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 08/00/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jacqueline M. Yurkovich, Project Manager (CG-ENG-
4), Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin
Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, STOP 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, Phone:
202 372-1389, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1625-AC62
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Final Rule Stage
132. Financial Responsibility--Vessels; Superseded Pollution Funds
(USCG-2017-0788)
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2704; 33 U.S.C. 2716 and 2716a; 42
U.S.C. 9607 to 9609; 6 U.S.C. 552; E.O. 12580; sec. 7(b), 3 CFR, 1987;
Comp., p. 193; E.O. 12777, secs. 4 and 5, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351, as
amended by E.O. 13286, sec. 89, 3; 3 CFR, 2004 Comp., p. 166, and by
E.O. 13638, sec. 1, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p.227; Department of Homeland;
Security Delegation Nos. 0170.1 and 5110, Revision 01
Abstract: The Coast Guard has proposed to amend its rule on vessel
financial responsibility to include tank vessels greater than 100 gross
tons, to clarify and strengthen the rule's reporting requirements, to
conform its rule to current practice, and to remove two superseded
regulations. This rulemaking will ensure the Coast Guard has current
information when there are significant changes in a vessel's operation,
ownership, or evidence of financial responsibility, and reflect current
best practices in the Coast Guard's management of the Certificate of
Financial Responsibility Program. This rulemaking will also promote the
Coast Guard's missions of maritime stewardship, maritime security, and
maritime safety.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 05/13/20 85 FR 28802
NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/11/20 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 08/00/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Benjamin White, Project Manager, National Pollution
Funds Center, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703
Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, STOP 7605, Washington, DC 20593-7605,
Phone: 202 795-6066, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1625-AC39
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Long-Term Actions
133. Claims Procedures Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (USCG-2004-
17697)
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2713 and 2714
Abstract: The purpose of this project is to remove superseded
regulations at 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 135, and to
finalize the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA'90) claims procedures at 33
CFR part 136. The OPA'90 claims procedures, implementing OPA'90 section
1013 (Claims Procedures) and section 1014 (Designation of Source and
Advertisement), were established by an interim rule, titled ``Claims
under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990'' (Interim Rule) that has not been
substantively amended since it was published in 1992. This rulemaking
supports the Coast Guard's strategic goal of protection of natural
resources.
Timetable:
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Interim Final Rule.................. 08/12/92 57 FR 36314
Correction.......................... 09/09/92 57 FR 41104
Interim Final Rule Comment Period 12/10/92 .......................
End.
Notice of Inquiry................... 11/01/11 76 FR 67385
Notice of Inquiry Comment Period End 01/30/12
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NPRM................................ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Benjamin White, Project Manager, National Pollution
Funds Center, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703
Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, STOP 7605, Washington, DC 20593-7605,
Phone: 202 795-6066, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1625-AA03
134. Commercial Fishing Vessels--Implementation of 2010 and 2012
Legislation
Legal Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4502 and 5103; Pub. L. 111-281
Abstract: The Coast Guard proposes to implement those requirements
of 2010 and 2012 legislation that pertain to uninspected commercial
fishing industry vessels and that took effect upon enactment of the
legislation but that, to be implemented, require amendments to Coast
Guard regulations affecting those vessels. The applicability of the
regulations is being changed, and new requirements are being added to
safety training, equipment, vessel examinations, vessel safety
standards, the documentation of maintenance, and the termination of
unsafe operations. This rulemaking promotes the Coast Guard's maritime
safety mission.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 06/21/16 81 FR 40437
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 08/15/16 81 FR 53986
NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/19/16 .......................
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 12/18/16
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Final Rule.......................... To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Joseph Myers, Project Manager, Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
SE, STOP 7501, Washington, DC 20593-7501, Phone:
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202 372-1249, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1625-AB85
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP)
Long-Term Actions
135. Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements
(Section 610 Review)
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 109-347, sec. 203; 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C.
66; 19 U.S.C. 1431; 19 U.S.C. 1433 and 1434; 19 U.S.C. 1624; 19 U.S.C.
2071 (note); 46 U.S.C. 60105
Abstract: This final rule implements the provisions of section 203
of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006. On
November 25, 2008, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published an
interim final rule (CBP Dec. 08-46) in the Federal Register (73 FR
71730), that finalized most of the provisions proposed in the Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking. It requires carrier and importers to provide to
CBP, via a CBP approved electronic data interchange system, certain
advance information pertaining to cargo brought into the United States
by vessel to enable CBP to identify high-risk shipments to prevent
smuggling and ensure cargo safety and security. The interim final rule
did not finalize six data elements that were identified as areas of
potential concern for industry during the rulemaking process and, for
which, CBP provided some type of flexibility for compliance with those
data elements. CBP solicited public comment on these six data elements
and also invited comments on the revised Regulatory Assessment and
Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. (See 73 FR 71782-85 for
regulatory text and 73 CFR 71733-34 for general discussion.)
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 01/02/08 73 FR 90
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/03/08
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 02/01/08 73 FR 6061
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 03/18/08
Interim Final Rule.................. 11/25/08 73 FR 71730
Interim Final Rule Effective........ 01/26/09
Interim Final Rule Comment Period 06/01/09
End.
Correction.......................... 07/14/09 74 FR 33920
Correction.......................... 12/24/09 74 FR 68376
Next Action Undetermined............
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brian Sale, Branch Chief, Manifest & Conveyance
Security Division, Cargo & Conveyance, Office of Field Operation,
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20229, Phone: 202 325-3338,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1651-AA70
136. Implementation of the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program (Section 610
Review)
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 110-229, sec. 702
Abstract: The interim final rule amends Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) regulations to implement section 702 of the Consolidated
Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA). This law extends the immigration
laws of the United States to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI) and provides for a joint visa waiver program for travel
to Guam and the CNMI. This rule implements section 702 of the CNRA by
amending the regulations to replace the current Guam Visa Waiver
Program with a new Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program. The amended
regulations set forth the requirements for nonimmigrant visitors who
seek admission for business or pleasure and solely for entry into and
stay on Guam or the CNMI without a visa. This rule also establishes six
ports of entry in the CNMI for purposes of administering and enforcing
the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program. Section 702 of the Consolidated
Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA), subject to a transition period,
extends the immigration laws of the United States to the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and provides for a visa waiver
program for travel to Guam and/or the CNMI. On January 16, 2009, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection
(CBP), issued an interim final rule in the Federal Register replacing
the then-existing Guam Visa Waiver Program with the Guam-CNMI Visa
Waiver Program and setting forth the requirements for nonimmigrant
visitors seeking admission into Guam and/or the CNMI under the Guam-
CNMI Visa Waiver Program. As of November 28, 2009, the Guam-CNMI Visa
Waiver Program is operational. This program allows nonimmigrant
visitors from eligible countries to seek admission for business or
pleasure for entry into Guam and/or the CNMI without a visa for a
period of authorized stay not to exceed 45 days. This rulemaking would
finalize the January 2009 interim final rule.
Timetable:
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Interim Final Rule.................. 01/16/09 74 FR 2824
Interim Final Rule Effective........ 01/16/09 .......................
Interim Final Rule Comment Period 03/17/09 .......................
End.
Technical Amendment; Change of 05/28/09 74 FR 25387
Implementation Date.
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Final Action........................ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No.
Agency Contact: Neyda I. Yejo, Program Manager, Electronic System
for Travel Authorization, Office of Field Operations, Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20229, Phone: 202 344-2373,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1651-AA77
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE)
Proposed Rule Stage
137. Visa Security Program Fee
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1356
Abstract: ICE seeks to enable the expansion of the Visa Security
Program (VSP) by proposing to move it to a user-fee funded model (as
opposed to relying on appropriations). The VSP leverages resources in
the National Capital Region (NCR) and at U.S. diplomatic posts overseas
to vet and screen visa applicants; identifies and prevents the travel
of those who constitute potential national security and/or public
safety threats; and launches investigations into criminal and/or
terrorist affiliated networks operating in the U.S. and abroad. The
fees collected as a result of this rule would fund an expansion of the
VSP, enabling ICE to extend visa security screening and vetting
operations and investigative efforts to more visa-issuing posts
overseas, and in turn, enhance the U.S. government's
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ability to prevent travel to the United States by illicit actors.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 01/00/22 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Sharon Hageman, Regulations Unit Chief, Department
of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500
12th Street SW, Mail Stop 5006, Washington, DC 20536, Phone: 202 732-
6960, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1653-AA77
138. Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of
Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors,
and Representatives of Foreign Information Media
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101; 8 U.S.C. 1103; 8 U.S.C. 1182 and
1184
Abstract: DHS intends to withdraw this proposed rule. U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) originally proposed modifying
the period of authorized stay for certain categories of nonimmigrants
traveling to the United States by eliminating the availability of
``duration of status'' and by providing a maximum period of authorized
stay with options for extensions for each applicable visa category.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 09/25/20 85 FR 60256
NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/26/20 .......................
Notice of Withdrawal................ 06/00/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Sharon Hageman, Regulations Unit Chief, Department
of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500
12th Street SW, Mail Stop 5006, Washington, DC 20536, Phone: 202 732-
6960, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1653-AA78
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE)
Completed Actions
139. Adjusting Program Fees for the Student and Exchange Visitor
Program
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1372(e); 8 U.S.C. 1372(g); 8 U.S.C.
1356(m); 8 U.S.C. 1356(n)
Abstract: DHS has determined that the proposed regulation entry
should be withdrawn from the Unified Agenda. ICE intended to propose a
regulation to adjust fees that the Student and Exchange Visitor Program
(SEVP) charges individuals and organizations to improve compliance and
enforcement related to nonimmigrant students. The SEVP fee schedule was
last adjusted in a rule published on May 23, 2019.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Withdrawn........................... 03/08/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Sharon Hageman, Regulations Unit Chief, Department
of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500
12th Street SW, Mail Stop 5006, Washington, DC 20536, Phone: 202 732-
6960, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1653-AA81
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Proposed Rule Stage
140. Ammonium Nitrate Security Program
Legal Authority: 6 U.S.C. 488 et seq.
Abstract: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
(CISA) is proposing a rulemaking to implement the December 2007
amendment to the Homeland Security Act titled ``Secure Handling of
Ammonium Nitrate.'' The amendment requires the Department of Homeland
Security to ``regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate by an
ammonium nitrate facility . . . to prevent the misappropriation or use
of ammonium nitrate in an act of terrorism.'' CISA previously issued a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on August 3, 2011. CISA is
planning to issue a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM............................... 10/29/08 73 FR 64280
ANPRM Correction.................... 11/05/08 73 FR 65783
ANPRM Comment Period End............ 12/29/08 .......................
NPRM................................ 08/03/11 76 FR 46908
Notice of Public Meetings........... 10/07/11 76 FR 62311
Notice of Public Meetings........... 11/14/11 76 FR 70366
NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/01/11 .......................
Notice of Availability.............. 06/03/19 84 FR 25495
Notice of Availability Comment 09/03/19 .......................
Period End.
Supplemental NPRM................... 11/00/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lona Saccomando, Chemical Facility of Interest
(CFOI) Coordinator, Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, 245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0610,
Arlington, VA 20528-0610, Phone: 703 603-4898, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1670-AA00
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Long-Term Actions
141. Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)
Legal Authority: 6 U.S.C. 621 to 629
Abstract: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
(CISA) previously invited public comment on an Advance Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for potential revisions to the Chemical
Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulations. The ANPRM
provided an opportunity for the public to provide recommendations for
possible program changes. Taking into consideration the comments
received, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
has determined to limit the scope of this rulemaking to improving
Appendix A to the CFATS regulations and address concerns with release-
flammable security issues. Additionally, in June 2020, CISA published a
notice announcing the availability of a retrospective analysis of the
data, assumptions, and methodology that were used to support the 2007
CFATS interim final rule and provided the
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public an opportunity to provide comment. CISA is reviewing the
comments received on the retrospective analysis and determining the
next appropriate step for this rulemaking.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM............................... 08/18/14 79 FR 48693
ANPRM Comment Period End............ 10/17/14 .......................
Next Action Undetermined............ .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lona Saccomando, Chemical Facility of Interest
(CFOI) Coordinator, Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, 245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0610,
Arlington, VA 20528-0610, Phone: 703 603-4898, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1670-AA01
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