Department of Homeland Security September 26, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This Notice announces that the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, will increase the fees for immigration benefit applications and petitions to account for cost increases due to inflation. The fee increases will apply to applications or petitions filed on or after October 26, 2005. The average fee increase for inflation is approximately $10 per application or petition. Fees collected from persons filing immigration benefit applications and petitions are deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account and are used to fund the full cost of providing immigration benefits, including the full cost of providing benefits such as asylum and refugee admission for which no fees are assessed.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Montana (FEMA-3253-EM), dated September 13, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Maryland (FEMA-3251-EM), dated September 13, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Wisconsin (FEMA-3249-EM), dated September 13, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-3247-EM), dated September 13, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Nebraska (FEMA-3245-EM), dated September 13, 2005, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Nevada (FEMA-3243-EM), dated September 13, 2005, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Alabama (FEMA-3237-EM), dated September 10, 2005, and related determinations.

This notice announces that TSA has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval of an extension of the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information on June 7, 2005, 70 FR 33188.