Department of Justice August 5, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register at 79 FR 29800-29801, May 23, 2014, allowing for a 60 day comment period.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, will be submitting the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, Number 52, pages 15140-15141 on March 18, 2014, allowing a 60-day comment period. Following publication of the 60-day notice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics received no requests for a copy of the proposed information collection instrument and instructions. No inquiries or others comments were received.

This rule proposes to amend the regulations for the Grants To Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (Arrest Program) to incorporate statutory changes, make minor technical corrections, and streamline existing regulations to reduce repetition of statutory language. This rule would also amend the regulations to clarify that existing regulations on grant-related procedures continue to apply to grants made by the Office on Violence Against Women.