[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H30]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                         Office of Compliance,

                                  Washington, DC, January 3, 2002.
     Hon. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker, House of Representatives, Capitol Building, 
         Washington, DC.
     Hon. Robert C. Byrd,
     President Pro Tempore, U.S. Senate, Capitol Building, 
         Washington, DC.
       Gentlemen: Pursuant to Section 304(b)(1) of the 
     Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (``CAA'') (2 U.S.C. 
     1384(b)(1),) on November 14, 2001 I forwarded to your offices 
     a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPR'') for substantive 
     regulations to implement section 4(c)(4) of the Veterans 
     Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (``VEOA''), Pub. L. 105-
     339, 112 Stat. 3186, codified at 2 U.S.C. 1316(a), as applied 
     to covered employees of the House of Representatives, the 
     Senate, and certain Congressional instrumentalities. This NPR 
     was published in the Congressional Record on December 6, 2001 
     at pages S12539-S12551.
       The NPR also provided, in accordance with section 304(b)(2) 
     of the CAA (2 U.S.C. 1384(b)(2), a 30 day period in which 
     interested parties may submit to this Office written comments 
     on the proposed substantive regulations. Thus, the comment 
     period is currently scheduled to end on January 5, 2002.
       The Office of Compliance has received requests to extend 
     the comment period, and has determined that there is good 
     cause for granting an extension. Therefore, the time for 
     submitting written comments to the NPR will be extended to 
     the close of business on February 6, 2002. Such written 
     comments (an original and 10 copies) are to be submitted to 
     the Chair of the Board of Directors, Office of Compliance, 
     Room LA-200, John Adams Building, 100 Second Street, S.E., 
     Washington, D.C. 20540-1999.
       In order to provide adequate notice to the public, the 
     Board respectfully requests that this Notice of Extension of 
     Time be published in the Congressional Record immediately 
     upon the reconvening of the Second Session of the 107th 
     Congress on January 23, 2002.
           Sincerely,
                                                Susan S. Robfogel,
     Chair, Board of Directors.

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