[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 29023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14205]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 1

RIN 2900-AI23


Information Law; Miscellaneous

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
regulations concerning information law by eliminating provisions that 
essentially restate statutory language from the Freedom of Information 
Act and the Privacy Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorrie Johnson, Jeff Corzatt, Staff 
Attorneys, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-6380.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule consists of nonsubstantive 
changes and, therefore, is not subject to the notice comment and 
effective date provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553.
    The Secretary hereby certifies that this final rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612. This final rule merely consists of nonsubstantive changes.
    There is no Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for the 
programs affected by this regulation.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 1

    Administrative practice and procedures, Archives and records, 
Cemeteries, Claims, Courts, Flags, Freedom of information, Government 
contracts, Government employees, Government property, Infants and 
children, Inventions and patents, Investigations, Parking, Penalties, 
Postal Service, Privacy, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Seals and insignia, Security measures, Wages.

    Approved: May 30, 1996.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 38 CFR part 1 is amended 
as follows:

PART 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless otherwise noted.


Secs. 1.558, 1.559, 1.578, 1.581, 1.583, 1.584,  [Removed]

    2. Sections 1.558, 1.559, 1.578, 1.581, 1.583, and 1.584 are 
removed.

[FR Doc. 96-14205 Filed 6-6-96; 8:45 am]
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