[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67616-67617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29008]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

8 CFR Parts 103 and 214

[INS 1946-98]
RIN 1115-AF29


Delegation of the Adjudication of Certain Temporary Agricultural 
Worker (H-2A) Petitions, Appellate and Revocation Authority for Those 
Petitions to the Secretary of Labor

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) is 
delaying the effective date of a final rule

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previously published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2000, at 65 FR 
43528-43534 which delegated the adjudication of certain petitions for 
agricultural workers (H-2A) to the United States Department of Labor 
(DOL).

DATES: The effective date for the regulation published on July 13, 
2000, at 65 FR 43528-43534 amending 8 CFR parts 103 and 214 is delayed 
from November 13, 2000, until October 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John W. Brown, Adjudications Officer, 
Benefits Division, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 425 I Street 
NW., Room 3214, Washington, DC 20536, telephone (202) 514-3228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 13, 2000, the Service published a 
final rule in the Federal Register at 65 FR 43528-43534 delegating the 
authority to adjudicate certain H-2A petitions to the DOL. The final 
rule, which amended 8 CFR parts 103 and 214, was to take effect on 
November 13, 2000. The delay in the effective date of the final rule 
will afford the public as much opportunity as possible to become 
familiar with the new procedures in the issuance of temporary 
employment of nonimmigrant aliens in agriculture in the United States.

    Dated: November 7, 2000.
Doris Meissner,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
[FR Doc. 00-29008 Filed 11-9-00; 8:45 am]
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