[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7863-7864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2412]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

8 CFR Part 244

[INS No. 1972-99; A.G. Order No. 2397-2001]
RIN 1115-AF01


Temporary Protected Status: Amendments to the Requirements for 
Employment Authorization Fee, and Other Technical Amendments; Delay of 
Effective Date

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2001, from 
Andrew H. Card, Jr., the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, 
entitled ``Regulatory Review Plan'' (memorandum), this rule temporarily 
delays for 60 days the effective date of the final rule entitled 
``Temporary Protected Status: Amendments to the Requirements for 
Employment Authorization Fee, and Other Technical Amendments,'' 
published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2000, at 65 FR 82256. 
This temporary delay will allow the Department an opportunity for 
further consideration of this rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the final rule published at 65 FR 
82256, December 28, 2000, adopting an interim rule that amended 8 CFR 
Part 244, is delayed until March 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Jones, Deputy Assistant Attorney 
General, Office of Policy Development, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20530, (202) 514-4604.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 applies, the 
Department's implementation of this rule effective upon publication in 
the Federal Register is based upon the ``good cause'' exception. This 
temporary delay in effective date will give Department officials the 
opportunity for further review and consideration of the earlier rule, 
consistent with the Memorandum of January 20, 2001, published in the 
Federal Register on January 24, 2001.


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    Dated: January 23, 2001.
Eric H. Holder, Jr.,
Acting Attorney General.
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