[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9763-9764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3515]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

20 CFR Part 645

RIN 1205-AB15


Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants: Delay of Effective Date and Comment 
Date

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), DOL.

ACTION: Final rule, interim final rule; delay of effective date and 
comment date.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2001, from 
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled 
``Regulatory Review Plan,'' published in the Federal Register on 
January 24, 2001, this action temporarily delays for 60 days the 
effective date of the rule entitled ``Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants,'' 
published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2001 (66 FR 2690). 
That rule contains a Final Rule implementing the Welfare-to-Work (WtW) 
grant provisions of Title IV, Part A of the Social Security Act 
initiated by the publication of the Interim Final Rule (IFR1) on 
November 18, 1997. It also contains a new Interim Final Rule (IFR2) 
implementing the Welfare-to-Work and Child Support Amendments of 1999 
(1999 Amendments).

DATES: Effective Date. The effective date of the ``Welfare-to-Work 
(WtW) Grants'' amendments (Final Rule and IFR2), amending 20 CFR part 
645, published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2001, at 66 FR 
2690, is delayed for 60 days, from February 12, 2001, to a new 
effective date of April 13, 2001.
    Comment Date. The Department is extending the date for receipt of 
comments on the IFR2, implementing the1999 Amendments, by 30 days from 
March 12, 2001, the date published in the Federal Register on January 
11, 2001 at 66 FR 2690, to a new date of April 11, 2001. This will 
allow the public additional time to submit comments on those changes 
that are the result of the 1999 Amendments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dennis Lieberman, Division of 
Welfare-to-Work, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Room N-4671, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-3910 
(voice) (this is not a toll-free number) or 1-800-326-2577 (TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 applies to 
this action, it is exempt from notice and comment because it 
constitutes a rule of procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A). 
Alternatively, the Department's implementation of this rule without 
opportunity for public comment, effective immediately upon publication 
today in the Federal Register, is based on the good cause exceptions in 
5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3), in that seeking public comment is 
impracticable, unnecessary and contrary to the public interest. The 
temporary 60-day delay in effective date is necessary to give 
Department officials the opportunity for further review and 
consideration of new regulations, consistent with the Assistant to the 
President's memorandum of January 20, 2001.

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Given the imminence of the effective date, seeking prior public comment 
on this temporary delay would have been impractical, as well as 
contrary to the public interest in the orderly promulgation and 
implementation of regulations.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of February, 2001.
Raymond J. Uhalde,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-3515 Filed 2-9-01; 8:45 am]
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