[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 12854-12855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4979]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

28 CFR Part 25

[AG Order No. 2403-2001; FBI 105F]
RIN 1110-AA02


National Instant Criminal Background Check System Regulation; 
Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 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 
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled 
``Regulatory Review Plan,'' published in the Federal Register on 
January 24, 2001 (66 FR 7702), this action temporarily delays for 60 
days the effective date of the final rule entitled ``National Instant 
Criminal

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Background Check System Regulation'' published in the Federal Register 
on January 22, 2001, at 66 FR 6470. The temporary 60-day delay in 
effective date is necessary to give Department of Justice officials the 
opportunity for further review and consideration of new regulations, 
consistent with the Assistant to the President's memorandum of January 
20, 2001.

DATES: The effective date of the final rule amending 28 CFR Part 25 
published in the Federal Register on Janaury 22, 2001, at 66 FR 6470, 
is delayed for 60 days, from March 5, 2001, until May 4, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fanny Haslebacher, Attorney-Advisor, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Module A-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, 
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306-0147, (304) 625-2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To the extent that 5 U.S.C. section 553 
applies to this action, it is exempt from notice and comment because it 
constitutes a rule of procedure under 5 U.S.C. section 553(b)(A). 
Alternatively, the Department of Justice's implementation of this 
action 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. section 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3). 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 of Justice officials the opportunity for 
further review and consideration of new regulations, consistent with 
the Assistant to the President's memorandum of January 20, 2001. 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. The imminence of the effective date is also good cause 
for making this action effective immediately upon publication.

    Dated: February 23, 2001.
John Ashcroft,
Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 01-4979 Filed 2-28-01; 8:45 am]
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