[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 48390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23349]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

28 CFR Part 25

[FBI 108N; AG Order No. 2514-2001]
RIN 1110-AA07


National Instant Criminal Background Check System

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; notice of reopening of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On July 6, 2001, at 66 FR 35567, the Department published a 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning five proposed changes 
in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) 
regulations. The original 60-day comment period for the July 6, 2001 
NPRM closed on September 4, 2001. In order to ensure that the public 
has ample opportunity to review and comment on the proposed changes to 
the NICS regulations, the Department is reopening the comment period 
and will accept comments for an additional 30-day period. Any comments 
received by the Department after the initial comment period ended on 
September 4, 2001, and before the publication of this action will be 
treated has having been timely filed and will be considered along with 
all other comments received after the NPRM was published through the 
end of the reopened comment period.

DATES: Written comments must be received by October 22, 2001.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be sent to: Mr. Timothy Munson, Section 
Chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Module A-3, 1000 Custer Hollow 
Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306-0147, (304) 625-2000.

    Dated: September 14, 2001.
John Ashcroft,
Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 01-23349 Filed 9-19-01; 8:45 am]
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