[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 4, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26692-26693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10409]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[167A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G]

25 CFR Part 20

RIN 1076-AF29


Financial Assistance and Social Services Programs; Burial 
Assistance

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule; confirmation.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is confirming the interim 
final rule published on March 1, 2016, extending the deadline for 
filing an application for burial assistance to 180 days to address 
hardships resulting from the current short timeframe. The Department of 
the Interior (Department) did not receive any significant adverse 
comments during the public comment period on the interim final rule, 
and

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therefore confirms the rule without change.

DATES: Effective May 4, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Appel, Director, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs; telephone (202) 273-4680, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 1, 2016, the Department published 
an interim final rule (81 FR 10475) to extend the deadline by which a 
relative of a deceased Indian can apply for burial assistance for the 
deceased Indian from 30 days following death to 180 days following 
death.
    The Department received three comments on the rule, all of which 
were supportive of the rule. None of the comments requested changes to 
the rule. Consequently, the Department did not make any change to the 
interim final rule as a result of this comment. For these reasons, the 
Department confirms the interim rule published March 1, 2016 (81 FR 
10475), as final without change.

    Dated: April 26, 2016.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-10409 Filed 5-3-16; 8:45 am]
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