[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 14, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63155-63156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21937]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

28 CFR Parts 0 and 44

[CRT Docket No. 130]
RIN 1190-AA71


Revision of Standards and Procedures for the Enforcement of 
Section 274B of the Immigration and Nationality Act

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On August 15, 2016, the Department of Justice (Department) 
published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 
Register proposing to revise regulations implementing section 274B of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act, concerning unfair immigration-
related employment practices. The comment period for the NPRM is 
scheduled to close on September 14, 2016. The Department is extending 
the comment period by 30 days until October 14, 2016, in order to 
provide additional time for the public to prepare comments.

DATES: The comment period for the NPRM published on August 15, 2016 (81 
FR 53965), is extended. All comments must be received by October 14, 
2016. Comments received by mail will be considered timely if they are 
postmarked on or before that date. The electronic Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) will accept comments until midnight Eastern 
Time at the end of the day.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments, identified by Docket No. 
CRT 130, by ONE of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.--NYA, Suite 9000, Washington, DC 
20530.
    Hand Delivery/Courier: 1425 New York Avenue, Suite 9000, 
Washington, DC 20005.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number or Regulatory Information Number (RIN) for this 
rulemaking. For additional details on submitting comments, see the 
``Public Participation'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alberto Ruisanchez, Deputy Special 
Counsel, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair 
Employment Practices, Civil Rights Division, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20530, (202) 616-5594 (voice) or (800) 237-2515 
(TTY); or Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair 
Employment Practices, Civil Rights Division, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20530, (202) 353-9338 (voice) or 1-800 237-2515 
(TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Justice (Department) 
published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 
Register on August 15, 2016, proposing to revise its regulations 
implementing section 274B of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 
concerning unfair immigration-related employment practices. 81 FR 
53965(August 15, 2016). The NPRM proposed to conform the Department's 
regulations to the statutory text as amended, simplify and add 
definitions of statutory terms, update and clarify the procedures for 
filing and processing charges of discrimination, ensure effective 
investigations of unfair immigration-related employment practices, 
reflect developments in nondiscrimination jurisprudence, reflect 
changes in existing practices (e.g., electronic filing of charges), 
reflect the new name of the office within the Department charged with 
enforcing this statute, and replace outdated references. The Department 
received several comments requesting that the 30-day public comment 
period be extended, including a request to extend the comment period by 
an additional 60 days. The requests indicated that more time was needed 
to provide meaningful, comprehensive responses to the NPRM.
    Rather than granting the requested 60-day extension, the Department 
has decided to grant a 30-day extension of the comment period. 
Accordingly, the comment period will now close on

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October 14, 2016. The Department believes that this additional 30 days 
will provide the public with a sufficient opportunity to provide 
comments on this NPRM. Given the importance of ensuring that its 
regulations conform to section 274B of the INA, the Department seeks to 
continue moving this rulemaking forward. Comments on the NPRM should be 
provided by October 14, 2016, via the methods described above.

    Dated: September 7, 2016.
Vanita Gupta,
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 2016-21937 Filed 9-13-16; 8:45 am]
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