[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17750-17751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08467]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of the Attorney General
28 CFR Part 0
[Docket No. OAG 161; AG Order No. 4443-2019]
Updating the Description of Functions for the Executive Office
for United States Attorneys
AGENCY: Department of Justice.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the organizational regulations of the
Department of Justice to make ministerial changes to the description of
the organization and functions of the Executive Office for United
States Attorneys (EOUSA).
DATES: Effective April 26, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Macklin, General Counsel,
Executive
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Office for United States Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington,
DC 20530; (202) 252-1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 28 CFR part 0 provides for the organization
of the Department of Justice. As part of that regulation, 28 CFR 0.22,
subpart D-1, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, describes the general
functions of EOUSA. The current regulation provides that EOUSA shall
publish and maintain a U.S. Attorneys' Manual. Recently, however, the
name of the U.S. Attorneys' Manual was changed to the Justice Manual.
This final rule makes ministerial revisions to 28 CFR 0.22 to reflect
that name change. It also makes minor revisions to reflect the current
functions of EOUSA's Office of Legal Education. The proposed changes
are ministerial in nature rather than substantive.
Regulatory Certifications
Administrative Procedure Act
This rule relates to a matter of agency management or personnel, is
a rule of agency organization, procedure, or practice, and is not a
substantive rule. As such, this rule is exempt from the usual
requirements for prior notice and comment and a 30-day delay in
effective date. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b) & (d).
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rule will not have an impact on small entities because it
pertains to agency personnel and administrative matters and, therefore,
is not subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.
A Regulatory Flexibility Act analysis is not required for this final
rule because the Department was not required to publish a general
notice of proposed rulemaking for this matter. See 5 U.S.C. 603(a).
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563--Regulatory Review
This rule has been drafted and reviewed in accordance with
Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' section
1(b), The Principles of Regulation, and Executive Order 13563,
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' section 1, General
Principles of Regulation.
This action is ``limited to agency organization, management, or
personnel matters'' and thus is not a ``rule'' for purposes of review
by the Office of Management and Budget. See Executive Order 12866,
``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' section 3(d)(3).
Executive Order 13771--Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
Costs
This rule is not a regulatory action under Executive Order 13771
because this rule imposes no costs and is not a significant regulatory
action under Executive Order 12866.
Executive Order 12988--Civil Justice Reform
This regulation meets the applicable standards set forth in
sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988.
Executive Order 13132--Federalism
This rule will not have substantial direct effects on the States,
on the relationship between the national government and the States, or
on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various
levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with Executive Order
13132, the Department has determined that this rule does not have
sufficient federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a
federalism summary impact statement.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
This rule will not result in the expenditure by State, local, and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100
million or more (adjusted for inflation) in any one year, and it will
not significantly or uniquely affect small governments. Therefore, no
actions are necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.
Congressional Review Act
This action is not a major rule as defined by the Congressional
Review Act. See 5 U.S.C. 804. This action pertains to agency
management, personnel, and organization and does not substantially
affect the rights or obligations of non-agency parties and,
accordingly, is not a ``rule'' as that term is defined by the
Congressional Review Act. Therefore, the reporting requirement of 5
U.S.C. 801 does not apply.
List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 0
Authority delegations (Government agencies), Government employees,
Organization and functions (Government agencies), Privacy, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Whistleblowing.
Accordingly, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Attorney
General, including 5 U.S.C. 301 and 28 U.S.C. 509 and 510, part 0 of
title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
PART 0--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [AMENDED]
0
1. The authority citation for Part 0 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 515-519.
0
2. Amend Sec. 0.22 by revising paragraphs (a)(1), (b), and (c), to
read as follows:
Sec. 0.22 General functions.
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(a) * * *
(1) Evaluating the performance of the offices of the U.S.
Attorneys, making appropriate reports and inspections and taking
corrective action where indicated.
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(b) Publish and maintain the Justice Manual and other guidance for
the U.S. Attorneys' offices and those other organizational units of the
Department concerned with litigation.
(c) Supervise the operation of the Office of Legal Education, which
shall provide training to all Department of Justice attorney and non-
attorney legal personnel and publish the Department of Justice Journal
of Federal Law and Practice.
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Dated: April 22, 2019.
William P. Barr,
Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 2019-08467 Filed 4-25-19; 8:45 am]
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