[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 21 (Monday, February 3, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02158]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
45 CFR Part 5b
[Docket Number ACF-2024-0015]
RIN 0970-AD15
Privacy Act; Implementation
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Direct final rule; delay of effective date and reopening of
public comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or
Department) published a direct final rule in the Federal Register on
December 23, 2024, which was to become effective February 6, 2025. As a
result of administrative technical issues, including an incorrect email
address, HHS is reopening the public comment period with a new email
address for the public to submit comments and delaying the effective
date to March 21, 2025. The purpose of the direct final rule was to
exempt a new Privacy Act system of records maintained by the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee
Resettlement (ORR), Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB), System No. 09-
80-0323, ``ORR Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB) Child Abuse or
Neglect Investigation Records and Central Registry,'' from certain
requirements of the Privacy Act, in accordance with subsection (k)(2)
of the Privacy Act.
DATES: The comment period for the direct final rule published at 89 FR
104450 on December 23, 2024, is reopened. Comments should be received
on or before March 5, 2025. As of February 3, 2025, the effective date
for the direct final rule published at 89 FR 104450 on December 23,
2024, is delayed to March 21, 2025, without further action, unless
adverse comments are received. If adverse comments are received, a
timely notification of withdrawal will be published in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by agency name and Docket No.
ACF-2024-0015, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Written Submissions
Submit written submissions in the following ways:
Mail: ORR UC Bureau Regulatory Affairs, at Administration
for Children and Families, Mary E. Switzer Building, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201.
Email: ORR UC Bureau Regulatory Affairs, at [email protected].
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket No. for this rulemaking. All comments received may be posted
without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the
instructions provided for conducting a search, using the docket
number(s) found in brackets in the heading of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toby Biswas, ORR UC Bureau Regulatory
Affairs, by phone at 202-205-4440 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department published a direct final rule
in the Federal Register at 89 FR 104450 on December 23, 2024. For the
reasons stated in the SUMMARY, HHS is reopening the public comment
period and delaying the effective date for the direct final rule.
Dorothy A. Fink,
Acting Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-02158 Filed 1-31-25; 8:45 am]
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