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        <RIN>0960-AF37</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200210</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>0960</CODE>
            <NAME>Social Security Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>SSA</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Clarification of Rules Involving RFC Assessments; Clarification of Use of Vocational Experts and Other Sources of the Sequential Evaluation Process; Incorporation of &quot;Special Profile&quot; Into Regs (808F)</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[We propose changing several sections of our rules to clarify how we make determinations and decisions at steps 4 and 5 of the sequential evaluation process. Among other things, the proposed rules would clarify (1) the responsibility that claimants have to provide evidence of their disability (including evidence related to their residual functional capacity), and (2) that SSA may use a vocational expert to help determine whether a claimant is able to do his or her past relevant work at step 4 of the sequential evaluation process.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1501</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1505</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1512</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1520</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1545</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1546</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1560</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1561</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1563</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1569a</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 404.1594</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 402</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 405(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 405(b)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 405(d) to 405(h)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 416(i)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 421(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 421(i)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 422(c)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 423</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 4215</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 902(a)(5)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1382</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1382c</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1382h</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1383(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1383(c)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1383(d)(l)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 1383b</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/11/2002</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>67 FR 39904</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/12/2002</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/00/2003</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Gary</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Sultz</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Assistant Regional Counsel</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0960</CODE>
                    <NAME>Social Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>SSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>312 353-9257</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>200 W.  Adams, 30th Floor,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Chicago</CITY>
                    <STATE>IL</STATE>
                    <ZIP>60606</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
    </RIN_INFO>
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