<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<REGINFO_RIN_DATA xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" RUN_DATE="2026-09-22-04:00" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/xml/REGINFO_XML_Ver10262011.xsd">
    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>0960-AF37</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200310</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[These final rules will change 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 final 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>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</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>20 CFR 416.901</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.905</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.912</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.920</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.945</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.946</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.960 to 416.963</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.969a</CFR>
            <CFR>20 CFR 416.994</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 425</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>08/26/2003</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>68 FR 51153</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/25/2003</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>68 FR 51153</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</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>
</REGINFO_RIN_DATA>
