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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of the Interior</NAME>
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<p>We propose to amend regulations pertaining to possession, transportation, and use of firearms in national wildlife refuges. We will update these regulations to reflect recent congressional action that prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from promulgating or enforcing regulations that prohibit individuals from possessing an assembled or functioning firearm in any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System if possession of the firearm is in compliance with the laws of the State in which the refuge unit is located.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>50 CFR 27</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 USC 685</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 USC 690d</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 USC 752</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 460k</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 668dd</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 685</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 690d</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 715i</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 715s</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 725</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>43 USC 315a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>PL 111-24</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/00/2015</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Local</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>James</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Hall</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Chief, Division of Refuge Law Enforcement</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1018</CODE>
                    <NAME>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FWS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>703 358-1895</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>james_hall@fws.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: NWRS,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Falls Church</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22041-3808</ZIP>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Rich</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Johnston</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Chief</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1018</CODE>
                    <NAME>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FWS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 358-2553</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>richard_a_johnston@fws.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Division of Refuge Law Enforcement, Suite 520, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Arlington</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22203</ZIP>
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