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        <RIN>1110-AA07</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200410</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1110</CODE>
            <NAME>Federal Bureau of Investigation</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FBI</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1100</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Justice</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOJ</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>National Instant Criminal Background Check System</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Department promulgated regulations to govern the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in 1998 when the NICS became operational and adopted amendments which became effective on July 3, 2001.  

In the proposed rule, the Department published for public comment and further consideration five proposals to make additional changes in the NICS regulations.  The changes relate to the amount of time that the NICS retains information about approved firearm transfers in the system's chronological log of background check transactions and the manner in which that information may be used to audit the use and performance of the NICS.  The proposed changes sought to balance the legitimate privacy interests of law-abiding firearms purchasers and the Department's obligation to enforce the Brady Act and the Gun Control Act to prevent prohibited persons from purchasing firearms.

Since the closing of the comment period, Congress passed, and the President signed into law, a requirement that addresses the time within which the NICS is required to destroy certain information in the records of allowed transactions.  Section 617 of H.R. 2673, the Fiscal Year 2004 Consolidated Appropriations bill (or "Omnibus"), requires the NICS to destroy "any identifying information submitted by or on behalf of any person who has been determined not to be prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm no more than 24 hours after the system advises a Federal Firearms Licensee that possession or receipt of a firearm by the prospective transferee would not violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or State law."  Section 617 of the Omnibus bill became effective on July 21, 2004, 180 days after January 23, 2004, the date the Omnibus bill was signed into law.  For this reason, the final rule was revised to conform to the legislative enactment setting a limit on how long the NICS may retain certain information on allowed transactions. The revised rule conformed to the 24-hour record retention provision in the Omnibus.]]></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>28 CFR 25(b)(1)</CFR>
            <CFR>28 CFR 25(b)(2)</CFR>
            <CFR>28 CFR 25(b)(3)</CFR>
            <CFR>28 CFR 25.9(b)(4)</CFR>
            <CFR>28 CFR 25.2</CFR>
            <CFR>...</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>18 USC 922 to 925</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 USC 605(b)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>EO 12866</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>EO 13132</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 USC 804</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>...</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Other</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>07/21/2004</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Omnibus deadline for shortened retention period.</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/06/2001</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>66 FR 35567</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/04/2001</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period Reopened</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/20/2001</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>66 FR 48390</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Reopened Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/22/2001</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/23/2004</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>69 FR 43892</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/20/2004</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>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Tribal</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>Eugene</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Donaldson</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1110</CODE>
                    <NAME>Federal Bureau of Investigation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FBI</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>304 625-3500</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NISC) Section, Module A-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Clarksburg</CITY>
                    <STATE>WV</STATE>
                    <ZIP>26306-0147</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
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