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            <PUBLICATION_ID>202004</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1120</CODE>
            <NAME>Bureau of Prisons</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>BOP</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1100</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Justice</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOJ</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Inmate Discipline Program: New Prohibited Act Code for Pressuring Inmates for Legal Documents</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>The Bureau of Prisons proposes to add a new code in the inmate discipline regulations to clarify that the Bureau may discipline inmates for pressuring or otherwise intimidating other inmates into producing copies of their own legal documents, such as pre-sentence reports (PSRs), statement of reasons (SORs), or other such documents.&nbsp; The Bureau has found that inmates, or inmate groups, frequently pressure other inmates for copies of such legal documents pertaining to their criminal judgments, to learn if they are informants, gang members, have financial resources, to learn of others involved in offenses, to prove affiliations, etc., and some inmates who produced, or refused to produce, the documents were threatened, assaulted, and/or sought protective custody. The defense bar, federal sentencing courts, and the Bureau identified this issue as one of concern that requires heightened disciplinary attention.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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        <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>
        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Not subject to, not significant</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>28 CFR 541</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 U.S.C. 301</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after Nov. 1, 1987)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>18 U.S.C. 4161 to 4166 (repealed as to offenses committed on or after Nov. 1, 1987)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>18 U.S.C. 5006 to 5024 (repealed Oct. 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>18 U.S.C. 5039</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>28 U.S.C. 509, 510</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/19/2019</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>84 FR 63830</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/21/2020</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2020</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>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Sarah</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Qureshi</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>N.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Rules Administrator</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1120</CODE>
                    <NAME>Bureau of Prisons</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>BOP</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 353-8248</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 305-4577</FAX>
                <EMAIL>squreshi@bop.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>HOLC Building, 320 First Street NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20534</ZIP>
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