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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <CODE>1125</CODE>
            <NAME>Executive Office for Immigration Review</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EOIR</ACRONYM>
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            <NAME>Department of Justice</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Background and Security Investigation Checks in Proceedings Before Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This rule would amend regulations relating to individuals in proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review. The rule would ensure that the necessary identity, law enforcement, and security investigations are properly initiated and have been completed by the Department of Homeland Security before immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals adjudicate certain applications for relief.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</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>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Other</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
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            <CFR>8 CFR 1003</CFR>
            <CFR>8 CFR 1208</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 U.S.C. 301</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>6 U.S.C. 521</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1154, 1155, 1158, 1182, 1226, 1229, 1229a, 1229b, 1229c, 1231, 1252, 1254a, 1255, 1282, 1324d, 1330, 1361, 1362</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 1746</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 2 Reorg Plan No 2 of 1950</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>3 CFR 1949 to 1953, Comp, p 1002</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 203 of Pub. L. 105-100, 111 Stat. 2196-200</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 1506 and 1510 of Pub. L. 106-386, 114 Stat. 1527-29, 1531-32</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 1505 of Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763A-326 to 328</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>title VII of Pub. L. 110-229</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/31/2005</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>70 FR 4743</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/01/2005</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/01/2005</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Comment Period Extended</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/31/2005</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>70 FR 16398</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Comment Period Extended End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/02/2005</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/00/2020</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>www.regulations.gov</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>www.regulations.gov</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Raechel</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Horowitz</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Chief, Immigration Law Division, Office of Policy</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1125</CODE>
                    <NAME>Executive Office for Immigration Review</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>EOIR</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>703 305-0289</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>pao.eoir@usdoj.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1800,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Falls Church</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22041</ZIP>
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