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        <RIN>1125-AA63</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200904</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1125</CODE>
            <NAME>Executive Office for Immigration Review</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EOIR</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1100</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Justice</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOJ</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>New Asylum and Withholding Bars for Recruitment or Use of Child Soldiers</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008 (CSAA) was enacted on October 3, 2008.   Public Law 110-340, 122 Stat. 3735.  The CSAA establishes a criminal offense for the recruitment or use of child soldiers, new grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for aliens who have engaged in such recruitment or use, and subjects applicants for asylum or withholding of removal (under sections 241(b)(3) of the INA) to the eligibility bars for such relief/protection under sections 208(b)(2)(A)(iii) and 241(b)(3) (B)(iii) of the INA, respectively.  

Sections 241(b)(3)(B)(iii) and  208(b)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act state that aliens are ineligible for withholding of removal or asylum, respectively, where it is determined that "there are serious reasons for believing that the alien has committed a serious nonpolitical crime outside the United States prior to the arrival of the alien in the United States."  Pursuant to the CSAA, for purposes of sections 208(b)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act (asylum) and 241(b)(3)(B)(iii) (withholding of removal) an alien who is subject to the child solider grounds of inadmissibility or deportability "shall be considered an alien with respect to whom there are serious reasons to believe that the alien committed a serious nonpolitical crime."]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time 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>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>8 CFR 1208</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 USC 1103</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 USC 1158</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 USC 1226</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 USC 1252</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 USC 1282</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 CFR part 2</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>PL 110-340 (122 Stat. 3735)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>...</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>12/02/2008</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC> </DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/00/2009</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/00/2009</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <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>Jean</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>King</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>General Counsel</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1125</CODE>
                    <NAME>Executive Office for Immigration Review</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>EOIR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 305-0470</PHONE>
                <FAX>703 305-0443</FAX>
                <EMAIL>eoir.regs@usdoj.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 2600,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Falls Church</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22041</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
    </RIN_INFO>
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